Den Bosch

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ESB 2004 conference 4-7 July

• Location
• Den Bosch, the Netherlands
• Mediaeval city (1200)
• Easily accessible by train (60 min from
  Amsterdam)
• Organising group
• Division of Biomechanics Tissue Engineering
• Department BioMedical Engineering
• Eindhoven University of Technology

Den Bosch
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Conference city
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Conference venue
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• Biomedical Engineering
• Biomechanics Tissue Engineering
• Molecular Bioengineering
• Biomedical Imaging Informatics

• Bone Biomechanics
• Prof. Rik Huiskes
• Dr. Bert van Rietbergen
• Dr. Rene van Donkelaar

• Cardiovascular Biomechanics
• Prof. Frans van de Vosse
• Dr. Peter Bovendeerd
• Dr. Marcel Rutten

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Organisation committee
Chairman Frank Baaijens Secretary General Cees
Oomens Treasurer Rene van Donkelaar Secretary
Marleen Rieken, Yvon Biemans, Alice van
Litsenberg Members Carlijn Bouten Peter
Bovendeerd Rik Huiskes Jacques Huyghe
Marcel Rutten Bert van Rietbergen
Frans v.d. Vosse
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Conference themes
Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics Frans van
de Vosse Tissue and Cellular Engineering Frank
Baaijens Soft Tissue Biomechanics Jacques
Huyghe Bone Biomechanics Bert van
Rietbergen Orthopaedic and Dental
Biomechanics Rik Huiskes Musculo-Skeletal
Dynamics Frans van der Helm

• Themes are split into mini-symposia
• n-sessions of 5 papers
• each session
• 1 keynote paper (opening keynote symposium
  organiser)
• 4 invited/contributed papers

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Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics
Cardiac Mechanics Andrew McCulloch Biofluid
Mechanics Arterial Wall Mechanics Gerhard
Holzapfel Coronary Circulation Nico
Westerhof Heart Valve Biomechanics Fluid
Structure Interaction Frans van de
Vosse Clinical Applications Nico
Pijls Microcirculation Functional
Imganing Bart ter Haar Romeny
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Tissue and Cellular Engineering
Cartilage Gerjo van Osch Tendon and
Ligaments Dan Bader Heart Valves Carlijn
Bouten Vascular Grafts Simon Hoerstrup Cell
Biomechanics Farshid Guilak Bone Jenneke
Klein Nulend Muscle Cardiomyocytes Doris
Taylor Mechanical Signals for Tissue
Differentiation Mark Post Bladder Jens Hilborn
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Soft Tissue Biomechanics
Cartilage Biomechanics Gerard
Atesian Intervertebral Disk Lori
Setton Multi-phase Modeling Wolfgang
Ehlers Synthetic cartilage Substitutes Jacques
Huyghe Damage and Adaptation Cees Oomens Growth
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Bone Biomechanics
Osteoporosis and bone strength Felix
Eckstein Mechanobiology of bone Harrie
Weinans Bone remodeling and adaptation Rik
Huiskes Bone imaging Ralf Muller Micro
damage Patrick Prendergast Clive Lee Growth,
healing and tissue differentiation Rene van
Donkelaar Keita Ito Bone structure and
strength Bert van Rietbergen Marie-Christi
ne Ho Ba To
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Ortopaedic and Dental Biomechanics
Joint, motion, stability, load transfer George
Duda Hip implants Nico Verdonschot Knee
implants Peter Walker Spinal orthopedic
biomechanics Cartilage and arthrosis Sjoerd
Bulstra Fracture fixation and healing Lutz
Claes Biomaterials Leif Ryd Teeth and
jaw Jos van der Sloten Dental
reconstruction John Middleton
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Musculo-Skeletal Dynamics
Sports biomechanics Roger Bartlett Proprioceptiv
e relexes in motor control Thomas Sinkjaer Human
gait Volker Dietz Shoulder biomechanics Dirkj
an Veeger Computer simulation in
biomechanics Bart Koopman Balance
control Herman van der Kooij Spinal
biomechanics Jaan van Dieen Force transfer in
muscles Peter Huijing Mandibular joint
models Harm Koolstra
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Conference layout
Sessions
Sessions
Sessions
Happy Hour
Happy Hour
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Conference schedule
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Pre-conference courses
Bone Biomechanics
Cardiovascular Biomechanics
Tissue Engineering
International known guest lectures