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BIOMATERIALS: BIOCOMPATIBILITY / TISSUE ENGINEERING

 

 

The Engineering Of Healing: From Molecular Mediation To Tissue Constructs

 

July 19-24, 2009
Holderness School
Holderness, NH

 

Chair:
William M. Reichert

 

Vice Chair:
Joyce Y. Wong

 

Application Deadline: Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 28, 2009.

Please apply early, as some conferences become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the conference is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. You will still be able to submit your application. However, it will only be considered by the Conference Chair if there are cancellations, making more seats available.

 

The 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility and Tissue Engineering will be held July 19 through July 24, 2009 at the Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire. This conference program brings together a diverse group of academic and industrial speakers and discussion leaders comprised of senior and junior thought-leaders who are notable for the novelty and quality of their work.

The theme of the 2009 conference will be The Engineering of Healing: From Molecular Mediation to Tissue Constructs, which focuses particular emphasis on molecular mediation, cellular signaling, and tissue assemblies for the design, characterization, and implementation of therapeutic applications. The 2009 program also adheres stridently to the GRC directive of holding vigorous formal and informal discussions between prominent investigators in biomaterials and tissue engineering, junior attendees of the conference, and researchers from underrepresented groups, i.e. women, minorities and persons with disabilities. The tone of the conference program will be set on Sunday evening with a session entitled Masters of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering that features two talks by two well-established and highly influential thought leaders in biomaterials and wound healing, respectively. From here, the program builds in hierarchical complexity from surfaces to whole organs through to the Wednesday evening session. The list of invited speakers ends Thursday morning with a session on the all-important biomaterials topic of Mediating Inflammation and Infection. There are three poster sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons (~20 poster each) organized on Topical themes. The final session Thursday evening will be devoted to the six 15-minute mini-talks selected from the posters presented at the three afternoon sessions.

 

 

 

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:35 pm - 9:30 pm MASTERS OF BIOMATERIALS AND WOUND HEALING
 Discussion Leader: Monty Reichert (Duke University)
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm  Introductory Remarks
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm  Jan Feijan (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm  Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm  Luisa DiPietro (University of Illinois, Chicago)
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm  Discussion

 

MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
8:45 am Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm SURFACE LIGANDS AND MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE
 Discussion Leader: Ashutosh Chilkoti (Duke University)
9:00 am - 9:05 am  Introductory Remarks
9:05 am - 9:50 am  Vladimir Hlady (University of Utah)
9:50 am - 10:05 am  Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am  Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am  Roger Marchant (Case Western Reserve University)
11:10 am - 11:25 am  Discussion
11:25 am - 12:10 pm  David Grainger (University of Utah)
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm  Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm  Summation
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session I
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm CELL SIGNALING NETWORKS
 Discussion Leader: Edward Botchwey (University of Virginia)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm  Introductory Remarks
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm  Don Elbert (Washington University)
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm  Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm  Jason Haugh (North Carolina State University)
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm  Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm  Summation

 

TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm MATERIALS FOR MOLECULAR MEDIATION
 Discussion Leader: Tony Giuseppi-Elie (Clemson University)
9:00 am - 9:05 am  Introductory Remarks
9:05 am - 9:50 am  Mark Saltzman (Yale University)
9:50 am - 10:05 am  Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am  Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am  Kam Leong (Duke University)
11:10 am - 11:25 am  Discussion
11:25 am - 12:10 pm  Valerie Ashby (University of North Carolina) 
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm  Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm  Summation
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session II
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm MOLECULAR MEDIATION OF TISSUES AND CELLS
 Discussion Leader: Kevin Healy (University of California, Berkeley)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm  Introductory Remarks
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm  Francis Moussy (Brunel University, UK)
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm  Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm  Jennifer West (Rice University)
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm  Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm  Summation

 

WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm ASSEMBLING TISSUE CONSTRUCTS
 Discussion Leader: Michael Sefton (University of Toronto)
9:00 am - 9:05 am  Introductory Remarks
9:05 am - 9:50 am  William Wagner (University of Pittsburgh)
9:50 am - 10:05 am  Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am  Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am  Karen Burg (Clemson University)
11:10 am - 11:25 am  Discussion
11:25 am - 12:10 pm  Christine Schmidt (University of Texas) 
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm  Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm  Summation
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session III
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm WHOLE ORGAN TISSUE ENGINEERING
 Discussion Leader: Guillermo Ameer (Northwestern University)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm  Introductory Remarks
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm  Tony Atala (Wake Forest University)
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm  Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm  Doris Taylor (University of Minnesota)
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm  Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm  Summation

 

THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am Business Meeting
 (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm MEDIATING INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION
 Discussion Leader: Newell Washburn (Carnegie Mellon University)
9:00 am - 9:05 am  Introductory Remarks
9:05 am - 9:50 am  Samir Mitragotri (UCSB)
9:50 am - 10:05 am  Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am  Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am  Roman Stocker (MIT) 
11:10 am - 11:25 am  Discussion
11:25 am - 12:10 pm  James Bryers (University of Washington)
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm  Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm  Summation
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Free Time
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm OUTSTANDING POSTER PRESENTATIONS
 Discussion Leader: Joyce Wong (Boston University)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm  Poster Talk 1 (TBA)
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm  Poster Talk 2 (TBA)
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm  Poster Talk 3 (TBA)
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm  Poster Talk 4 (TBA)
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm  Poster Talk 5 (TBA)
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm  Poster Talk 6 (TBA)

 

FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Depart