5th Annual Mechanobiology symposium Event as iCalendar
03 December 2013
9am - 6pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 505-007, Ground Floor, Building 505, 85 Park Road, Grafton
Understanding how mechanobiological processes work involves a multi-scale approach with an integration of several disciplines including cell biology, physics, material science and engineering. This year’s sessions are:
- Mechanobiological Models of Disease
- Mechanobiology and it Applications
- Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
- Tissue Engineering
The symposium is open to all students and staff and is an ideal opportunity to get a taste of the interdisciplinary research currently ongoing within Australia and New Zealand. If you are interested in coming along for the day or even just a session, please contact Sue McGlashan at s.mcglashan@auckland.ac.nz to register (catering purposes only).
Programme
| 9.00 | Welcome and attendee introductions |
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| Mechanobiological Models of Disease |
| 9.10 | A/P Trevor Sherwin (Ophthalmology, UoA). An eye on regenerative medicine. |
| 9.45 | Dr David White (AUT University). Sleep apnea: A model of airway drying during nPAP therapy |
| 10.00 | Taryn Saggese (Anatomy with Radiology, UoA). Degenerative disc disease: A 3D culture model examining the effect of pathological loads on nucleus pulposus cells. |
| 10.10 | Yi Chung Lim (Anatomy with Radiolology & ABI, UoA) Atherosclerosis: Modelling endothelial cell primary cilia in response to fluid shear. |
| 10.20 | Emily Hargrave-Thomas (Experimental Tissue Mechanics Lab, UoA). Osteoarthritis: Are bovine patellae a good model of human osteoarthritis. |
| 10.30 | JJ Kim (Auckland Bioengineering Institute) Tendinopathy: In vitro and in vivo models |
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| Morning tea 10.45-11.15 |
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| Orthopaedic Biomechanics |
| 11.15 | Prof Kunle Oloyede (QUT) Biomechanics and future orthopaedic practice. |
| 11.50 | Sean Turley (Experimental Tissue Mechanics Lab, UoA). Osteochondral response to overloading: A study in equine athletes. |
| 12.00 | Alex Zhao (Experimental Tissue Mechanics Lab, UoA). Knee flexion and differential fibre recruitment in the ACL: a microstructural study. |
| 12.10 | Dr Kelly Wade (Experimental Tissue Mechanics Lab, UoA). A closer look at disc herniation: a biomechanical and microstructural investigation. |
| 12.20 | Samantha Rodrigues (Experimental Tissue Mechanics Lab, UoA). On the mechanical requirement for Annulus-Endplate Integration in the intervertebral disc. |
| 12.30 | Dr Jacob Munro (Orthopaedics ADHB, Dept. of Surgery, UoA). Modelling the biomechanical effects of retroacetabular osteolysis after total hip replacement. |
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| Lunch 12.45-1.45 |
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| Mechanobiology and its Applications |
| 1.45 | Prof John Clement (Melbourne University) The Melbourne Femur Collection, it’s past, present and future. |
| 2.20 | Paul Robertson (Laboratory for Animate Technologies & ABI) Brain Language: Neural networks for biologically plausible animation. |
| 2.35 | Dr Benjamin O'Brien (CEO of Stretchsense & ABI) How wearable stretch sensors will change science. |
| 2.50 | Dr Thor Besier (ABI & IMEASUREU). Changing the way we move: a novel framework for gait retraining. |
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| Afternoon tea 3.05-3.30 |
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| Tissue Engineering |
| 3.30 | Dr Margaret Smith (University of Sydney) Cell therapy for tendinopathy: the role of the extracellular matrix. |
| 4.05 | Dr Tim Woodfield (University of Otago, Christchurch) To be confirmed |
| 4.20 | Sophia Leung (Bone Group & ABI, UoA) . Confined compression of chondrocyte-hydrogel construct leads to highly inhomogeneous strain distribution within the 3D construct. |
| 4.30 | Sandy Lin (Bone Group and Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, UoA) Organic Solvent-Free Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering |
| 4.40 | Dr Matt Street (Bone Group, UoA & Orthopaedics, ADHB) Lactoferrin loaded scaffold for rotator cuff augmentation: an in vivo rat study. |
| 4.50 | Closing followed by cheese and wine |
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