DEADLINE FOR THE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – 19th DEC 2017
How to Use the Online Abstract Submission System for 8th World Congress of Biomechanics 
- Abstracts are submitted via an online submission system. Register with the abstract submission website and establish your user name and password.
- If you are submitting more than one abstract you must use the same login for each abstract.
- Please note that at least one author must register in full to attend and present the abstract at the Congress and that an author must not present more than two presentations (either oral or poster).
- You can alter your abstract at any time up to the submission deadline of 19th December 2017.
- Abstracts will be reviewed and any abstract that was submitted for oral presentation, but was unsuccessful in that regard, will be considered for poster presentation.
- The maximum length of an abstract is 450 words.
- Do not include author names in the title or body of your abstract – these are entered online during the submission process.
Click here to download the full submission instructions, plus details on how to amend a submission.
Amending a Submission
You may wish to change your submission. You can do this at any time up to the deadline of 19th December 2017.
- Log in to the abstract submission system.
- You will see the abstract(s) that you have submitted. Click on the abstract title to open the file.
- Amending an abstract is just the same as the original submission process except that the online form will be automatically filled in with the answers that you gave previously. You don’t have to change an answer if you don’t want to.
- Once you click “Submit”, your changes will be saved and you will be sent an email confirming that your abstract has been amended.
Congress Tracks
Authors are welcome to submit under the below congress tracks.(Click here for a full details track and session list). Authors should ensure to select the session most relevant to their research. Note in some cases the same session title will appear under two different tracks. This is to help with structuring the final program, please only submit under one track. Ensure to read the detailed track Track and Session listing which you are required to select during the submission process.
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Biomedical Engineering Education
- Curricular perspectives to match global diversity in biomedical engineering
- Interfacing industry with Biomedical Engineering education
- Biomedical Engineering Education – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – David Steinman, University of Toronto, Canada
- Airway flows and lung transport
- Biolocomotion and flows
- Biomechanics of the Central Nervous System
- Biotransport diagnostics and therapeutics
- Cancer microenvironments and tumour transport
- Challenges of thrombosis modelling
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Atherosclerotic plaque: Mechanism and modelling
- Beyond vFFR: Emerging clinical applications of multiscale vascular biomechanics
- Cardiovascular imaging
- Cerebral aneurysms
- Challenges of working across scales in patient- and animal-specific cardiovascular modelling
- Congenital heart defects and paediatric cardiology applications
- From physiology to clinics: Clinical applications of multiscale modelling of the heart
- Cryotherapy and cryopreservation (Boris Rubinsky 70th birthday session)
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Stenting within the cardiovascular system
- Thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection
- Vascular growth and remodelling mechanics
- Multiscale modelling of the Cardiovascular System: Disease development, progression, and clinical intervention
- Fluid-structure interactions in cardiovascular mechanics
- From the microcirculation to large artery flows: Challenges for clinical applications
- Hyperthermia and heat-mediated transport
- Microfluidics
- Modelling of biofluid transport
- Nanotherapeutics and nanoparticle transport
- Vascular, lymphatic, and ocular transport
- Verification, validation and uncertainty quantification in cardiovascular CFD
- Biofluid and Transport – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Graz University of Technology, Austria
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Active constitutive models for arteries
- Airway flows and lung transport
- Arterial stiffness and disease
- Atherosclerotic plaque: Mechanism and modelling
- Beyond vFFR: Emerging clinical applications of multiscale vascular biomechanics
- Biomechanics of cardiovascular tissues
- Biotransport diagnostics and therapeutics
- Cardiac growth and remodelling mechanics
- Cardiac mechanics and heart modelling
- Cardiac regeneration and healing
- Cardiovascular cell mechanics and its role in human disease
- Cardiovascular cell mechanics, adhesion and mechanotransduction
- Cardiovascular development
- Cardiovascular imaging
- Cardiovascular mechanobiology and molecular mechanisms
- Cerebral aneurysms
- Challenges of thrombosis modelling
- Challenges of working across scales in patient- and animal-specific cardiovascular modelling
- Congenital heart defects and paediatric cardiology applications
- Fluid-structure interactions in cardiovascular mechanics
- From physiology to clinics: Clinical applications of multiscale modelling of the heart
- From the microcirculation to large artery flows: Challenges for clinical applications
- Heart failure mechanisms
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Mechanical thrombectomy for emergent large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke
- Mechanobiology of heart valves
- Microfluidics
- Micromechanics of cardiovascular tissues
- Modelling of biofluid transport
- Multiscale mechanics of cardiovascular materials and structures
- Multiscale mechanobiology of vascularisation and atherosclerosis
- Multiscale modelling of the Cardiovascular System: Disease development, progression, and clinical intervention
- Patient-specific biomechanical interaction of cardiovascular devices with surrounding tissues
- Stenting within the cardiovascular system
- Thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection
- Vascular growth and remodelling mechanics
- Verification, validation and uncertainty quantification in cardiovascular CFD
- Cardiovascular – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Ed Guo, Columbia University, United States of America
- Cardiovascular cell mechanics and its role in human disease diagnosis
- Cardiovascular cell mechanics, adhesion and mechanotransduction
- Cardiovascular mechanobiology and molecular mechanisms
- Cell biomechanics and oncology
- Cell interaction with microenvironment
- Cellular contractility and extracellular vesicles
- Cellular mechanics of immunology
- Flow-mediated cellular biomechanics
- Mechanical regulation of stem cells
- Mechanics of cell motility
- Mechanobiology and embryogenesis
- Mechanogenetics for cell therapy
- Mechanotransduction in engineered tissue
- Respiratory cell mechanics
- Cell Biomechanics – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chairs – Kristen Myers, Columbia University, USA and Niamh Nowlan, Imperial College London, UK
- Advanced bioimaging
- Biolocomotion and flows
- Biomechanics in nature I: a tribute to Professor R. McNeill Alexander
- Biomechanics in nature II: a tribute to Professor R. McNeill Alexander
- Biomechanics of soft tissue by Elastography (MRI, US)
- Biomechanics of the Central Nervous System
- Computational challenges in multiscale modelling in biomechanics
- Computer models of growth and remodelling
- Coupled multi-organ modelling of the cardiopulmonary system
- Dynamic medical imaging techniques for biomechanics systems
- Forensic biomechanics
- Integrated approaches for reproductive biomechanics
- Integration of global health and biomechanics: Addressing the challenges in Africa
- Lung biomechanics
- Mechanobiology of tissue development on a chip
- Microbial biomechanics
- Modelling uncertainty and propagation of data for biomechanics systems
- Multiscale biomechanics of neurovascular diseases
- Multiscale cancer mechanobiology and biomechanics
- Nano- and micro-mechanics of biological tissue, biomimetic and bioinspired materials and systems
- Nanotherapeutics and nanoparticle transport
- Next generation tissue mechanic approaches: In situ and in patients to self-assembling materials
- Ocular biomechanics of aging and disease
- Ocular trauma
- The biomechanics of pregnancy and parturition
- Technologies for space-time multiscale analyses
- USNCB Biomechanics of infection and inflammation
- USNCB Global women’s health biomechanics
- USNCB Neuromechanics: Integrating across spatial and temporal scales
- Emerging Areas – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Marie-Christine Ho Ba Tho, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, France
- Advanced bioimaging
- Biofabrication and bioreactors for functional tissue systems
- Biomechanics of soft tissue by Elastography (MRI, US)
- Cardiovascular imaging
- Dynamic medical imaging techniques for biomechanics systems
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Mechanical thrombectomy for emergent large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke
- Nano- and micro-mechanics of biological tissue, biomimetic and bioinspired materials and systems
- Patient-specific biomechanical interaction of cardiovascular devices with surrounding tissues
- Physical regulators and transport cues in tissue engineering
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for ankle/foot
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for hand/wrist
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for hip/knee
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for shoulder
- Sports shoes, and sport surfaces
- Stenting within the cardiovascular system
- Imaging and Device Biomechanics – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Walter Herzog, University of Calgary, Canada
- Falls – prediction and prevention
- Human locomotion in diseased/injured populations – cerebral palsy
- Human locomotion in diseased/injured populations – osteoarthritis
- Human locomotion in diseased/injured populations – post-stroke
- Joint loading during locomotion and human movement (effects on joint and tissue adaptation)
- Locomotion and falling in the elderly
- Mobile monitoring of biomechanical phenomena
- Motor Control
- Skeletal muscle properties and function during human movement (in vivo muscle properties)
- Locomotion and Human Movement – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Taiji Adachi, Kyoto University, Japan
- Connecting molecular interactions to cellular behaviours via computational models
- Fluorescence based force sensors
- Force transmission and intercellular junction
- Mechanobiology of cellular actomyosin systems
- Molecular dynamics simulation
- Molecular force transduction
- Non-equilibrium biomechanics – from molecules to cells
- Single-molecule force-spectroscopy on force-dependent stability and interactions of proteins
- Sub-cellular biomechanics
- Theoretical approach to molecular mechanosensing
- Molecular Biomechanics – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Marco Viceconti, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Beyond vFFR: Emerging clinical applications of multiscale vascular biomechanics
- Challenges of working across scales in patient- and animal-specific cardiovascular modelling
- Computational challenges in multiscale modelling in biomechanics
- Coupled multi-organ modelling of the cardiopulmonary system
- Falls – prediction and prevention
- From physiology to clinics: Clinical applications of multiscale modelling of the heart
- Head impact biomechanics and head protection
- Human locomotion in diseased/injured populations – Cerebral palsy
- Human locomotion in diseased/injured populations – osteoarthritis
- Human locomotion in diseased/injured populations – post-stroke
- Integrated approaches for reproductive biomechanics
- Locomotion and falling in the elderly
- Locomotion and human movement energetics in sports
- Mobile monitoring of biomechanical phenomena
- Modelling uncertainty and propagation of data for biomechanics systems
- Multiscale biomechanics of age-related bone fractures
- Multiscale biomechanics of articular degenerative diseases
- Multiscale biomechanics of neurovascular diseases
- Multiscale biomechanics of paediatric musculoskeletal diseases
- Multiscale biomechanics of scaffolds
- Multiscale biomechanics and modeling of engineered tissues
- Multiscale biomechanics of sport and sport injuries
- Multiscale cancer mechanobiology and biomechanics
- Multiscale mechanics of cardiovascular materials and structures
- Multiscale mechanobiology of vascularisation and atherosclerosis
- Multiscale modelling of the Cardiovascular System: Disease development, progression, and clinical intervention
- Paediatric injury
- Population based approaches to computational musculoskeletal modelling
- Running Injuries
- Technologies for space-time multiscale analyses
- The biomechanics of pregnancy and parturition
- The role of multiscale subject-specific models in the planning and monitoring of rehabilitation programs
- USNCB Global women’s health biomechanics
- USNCB Neuromechanics: Integrating across spatial and temporal scales
- Multiscale Biomechanics – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Tammy Donahue, Colorado State University, United States of America
- Biomechanics of musculoskeletal development
- Biomimetic implants for articular cartilage repair / regeneration
- Bone fracture mechanics (in vitro and in vivo)
- Bone marrow properties and mechanobiology
- Bone-cartilage cross-talk
- Cartilage tribology
- Computational joint mechanics
- Human spine, characterization and modelling
- In vivo bone remodelling mechanics
- Incorporating in vivo load variability in modelling
- IVD degeneration / regeneration / repair mechanobiology
- Mechanics of musculoskeletal growth and adaptation
- Mechanics of passive muscle and connective tissue
- Meniscal mechanics
- Multiscale biomechanics of age-related bone fractures
- Multiscale biomechanics of articular degenerative diseases
- Multiscale biomechanics of paediatric musculoskeletal diseases
- Musculoskeletal interfaces
- Population based approaches to computational musculoskeletal modelling
- Sensorimotor function and neuromechanics of joints
- Shoulder biomechanics
- Tendon, ligament and enthesis biomechanics
- Traumatic loading of the spine and/or spinal cord injury
- Musculoskeletal – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Peter Hunter, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Arterial stiffness and disease
- Biomechanics of musculoskeletal development
- Biomechanics of pelvic floor / bladder engineering
- Cardiac mechanics and heart modelling
- Cardiac regeneration and healing
- Cerebral aneurysms
- Computational joint mechanics
- Congenital heart defects and paediatric cardiology applications
- Heart failure mechanisms
- Human spine, characterization and modelling
- Incorporating in vivo load variability in modelling
- Joint loading during locomotion and human movement (effects on joint and tissue adaptation)
- Lung biomechanics
- Mechanobiology and tissue engineering of the respiratory tract
- Sensorimotor function and neuromechanics of joints
- Shoulder biomechanics
- Thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection
- Traumatic loading of the spine and/or spinal cord injury
- USNCB Biomechanics of infection and inflammation
- Organ Biomechanics – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Tamara Reid Bush, Michigan State University, United States of America
- Brain injury mechanics
- Head impact biomechanics and head protection
- Injuries and tissue mechanics in the lower abdomen
- Locomotion and human movement energetics in sports
- Mechanosensing in injury and pain
- Multiscale biomechanics of sport and sport injuries
- Paediatric injury
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for ankle/foot
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for hand/wrist
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for hip/knee
- Rehabilitation methods, tools, and devices for shoulder
- Running Injuries
- Soft tissue injury mechanics: Skin injuries and wound formation associated with disabilities
- Sports shoes, and sport surfaces
- The role of multiscale subject-specific models in the planning and monitoring of rehabilitation programs
- Sport Biomechanics, Injury and Rehabilitation – General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States of America
- Active constitutive models for arteries
- Atherosclerotic plaque: Mechanism and modelling
- Biofabrication for musculoskeletal tissue engineering
- Biomechanical microengineering of tissue mimics for human disease modelling
- Biomechanics of cardiovascular tissues
- Biomechanics of heart valve tissue engineering
- Biomechanics of muscle, tendon and ligament tissue engineering
- Biomechanics of vascular tissue engineering
- Biomimetic implants for articular cartilage repair / regeneration
- Bone fracture mechanics (in vitro and in vivo)
- Bone marrow properties and mechanobiology
- Bone-cartilage cross-talk
- Brain injury mechanics
- Cardiac growth and remodelling mechanics
- Cardiovascular development
- Cartilage tribology
- Computer models of growth and remodelling
- Forensic biomechanics
- Functional bone and cranio-facial tissue engineering
- Functional tissue engineering of articular cartilage and fibrocartilage
- In vivo bone remodelling mechanics
- Injuries and tissue mechanics in the lower abdomen
- IVD degeneration / regeneration / repair mechanobiology
- Mechanical issues in interfacial tissue engineering
- Mechanics of musculoskeletal growth and adaptation
- Mechanics of passive muscle and connective tissue
- Mechanobiology and tissue engineering of skin
- Mechanobiology of engineered soft tissue growth and remodelling
- Mechanobiology of heart valves
- Mechanobiology of tissue development on a chip
- Mechanosensing in injury and pain
- Meniscal mechanics
- Medical Device / Soft tissue interaction
- Micromechanics of cardiovascular tissues
- Musculoskeletal interfaces
- Next generation tissue mechanic approaches: In situ and in patients to self-assembling materials
- Ocular biomechanics of aging and disease
- Ocular trauma
- Skeletal muscle properties and function during human movement (in vivo muscle properties)
- Soft tissue injury mechanics: Skin injuries and wound formation associated with disabilities
- Tendon, ligament and enthesis biomechanics
- Vascular growth and remodelling mechanics
- Tissue Biomechanics– General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Track Chair – Carlijn Bouten, University of Technology, Netherlands
- Biofabrication and bioreactors for functional tissue systems
- Biofabrication for musculoskeletal tissue engineering
- Biomechanical microengineering of tissue mimics for human disease modelling
- BBiomechanics of heart valve tissue engineering
- Biomechanics of muscle, tendon and ligament tissue engineering
- Biomechanics of pelvic floor / bladder engineering
- Biomechanics of vascular tissue engineering
- Functional bone and cranio-facial tissue engineering
- Functional tissue engineering of articular cartilage and fibrocartilage
- Mechanical issues in interfacial tissue engineering
- Mechanobiology and tissue engineering of skin
- Mechanobiology and tissue engineering of the respiratory tract
- Mechanobiology of engineered soft tissue growth and remodelling
- Multiscale biomechanics of scaffolds
- Multiscale biomechanics and modeling of engineered tissues
- Physical regulators and transport cues in tissue engineering
- Tissue Engineering– General (Only select this option if your abstract doesn’t fit within another session as only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted into this session)
- Australia and New Zealand Society of Biomechanics session: From models to decisions – How musculoskeletal, or statistical, models may inform clinical decision making
- Biomechanics of the Cardiovascular System: The Tarbell Effect (John Tarbell 70th birthday session)
- Cryotherapy and Cryopreservation (Boris Rubinsky 70th birthday session)
- European Society of Biomechanics session: Clinical biomechanics and student awards
- German Society of Biomechanics session: Experimental biomechanics including Best Paper award
- International Society of Biomechanics session: Motor control in biomechanics
- Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers session: Commemorative Lectures on Emerging Technologies for Biomechanics: Beyond the 120th anniversary of the JSME
- Orthopaedic Research Society session: Biomechanics and mechanobiology of joint tissues
- Société de Biomécanique session: Biofluids and transport from the microcirculation to cardiovascular flows: challenges for clinical applications
- TERMIS session: Biomaterials and biomechanics 1
- TERMIS session: Biomaterials and biomechanics 2
Awards
Authors who wish to apply for a travel award/bursary should also make their application through the online submission system. Full information on the congress awards/bursaries are available here.
Queries
If you have any queries about the submission process or you want to withdraw an abstract, please contact the congress administrator at abstracts@wcb2018.com