Chairperson: Hermínio Sousa Keynote Plenary Session Tuesday, 26 14h00 Pedro Portella BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing , Berlin, Germany Complementary characterization of mutilayers using TEM techniques Jersy Morgiel Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland CIEPQPFUniversidade de Coimbra Instituto Superior Técnico Polymeric materials in biotechnology 16h00 P.A. Carvalho, P. Nolasco, A.J. The microstrure of salivary calculi: Cues on their mechanical Anjos, J.M. Aquino Marques, F. Cabrita, A. Maurício, M.F.C. behavior 16h20 Description and comparison of a computer image segmentation testing procedure to evaluate the in vivo biomaterial’s behavior on bone tissue regeneration. 17h20 17h40 Affiliation University of Coimbra Characterization of metallic materials for high temperature applications under complex loading 15h30 17h00 Chairpreson: Rogério Colaço Parallel Session 1 Health & Medicine Title Authors Materials and the making of Carlos Sá Furtado civilizations Helena Gil Pereira, A.P. Alves de Matos Luis Miguel Atayde, Paulo Pegado Cortez, Tiago Pereira, Maria Ascensão Lopes, José Domingos Santos, Paulo Armada-da-Silva, Ana Colette Maurício ICBAS- Universidade do Porto; ICETAUniversidade do Porto Coffee Break + Poster Session Maria B.C. de Matos, Ana P. Preparation of drug-loaded CIEPQPFPiedade, Carmen Alvarezpoly(ε-caprolactone)/silica Universidade de Lorenzo, Angel Concheiro3, Mara Coimbra nanoparticles composite biomaterials using supercritical E.M. Braga, Hermínio C. de Sousa CO2 technologies Natacha Rosa The effect of cement boneinterface on the behaviour of hip António Torres Marques arthroplasty replacement Faculdade de EngenhariaUniversidade do Porto In vivo evaluation of the effect of T Pereira, A Gärtner, I Amorim, J ICBAS- Universidade Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ribeiro, M França, M Rodrigues, do Porto (HMSCs) from the Wharton’s jelly A Lopes, P Armada-da-Silva, AL of the umbilical cord associated Luís, AC Maurício with different vehicles in a novel skeletal muscle model Chairperson: Rogério Colaço Keynote Wednesday, 27 9h30 Parallel Session 1 Health & Medicine Title Authors Health sector: overview,trends Luís Soares and opportunities Affiliation Director of Studies and Planning, Health Cluster Portugal 10h00 Lab-on-Paper: Development of paper-based microfluidics for biosensor applications Mafalda Costa João Inácio Elvira Fortunato CENIMAT/I3NUniversidade Nova de Lisboa 10h20 Interaction of hybrid nanocomposites thin films with proteins A.C. Pinho, A.P. Piedade CEMUC-Universidade de Coimbra 10h40 Characteristics of the a-C and a- A. Escudeiro, T. Polcar, A. C:H_Zr coatings deposited on Ti- Cavaleiro based substrates CEMUC-Universidade de Coimbra Chairperson: José Santos Coffee Break + Poster Session 11h30 Development of superhydrophobic sol-gel coatings on stainless steel M. M. Lourenço, A. M. Simões Instituto Superior Técnico 11h50 Ti-Zr thin films for biomedical applications S. Lourenço, A.S. Ramos, M.T. Vieira, J.P. Tondela CEMUC-Universidade de Coimbra 12h10 Biocompatible coatings for medical industries S. Carvalho, S. Calderon, I. Carvalho, I. Ferreri, M. Henriques, A.P.Piedade, A. Cavaleiro GRF-CFUM, University of Minho Lunch + Poster Session Chairperson: José Santos Keynote Wednesday, 27 14h30 Parallel Session 1 Health & Medicine Title Authors Nanomaterials to modulate Lino Ferreira (stem) cell activity Affiliation Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, UC and Biocant CT2M-Universidade do Minho 15h00 The effect of alumina particle geometry on wear resistance of hot pressed CoCrMo-Al2O3 composites M.A Bagheri, Z. Doni, F. Toptan, A.C Alves, F.S Silva 15h20 Development and characterization of a novel injectable bone substitute based on an alginate/hyaluronate hydrogel and Bonelike® granules D.S.Morais; M.A. Rodrigues; T.I. CEMUC-Universidade Silva; M.A. Lopes; M.Santos; M.J. do Porto Coelho; M.P.Ferraz; J.D. Santos; C.M. Botelho 15h40 Biomaterials and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from the Wharton’s jelly of the umbilical cord used for nerve regeneration after axonotmesis and neurotmesis injuries A Gärtner, T Pereira, R Gomes, I ICBAS-Universidade Amorim, J Ribeiro, ML França, M do Porto; Santos, S Geuna, AS Varejão, AL