TCES2016 Session 1: Mechanism of cell behaviour

TCES 2016 Annual Meeting 4-6 July 2016, UCL

Session 1: Mechanisms of Cell Behaviour

Chairs: Nicholas Forsyth and Katerina Stamati

1-1 Keynote: Prof. Alan Dardik, Yale University

Delivery of mesenchymal stem cells in biomimetic engineered scaffolds promotes healing of diabetic ulcers

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1-2 Ahmed Al-Qarakhli, Cardiff University

The influence of a hyperglycemic environment on theosteogenic and adipogenic potential of mesenchymal stem cell populations

Keywords: bone, diabetes, human mesenchymal stem cells, metabolism

Papers mentioned:

JS Colombo, AJ Sloan, J Okazaki, RJ Waddington Delayed osteoblast differentiation and altered inflammatory response around implants placed in incisor sockets of type 2 diabetic rats. (2010) Clin Oral Impls Res 22; 578-586. 

1-3 Tom Upton, University of Nottingham

Using holographic optical tweezers as a tool to investigate cellular interactions

Keywords:  embryonic stem cells, gradients, laser tweezer

1-4 Sabha Mobini, University of Manchester

Changes in human mesenchymal stem cell behaviours in low-voltage direct current electrical field

Keywords: bone, electrical field

1-5 Charlotte Hagen, University College London

X-ray phase contrast computed tomography as a new imaging modality for three-dimensional, non-destructive analyses of tissue engineering scaffolds

Keywords:  X-ray imaging, tissue engineering