Session 145 - Engineering the Stem Cell Niche


Biomaterials
Session 145 - Engineering the Stem Cell Niche
This session describes the creation of controllable environments to direct stem cell function.
Chair:	Andre F. Palmer
CoChair:	Emmanuel (Manolis) S. Tzanakakis
CoSponsor(s):	Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science
	145a	Elastic Niches and Capillaries Tuned for 3D Matrix Control of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation Matthew Raab, Karthikan Rajagopal, Florian Rehfeldt, Manu Tewari, Chi Wang, Dennis E. Discher
	145b	Combinatorial Biomaterials as An Engineered Niche Platform for Inhibition of Stem Cell Transformation and Promotion of Stem Cell-Based Regeneration Er Liu, Hiral Patel, Hak-Joon Sung, Joachim Kohn, Prabhas Moghe
	145c	Tendon Tissue Engineering Using Mechanical Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Rita Abousleiman, Peter S. McFetridge, Vassilios I. Sikavitsas
	145d	Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Cardiomyocytes in a Bioreactor Abhirath Parikh, Dong H. Jing, Daniel E. Kehoe, Emmanuel (Manolis) S. Tzanakakis
		Break
	145e	Integrated Expansion and Differentiation of Embryonoic Stem Cells In Fibrous Bed Bioreactors Ning Liu, Shang-Tian Yang
	145f	Effect of Organismal Aging on Bone Marrow Derived Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells Juhee Han, Jin Yu Liu, Daniel D. Swartz, Stelios T. Andreadis
	145g	Evoking a Mature Smc Phenotype in Mouse Embryonic Progenitor Cells Paul Qu, Dany Munoz-Pinto, Mariah Hahn

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