IC-3 - 14th International Conference
Advanced Biomaterials and Nano-biotechnology for Medicine
TUESDAY JUNE 16 AFTERNOON
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Enrica VERNE’, Italy (Convener)
14.25 Welcome
Session IC-3.A Advances in biomaterials: synthesis, processing, characterization, functionalization, finalization
14.30 IC-3.A:IL02 Calcium Phosphate Bone Graft Substitutes: From Lab Synthesis to Clinical Success
M.-P. GINEBRA, Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
15.00 IC-3.A:IL03 Resistance to Corrosive Degradation and Bio-Activation of Intermetallic Subjected to Extreme Processing Conditions
I. CVIJOVIĆ-ALAGIĆ, M. MOMČILOVIĆ, B. MATOVIĆ, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; G.D. BOKUCHAVA, Y. GORSHKOVA, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia; V. KOJIĆ, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia; J. BAJAT, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
15.30 Break
Chair: Maria-Pasu GINEBRA, Spain
16.00 IC-3.A:IL05 TiO2-based Nanomaterials for Laser Desorption/Ionization (LDI) Mass Spectrometry and its Biomedical Applications
JAE-CHUL PYUN, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
16.30 IC-3.A:IL06 Monolithic DNApatite: An Elastic Apatite with Sub-Nanometer Scale Organo–Inorganic Structures
JUNG HEON LEE, Sungkyunkwan University, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
17.00 IC-3.A:L07b Turning Industrial Phosphogypsum Waste into Next-Generation Bioceramics for a Sustainable Future
E. JURSENE, A. PADARAUSKAS, I. GRIGORAVICIUTE, A. KAREIVA, Institute of Chemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 AFTERNOON
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Luigi AMBROSIO, Italy
Session IC-3.A Advances in biomaterials: synthesis, processing, characterization, functionalization, finalization
15.00 IC-3.A:IL09 Theragenerative Biomaterial Nanoplatform for Cellular Modulation
M.G. RAUCCI, A. BIGHAM, A. MARIANO, L. AMBROSIO, Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials – National Research Council, Naples, Italy
15.30 IC-3.A:L10 Feasibility and Limitations of the Replica Process for Bioglasses
S. FUNK1, E. KECK1, D. BRAUER2, T. FEY1, 1Institute of Glass and Ceramics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 2Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
15.50 IC-3.A:L11 Quantification of the Permeability and Major Microstructural Parameters of 3D-Printed Bioactive Glass and Ceramic Scaffolds for Bone Applications
F. BAINO, R. GABRIELI, M. PIANOU, V. RIGANO, E. VERNÉ, Institute of Materials Physics and Engineering, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy; A. SCHIAVI, National Institute of Metrological Research (INRiM), Turin, Italy; M. SCHWENTENWEIN, Lithoz GmbH, Vienna, Austria; L. D’ANDREA, P. VENA, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics (LaBS), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
16.10 Break
Chair: Lakshmi NAIR, USA
16.40 IC-3.A:IL13 Marine Polysaccharides as Sustainable Biomaterials
M. DI STASI, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; and Research Center “E. Piaggio” University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
17.10 IC-3.A:L14 Engineering Silicone Blends to Reinforce Bioactive Glass-ceramic Bone Scaffolds
B. NIKENDEY HOLUBOVÁ, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic; H. ELSAYED, E. BERNARDO, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
17.30 IC-3.A:L15 On the Antibacterial Potential of Calcium Hydroxyapatite Composites
J. KARCIAUSKAITE, M. ELSHEIKH, I. GRIGORAVICIUTE, A. PADARAUSKAS, Z. STANKEVICIUTE, A. KAREIVA, Institute of Chemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; M. MORTIMER, K. VALMSEN, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn, Estonia; R. ŽALNERAVIČIUS, Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
THURSDAY JUNE 18 MORNING
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Vassilios SIKAVITSAS, USA
Session IC-3.B Regenerative engineering and translational medicine
9.00 IC-3.B:IL18 Graphene Materials in Muscle and Bone Regeneration
C.T. LAURENCIN, K.C.S.L The Cato T Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
9.30 IC-3.B:IL20 RGD Functionalized Porous Poly(L-lactic acid) Scaffolds for the Study of T-cell - Cancerous Exosomes Interactions under Flow Perfusion
V. SIKAVITSAS, D. KARAMI, School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering The University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, USA
10.00 Break
Chair: Mauro DI STASI, Italy
10.30 IC-3.B:L21 Architectured Biomaterials for Age-related Bone Degeneration and Regenerative Therapies
H. ZREIQAT, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
10.50 IC-3.B:L22 Novel Approaches to Manage Osteoarthritic Pain
L.S. NAIR, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health; The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut; Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Program, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Connecticut, USA
11.10 IC-3.B:L23 Phosphate Functionalized Graphene Oxide for Bone Regenerative Engineering
