Musculoskeletal Research Laboratories

11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

April 3-6, 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah

http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu

Please join us for next week’s Bioengineering Seminar presentation:

“MECHANICS OF COLLAGEN NETWORKS IN MODEL AND NATIVE TISSUES”

Presented by Victor Barocas, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Hosted by Dr. Jeff Weiss

Friday, December 7, 2012

Victor Barocas received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He was in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado 1997-2000, and he has been in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota since 2000. His research interests are in biomechanics and biotransport, with emphasis on the mechanical behavior of collagen gels and soft tissues. He is a co-editor-in-chief of the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

Presentation Abstract:

Collagen is the most common protein in the body and is the essential building block for most load-bearing tissues (e.g., skin, tendon, ligament, bone, blood vessel). Collagen extracted from, e.g., bovine skin, can be reconstituted to form a gel that serves as a simpler, more easily controlled model system and can be used as the basis for engineered tissues. In both the native and the model system, the mechanics of the tissue are governed largely by the kinematics and mechanics of the collagen network. A multiscale approach has allowed simulation of the tissue as a whole based on properties of individual fibers and the local organization of the fiber network. More recently, we have turned our attention to modeling network and thus tissue failure. The seminar will focus on theoretical and experimental results for collagen gels, to be followed by some preliminary studies on arterial failure.

November 7, 2012

2^nd Call for Abstracts

11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu

April 3-6, 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Chair:  Jeffrey Weiss, University of Utah

Co-Chair: Gerard Ateshian, Columbia University

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS – December 14^th, 2012

ACCEPTANCE OF ABSTRACTS – January 14^th, 2013

Abstracts will be reviewed on a continuous basis to speed up the acceptance process.

We invite both new and previous participants of the CMBBE Symposia series to submit abstracts to the 2013 Symposium, which will be held in the United States for the first time!  We welcome submissions that focus on the topics listed below, as well as innovative developments in both theoretical and applied biosimulation.

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR GENERAL SUBMISSIONS:

http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu/topics.html

SPECIAL SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS:

We have programmed 14 Special Sessions and 3 Workshops as part of the Symposium.

http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu/sessions.html

SYMPOSIUM FORMAT:

• 3 Plenary Talks and 27 Invited Talks by renowned international speakers

• Oral and poster presentations by Contributing Authors

• Special Sessions on emerging topics

• Workshops

• Software and medical technology exhibits by leading organizations

• Substantial cash prizes for overall best research papers and posters

• Students are strongly encouraged to attend, with a reduced student fee and 6 cash prizes for best student posters and presentations.

• Free time in schedule on Thursday April 4 for skiing or to enjoy other local attractions.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

We are pleased to announce that Professors Scott Delp from Stanford University, Suvranu De from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Andrew McCulloch from UC San Diego will be giving Plenary Talks at the Symposium.

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS:

Don Anderson (USA), Lynne E. Bilston (Australia), Tom Brown (USA), Estevam de las Casas (Brazil), Tim David (New Zealand), Suvranu De (Plenary Speaker, USA), Scott Delp (Plenary Speaker, USA), Manuel Doblare (Spain), Gabriele Dubini (Italy), Ahmet Erdemir (USA), Sam Evans (U.K.), Paulo R. Fernandes (Portugal), Thomas Franz (South Africa), Amit Gefen (Israel), Weiyong Gu (USA), Edward Guo (USA), Chris Jacobs (USA), Ellen Kuhl (USA), Jia Lu (USA), Andrew McCulloch (Plenary Speaker, USA), John Middleton (U.K.), James Moore (UK), Ralph Mueller (Switzerland), Glen Niebur (USA), Cees Oomens (Netherlands), Chris Peters (USA), Dominque P. Pioletti (Switzerland), Nigel Shrive (Canada), Wafa Skalli (France), Jos van der Sloten (Belgium), Marc Thiriet (France), Jonathan Vande Geest (USA), Pascal Verdonck (Belgium), Philippe K. Zysset (Switzerland)

VENUE:

The meeting will be held at the Marriott City Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/slccc-salt-lake-city-marriott-city-center

We have negotiated substantially reduced rates for the symposium participants. Rates for both single and double rooms are $139/night.

SYMPOSIUM FEES:

Student: $350

Regular/Presenter: $500

Late Fee (after February 17, 2013): $80

Accompanying person fee for Wednesday Reception and Friday Banquet: $250 total

The symposium fees include admission to all sessions, Buffet Reception on the evening of April 3rd, the Symposium Banquet on the evening of April 6^th, breakfast and lunch on 3 days and coffee breaks on 4 days, and an electronic copy of the Proceedings.

PREVIOUS PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings of the previous symposium can be found here: http://www.cmbbe2012.cf.ac.uk/.