Johnny Huard is the Henry J Mankin Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and hold secondary appointment in the departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Bioengineering Pathology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is the current Director of the Stem Cell Research Center of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Huard is also a Deputy Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine MIRM and an Associate Director of the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative PTEI. Finally Dr. Huard is cofounder of Cook Myosite Inc a biotechnology company.

Dr.Huard’s main research focus continues to expand the possibilities of regenerative medicine through the use of adult stem cell to improve the healing of various tissue of the musculoskeletal system. He has made significant preclinical advances in the isolation identification and characterization of postnatal muscle derived stem cells. He is currently using those findings to explore and develop cuttingedge treatment programs to address Duchenne muscular dystrophy DMD and a variety of musculoskeletal conditions including skeletal and cardiac muscle injuries as well as the regeneration of bone and articular cartilage Clinical trial using muscle derived stem cells has been initiated for the treatment of patients suffering from urinary incontinence and this stem cell technology is also being explored to treat patients suffering from cardiac injury. Dr. Huard’s research program is funded by a variety of sources including the National Institutes of Health the Department of Defense Muscular Dystrophy Association as well as other private and public foundations. He has published over 200 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals In 2003. Dr. Huard was recognized by University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark A Nordenberg as a recipient of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award He was also the recipient of the Orthopaedic Society’s prestigious Kappa Delta Award in 2004.

Amit Bandyopadhyay received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1995 Currently he is a professor of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Director of the Bioengineering Research Center at WSU His research expertise lies with laser processing of materials biomaterials rapid prototyping and surface modification He has published over 175 technical papers He holds 8 US patents 6 of his patents have already been licensed to commercial businesses and 7 more patent applications are currently pending at the United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO Among others Prof Bandyopadhyay has received the CAREER award from the NSF and the Young Investigator Program YIP Award from the ONR Currently he is an Editor/Associate Editor for four different international journals and also acts as a reviewer for over 30 different journals and various funding agencies within and outside US.

Prof. Bandyopadhyay’s research expertise lies with laser processing of materials, bio-materials, rapid prototyping, and surface modification.

Dr. Ming Pei is an Associate Professor and a Director of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory at Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University. He also holds an Adjunct Position in Exercise Physiology and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering in West Virginia University. He spent three years as a Postdoctoral Associate in Harvard – M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) focusing on Bioreactor and Cartilage Tissue Engineering Projects, and three years as a Research Fellow in Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University focusing on Stem Cell Projects. He received his MD from Xuzhou Medical College, China in 1991, MS from Fudan University, China in 1996, and PhD from Beijing University, China in 1999. He is an Active Member of Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS, since 2002), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS, since 2002), Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI, since 2006), and International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). He serves as a reviewer for about 20 journals and 8 grant agencies and Annual ORS meeting abstract. He also serves in Editorial Board for seven journals. He has 45 papers published in peer-review journals and more than 55 abstracts accepted for conference presentation

Cartilage Tissue Engineering and Regeneration and Defect Repair, Bone Tissue Engineering and Regeneration, Defect Repair and Fracture Healing, Adult Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, including but not limited to Synovium-Derived Stem Cells, Bone Marrow Stromal Cells, Adipose Stem Cells, and Dermal Fibroblasts, Chondrocyte Proliferation and Differentiation, including but not limited to Articular Chondrocytes, Meniscus Cells, and Nucleus Pulposus Cells, In Vitro 3D Microenvironment and Extracellular Matrix

Anand Ramamurthi, PhD is an Associate Staff Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland OH. In parallel he has appointments as adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH and at the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University Clemson SC. He was previously a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University 20032010. He received his MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University Stillwater OK in 1996 and 1999 respectively and a BE Hons in Chemical Engineering from Bangalore University India in 1994. He was an American Heart Asssociation postdoctoral fellow at the Cleveland Clinic between 199 and 2001. He has 30 peer reviewed publications to date serves on the editorial board of several journals and is a reviewer for several journals including the Int J of Pharmaceutics J of Heart Valve Disease J of Biomaterials Science J of Biomechanics Anatomical Record Biomaterials Biomacromolecules Biochemie; J of Vascular Disease Tissue Engineering Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine and Histology and Histopathology.

Tissue Engineering, Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, Biomimetic Matrix Assembly,Elastin Pathology and Elastic Matrix Regenerative Repair, Therapies for Vascular Aneurysms, Blood-Material Compatibility, Glycosaminoglycan- Based Biomaterials, Stem Cells.

Gary L Bowlin is a Professor and Louis and Ruth Harris Exceptional Scholar Professorship of Biomedical Engineering Virginia Common wealth University VCU. He is the Director of the Tissue Engineering Laboratory Prior to obtaining his PhD. Dr.  Bowlin worked as a Process Engineer for NUCON International Inc designing organic solvent recovery systems. Dr.  Bowlin received the PhD degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Akron. Dr.  Bowlin joined the faculty of the VCU School of Engineering in 1997. He has extensive teaching and research experience in cardiovascular materials and tissue engineering.  As a researcher he has been involved and has published many articles and chapters dealing with the area of vascular tissue engineering and biopolymer processing for tissue engineering scaffolds. He also holds seven US patents and is a Co founding inventor of NanoMatrix Inc based on electrospinning tissue engineering scaffold technology which was sold to Organogenesis Inc. He is also a coinventor on technology WoundStat™ that was FDA approved and commercialized by Trauma Cure Inc for controlling bleeding in severe traumatic injuries. Dr.  Bowlin is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biomedical Engineering Society, American Society of Patent Holders Tissue Engineering Society International and the International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology.

Electrospinning scaffolds for a variety of applications including vascular and bone tissue engineering. Additional interests include conducting evaluations of the regenerative capacity (cellular interactions) of scaffoldings as well as the implantation response to the scaffoldings.

David A Prentice is Senior Fellow for Life Sciences at Family Research Council Adjunct Professor of Molecular Genetics John Paul II Institute Catholic University of America Previously he spent almost 20 years as Professor of Life Sciences at Indiana State University and Adjunct Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics Indiana University School of Medicine and received the University’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Distinguished Service Award He received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Kansas Lawrence KS 19781981 He completed his BS in Cell Biology at the University of Kansas Lawrence KS in 1978 He received the Walter C Randall Award in Biomedical Ethics from the American Physiological Society He has published over 30 papers and 8 book chapters and reviewed for journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association and Experimental Cell Research Since 2000 he has given over 500 invited talks on stem cells and bioethics.

Signal Transduction & Gene Expression, Chromatin Structure & Function, Cell Growth, Differentiation & Development, Bioethics, Science Policy.

Dr Schatten is a founding course director of Frontiers in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research FrHESC – an intensive laboratory and lecturebased introduction to this emerging research field He was also a founding course director of Frontiers in Reproduction at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole Massachusetts another program of modern bioscience techniques for beginning investigators in reproductive sciences He is the only American on the executive committee of UNESCO’s International Cell Research Organization Along with extensive funding from the National Institutes of Health Dr Schatten is the recipient of a MERIT award and was recently honored by the Czech Academy of Sciences with the Purkinje Medal His numerous authored and coauthored papers on fertilization cell biology development infertility and assisted reproductive technologies have appeared in premier journals such as Fertility and Sterility and Science Dr Schatten is also an eloquent advocate for research in reproduction development and stem cells and has testified to the US Senate and the President’s Council on Bioethics

Human Reproduction
Human Development
Cloned Transgenic Disease Models
Stem Cell Potentials
Genetic versus Epigenetic

Russell E Gorga is currently an Assistant Professor in the Textile Engineering Chemistry and Science Department at NC State University. His main interests lie in developing polymer nanocomposites with improved properties mechanical conductive and barrier for functional tissue engineering and filtration applications. Before coming to NC State Dr Gorga was a post doctoral associate at MIT where he worked on improving the strength of brittle polymers such as poly methyl methacrylate This work was carried out under Prof Robert Cohen in the Department of Chemical Engineering. His doctoral work focused on developing relationships between molecularmicromacro properties of polymerpolymer interfaces. Specifically interfacial strength was mechanistically related to miscibility and mobility characteristics of the polymer constituents. In addition, Dr Gorga worked as a research engineer at Union Carbide Corporation from 1997 through 2000 where he focused on structureproperty relationships of semicrystalline polymers for high strength commodity applications.

My interests lie in producing polymer fibers (including nanofibers and nanocomposite fibers) with superior mechanical, barrier, and conductive properties. Specific interests include the fabrication and characterization of novel scaffolds for functional tissue engineering and filtration applications. Approaches include incorporation of nanoparticles for improved strength, conductivity, and optimal fiber morphology. Additionally, bicomponent fibers are utilized to optimize structural integrity and surface functionality of the fibrous structure. Development of scaffolds with antimicrobial properties are also a focus.

Bonnie L Firestein is an Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University, Adjunct Associate Professor in Department of Genetics, Full Graduate Faculty Member in  Department of Biomedical Engineering. She completed her BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan in 1988. She received a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of California San Diego in 1995. She performed postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco 1995-2000. She was a 2008 NARSAD Toulmin Independent Investigator. She was a 2009 American Heart Association Researcher of the Month. She serves on the editorial boards of the Open Neuroscience Journal, The Journal of Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Journal of Tissue Science Engineering. She reviews manuscripts from over 20 journals and has published approximately 50 peerreviewed articles and two book chapters.

Effects of Substrate Stiffness on Cellular Morphology
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection
Cytoskeleton and Cytoskeletal Dynamics
Image Processing.

Dilhan M Kalyon is Institute Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, Founding Director of Highly Filled Materials Institute at Stevens. He has received an honorary M Eng degree from Stevens honoris causa. He has received his PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University in Canada. He has received the Thomas Baron Award of AICHE and International Research Award of SPE. He is a Fellow of AICHE and SPE. He is serving as an editorial board member of five journals.

Fabrication of functionally graded tissue engineering scaffolds, Experimental elucidation of cell/scaffold interactions, Rheology and processing of complex fluids especially viscoplastic fluids, Mathematical modeling.

Anthony Atala is the Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine; WH Boyce Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor Bioengineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Adjunct Professor University of Miami Diabetes Research Institute. He received his BA from the University of Miami and an MD from the University of Louisville. He is a practicing surgeon and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine He received the US Congress funded Christopher Columbus Foundation Award and the Gold Cystoscope Award for advances in his field. A Time Magazine poll ranked Dr Atala as the 56th most influential person of the year in 2007. He was featured in US News World Report as one of 14 Pioneers of Medical Progress in the 21st Century. He has served on the National Institutes of Health Working Group on Cells and Developmental Biology and the National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium. He heads a team of over 270 physicians and researchers Ten applications of technologies developed in his laboratory have been used clinically. He serves as editorinchief of three journals; as associate editor of five journals and as an editorial board member of another 17 journals. He is the editor of nine books has published more than 300 journal articles and has applied for or received over 200 national and international patents.

Tissue engineering, Stem cells.

George Plopper received his bachelors degree in Biology from the University of California San Diego. He received his PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Harvard University Medical School working under the supervision of Dr. Don Ingber in the Department of Surgical Research at Childrenmiddots Hospital in Boston. Dr. Plopper worked for four years at Desmos Inc in San Diego in conjunction with Dr. Vito Quarantamiddot;s laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla CA He also served as Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for four years before arriving at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2001. He is a member of the American Society for Cell Biology the American Association for Cancer Research the In Vitro Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Development: cell differentiation, tissue formation, tissue engineering, wound healing, tumorigenesis and metastasis, cell-extracellular matrix interactions, integrin-mediated signaling, signal transduction, cell polarity.

Heather GappaFahlenkamp is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater OK She received her BS in Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University 1997 MS in Bioengineering at the University of Utah 2000 and PhD in Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University 2003 She worked as a scientist for a biotech company called VaxDesign Corp previously Sciperio Inc Orlando FL 2003 2006 Her work at VaxDesign included a DARPAfunded project of the development of an Artificial Immune System for the rapid development and testing of vaccines She is currently a reviewer for Journal of Biomedical Materials Research International Journal of Experimental Pathology and Journal of Pathology She currently has eight published or filed patent applications and several journal publications in the field of tissue engineering.

Design of Tissue Equivalent Models to Study Inflammation
Study of the Link Between Diabetes and Atherosclerosis
Design of Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems

Monica T Hinds is Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health Science University She received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in 1998 and a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 She completed her BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991 She has over 20 publications and is a reviewer for 8 journals

Vascular Tissue Engineering
Endothelial Cytoskeleton
Effects of Biophysical Forces on Endothelial Cells
Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Interactions of Endothelial Cells and the Extracellular Matrix
Role of Hemodynamic Forces on Heart Development.

Biophysics of (zebrafish) development and tissue engineering; Design and application of biotic games

Tatiana Kostrominova is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University School of MedicineNorthwest Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Gary IN She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Medicine Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Ann Arbor MI. She has received a PhD in Cell Biology from the Institute of Cytology Russian Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg Russia in 1991 She has received MS in Microbiology from Leningrad State University in Leningrad Russia in 1982. She served as an Ad Hoc reviewer of 3 journals.

Skeletal Muscle Changes in Response to Denervation and Aging
Skeletal Muscle Changes in Response to Obesity and Diabetes
Mouse Models for Studies of Skeletal Muscle Response to Oxidative Stress
Studies of Tissue Engineered Muscle, Nerve, Bone and Ligament Constructs in vitro and After Implantation in vivo.

Dr Chad Gordon is currently an Assistant in Surgery within the Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts
After completing his BA in Fine Arts at The George Washington University in Washington DC 1997 he earned his DO degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia PA 2002
His accomplishments include being a Member of the “Nation’s First Face Transplant Surgical Team” 1 of 8 surgeons in 2008 at the Cleveland Clinic and his distinguished receipt of “The Bruce Hubbard Stewart Memorial Award for Humanistic Medicine Cleveland Clinic”
He is an editorial board member for Annals of Plastic Surgery Microsurgery and Journal of Tissue Science Engineering; is a consultant reviewer for the American Journal of Transplantation served as coeditor for the textbook entitled Transplantation of Composite Tissue Allografts; and has coauthored 27 peerreviewed journal publications and 10 textbook chapters

Composite tissue allotransplantation
Face and hand transplantation
Vascularized bone marrow transplantation
Craniomaxillofacial surgery

Heather M Powell is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at The Ohio State University She received her BS in Geology/Paleobiology from Bowling Green State University 19961999 and subsequently completed her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Ohio State in 2004 Before returning to Ohio State as a faculty member in 2008 she was a post doctoral fellow at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Cincinnati OH She received a NDSEG fellowship from the American Society for Engineering Education and the Ralph E Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities She serves as a reviewer for 7 journals author of one book several book chapters and over 20 publications Her work is currently supported by the National Science Foundation.

Wound healing/skin regeneration
Scaffold fabrication and modification
Biomechanical stimulation/Mechanobiology
Functional tissue engineering
Protein synthesis
Composite biomaterials for tissue replacement
Comparative Effectiveness Research in Wound Care.

Dr. Gabriel A. Silva is the Jacobs Faculty Fellows Professor of Bioengineering and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego.  He is co-director of the Retina Engineering Center in the Institute of Engineering in Medicine, and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of NanoEngineering, a member of the Neurosciences Graduate Program, Computational Neurobiology Program, and Institute for Neural Computation.  Dr. Silva received an Hon.B.Sc. in human physiology and a B.Sc. in biophysics from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1996, followed by an M.Sc. in neuroscience also from the University of Toronto in 1997.  He then did his Ph.D. in bioengineering and neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating in 2001, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in the Institute for BioNanotechnology and Medicine and the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University in Chicago from 2001 to 2003.  He joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego in 2004.

Shang-Tian Yang is Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Ohio State University where he has been on the faculty since 1985 and currently teaches courses in Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering He is also the director of Ohio Bioprocessing Research Consortium and has worked with many companies in commercial technology development Dr Yang has broad research interests in bioengineering His current research involves biocatalysis cell culture tissue engineering functional genomics and microfluidic biochips for highthroughput cellbased assays and biodiagnostics He has more than 150 scientific publications and 13 patents in the bioengineering field Dr Yang is the editor of the book “Bioprocessing for ValueAdded Products from Renewable Resources: New Technologies and Applications” published by Elsevier in 2007 He is also a cofounder of two biotechnology startup companies Dr Yang received his BS degree in Agricultural Chemistry from National Taiwan University and MS and PhD degrees in Biochemical Engineering from Purdue University He is an elected fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and an active member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE and American Chemical Society ACS He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Process Biochemistry.

