特別講演会のお知らせ


                                            2010.7.6

この度下記の通り特別講演会を開催いたします。
なお、この講演は北海道支部バイオメカニクス懇話会主催当支部共催となっております。
また講演会終了後交流会も予定しておりますので、皆様奮ってご参加下さい。

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      日本機械学会北海道支部 バイオメカニクス懇話会
             第1回講演会・交流会

(共催:日本機械学会北海道支部,日本機械学会バイオエンジニアリング部門 「生体と力学ー生体への応用」研究会,日本塑性加工学会東北北海道支部)

          
下記の要領にてバイオメカニクス懇話会第1回講演会・交流会を開催いたします.多数のご参加をお待 ちしております.
なお,本講演会は日本機械学会北海道支部特別講演会,日本機械学会バイオエ ンジニアリング部門第31回「生体と力学ー生体への応用」研究会,日本塑性加工学会東北北海 道支部北海道ブロック第26回研究会と共催いたします.また,交流会も予定しておりますので 併せてご参加ください.

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日 時:2010年7月30日(金) 16:00〜17:00
場 所:北海道大学大学院工学研究科・工学部 A1-17室
    http://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/building/?place=outer
講 演:
 Speaker: Prof. Justin J. Cooper-White (The University of Queensland, Australia)
 Title: Micro- and nano-bioreactors for control of cell behaviour and tissue genesis
Abstract: Shear stress is known to regulate a number of endothelial cell functions. In particular,
cell shape and orientation, and cytoskeleton protein production, secretion and organization.
Therefore, understanding the effects of shear on endothelial cells in microchannels is necessary
for and prior to the development of a microvascular network, which is a significant and challenging
goal in the engineering of large three-dimensional artificial tissue structures. In order to create
a 3D microvascular network, firstly, a multishear microdevice capable of rapidly screening a wide
range of shear stresses (0.7-130 dynes/cm2, covering both physiological and pathological states)
was developed. It was used to probe for optimal flow and shear stresses for the culture of endothelial
cells in microchannels. Leading on from this we have developed a microdevice with a 'multi-rung'
microvascular network design that has uniform fluid flow profiles in all its channels. HUVECs were
cultured in the microvascular microdevice, resulting in a fully patent, three-dimensional endothelial
cell (microvascular) network. A 24 h perfusion study was conducted using this device and
immunofluorescence staining revealed a contiguous, 3D endothelial monolayer throughout the network.
Most recently we have moved this microvascular network into a degradable microdevice format,
allowing for the observation of endothelial sprouting from the 'rungs' under perfusion flow. I will also
provide a brief overview of the other activities within my laboratory developing cell-based diagnostic
microdevices and microbioreactors to elucidate the microenvironmental cues required for human
embryonic stem cell expansion and lineage specificity and to visualize and quantify cell migration on
virgin surfaces in controlled microenvironments. Lastly, I will touch on our work investigating the
flow of non-Newtonian fluids (polymer solutions and biological fluids) in microfluidic devices presenting
complex geometrical features.

交流会:18:00〜20:00(当日ご案内いたします)

問い合わせ先:
大橋 俊朗(主査) 北海道大学大学院工学研究院人間機械システムデザイン部門
Tel&Fax: 011-706-6424, Email: ohashi@eng.hokudai.ac.jp
前田 英次郎(幹事) 北海道大学大学院工学研究院人間機械システムデザイン部門
Tel&Fax: 011-706-6426, Email: e.maeda@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

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