Program

Day 1 - Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Short Course - 8:00am - 3:30pm

5:00pm	Keynote Lecture - James Tidball - University of California at Los Angeles Interactions between muscle and the immune system during muscle growth and regeneration
5:30pm	Donald Freytes - Columbia University Effects of macrophage polarization on mesenchymal stem cells
5:50pm	Joel Collier - University of Chicago Modulating immune responses against self-assembled peptide biomaterials
6:10pm	Mark Fleming - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Regenerative medicine applications in combat casualty care
6:30pm	Welcome Reception

Day 2 - Thursday, March 15, 2012

8:00am	Keynote Lecture - Michal Schwartz - Weizmann Institute of Science A shift in the understanding of immune-brain relationships opens up a new era in treating neurodegenerative and mental diseases and brain senescence
8:30am	Kyle Lampe - Stanford University A cell-biomaterial feedback loop for neural tissue engineering
8:50am	Shi-Uk Lee - Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine Effect of human embryonic stem cell-derived neuronal precursor cell transplantation into the cerebral infarct model of rat with exercise
9:10am	Chandrasekhar Kothapalli - Cleveland State University Extracellular matrix microenvironment influences embryonic stem cell differentiation into neural and glial lineages
9:30am	Break
10:00am	Raymond Page - Worcester Polytechnic Institute Treatment of volumetric muscle loss with primary cells delivered using fibrin microthreads
10:20am	Charles Gersbach - Duke University Correction of duchenne muscular dystrophy by genome editing with engineered nucleases
10:40am	Bryan Brown - University of Pittsburgh An inductive scaffold-based approach to reconstruction of the TMJ meniscus
11:00am	Brendan Harley - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Patterning anisotropic collagen scaffolds for tendon insertion regeneration
11:20am	William Hill - Georgia Health Sciences University Mesenchymal stem cells conditionally over-expressing SDF-1? drive new bone formation
11:40am	Mark Hamrick - Georgia Health Sciences University Myostatin (GDF-8) suppresses Wnt/?-catenin signaling during chondrogenesis in vitro

Rapid Fire I

12:00pm	Debanti Sengupta - Stanford University Novel protein-engineered biomaterials to generate 3D human skeletal muscle mimics
12:05pm	Erica Tierney - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland A Gene-activated matrix containing dual vectors and genes for bone tissue regeneration
12:10pm	Marco Quarta - Stanford University Bioengineered muscle fiber niche of skeletal muscle stem cells for applications in clinical transplantation
12:15pm	Ashley Allen - Georgia Institute of Technology Incorporation of platelet lysate gel maintains viability of stem cells within hydrogel constructs
12:20pm	Rapid Fire Discussion
12:35pm	Lunch Break
2:00pm	Keynote Lecture - Geoffrey C. Gurtner - Stanford University Medical Center Stem and progenitor cell recruitment following injury
2:30pm	Neill Turner - University of Pittsburgh The effect of age-related changes in biologic scaffold material properties on constructive tissue remodeling
2:50pm	Deepak Jain - Tengion Inc. Neo-kidney augment products for kidney regeneration in chronic kidney disease
3:10pm	Stephen Badylak - University of Pittsburgh A regenerative surgery approach to esophageal reconstruction

Rapid Fire II

3:30pm	Nassir Mokarram - Georgia Institute of Technology Modulating macrophage phenotype stimulates endogenous pathways for enhanced peripheral nerve regeneration
3:35pm	Myung Hee Kim - University of Texas at Austin Generating functional T Cells from stem cells: Towards on-demand cell immunotherapy
3:40pm	Claire Segar - University of Virginia Rapid vascularization and localized immune modulation enhance cell-based mandibular defect repair
3:45pm	Ashley Brown - Georgia Institute of Technology Development of novel single chain antibody conjugated microgels for fibrin-triggered matrix assembly
3:50pm	Rapid Fire Discussion
4:05pm	Debate
5:00pm	Post-debate Reception
6:00pm	Adjourn

Day 3 - Friday, March 16, 2012

8:00am	Keynote Lecture - Kenneth Poss - Duke University A blueprint for heart regeneration
8:30am	Katja Schenke-Layland - Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart and Eberhard Karls University Tübingen VEGF receptors identify a multipotent cardiovascular progenitor cell in developing hearts and induced-pluripotent stem cells
8:50am	Anusuya Das - University of Virginia Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (S1P) receptors modulate endogenous stem cell mobilization and homing for bone regeneration