Dr. Wang is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Wang earned his Master’s in Chemistry from Kansas State University and his PhD from Stanford University as a Veatch Fellow. He achieved his Postdoctoral Associate in Biomedical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002. Dr. Wang serves as a reviewer for many journals including PNAS and Nature Methods and for several funding agencies including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. He is a member of the Society for Biomaterials, the Tissue Engineering Society, International the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society.

Dr.Wang’s interests include bio-inspired materials for cardiovascular tissue engineering, nerve regeneration, and controlled delivery of biomacromolecules. His laboratory works at the interface of chemistry, materials science, and medicine. Dr. Wang’s team applies minimalistic biomimetic strategies to biomaterials design and explores means to translate cutting-edge materials innovations into clinical benefits.

Chuanbin Mao is an Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor of the University of Oklahoma He received his PhD from Northeastern University in China and extensive postdoctoral training in biomaterials and bionanotechnology from Tsinghua University in Beijing and the University of Texas at Austin He received CAREER award from the National Science Foundation New Scientist award from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology and Distinguished Junior Faculty award from the Chinese American Chemistry Chemical Biology Association He is serving as a senior associate editor for the journal Microscopy Research Technique He is a reviewer of about 20 international journals and serves as proposal review panelists for National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health.

Biomaterials and Biomimetic Materials, Self-assembly of Biomolecules, Biologically directed Nano-Synthesis and Assembly, Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology, Nanomedicine, Cancer Treatment and Bone Regeneration.

YanLin Guo is an Associate Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences the University of Southern Mississippi. He received his PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996. After completing his postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, he took a Research Assistant Professor position in the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center at Temple University School of Medicine from 1999-2004. He joined the University of Southern Mississippi as an Assistant Professor in 2004. He has served as a peer review study section member vascular endothelial biology for the American Heart Association and a reviewer for ten scientific journals.

His research interests are in the areas of endothelial cell and stem cell biology broadly related to blood vessel formation and stem cellbased tissue engineering.

Rouel S Roque MD is the Director of Anatomy Touro University Nevada Henderson Nevada USA Professor of Basic Sciences Touro University Nevada Henderson NVAdjunct Associate Professor University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth Texas USA Received BS from the University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City Philippines 19741977 Received MD from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine Manila Philippines 19771981 Completed Clinical Internship at the Philippine General Hospital Medical Center 19811982 Completed Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Medical College of Georgia Augusta 19881991 MemberAtLarge Pacific Division Council American Association for the Advancement of Science 20082011 Grant Reviewer of the American Heart Association Western Peer Review Group 20042010 Editorial Board Member The Open Circulation and Vascular Journal Bentham Open 20082011 Editorial Board World Journal of Biological Chemistry Baishideng Publishing 2010,2011 Editorial Advisory Board Gray’s Anatomy for Students by Elsevier Ltd 2005 Editorial Advisory Board Atlas of Clinical Gross Anatomy Elsevier Ltd 2005

Tissue culture models of cellular differentiation and tumorigenesis
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Molecular mechanisms of stem cell differentiation
Molecular signaling of oxidative damage

Liang was born on Oct 26, 1979 in China. In 1998, Liang enrolled the Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation at University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, majoring in Machine Design and Automation. Since 2004, Liang attended University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and received his master in mechanical engineering in July 2006. Upon graduating from Universality of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Liang was admitted to the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he joined Bio and Nano Materials Research Lab under the guidance of Professor Iwona M Jasiuk. Liang got his PhD degree with the dissertation focused on multi-scale characterization of bone and large bone defect repair by regeneration in Dec, 2009.


 

Liang’s research topics include biological materials, tissue engineering and computational biomechanics. He is particularly interested in multi-scale characterization and modeling of bone; tissue repairing using scaffold and growth factors and fracture of composite materials.

Dr. Wang (b.1975) got his B.S. degree in Environmental Chemistry at Jilin University in 1995. He switched the major to Chemical Engineering and got his M.S. degree in 1998 from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Xiaojun Ma. He pursued his Ph.D. education in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University between 2000 and 2004, studying drug and gene delivery with Drs. Fan Yuan (advisor) and Chuan-Yuan Li (co-advisor). Afterwards, Dr. Wang worked with Drs. Bruce Sullenger and Eli Gilboa at Duke University Medical Center before taking a faculty position at the University of Connecticut in August 2006. He received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from NSF in 2010. Dr. Wang was promoted to associate professor with tenure in August 2011.

The essential objective of our research is to understand molecular recognition between engineered biomolecular nanostructures and their targets and, based on this understanding, to create biomimetic or bioinspired systems for various biomedical applications. For instance, it is a challenge to develop biomaterials that can mimic multiple functions of human tissues. We hypothesize that biomolecular nanostructures with the capability of molecular recognition can be incorporated into support materials for mimicking complex and dynamic roles of human tissues. Thus, the tissue-like biomaterials are able to “listen to” and “talk with” cells growing inside and outside of the biomaterials. We will apply diverse molecular recognition principles as a tool and will incorporate multiple components into the hydrogel, thereby “engineering” a single complex unit for regenerative medicine applications. We are also working on the development of biomimetic and bioinspired systems for drug delivery, biomolecular imaging, and cell biosensing.

Dr Yi Zhao is an assistant professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering Ohio State University USA He also holds a courtesy appointment in Department of Ophthalmology He earned his PhD from Boston University Boston Massachusetts Currently he directs the Laboratory for Biomedical Microdevices at The Ohio State University and conducts research in development of micro/nano devices for investigating cellular mechanotransduction and development of miniaturized tools for pointofcare diagnostics He is also interested in addressing mechanical material and fabrication challenges in development of biomedical microsystems He has published 60 peerreviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings in the multidisciplinary field of biomedical micro/nanosystems He serves as a reviewer of 10 peerreviewed journals in the areas of biomedical engineering and micro/nanotechnologies and a grant reviewer for federal and private funding agencies Dr Zhao also serves as organizer session chair and program committee at international conferences He is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Biomedical Engineering Society Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Material Research Society Dr Zhao is the recipient of 2010 NSF CAREER award

Bio-MEMS (Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical System); Lab-on-Chip and Organ-on-Chip; sensors and actuators; tissue engineering; cellular biomechanics; micro/nanofabrication; miniaturized biomedical systems for point-of-care diagnostics.

Dr.Lidan You is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.She is the founding director of Cellular Biomechanics Group at the University of Toronto. Dr. You s major expertise is in the area of cellular biomechanics bone cell mechanics bone cell mechanobiolgy, bone adaptation, and bone biology. She has published over 70 peerreviewed journal papers and conference abstracts in leading journals across multiple disciplines to date in the field. Dr. You is a Professional Engineer in Canada. She is the recipient of numerous honours and awards such as the Early Researcher Award of Ontario, Young Investigator Award of International Bone Fluid Flow Workshop, and the Leaders of Innovation Fund award from Canada Foundation of Innovation. Dr. You got her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the City University of New York in 2002.

bonbiomechanics, cellmechanobiology,osteoporosis, bone remodelling.

Susmita Bose is a Professor in Materials Science and Engineering MSE at the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering MME and an Affiliate Professor in Chemistry at Washington State University WSU She received her BS from Kalyani University India MS from the Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur and PhD from Rutgers The State University of New Jersey in Chemistry In 1998 she joined the MME at WSU as a research assistant scientist In 2001 she was offered a tenure track Assistant Professor position at MME WSU and was promoted to an Associate level in 2006 and to the full professor in 2010 During 2007 she was a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR Fellow in India at Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute CGCRI Jadavpur India In 2008 she was a Visiting Professor at Harvard University Cambridge MA Dr Bose received the CAREER award in 2002 and the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers PECASE the highest honor given to a young scientist by the US President at the White House award in 2004 from the National Science Foundation NSF for her work on nanoscale calcium phosphates for bone implants and drug delivery She was invited by the US National Academy of the Sciences NAS to the ChineseAmerican Kavli symposium from 20062008 as a “Kavli fellow” She was also one of the seven organizing committee members for the ChineseAmerican Kavli symposium In 2009 she received the American Ceramic Society ACerS SchwartzwalderProfessional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering PACE Award

Prof Bose has very interdisciplinary research background and her research expertise lies with synthesis and processing of inorganic nanomaterials, biomaterials, piezoelectric materials, ceramics for gas sensors, bioceramic nano-carriers for drug delivery, microwave and plasma processing of materials, thin and thick films and their relevant characterization. She has received research funding from various state and federal agencies, e.g. NSF, NIH, ONR, Washington Technology Center (WTC), the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the W. M. Keck Foundation. Dr. Bose has published over 135 technical articles including 100 journal articles and 6 of her patent applications are currently pending at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Her research papers have been cited over 1000 times (current ‘h” index 18, citation per year >75). Her publication record may be found at http://www.mme.wsu.edu/~cprp/

Prabhas V Moghe is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the School of Engineering Rutgers University New Jersey Professor of Chemical Biochemical Engineering Rutgers Adjunct Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ Director RutgersUMDNJ Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering Director and PI NSF IGERT Program on Science and Engineering of Stem Cells wwwigertrutgersedu Core PI Biological Profiling of Polymeric Biomaterials NIH Integrated Resource Center for Polymeric Materials RESBIOHe has received a PhD in Chemical Engineering Bioengineering from the University of Minnesota He completed postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital He has been elected as Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering He was honored as Fellow of the Business Engineering Science and Technology Institute of Rutgers He received the Rutgers Leadership in Diversity Award NSF CAREER Award and Johnson Johnson Discovery Award and the NSF Innovation through Institutional Integration Award He serves as an editorial board member of several reputed journals and is a regular reviewer for over 15 leading journals including Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences Nature Nanotechnology Biomaterials Small Nanoletters Tissue Engineering FASEB Journal Acta Biomaterialia Biomacromolecules and J Biomedical Materials Research He has authored over 60 journal publications with nearly 1000 citations to date over 150 conference abstracts and presentations and over 50 invited talks and plenary lectures

Cell-Biomaterial Interactions Bioactive and Regenerative Polymeric Materials Nanoscale and Microscale Biointerfaces Stem Cell Bioengineering Nanomedicine Tissue-Targeted Biomaterials High Content Cell Imaging Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in Bioengineering and Biosciences

Dr. Dinender Singla received his BSc and MSc degrees from Punjabi University Patiala India and his PhD from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandrigarh India the last in 1996. He held postdoctoral fellowship positions in the Department of Physiology University of Manitoba the Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa and at the University of Alberta all in Canada from 1996-2002. He was a Research Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin in Madison from 2002-2004 and then an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont from 2004-2007. He was appointed as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Central Florida in July 2007. He at present maintains R01 and R21 grants from the NIH. He is an author or coauthor in multiple peer reviewed papers. He is a reviewer for NIH and AHA study sections and also a manuscript reviewer of a number of major journals. He is functioning as member of diverse scientific journals.

Cardiac regeneration and apoptosis in the animal models of Myocardial Infarction, Doxorubicin induced cardiomyopathy and diabetes.