F.S. HOSSEINI1,6, K.W.-H. LO1,2,4, C.T. LAURENCIN1,2,3,4,5, 1The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA; 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, USA; 4Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 5Department of Chemical & Bimolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 6Department of Skeletal Biology and Regeneration, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA
Session IC-3.C New therapeutics and intelligent drug/biomolecule/gene delivery systems
11.30 IC-3.C:IL24 Supramolecular Self-Assembled Smart Carrier Systems for Drug and Gene Delivery
JUN LI, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, Singapore
THURSDAY JUNE 18 AFTERNOON
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Stefano VASSANELLI, Italy
Special Session IC-3.F
State-of-the-art Biomaterials and Bioelectronics for Next Generation Implantable Neural Interfaces
14.30 IC-3.F:IL34 Materials Strategies for Organic Transistors in Bioelectronics
A.D. SCACCABAROZZI, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; and Center for Nano Science and Technology (CNST), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Milano, Italy
15.00 IC-3.F:IL35 Conducting Polymer Scaffolds for Next-generation Bioelectronic Platforms
C. PITSALIDIS, Khalifa University of Science and Technology & Advanced Research and Innovation Center (ARIC), Abu Dhabi, UAE
15.30 IC-3.F:IL36 Retinal Prostheses: History, Key Technologies, and Future Perspectives
YASUO TERASAWA1,3, HIROYUKI TASHIRO2,3, JUN OHTA3, TAKESHI MORIMOTO4, 1R&D Div., NIDEK CO., LTD., Gamagori, Japan; 2Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan; 3Institute for Research Initiatives, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan; 4Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan
16.00 Break
16.15 IC-3.F:IL37 Bioelectronic Interfaces for Decoding Neural Circuits of Metabolic Regulation
A. GÜEMES1, A.J. BOYS2, L. MA3, D. KHODAGHOLY3, G.G. MALLIARAS1, R.M. OWENS4, 1Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 2Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College; Hanover, NH, USA; 3Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; 4Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
16.45 IC-3.F:IL39 Optoelectronic Implants for Neural Interfaces
XING SHENG, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Chair: Enrica VERNE’, Italy
Session IC-3.D Bio-imaging and theranostics
17.25 IC-3.D:IL27 Harnessing Membrane Contact Sites: Advancing Cellular Communication Pathways for Next-Generation Nanomaterial Therapeutics
D. GUARNIERI, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy
17.55 IC-3.D:IL28 Supramolecular Colloidal Nanoparticles for Tumor-Targeted Imaging and Therapy
YUTING WEN, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Enrica VERNE’, Italy (Convener)
14.25 Welcome
Session IC-3.A Advances in biomaterials: synthesis, processing, characterization, functionalization, finalization
14.30 IC-3.A:IL02 Calcium Phosphate Bone Graft Substitutes: From Lab Synthesis to Clinical Success
M.-P. GINEBRA, Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
15.00 IC-3.A:IL03 Resistance to Corrosive Degradation and Bio-Activation of Intermetallic Subjected to Extreme Processing Conditions
I. CVIJOVIĆ-ALAGIĆ, M. MOMČILOVIĆ, B. MATOVIĆ, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; G.D. BOKUCHAVA, Y. GORSHKOVA, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia; V. KOJIĆ, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia; J. BAJAT, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
15.30 Break
Chair: Maria-Pasu GINEBRA, Spain
16.00 IC-3.A:IL05 TiO2-based Nanomaterials for Laser Desorption/Ionization (LDI) Mass Spectrometry and its Biomedical Applications
JAE-CHUL PYUN, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
16.30 IC-3.A:IL06 Monolithic DNApatite: An Elastic Apatite with Sub-Nanometer Scale Organo–Inorganic Structures
JUNG HEON LEE, Sungkyunkwan University, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
17.00 IC-3.A:L07b Turning Industrial Phosphogypsum Waste into Next-Generation Bioceramics for a Sustainable Future
E. JURSENE, A. PADARAUSKAS, I. GRIGORAVICIUTE, A. KAREIVA, Institute of Chemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 AFTERNOON
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Luigi AMBROSIO, Italy
Session IC-3.A Advances in biomaterials: synthesis, processing, characterization, functionalization, finalization
15.00 IC-3.A:IL09 Theragenerative Biomaterial Nanoplatform for Cellular Modulation
M.G. RAUCCI, A. BIGHAM, A. MARIANO, L. AMBROSIO, Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials – National Research Council, Naples, Italy
15.30 IC-3.A:L10 Feasibility and Limitations of the Replica Process for Bioglasses
S. FUNK1, E. KECK1, D. BRAUER2, T. FEY1, 1Institute of Glass and Ceramics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 2Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
15.50 IC-3.A:L11 Quantification of the Permeability and Major Microstructural Parameters of 3D-Printed Bioactive Glass and Ceramic Scaffolds for Bone Applications
F. BAINO, R. GABRIELI, M. PIANOU, V. RIGANO, E. VERNÉ, Institute of Materials Physics and Engineering, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy; A. SCHIAVI, National Institute of Metrological Research (INRiM), Turin, Italy; M. SCHWENTENWEIN, Lithoz GmbH, Vienna, Austria; L. D’ANDREA, P. VENA, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics (LaBS), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
16.10 Break
Chair: Lakshmi NAIR, USA
16.40 IC-3.A:IL13 Marine Polysaccharides as Sustainable Biomaterials
M. DI STASI, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; and Research Center “E. Piaggio” University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
17.10 IC-3.A:L14 Engineering Silicone Blends to Reinforce Bioactive Glass-ceramic Bone Scaffolds
B. NIKENDEY HOLUBOVÁ, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic; H. ELSAYED, E. BERNARDO, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
17.30 IC-3.A:L15 On the Antibacterial Potential of Calcium Hydroxyapatite Composites
J. KARCIAUSKAITE, M. ELSHEIKH, I. GRIGORAVICIUTE, A. PADARAUSKAS, Z. STANKEVICIUTE, A. KAREIVA, Institute of Chemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; M. MORTIMER, K. VALMSEN, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn, Estonia; R. ŽALNERAVIČIUS, Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
THURSDAY JUNE 18 MORNING
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Vassilios SIKAVITSAS, USA
Session IC-3.B Regenerative engineering and translational medicine
9.00 IC-3.B:IL18 Graphene Materials in Muscle and Bone Regeneration
C.T. LAURENCIN, K.C.S.L The Cato T Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
9.30 IC-3.B:IL20 RGD Functionalized Porous Poly(L-lactic acid) Scaffolds for the Study of T-cell - Cancerous Exosomes Interactions under Flow Perfusion
V. SIKAVITSAS, D. KARAMI, School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering The University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, USA
10.00 Break
Chair: Mauro DI STASI, Italy
10.30 IC-3.B:L21 Architectured Biomaterials for Age-related Bone Degeneration and Regenerative Therapies
H. ZREIQAT, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
10.50 IC-3.B:L22 Novel Approaches to Manage Osteoarthritic Pain
L.S. NAIR, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health; The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut; Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Program, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Connecticut, USA
11.10 IC-3.B:L23 Phosphate Functionalized Graphene Oxide for Bone Regenerative Engineering
F.S. HOSSEINI1,6, K.W.-H. LO1,2,4, C.T. LAURENCIN1,2,3,4,5, 1The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA; 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, USA; 4Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 5Department of Chemical & Bimolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 6Department of Skeletal Biology and Regeneration, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA
Session IC-3.C New therapeutics and intelligent drug/biomolecule/gene delivery systems
11.30 IC-3.C:IL24 Supramolecular Self-Assembled Smart Carrier Systems for Drug and Gene Delivery
JUN LI, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, Singapore
THURSDAY JUNE 18 AFTERNOON
Room: CORCIANO
Chair: Stefano VASSANELLI, Italy
Special Session IC-3.F
State-of-the-art Biomaterials and Bioelectronics for Next Generation Implantable Neural Interfaces
14.30 IC-3.F:IL34 Materials Strategies for Organic Transistors in Bioelectronics
A.D. SCACCABAROZZI, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; and Center for Nano Science and Technology (CNST), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Milano, Italy
15.00 IC-3.F:IL35 Conducting Polymer Scaffolds for Next-generation Bioelectronic Platforms
C. PITSALIDIS, Khalifa University of Science and Technology & Advanced Research and Innovation Center (ARIC), Abu Dhabi, UAE
15.30 IC-3.F:IL36 Retinal Prostheses: History, Key Technologies, and Future Perspectives
YASUO TERASAWA1,3, HIROYUKI TASHIRO2,3, JUN OHTA3, TAKESHI MORIMOTO4, 1R&D Div., NIDEK CO., LTD., Gamagori, Japan; 2Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan; 3Institute for Research Initiatives, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan; 4Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan
16.00 Break
16.15 IC-3.F:IL37 Bioelectronic Interfaces for Decoding Neural Circuits of Metabolic Regulation
A. GÜEMES1, A.J. BOYS2, L. MA3, D. KHODAGHOLY3, G.G. MALLIARAS1, R.M. OWENS4, 1Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 2Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College; Hanover, NH, USA; 3Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; 4Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
16.45 IC-3.F:IL39 Optoelectronic Implants for Neural Interfaces
XING SHENG, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Chair: Enrica VERNE’, Italy
Session IC-3.D Bio-imaging and theranostics
17.25 IC-3.D:IL27 Harnessing Membrane Contact Sites: Advancing Cellular Communication Pathways for Next-Generation Nanomaterial Therapeutics
D. GUARNIERI, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy
17.55 IC-3.D:IL28 Supramolecular Colloidal Nanoparticles for Tumor-Targeted Imaging and Therapy
YUTING WEN, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China







