Below is a list of the BMES Tracks. To view a list of the scheduled sessions for each track, click on the track numbers. For a list of abstracts scheduled for each session, links are provided below.
Note for presenters about audio-visual equipment
List of technical sessions organized by day/date and time.
Note: Poster sessions are indicated by a "P" following the session number.
Track 1. Artificial Organs, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
List of Track 1 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
1.1.1 Ventricular Assist Devices, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
1.1.2 Artificial Lung I, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
1.1.3 Artificial Lung II, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
1.1.4 Heart Valve I: Constitutive Modeling and its Application, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
1.1.5 Heart Valve II: Structure/Function Relationships in Heart Valve Tissues , Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
1.1.6 Vascular Tissue Engineering and Misc., Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
1.1.7 Advanced Scaffold Manipulation for Engineered Tissues, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
1.1.8 Clinical Bioengineering and Artificial Organs (Minisymposium), Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
1.2.1P Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Engineering I, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1.2.2P Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Engineering II, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1.3.1 Rehabilitation and Aids for Disabled I, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
1.3.2 Rehabilitation and Aids for Disabled II, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
Track 2. Biomaterials, Drug and Gene Delivery
List of Track 2 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
2.1.1 Molecular Modifications of Biomaterial Surfaces, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
2.1.2 Cell/Biomaterial Interactions, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
2.1.3 Protein and Cell Interactions with Materials, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
2.1.4 Biomaterial Synthesis and Characterization, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
2.1P Biomaterials, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2.2.1 Novel Drug Carriers, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
2.2.2 Novel Gene Carriers, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
2.2.3 Engineering Design of Delivery Systems, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
2.2.4 Transport and Targeting Issues in Drug and Gene Deilvery, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
2.2.5 Applications of Drug and Gene Delivery in Biological and Engineered Tissues, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
2.2P Drug and Gene Delivery, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Track 3. Bioinformatics and the Physiome
List of Track 3 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
3.1 Genetic and Biochemical Networks, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
3.2 Integrative Modeling from Cell to Tissue and Organ, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
3.3 The Physiome: Strategies for Information Management, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
3.4 Integrative Modeling from Cell to Tissue and Organ II, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
3.5 Integrative Modeling of the Cell, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
Track 4. Biocomplexity, Modeling and Imaging
List of Track 4 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
4.1.1 Biocomplexity - Mini-symposium, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
4.1.2 Interstitial and Lymphatic Transport Mechanisms, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
4.2.1 Nonlinear Modeling of Physiological Systems, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
4.2.2 Modeling of Biomechanical Systems, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
4.2.3 Modeling and Simulation, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
4.2P Modeling and Simulation, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
4.3.1 Vasculature Imaging, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
4.3.2 Tissue Imaging I, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
4.3.3 Tissue Imaging II, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
4.3.4 Optical Imaging, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
4.3P Imaging, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Track 5. Biomechanics and Respiratory Systems
List of Track 5 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
5.1.1 Ocular Biomechanics, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
5.2.1 Symposium: New Insights into Dynamic Lung Function, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
5.2.2 Pulmonary Liquid Dynamics and Transport, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
5.2.3 Transport of Non-Respiratory Gases, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM (revised as of Aug 30)
5.2P Models and Measurement of Pulmonary Structure and Function, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
5.3.1 Biomechanics of Tissue (USNCB), Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
5.3.2 Biomechanics of Bone, Kidney and Soft Tissue; Biomechanical Safety (USNCB), Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
5.3P Biomechanics of Tissue
Track 6. Cardiovascular System And Engineering
List of Track 6 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
6.1.1 Cardiac Therapy, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
6.1.2 Engineered Cardiac Electrophysiology, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
6.1.3 Cellular Electrophysiology, Saturday, Oct 14, 9:00 AM
6.1.4 Tissue Electrophysiology, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
6.1.5 Organ Electrophysiology, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
6.1P Cardiac Electrophysiology, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6.2.1 Cardiovascular Imaging for Function and Therapy, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
6.2.2 Cardiac Excitation-Contraction Coupling, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
6.2.3 Cardiac Sarcomere Function, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
6.2.4 Vascular Stents and Flow Dynamics, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
6.2.5 Vascular Mechanics, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
6.2.6 Ventricular-Vascular Interaction, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
6.2.7 Cardiovascular Development and Disease Mechanics, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
6.2P Cardiovascular Mechanics, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6.3.1 Role of Mechanical Forces in Arterial Disease, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
6.3.2 Mechanisms of Shear Stress Transduction in Endothelial Cells, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
6.3.3 Endothelial Cell Responses to Shear Stress, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
6.3.4 Vascular Remodeling in Response to Mechanical Forces, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
6.3.5 Fluid Mechanics of Small Vessels: Network Coordination, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
6.3.6 Role of the Glycocalyx in Microvascular Function, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
6.3.7 Microvascular Transport: A Communicative Response, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
6.3.8 Mechanical and Cytoskeletal Regulation of Microvascular Permeability , Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
6.3.9 Vascular Structure and Network Design, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
6.3.10 Fluid Mechanics of Large Blood Vessels, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
6.3P Circulation, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6.4 Ultrasound, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM (Note revised start time for this session.)
