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Meeting Agenda
Keynote Speakers
Kristi Anseth, PhD
University of Colorado
Development of biomaterials to serve as synthetic extracellular matrix (ECM) analogs
Vicki Rosen, PhD
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Understanding the physiological roles that BMPs play in the development, maintenance, and repair of musculoskeletal tissues.
Session 1 – Engineering Tissue Repair
Stephanie Bryant, PhD
University of Colorado
Novel scaffolds and mechanical inputs to create engineered cartilage.
Warren Grayson, PhD
Johns Hopkins
Engineering functional craniofacial and orthopaedic constructs for use in therapeutic applications.
Nathaniel Huebsch
Washington University Medical Center
Hydrogels to control cell-mediated tissue repair and 3D iPSC-based heart-in-a-dish models.
Session 2 – Mechanisms of Regeneration
Ken Muneoka PhD
Texas A&M University
Enhancing regenerative capabilities of mammalian joints and limbs.
Bruno Peault, PhD
UCLA
Prospective identification, purification, and functional characterization of multi-lineage stem cells present in human adult organs and tissues.
Feini (Sylvia) Qu
Washington University Medical Center
Single cell approaches to understand mouse digit regeneration.
Session 3 – Translational Approaches in Regenerative Medicine
David Brogan, MD
Washington University Medical Center
Nerve regeneration, identifying ways to increase the probability of nerve healing by way of imaging, 3D printing, and surgical treatment.
Session 4 – Stem Cells and Skeletal Repair
Matthew Greenblatt, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Discovering molecular pathways that regulate the activity of osteoblasts.
Celine Colnot, PhD
Institut des Maladies Genetiques
Origins and functions of skeletal stem cells in bone regeneration.
Kareem Azab
Washington University Medical Center
3D-Tissue Engineered Bone Marrow (3DTEBM) to model tumor biology and drug resistance
Session 5 – Systemic Influences on Repair and Regeneration
Philipp Leucht, MD, PhD
New York University
Molecular mechanisms of bone development, fracture healing, and regeneration.
Benjamin Levi, MD
University of Michigan
Elucidating the mechanistic pathways involved in heterotopic ossification.
Jie Shen, PhD
Washington University Medical Center
Cartilage, bone repair, skeletal development, cancer and inflammatory diseases of bone.