4D: Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Biointerfaces: Strategies to Prevent Device-Associated Infections 1

Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Hanover AB

Description

Frontiers in Antimicrobial Biointerfaces: From Molecular Mechanisms to Material Design
Focus: This session highlights cutting-edge advances in understanding and engineering antimicrobial biointerfaces across length scales, from molecular design principles to functional biomaterial systems. Talks will focus on innovative strategies including self-sterilizing surfaces, antimicrobial mechanisms, engineered surface topographies, responsive nanostructures, and multifunctional hydrogels and scaffolds for infection control and tissue regeneration.

Moderators:

Matthew Libera
Professor | Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science
Stevens Institute of Technology

Steven Nicoll
Professor | Biomedical Engineering
The City College of New York

  • 1:30 PM. 180. Self-sterilization in a Portable TiO2-catalyzed Dialysis Regeneration System.Ningjing Chen1, Buddy Ratner, Ph.D.1, James Bryers, Ph.D.1, Jonathan himmelfarb, MD2 1University of Washington, 2Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • 2:00 PM. 182. Multiscale Insights into Peptoid Design for Self-Defensive Biomaterials.Anand Wadurkar1, Yu Liu1, Xuyang Qin1, Khuong Pham1, Wafiq Khondkar1, Shikha Nangia1 1Syracuse University

  • 2:30 PM. 184.

  • 2:45 PM. 185. Hydrogel-based co-delivery of antimicrobial agents eliminates established infection and promotes bone healing.Luiza DaMotta, B.S.1, Eunice Chee, Ph.D.1, Jeremy Caplin, Ph.D.1, Andrés García, PhD1 1Georgia Institute of Technology

  • 3:00 PM. 186. Uniform and Controllable Deposition of PAA Microgels onto 3D-Printed PCL Scaffolds.Zhuozhuo Yin1 1stevens insitute of technonlgy