Track 7. Cellular Engineering
List of Track 7 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
7.1.1 Biomimetic Cultures, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
7.1.2 Cell-Substrate Interactions, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
7.1.3 Molecular Regulation of Adhesion, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
7.1.4 Cellular Engineering, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
7.1P Cellular Engineering I, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
7.2.1 Vascular Cell Mechanics, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
7.2.2 Vascular Cell Dysfunction, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
7.2.3 Vascular Cell - Cell Adhesive Interactions, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
7.2P Vascular Cell - Cell Adhesive Interactions, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
7.3.1 Mathematical and Computational Modeling in the Mechanics of Cells I, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
7.3.2 Mathematical and Computational Modeling in the Mechanics of Cells II, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
7.4 Minisymposium: Tools for Drug Discovery, Saturday, Oct 14, Noon (Note revised start time for this session.)
Track 8. Emerging Technologies
List of Track 8 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
8.1.1 Cell Adhesion and Mechanics, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
8.1.1P Molecular and Cellular Patterning, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
8.1.2 Molecular Arrays, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
8.1.2P Molecular and Cellular Detection, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
8.1.3 Molecular Folding and Binding, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
8.1.4 Molecular Imaging and Optics, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
8.2.1 Sensors, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
8.2.1P Sensors, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
8.2.2 Novel Instrumentation and Applications, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
8.2.2P Novel Instrumentation and Applications, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Track 9. Quantitative Metabolism and Space Bioengineering
List of Track 9 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
9.1.1 Opportunities and Challenges in Space, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
9.1.2 Physiological Response in Reduced Gravity, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
9.2.1 Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Systems and Models, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
9.2.2 Whole-Body and Organ Level Metabolic Systems, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
9.2.3 Control and Regulation of Metabolic Networks, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
9.2.4 Metabolic Adaptations to System Stresses, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
9P Quantitative Metabolism and Space Bioengineering, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Track 10. History, Design, Education, and Engineering
Health Centers
List of Track 10 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
10.1 Education, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
10.2 BMES Student Chapter Development Workshop, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
10.3 Engineering Design of Biological Systems (IBE), Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
10.4 Industry Workshop, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM (Note revised start time for this session.)
10.5.1 Engineering Research Centers - Student Posters - Saturday, Oct 14, Noon
10.5.1 Engineering Research Centers I, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
10.5.2 Engineering Research Centers II, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
10.5.3 Engineering Research Centers III, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
10.6 Industrial Internship Workshop, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
Track 11. Neural Engineering
List of Track 11 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
11.1 Stochastic Firing of Central Neurons from Stochastic Channel Activity (mini-symposium), Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
11.1P Neural Engineering, Thursday, Oct 12, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
11.2 Integrative Neuroscience, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
11.2P Neural Interfacing, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
11.3 Neuro-Informatics (mini-symposium), Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
11.4 Signaling in Retina: From Channels to Networks, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
11.5 Visual Prostheses, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
11.6 Deep Brain Stimulation, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
11.7 Neural Dynamics, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
Track 12. Tissure Engineering
List of Track 12 sessions and scheduled abstracts.
12.1 Cardiac Tissue Engineering I, Thursday, Oct 12, 10:30 AM
12.2 Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering II, Thursday, Oct 12, 2:00 PM
12.3 Cardiac Tissue Engineering III, Thursday, Oct 12, 4:00 PM
12.4 Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering IV, Friday, Oct 13, 10:30 AM
12.5 Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering, Friday, Oct 13, 2:00 PM
12.6 Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications, Saturday, Oct 14, 8:30 AM
12.7 Bioreactor Technologies, Saturday, Oct 14, 10:30 AM
12.8 Preservation of Engineered Tissue Constructs, Saturday, Oct 14, 2:00 PM
12.9 Cell Technologies, Saturday, Oct 14, 4:00 PM
12P Tissue Engineering, Friday, Oct 13, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
List of technical sessions organized by day/date
and time
Note for presenters about audio-visual equipment
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