CECA/ICETALuís, JD Santos, AC Maurício 17h00 Universidade do Porto Coffee Break Z. Doni, A.M. Ribeiro, F. Toptan, Corrosion and tribocorrosion behavior of hot pressed CoCrMo- A.C. Alves, J.R. Gomes, A. Ramalho, M. Buciumeanu, L. Al2O3 biocomposites CT2M-Universidade do Minho Chairperson: Rogério Colaço Palaghian, F.S. Silva 17h20 Dexamethasone-loaded sol-gel bioactive glasses prepared using biomimetic catalysts and a supercritical carbon dioxide deposition process L.T.R. Filipe, M.C. Alves, A. Rey- CIEPQPFRico, M.B.C. de Matos, A.P. Universidade de Piedade, J.J. Watkins, C. Alvarez- Coimbra Lorenzo, A. Concheiro, M.E.M. Braga, H.C. de Sousa. 17h40 Application of vascular grafts of poly(vinyl) alcohol hydrogel (PVA) associated with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from Wharton jelly (WJ) in an animal model (sheep). N Alexandre, MA Lopes, NA Universidade de Nunes, I Amorim, AC Mauricio, JD Évora Santos, AL Luís. Closing Session Chairperson: José Santos Keynote Plenary Session Tuesday, 26 14h00 15h30 16h00 16h20 Affiliation University of Coimbra BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing , Berlin, Germany Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Polymeric materials in Helena Gil CIEPQPFbiotechnology Universidade de Coimbra Development of an asymmetric C. Fidalgo; M.A. Rodrigues; M.A. CEMUC-Universidade resorbable membrane for guided Lopes; J.V. Lobato; J.D. Santos do Porto tissue regeneration Complementary characterization of mutilayers using TEM techniques 17h00 Chairperson: Ana Maurício Parallel Session 2 Health & Medicine Title Authors Materials and the making of Carlos Sá Furtado civilizations Characterization of metallic Pedro Portella materials for high temperature applications under complex loading Influence of cholesterol and albumin on the biotribological response of hydrogels for soft contact lenses Jersy Morgiel D.Silva, T.G. Nunes, A.P. Serro, R. Instituto Superior Colaço Técnico Coffee Break + Poster Session Ana Fonseca, Joana Silva, Helena Instituto Politécnico Preliminary study of the corrosion resistance of metallic Caria, Célio Figueiredo-Pina de Setúbal alloys after exposure to bacteria. 17h20 Antimicrobial activity of silver coated textile fabrics C.M. Almeida, P.V.Morais, M.T.Vieira, A.P.Piedade CEMUC-Universidade de Coimbra 17h40 Silver Activation on thin films of Ag-ZrCN coatings for an antimicrobial activity Application of biomembranes of the poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel (PVA) associated with MSCs from Wharton jelly in the treatment of two clinical of chronic wounds I. Ferreri, S. Calderon, M. Henriques, A.P. Piedade, S. Carvalho Universidade do Minho 18h00 J Ribeiro, T Pereira, A Gärtner, N ICBAS-Universidade Alexandre, R Gomes, M França, C do Porto Abreu, MA Lopes, J Lima, I Amorim, AC Mauricio, AL Luís Chairperson:Hermínio Sousa Keynote Wednesday, 27 9h30 Affiliation Director of Studies and Planning, Health Cluster Portugal 10h00 Biotemplates based on Alumina Nanostructures produced by anodizing process J. Carneiro, A. Samantilleke, P. Universidade do Sampaio, M. Peixoto, S. Azevedo, Minho M. Maltez-da Costa, V. Teixeira 10h20 Mesenchymal stem cells behaviour onto femtosecond laser textured Ti alloys 10h40 Sintering of polymer wicks for EEG electrodes Alexandre Cunha Amélia Almeida Omar Farouk Zouani Marie-Christine Durrieu Rui Vilar Ana Martins, Armando Mota, Miguel Nóbrega, Carlos Fonseca, Ana Vera Machado, Filipe Vaz. 11h30 Chairperson: Hermínio Sousa Parallel Session 2 Health & Medicine Title Authors Health sector: overview,trends Luís Soares and opportunities 11h50 12h10 Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade do Minho Coffee Break + Poster Session Rapid screening of Ti-Ta alloys for Carole Loable, Martim Teixeira, Instituto Superior biomedical applications by laser Odila Florencio, Amélia Almeida Técnico and Rui Vilar deposition Microcapsules formation by solvent evaporation: relating capsules characteristics to process conditions Femtosecond laser irradiation of NiTi for micro and nano biomedical applications Fernando P Bernardo Maria G Rasteiro Andreia S Trino Maria G Rodrigues CIEPQPFUniversidade de Coimbra L. Quintino, L. Liu, R. J. C. Silva, R. UNIDEMIM. Miranda Universidade Nova Lunch + Poster Session de Lisboa