Rapid Fire III

9:10am	Chris Bashur - Cleveland Clinic Engineering elastic-matrix-rich vascular grafts within a peritoneal cavity
9:15am	Aaron DeWard - University of Pittsburgh The lymph node as an ectopic transplantation site for multiple tissues
9:20am	Jaehyun Kim - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine An innovative approach to building a clinically relevant sized tissues and organs
9:25am	Melissa Kinney - Georgia Institute of Technology Characterization of molecular transport within embryoid body microenvironments
9:30am	Rapid Fire Discussion
9:45am	Break
10:15am	Keynote Lecture - Chuck Murry - University of Washington Cardiac tissue engineering with pluripotent and adult stem cells
10:45am	Todd Evans - Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University Engineering cardiac cell fate from ESCs
11:05am	Takehisa Matsuda - Kanazawa Institute of Technology In-situ capture technology of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)
11:25am	Robert Tranquillo - University of Minnesota In vivo remodeling of fibrin-based tissue-engineered arterial grafts
11:45am	Marsha Rolle - Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fusion of self-assembled cell rings: a modular approach to engineering tissue tubes
12:05pm	Garry Duffy - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland microRNA mimic delivery to cardiomyocytes using ultrasound responsive microbubbles
12:25pm	Lunch Break
6:00pm-8:30pm	Poster Session

Day 4 - Saturday, March 17, 2012

8:00am	Kacey Marra - University of Pittsburgh Long-term culture of adipose-derived stem cells in a 3D bioreactor: Implications for regenerative medicine
8:30am	Michael Taylor - Cell and Tissue Systems, Inc. Plasticity of juvenile porcine islet aggregation in culture for xenotransplantation
8:50am	Yosuke Kuruma - Tokyo Women's Medical University/Terumo Corporation Fabrication of a resectable microvascular bed suitable for grafting cell sheets
9:10am	Kelvin Brockbank - Cell and Tissue Systems, Inc. Optimization of hypothermic storage conditions for blood vessels
9:30am	Michael Hiles - Cook Biotech, Inc. Cytocompatibility is not identical to biocompatibility and may be crucial for cell therapies
9:50am	Break
10:20am	Keynote Lecture - Jason Burdick - University of Pennsylvania Dynamic and patterned hydrogels to control stem cell behavior
10:50am	Gary Bowlin - Virginia Commonwealth University The use of air-flow impedance to control fiber deposition during electrospinning
11:10am	Johnna Temenoff - Georgia Institute of Technology GAG biomaterials enhance MSC response to soluble cues in a charge-dependent manner
11:30am	Craig Duvall - Vanderbilt University Advanced therapeutics for regenerative medicine
11:50am	Buddy Ratner - University of Washington Unexpected observations on macrophage phenotypes and healing of sphere-templated scaffolds
12:10pm	Lunch Break
5:00pm	Nerem Lecture - George Daley - HHMI/Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School Personalized stem cells and regenerative medicine
6:00pm	Conference Dinner Reception
7:00pm	Conference Dinner

Organizing Universities

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2011 Attendees

Best regenerative medicine conference - better every year.

Absolutely fantastic. Best organized meeting I have ever attended.

Good breadth in subject matter; all very well respected in their fields.

Great diversity of speakers overall.

A great 'Gordon Conference' feel to the conference - lots of PIs and excellent science.

Definitely got a lot out of this workshop!

LOVE the debate! It is my favorite part!!

2010 Attendees

Best organization of any meeting I attend.

I think this is the best organized poster session I have been to!

Great networking event, good place to visit, we always leave with new collaborations.

Cutting edge research presented, able to network with others in your field, share ideas, become well versed in the field, great hospitality!

Meeting space and facilities are very conducive to meeting/talking/networking between sessions.

Great meeting; good opportunity to chat with leaders in the field.

Science keeps getting better, organization is seamless. A good combination of meeting new colleagues and re-connecting with others.

Abstract Submission

The abstract submission process will open on November 1, 2011 and run through December 16, 2011.

Authors will be notified after January 18th regarding their abstract submission.

Over 35 podium presentations will be selected from the top abstracts.