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AFM Title: Atomic Force Microscopy: Enabling Characterization of Biological Structures and Forces at the Nanoscale (YOU Must be AN SME member to view this content.)
Presenter: Andrea Slade, PhD, Veeco Instruments
Synopsis: This webinar will focus on the application of atomic force microscopy (AFM) for nanoscale characterization of biological structures. AFM facilitates high-resolution, 3-D imaging and highly sensitive measurements of interaction forces of biomolecules and biomolecular complexes under near-physiological conditions. As a surface characterization technique, AFM can provide researchers with insights into not only how biomolecules interact with each other but also how their interactions with surfaces, such as a biomaterial, can affect structure and behavior both in situ and without sample modification.
   
Arterial Title: Mechanical Factors in Arterial Disease – Aging, Hypertension and Arterial Elasticity (YOU Must be AN SME member to view this content.)
Presenter: Stephen Greenwald, PhD, University of London
Synopsis: This webinar explores the way in which the structure and composition of large arteries near the heart change with age, thus making them stiffer and how this increase in stiffness leads to high blood pressure, the main cause of death in the developed world. It discusses possible biomechanical reasons for blood pressure variability in populations and concludes with a brief description of a new treatment based on manipulating arterial mechanical properties.
   
Microfluidics Title: Multi-Microfluidics Array Printing of High Resolution Construct for Tissue Engineering (YOU Must be AN SME member to view this content.)
Presenter: Jack Zhou, PhD, Drexel University
Synopsis: Electrowetting based microfluidics array printing is a new solid freeform technology that can meet the challenges of high resolution (less than 10 mm) manufacture of hydrogel scaffolds, cell placement, growth factor delivery, and vascularization for soft tissue engineering. The technology of the solid freeform fabrication (SFF) system used in research conducted at Drexel University will be presented.

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