Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. From Fundamentals to Applications

Table of Contents

1. Fundamentals of hydrogels I mechanical characterization
2. Fundamentals of hydrogels II architecture and biodegradability
3. Natural Hydrogels: synthesis, composites, and prospects in delayed wounds
4. Elastin-like hydrogels as tissue regeneration scaffolds
5. In silico simulation for designing hydrogels
6. Hydrogel functionalisation and crosslinking strategies for biomedical applications
7. Sterilization methods
8. Patents and regulatory issues
9. Ionic- and photo-crosslinked hydrogels
10. Enzymatic-crosslinked hydrogels
11. Thermo-responsive hydrogels
12. pH-responsive hydrogels: synthesis and physico-chemical properties
13. Conductive Hydrogels
14. Self-assembling hydrogels based on polymer networks
15. Memory-shape hydrogels
16. Hydrogels formed by polyelectrolyte complexation
17. Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPN) hydrogels
18. Biocomposites hydrogel-based scaffolds in Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
19. DNA based programmable hydrogels for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
20. Hydrogels as 3D scaffolds materials in tissue engineering and as organoid platforms
21. Hydrogels as filler materials
22. Hydrogels as tissue barriers
23. Hydrogels as stents
24. Silk Hydrogel Based Delivery of Cell and Bioactive Molecules for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering Applications
25. Hydrogels for development of bioinks
26. Hydrogel-inorganic filler composites for 3D bioprinting
27. Hydrogels for microfluidics
28. Hydrogels for 3D TE models
29. Hydrogels for imaging
30. Hydrogels as dynamic networks for skin repair
31. Hydrogels for cancer treatment
32. Natural-based injectable hydrogels for osteoarthritis treatment
33. Hydrogels as biologics/gene delivery systems
34. Current design and advances of hydrogel for retinal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
35. Hydrogels for dental applications
36. Biological applications of hydrogel coatings
37. Hydrogels for immunomodulation

Authors

J. Miguel Oliveira Principal Investigator with Habilitation and Vice President of Institute 3B's, 3B's Research Group, Institute 3B's, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. J. Miguel Oliveira, BSc, PhD is the Director of Pre-Clinical Research at the FIFA MEDICAL CENTER, Est�dio do Drag�o, Porto, PT since Fev. 2013. Currently, he is a Lecturer in Doctoral Programme in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells at UMinho, PT. He is also an Invited lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, U. Porto (since Sept. 2013) and Dept. of Polymer Eng., UM, PT. Dr. Oliveira has published over 220 scientific contributions in scientific journals. Miguel Oliveira was approved 17 patents, published 5 books, 3 special issue in scientific journals, and more than 90 book chapters in books with international circulation. In addition, he is member of the advisory board of the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, International Journal of Tissue Engineering, Journal ISRN Biomaterials, The Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, Journal "Recent Patents on Corrosion Science�, and referee in more than 40 international journals. Joana Silva-Correia Assistant Researcher, 3B's Research Group, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. Joana Silva-Correia, BSc, PhD is an Assistant Researcher at 3B's Research Group of University of Minho. She graduated Applied Biology and successfully completed a PhD degree in Sciences (Biology) at UM, in 2009. Since then she's worked as team member in several EU and PT funded projects that address different areas for TERM applications. She is/was PI of 4 national and 1 international funded-projects. Dr. Silva-Correia is author of 115 publications: 63 international peer-reviewed papers, 24 book chapters and 28 ISI indexed conference abstracts and proceedings. In addition, she is inventor of 6 international/national granted patents and presented more than 130 communications in major conferences in the field. She received 17 academic scientific awards/distinctions. She's been acting as referee of several international peer-reviewed journals (15), including some of the most relevant in the field (i.e. Tissue Engineering, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, among others). Rui L. Reis President of Institute 3B's, University of Minho; Director of the Associated Laboratory ICVS/3B's and of the European Institute of Excellence in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (EXPERTISSUES); Full Professor of Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells, University of Minho, Barco, Portugal. Dr. Rui Reis is Vice-President for Research and Innovation of University of Minho, Portugal, Director of 3B's Research Group and Director of ICVS/3B�s Associate Laboratory, both of UMinho. He's the CEO of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, the Coordinator of the Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine, the Global Past-President of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society and the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. He's edited 18 books, 10 special issue journals, 280 book chapters and has more than 1225 published works listed on ISI Web of Knowledge, being an inventor of around 70 patents. He's been awarded many important international prizes, including the TERMIS-EU contributions to the literature Award and the TERMIS-EU Career Achievement Award, and recently the UNESCO- International Life Sciences Award and the IET A. F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize.