Course Program
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
| Time | Lecture and Speaker Information |
| 7:30-8:20 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
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| 8:20-8:30 a.m. | Introductory Remarks, Antonios G. Mikos, Ph.D. – Course Director |
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| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Keynote Lecture: Soft vs. Stiff and Foreign vs. Self – from Matrix and Adhesion to the Nucleus in Development and Cancer Dennis E. Discher, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania |
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| 9:40-10:20 a.m. | Mesenchymal Stem Cells: The New Medicine Arnold I. Caplan, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University |
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| 10:30-11:10 a.m. | Morphogenetic Proteins and Growth Factors in Tissue Engineering A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D., University of California Davis |
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| 11:20-12:00 a.m. | Synthetic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Antonios G. Mikos, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
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| 1:30-2:10 p.m. | Extracellular Matrix: Structure and Function; Applications to Tissue Engineering Mary C. Farach-Carson, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 2:20-3:00 p.m. | Materials-Related Approaches to Promote Cell Functions Pertinent to New Tissue Formation Rena Bizios, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
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| 3:10-3:50 p.m. | Computational Modeling for In Vitro Tissue Cultivation Kyriacos Zygourakis, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 4:00-4:40 p.m. | Computational Structural Biology and Systems Biology for Tissue Engineering Lydia E. Kavraki, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 4:50-5:30 p.m. | Strategic Considerations for Tissue Engineering Anthony Ratcliffe, Ph.D., Synthasome, Inc. |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Laboratory Tours and Reception |
Thursday, August 11, 2016
| Time | Lecture and Speaker Information |
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| 7:30-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
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| 8:00-8:40 a.m. | 3D Printed Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering John P. Fisher, Ph.D., University of Maryland |
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| 8:50-9:30 a.m. | Self-Assembled Multidomain Peptides for Cell and Protein Delivery Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 9:40-10:20 a.m. | Biodegradable Polymers for Tissue Engineering Elizabeth M. Cosgriff-Hernández, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
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| 10:30-11:10 a.m. | Biodegradable Metals for Tissue Engineering William R. Wagner, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh |
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| 11:20 a.m.- 12:00 noon |
The Red Queen: Antimicrobial Challenges in Medical Devices Peter Gabriele, Secant Medical, Inc. |
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| 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Lunch and Poster Session |
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| 1:30-2:10 p.m. | Novel Therapeutics for Dental Tissue Regeneration Rena N. D’Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Utah |
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| 2:20-3:00 p.m. | Interfacial Tissue Engineering Johnna S. Temenoff, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University |
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| 3:10-3:50 p.m. | Applying Tissue Engineering Strategies to Cancer Immunotherapy Andrew G. Sikora, M.D., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine and Simon Young, D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science |
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| 4:00-4:40 p.m. | Regenerative Medicine and Soft Tissue Scaffolds: An Example of Commercial Success Nathaniel Bachrach, Ph.D., LifeCell Corporation |
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| 4:50-5:30 p.m. | Understanding NIH: Drinking from the Fire-hose Rosemarie Hunziker, Ph.D., National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering |
Friday, August 12, 2016
| Time | Lecture and Speaker Information |
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
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| 8:00-8:40 a.m. | Whole Organ Engineering James J. Yoo, M.D., Ph.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine |
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| 8:50-9:30 a.m. | Biomimetic Surfaces and Materials for Tissue Engineering Heungsoo Shin, Ph.D., Hanyang University, Korea |
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| 9:40-10:20 a.m. | Tissue Engineering of Heart Valves K. Jane Grande-Allen, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 10:30-11:10 a.m. | Drug Delivery Systems for Regenerative Medicine Yasuhiko Tabata, Ph.D., D.Med.Sci., D.Pharm., Kyoto University, Japan |
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| 11:20 a.m.- 12:00 noon |
Tissue Engineering Strategies for Treatment of Infected Defects Joseph C. Wenke, Ph.D., United States Army Institute of Surgical Research |
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| 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
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| 1:30-2:10 p.m. | Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering Vassilios Sikavitsas, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma |
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| 2:20-3:00 p.m. | Tissue Engineering for Muscle Repair George J. Christ, Ph.D., University of Virginia |
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| 3:10-3:50 p.m. | Tissue Engineered Tumor Models for Drug Testing Joseph A. Ludwig, M.D., University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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| 4:00-4:40 p.m. | Optogenetics and Tissue Engineering Jeffrey J. Tabor, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 4:50-5:30 p.m. | Tissue Engineering in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Mark E.K. Wong, D.D.S., University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner |
Saturday, August 13, 2016
| Time | Lecture and Speaker Information |
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
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| 8:00-8:40 a.m. | Nanomedicine Approaches for Tissue Engineering Gang Bao, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 8:50-9:30 a.m. | Wound Healing and Biomaterials John A. Jansen, D.D.S., Ph.D., Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands |
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| 9:40-10:20 a.m. | Carbon Nanoparticles for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Autoimmune Diseases and Ototoxicity James M. Tour, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 10:30-11:10 a.m. | Virus Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering Junghae Suh, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 11:20 a.m.- 12:00 noon |
Challenges to Commercialization of Tissue Engineering Products Peter C. Johnson, M.D., Scintellix, LLC. |
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| 12:00 -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
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| 1:30-2:10 p.m. | Challenges in Bone Regeneration John A. Jansen, D.D.S., Ph.D., Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands |
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| 2:20-3:00 p.m. | Immune Modulatory Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications Omid Veiseh, Ph.D., Rice University |
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| 3:10-3:50 p.m. | Imaging of Tissue Engineering Constructs Mary E. Dickinson, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine |
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| 4:00-4:40 p.m. | Nonmammalian Model Systems for Fungal Pathogenesis and Drug Discovery Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, M.D., Sc.D., University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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| 4:50-5:30 p.m. | Animal Models for Evaluation of Tissue Engineered Devices Michael J. Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |