Members of the Santerre Lab had the opportunity to attend several amazing conferences across the globe this spring and summer. We are so grateful to the organizers of these events for their efforts and the opportunity to present our work!
On March 28th-31st, the Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)-European Chapter held its Annual Meeting in Manchester. PhD student Katya D’Costa did an oral presentation on “Extracellular Matrix Production by Primary Human Adipose-Derived Vascular Smooth Muscle-like Cells Interacting with Monocytes on a Nanofibrous Polyurethane Scaffold.”
For more information about this conference, please visit https://eu2023.termis.org/.
On April 11th-14th, the TERMIS-America Chapter held its Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Boston Marriot Copley Place. PhD student Yizhou Chen presented a poster on the “In Vivo Assessment of Micro-sized Gelatin Polyurethane Composite Electrospun Scaffolds Delivered via Intramyocardial Injection”, while PhD student Brian Webb presented a poster on “Engineering Gingival Grafts Seeded with Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells.”
For more information about this conference, please visit https://am2023.termis.org/.
On April 19th-22nd, the Society for Biomaterials held their Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.
Senior Research Associate Suja Shrestha did an oral presentation on “Self-Assembled Oligo-Urethane Nanoparticles for Intracellular Delivery of mRNA” in the Drug Delivery special interest group, and MASc student Kate MacQuarrie presented a poster titled “Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells Support the Endothelialization of an Electrospun Polyurethane Vascular Scaffold.”
For more information about this conference, please visit https://2023.biomaterials.org/.
Also on April 19th-22nd, the 13th European Symposium of Vascular Biomaterials was held in Strasbourg, France. PhD student Katya D’Costa was selected to present at this meeting in the Young Researchers Prize category on the topic of engineering a small-diameter arterial graft.
For more information about this conference, please visit https://esvs.org/event/esvb-european-symposium-on-vascular-biomaterials-2023/.
Finally, from June 14th-17th, the Canadian Biomaterials Society Annual Meeting was held at Dalhousie University in Halifax. PhD student Zach Gouveia did an oral presentation on the “Development of Biostable Dental Adhesives: Mechanical and Biological Characterization” and MASc student Kate MacQuarrie presented a poster titled “The Endothelialization of a Polyurethane Vascular Scaffold is Facilitated by Co-culture with Patient-Derived Stromal Cells.”
For more information about this conference, please visit https://www.cbs2023.ca/.
