The Biomaterial Interfaces Division is organizing a series of sessions to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of fundamental aspects of bio-interface science, engineering, and state-of-the-art characterization methods. The BI program brings together recent advances in biomaterials science with those in imaging, diagnostics, surface and interface analysis methods, and theoretical and computational approaches to model biological systems, starting with the traditional Monday afternoon Plenary Session on Advances in Biomaterials Science.
We also invite submissions of Flash/Poster Presentations, to be made in a dedicated session with an accompanying Networking Session during the AVS-wide poster session. Joint BID/Biointerphases prizes will be awarded for the best student Flash/Poster presentations. Early career scientists should check out the Biointerphases Special Topic Collection, The Future of Biointerface Science 2025. This collection will feature the perspective early-career scientists have on the future of biointerface science. Postdocs and senior PhD students are particularly encouraged to contribute. Selected contributing authors will be invited to present their work and compete for the Biointerphases Ascending Researcher Award. All invited speakers will be supported by a travel award and the winner of the Ascending Researcher Award and associated article will be widely promoted via email and on social and professional networks.
BI-MoM: Biofilms, Biofouling, and Biomolecules at Interfaces
- Sebastian Diaz, US Naval Research Laboratory, “Peptide-Based Liquid-Liquid Coacervates for Biosensing, Degradation Resistance, and as Biofoundries”
- Abdon Pena-Francesch, University of Michigan, “Zwitterionic Polymers for Antifouling Surfaces in Soft Devices”
- Bruno Zappone, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Nanotechnology (CNR-Nanotec), Italy, “Molecular Shape and Peeling-Stretching Mechanics of Collagen Adsorbed on Silicate Surfaces”
BI-MoA: The Future of Biointerface Science
BI1-TuM: Biomaterials and Nanomaterials Fabrication I
- Charles Dhong, University of Delaware, “Engineering the Human Sense of Touch as the Finger-Object Interface”
BI2-TuM: Biomaterials and Nanomaterials Fabrication II
BI3-TuM: Characterization of Biological and Biomaterials Surfaces
BI-TuA: Functional Materials and Biosensing
- Roberto Andresen Eguiluz, University of California Merced, “Fibronectin and ECM-Mediated Regulation of Synovial Fluid Film Formation and Nanomechanics”
BI-ThP: Biomaterial Interfaces Poster Session