BioInterfaces
The BioInterfaces Special Interest Group seeks to promote a better understanding of cell and protein interactions with biomaterial interfaces. To achieve these goals, the group organizes activities related to the evaluation of existing materials and the design of new materials to produce targeted responses by proteins and cells. Some of the topics related to proteins include: 1) relating surface chemistry to protein adsorption or specific binding and 2) studying the activation or inactivation of protein function at interfaces, including complement activation. Cell topics include: 1) the response of cells to differing chemistries and microstructures (roughness or porosity), 2) the evaluation of multiple cell and tissue response parameters (attachment, growth, migration, differentiation, inflammation, fibrosis), 3) the role of surface receptors in cell responses, and 4) all relevant cell types including bacteria. The group organizes workshops, symposia, and sessions at the annual meeting.
- Are you looking for professional leadership opportunities?
- Do you want to get involved in planning for future meetings?
- Do you want to get more involved with the Society For Biomaterials?
- Do you want to network with others in your field of expertise?
- Then join us in the BioInterfaces SIG!!!
2025 BWF BioInterfaces Rising Star Award: Sponsored by the BioInterfaces SIG (BioI) and Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF), this annual award recognizes outstanding BioInterfaces research by postdoc-level scientists. The BWF BioInterfaces Rising Star Award seeks to stimulate and highlight research that advances a biomaterials lens to cutting-edge research in protein and cell biology, and, conversely, research that translates progress in molecular and cell biology into innovative biomaterials.
The Dr. Rena Bizios Poster Award: honoring a founding and active member of the BIoInterfaces SIG, Dr. Rena Bizios, these awards recognize outstanding BioInterfaces research by graduate students who present at the annual SFB meeting. To be eligible, the candidates must be current graduate students or recent graduates (within 6 months of their most advanced degree). Candidates become eligible by either indicating the BIoInterfaces SIG as one of their choices for STAR awards and/or by presenting a poster in the BioInterfaces SIG session. First place ($300), second place ($150), and honorable mention ($50) winners will be announced at the end of the BioInterfaces SIG session at the 2023 SFB annual meeting.
Officers
Chair: Mary Beth Monroe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
5045 ETB
101 Bizzell
College Station, TX 77843
t: (979) 845-8271
e: mbbmonroe@tamu.edu
Vice-Chair: Nicole Hashemi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Iowa State University
2028 Black Engineering Building
Ames, IA 50011
e: nastaran@iastate.edu
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Secretary/Treasurer: Jouha Min, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
028-2010E NCRC
2800 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
t: (734) 647-4821
e: jouhamin@umich.edu
Program Chair: Claudia Loebel, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
225 N 38th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
e: loebelcl@seas.upenn.edu
Web Contact: TBD
Student Contact: Sanju Vardhan, Ph.D. candidate
University of Texas, Austin
e: sanju.vardhan@utexas.edu
Industry Representative: Lauren Austin, Ph.D.
Discovery Pharmaceutical Sciences
Merck
770 Sumneytown Pike
14-2134
West Point, PA 19486
t: (215) 652-0327
e: lauren.austin@merck.com
Biomaterials Forum Reporter: TBD
Past Chair (2021-2023 term): Felipe Garcia Quiroz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Emory University
1760 Haygood Dr NE
HSRB Room E184
Atlanta, GA 30322
t: (404) 251-5435
e: felipe.quiroz@emory.edu