Suman Das is Director of the Direct Digital Manufacturing Laboratory and Research Group and a Woodruff Faculty Fellow at Georgia Tech. He is a faculty member in the Parker H Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech. He joined the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering as an Associate Professor with tenure in Fall 2007 Prior, he was a tenured Associate Professor 2006-2007 and an Assistant Professor 2000-2006 in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He received his BS 1990 in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained his MS 1993 and PhD 1998 in Mechanical Engineering as a member of the Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication at The University of Texas Austin Subsequently. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship there during 1999-2000. His doctoral dissertation titled Direct Selective Laser Sintering of Metals received the 1999 University of Texas Outstanding Dissertation award. He was awarded the 1998 TMS Michael Koczak best paper award from the Minerals Metals and Materials Society and the 1997 Los Alamos National Laboratory directorrsquo;s postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Das is a recipient of the 2005 and 2004 Literati Club highly Commended Award for Excellence the 2004 Society of Manufacturing Engineers M Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and the 2003 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award.

His current research interests include computational design, fabrication, and characterization of tissue engineering scaffolds; guided bone regeneration; whole joint reconstruction; processing of resorbable polymeric and composite biomaterials; and large-area micro/nanostructure fabrication in polymers and hydrogels for studies in cell biology and tissue engineering.

Dr Alikhani is Assistant Professor of Orthodontics at New York University College of Dentistry He received a DDS degree from Tehran University in Iran DMD degree from Tufts University Certificate of Orthodontics from New York University MS from State University of New York at Stony Brook PhD in Molecular Biology from Boston University and Postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular Biology at Boston University In the past years he has served as the director of research for Orthodontic department while maintaining a bone research laboratory supported by NIDCR Dr Alikhani is founding member of CTOR Consortium for Translational Orthodontic Research which brings together clinicians and scientists working in craniofacial research Dr Alikhani Research is focused on the transcription factors regulating mesenchymal cells differentiation to osteoblasts/chondroblasts His Laboratory also studies the role of inflammation on accelerated tooth movement and Osteogenic effect of high frequency low magnitude forces on alveolar bone

Dr Kothapalli is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge He received his Masters degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Connecticut and his PhD from the Clemson UniversityMedical University of South Carolina joint Bioengineering program in 2008 He published 20 peerreviewed journal articles in biomedical engineering and materials sciences and presented his research at more than 30 conferences He is a member of Sigma XI was the Presidential Scholar at the Medical University of South Carolina and received the Arthur Focke Leadershape Award from the American Society for Materials He serves as an adhoc reviewer for Biomaterials Journal of Materials Science and Engineering C and Materials Letters journals

Vascular and Neural Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Biomaterials
Stem Cells
Nanotechnology in Biomedicine
Microfluidics.

Moorthy P Ponnusamy is an Instructor of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology in University of Nebraska Medical Centre Omaha NE He has received a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Madras Chennai India in 20012005 He has completed his BSc and MSc in Biochemistry from Bharathydasan University Trichy India 19962001 He has received three times 20072009 best performance award from University of Nebraska Medical Centre Omaha NE He has received postdoctoral fellowship from Susan G Komen foundation and because of its novelty this project was selected for additional founds 2008 from Nebraska affiliate Susan G Komen foundation He is serving as a cancer stem cell book reviewer of Springer science press NY USA He has published fourteen manuscripts and two book chapters

Embryonic stem cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS)
Regenerative medicine
Cancer stem cells
Diagnostic and prognostic marker identification in both Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer
Therapeutic target for Breast Cancer.

Karthik Vishwanath is a physical scientist with expertise in applied optical spectroscopy and imaging for elucidating function and structure of living biological systems He received his PhD In applied physics from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor in 2005 and conducted his postdoctoral research at Duke University

His research interests include developing theoretical and computational inverse algorithms to extract optical absorption and scattering spectra from measurements of diffuse reflectance, extracting intrinsic fluorescence spectra of biological tissues by correcting measured fluorescence for absorption and scattering artifacts, interpreting and quantifying time-resolved fluorescence in turbid media and applying these non-invasive optical methods to characterize functional and structural changes of cancerous tissues as they are exposed to conventional chemo- and/or radiation-therapies.

Akhilesh Sista MD is currently an interventional radiology fellow at Stanford University Medical center He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of California San Francisco UCSF In between residency and fellowship Dr Sista was a fellow in the Stanford biodesign program a yearlong fellowship that teaches the process of innovation in medical technology He is one of the primary investigators on two seed grants funded during this fellowship
During residency Dr Sista was awarded a T32 training grant to perform research He worked in the molecular imaging division of the department of radiology at UCSF eventually publishing his results in the Journal of Translational Medicine Over the course of his residency he published several articles in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Dr Sista is also a Sarnoff fellow having conducted research in the cardiovascular department at the Stanford University School of Medicine in between his 3rd and 4th year of medical school publishing his results in the Journal of Applied Physiology
Dr Sista received his BS from Stanford University and his MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Medical technology innovation Molecular Imaging, specifically inflammation and infection.

Suresh Prajapati is Director of the Small Animal Imaging Core at the Department of Greehey Childrens Cancer Research Institute at University of Texas Health Science center San Antonio. He secured his Bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering from Mumbai University, India in 2005. In 2007, he received his Masters degree from the department of Bioengineering at University of Texas Arlington with major in Medical Imaging. He has published 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and 2 book chapters. He serves as an adhoc reviewer for scientific journals like Molecular Imaging, Journal of Medical Physics and Biomedical Imaging & Intervention Journal. He also serves as an editor for International Journal of Imaging along with grant reviewership for one of the prime funding agency.

My research is focused on the in vivo molecular imaging of living subjects with a particular emphasis on cancer imaging. We have developed and characterized numerous molecular imaging approaches to image mouse models recapitulating human diseases, preclinical therapeutics and targeted therapies, transgenic and knockout animal model studies, cell culture and ex vivo tissue sample imaging. We have developed multimodality molecular imaging strategies that utilize the strengths of optical, microCT, as well as MRI. We have also characterized commercially available molecular imaging contrast agents including Near-infrared  blood-pool agents and optimized their utility to monitor muscle injury and diseased tissue in small animal models.

Sangamesh Kumbar received a Ph.D. from the Polymer Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Karnatak University, India in 2003. Soon after his Ph.D., he was selected as a Scientist at the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune, which is a very prestigious R & D laboratory in India focused on the chemical sciences. He worked at NCL for a brief period of time form March 2002- August 2004 on various industrial sponsored projects related to polymer characterization. Dr. Kumbar completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Virginia and in January 2008 was promoted to an Assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor in August 2008.

His research is focused on synthesis and characterization of novel biomaterials/polymers for regenerative engineering and drug delivery applications.

Syam P. Nukavarapu, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut, in the departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering. He obtained doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Science, India, and later received post doctoral training at Lehigh University and the University of Virginia. He has published several peer reviewed journal articles, reviews, opinion articles, and book chapters in the area of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. Dr. Nukavarapu is a member of the various professional societies and has been serving on various editorial boards.

Biomaterials
Bone Tissue Engineering
Scaffold Optimization
Tissue Engineered Bone and Vascularization
Large Area Bone Regeneration
Endothelial Progenitor Cells

My research interests are Mechanosensing, Tissueremodelling by stress and strain, Numerical modelling, Imaging.

Dr. Robert Keatch is currently the Head of the Division of Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics and Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics at the University of Dundee. He is the Director of the multi-disciplinary Bio-Engineering Research Group at the Dundee University Tissue Engineering Centre (DUTEC) whose principal objective is to promote cross-disciplinary interaction between Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics, and Medicine, with a research focus on generating complex 3D scaffolds used in wound healing, surface and materials modulation, and modelling. In particular this includes pivotal work on the synthesis and development of novel biocompatible scaffolds to use as in-vitro assays for fundamental studies of cell behaviour such as cell adhesion, proliferation, migration and signalling.

He has extensive expertise in microengineering, fabrication techniques, materials and biomechanics and has applied his research interests to cover a wide range of biomedical activities, from designing miniature medical devices to investigating complex cell behaviour on microfabricated 3D structures.

Jan Oxholm Gordeladze graduated from the Norwegian University of Technology and Natural Sciences NTNU in 1975 and became DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY University of Oslo Norway in 1981 His research and teaching skills have been evaluated as sufficient for professorships in physiology 1987 pharmacology 1991 and medical biochemistry 1991 Presently he works as professor of biochemistry at the Department of Biochemistry Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Oslo Norway Previous appointments include: Medical Director of MSD Norway Senior research Fellow Norwegian Research Council 19851988 Research Fellow Fulbright Scholar at The National Institutes of Health NIH/NIDDK with professor Allen M Spiegel 199091 Research Fellow at INSERM Unité 475 Montpellier France with professor Christian Jorgensen 199394 Professor at the Université Montpellier 1 and INSERM Unité 844 Montpellier France with professor Christian Jorgensen 20062009 Professor Gordeladze has tutored more than 25 PhD master andbachelor students and has been a reviewer of papers published in more than 20 different referenced journals.

Professor Jan O.Gordeladze’s research interests encompass hormonal and mechano-stimulatory control of cellular differentiation and metabolism, and include G-protein and growth factor mediated differentiation of stem cells to chondrocytes and osteoblasts, differentiation of peripheral blood monocytes to osteoclasts, and differentiation of naive T-cells to Th-1, Th-2, and Th-17 cells. A particular interest is taken in the interaction between differentiating stem cells, Th-cells, and osteoclasts related to phenotype acquisition and stability in a “cell engineering” setting (e.g. in inflamed joints) where the interaction between microRNA and transcription factor (TF) regulatory hierarchies plays a major role. Other (related) research interests are osteoporosis, the immunosuppressive effect of stem cells, the osteolytic effect of cancer cells, and finally the interaction of differentiating osteoblasts with osteoclasts in the engineering of osteoblasts in scaffolds used for bone replacement in general.

Sanjukta Deb is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biomaterials Biomimetics Biophotonics at the Dental Institute King’s College London
She has published widely in the field of biomaterials and guest member on the editorial boards of a number of journals and reviewer for over 12 journals She was awarded the ‘Biocompatibles UK’ prize in 2008 by the UK Society for biomaterials for her significant contribution to the field of biomaterials

Her current research is aimed at developing biomimetic scaffolds that serve to bridge the gap between stem cell biology and the clinic. Both injectable and pre-cell seeded scaffolds are being developed with the ability to function as a conduit for dynamic extracellular signalling by chemical, biological and mechanical means that can be customized for maxillofacial, bone, nerve and spinal defects. The other main areas of her research interests are development of composite scaffolds for intervertebral discs, degradable polymers, orthopaedic bone cements, calcium phosphates as bone substitutes, carriers for sustained drug delivery systems and novel dental restorative materials.

