Each year, hundreds of millions of people around the world are suffering from joint diseases, bone fracture, dental failure, as well as ligament and tendon damages. These health issues share the same phenomenon: the tissues or biological materials could no longer fulfill their mechanical functions because of material damage at microstructural level. In order to develop novel biomaterials and, recently, tissue-engineered materials to replace, repair, or regenerate these tissues, it is essential to understand the unique mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of the biological materials and their relations to the structure down to micron and even nanometer level. This symposium will focus on the mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of various biological materials from the viewpoint of materials science. The topics will cover the micro- and nanostructure, micro- and nanomechanics of biological materials, their dynamical changes, as well as applications to the design and processing of novel biomaterials. It is the objective of this symposium to bring together materials scientists, biologists, physicists, bioengineers, and clinicians to interact and discuss the fundamental material phenomena and mechanical principles governing the structure-functions relations in diverse biological tissues.
Session Topics
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Microstructure and nanostructure of biological materials: vertebrates and invertebrates
- Micro- and nanomechanics in biological materials: bone, teeth, skin, tendon, ligaments, cartilage, blood vessels, single macromolecule, etc., topics including deformation, damage, and failure
- Cell and cytoskeleton mechanics: force transduction from the matrix to cells and mechanical behavior of tissues
- Tissue synthesis during development and physical training
- Structure and mechanics of biological interfaces
- Mechanical measurements of biological tissues: elastic and viscoelastic properties, environmental considerations, etc.
- Biotribology
- Biomimetic applications: novel biomaterials and tissue-engineered materials
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Invited Speakers
Invited speakers include: Kyriacos Athanasiou (Rice Univ.), William Bonfield (Cambridge Univ., United Kingdom), David Burr (Indiana Univ.), John Currey (York Univ.), Anthony G. Evans (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), Joseph Freeman (Univ. of Virginia), Lorna J. Gibson (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), David L. Kaplan (Tufts Univ.), John Kinney (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), Xiaodong Li (Univ. of South Carolina), Tom Lubensky (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Christine Ortiz (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Tom Oxland (Univ. of British Columbia, Canada), Matthias Rief (Technical Univ. Munich, Germany), Rob Ritchie (Univ. of California-Berkeley), Ulrich Schwarz (Max Planck Inst., Germany), Michael Swain (Sydney Univ., Australia), Julian Vincent (Univ. of Bath, United Kingdom), and Steve Weiner (Weizmann Inst., Israel). |
Joint Sessions
Joint sessions are anticipated with Symposia J: Micro- and Nanosystems Materials and Devices ; Symposia K: Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices ; and Symposia BB: Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials—Experiments and Modeling . |
Symposium Organizers
Peter Fratzl
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Dept. of Biomaterials
14424 Potsdam, Germany
Tel: 49-331-567-9401
Fax: 49-331-567-9402
fratzl@mpikg-golm.mpg.de |
William J. Landis
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Pathology
4209 State Rte. 44
Rootstown , OH 44272
Tel: 330-325-6685
Fax: 330-325-5925
wjl@neoucom.edu |
Rizhi Wang
University of British Columbia
Dept. of Materials Engineering
309 - 6350 Stores Rd.
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4, Canada
Tel: 604-822-9752
Fax: 604-822-3619
rzwang@interchange.ubc.ca |
Fred H. Silver
University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dept. of Pathology & Lab Medicine
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Tel: 732-235-4027
Fax: 732-235-4825
fhsilver@hotmail.com |
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