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

  • 1:45 PM. 181. Small Molecule Tethered Silicone Biomaterials Surfaces Controlling Microbial Infection by Interfering with Nucleotide Second Messenger Signalling.Gaurav Pandey1, Parya Akram2, Christopher Siedlecki3, Li-Chong Xu3 1Pennsylvania State University, 2Penn State Harrisburg, 3Penn State College of Medicine

  • 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

  • 2:15 PM. 183. Antifouling Urinary Catheters with Engineered Active Topographies.Zehui Han, B.S.1, Yikang Xu, Ph.D.2, Wenhan Zhao, Ph.D.1, Huan Gu, Ph.D.3, Teng Zhang, Ph.D.1, Dacheng Ren, Ph.D.4 1Syracuse University, 2University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3University of New Haven, 4University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • 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

  • 3:15 PM. 187. Impact of Sterilization Methods on the Functional Properties of Injectable Methylcellulose-Based Hydrogels.Li-Chianne Tucker1, Sharon Zhou2, Meghan Halloran3, Adam Weisel3, David Alpert3, Karin Sauer2, Steven Nicoll, Ph.D.3 1The City College of New York, 2Binghamton University, 3CUNY City College of New York