Will Minuth studied at the University of Cologne 19681974 worked as a PhD student at the Free University of Berlin 19741978 was lecturer and assistant professor at the University of Heidelberg 19781989 Since 1989 he is a professor at the University of Regensburg in Germany At the Department of Anatomy he is teaching medical students in Gross Anatomy Microscopical Anatomy and Neuroanatomy The research interest is related to the field of developing renal epithelial barrier function including the action of steroidal hormones The driving force in his present experimental work is the unsolved question if stem/progenitor cells can be applied in future to treat acute or chronic renal failure

The actual research of Dr. Minuth is focusing to renal stem/progenitor cells developing into a functional epithelium under the tubulogenic action of aldosterone. Sophisticated perfusion culture including an artificial interstitium plays an essential role in this hot spot of research. Focus of research is directed to:
Structural aspects of basic tissues
Arise of specific functions in epithelia
Development of stem/progenitor cells
Stem cells within a diseased environment
Creation of an artificial interstitium
Environment of stem/progenitor cells.

Christoph Brochhausen is Group Leader of the Cartilage Tissue Engineering Group at the REPAIR-lap, Head of Electron Microscopy and senior resident of Pathology.
After his education in medicine and anthropology at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and the “Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg” he became Research Fellow for paediatric clinical pharmacology and junior leader of the osteological research laboratory at the Philipps- University Marburg. He was founding member and executive director of the “Office for Clinical Science and Clinical Trials Management” at the Department of Paediatrics in Marburg.
 

His research interest is focused on the mechanisms of cartilage degeneration and regeneration with special interest in cartilages Tissue Engineering. In this context he gives special attention to the analyses of the embryological processes during bone-, cartilage- and joint formation to identify suitable candidates for the so called guided tissue engineering. Based on these findings his research group develops and analyses several release strategies for growth factors and signalling molecules. A second focus covers wound healing mechanisms with analyses of the stem cell niches of mesenchymal stem and progenitor cells as well as their interaction with barrier membranes for serosal wound healing. In this context biocompatibility studies for different biomaterials play a special role in his clinical oriented research.

Wilhelm K Aicher is Deputy Director of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Tuebingen Hospital UKT Tuebingen Germany Head of the laboratory for molecular biology and cell biology of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UKT Professor for Molecular Medicine at University of Tuebingen Germany 1992 – 1996 Postdoc at University of Freiburg and at MaxPlanck Institute for Immunology 1990 He received a PhD from Department of Biology at University of Tuebingen 1987 – 1991 He served as visiting research fellow at University of Alabama UAB Birmingham AL USA and completed his PhD thesis in 1990 at UAB 1986 He completed his Diploma thesis at MaxPlanckInstitute for Biology Tuebingen Germany 1980 – 1985 He studied Biochemistry at University of Tuebingen Germany and at University of Munich GermanyHe has published more than 153 original papers in peer reviewed journals and serves as reviewer for 25 scientific journals.

Stem Cell Research, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Nanomaterials Molecular Biomechanics, Inflammation, Immunology and Rheumatology.

Raymund E Horch MD is Professor for Plastic and Hand Surgery Chairman of the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery and Director of the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at the FriedrichAlexanderUniversity of ErlangenNürnberg Germany
Besides his clinical research projects Prof Horch was among the pioneers of the emerging field of tissue engineering since the very beginning He has contributed to the further development of cultured keratinocyte transplantation by investigating single cell suspensions in fibrin sealant and has combined the three dimensional vascularisation of tissue eingineered matrices by means of arteriovenous microsurgical loops with material research to various types of tissues This approach can further open a new field of research utilizing tissue engineering techniques for angiogenesis and cancer research
He has authored or coauthored more than 300 peer reviewed papers and book chapters on various topics in reconstructive surgery mainly microsurgical techniques including transplantation breast reconstruction aesthetic surgery grafting techniques and tissue engineering approaches as well as novel treatment modalities for severe wounds and burns He has edited several books and was frequently awarded for clinical and experimental scientific achievements

Plastic and Hand Surgery, Tissue Engineering
Cell cultures for tissue regeneration, material science, complex biological systems, vascularization and angiogenesis in Tissue Engineering by microsurgical techniques
Research on Topical Negative Pressure application to tissue and in wound healing
Prefabrication of newly generated composite tissues
Development of new microsurgical methods

Tomas Egana is group leader of the Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Therapies at the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery Faculty of Medicine Technical University of Munich He is Engineer in Molecular Biotechnology University of Chile Phd in Human Biology University of Lübeck Germany and PhD in Pharmacology University of Chile His research is focused in the use of bioactive materials to improve tissue regeneration Beside his research activities he is serving as reviewer of several journals and has been member of the scientific board of different reputed international conferences

Biomaterials, cell therapies, angiogenesis, hypoxia, new animal models, aging, oxidative stress.

Prasad Shastri is the Bioss Professor of Cell Signaling Environments and the Professor of Biofunctional Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Freiburg, Germany.  He is also the Director of the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry.  He received his Ph.D. from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (Troy, NY) in 1995 and did his post-doctoral training at MIT under Prof. Robert Langer.  He has made several seminal contributions in development of new degradable polymers, in vivo engineering of organs and tissue and drug delivery.

Research interests include biofunctional polymers, nano-scale engineering of surfaces, systems for controlling cell functions, functional imaging, in vivo engineering of tissues, and transdermal delivery.

Physical chemistry
Colloid and interface science
Polymer Chemistry
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering

Tomoatsu Kaneko is Assistant Professor at Niigata University Niigata Japan Received DDS and PhD from Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Japan Completed Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan Tomoatsu Kaneko was Assistant Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University 20022008 The research interest is related to the field of pulp biology and endodontics such as engineering of dental pulp tissues by using dental pulp stem cells He has been a reviewer of peerreviewed journals such as Journal of Dental Research Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry Indian Journal of Dental Research and Journal of Oral Biosciences He has published above 20 peerreview publications and 5 book chapters His several manuscripts were highlighted on the cover of the journals such as Cancer Research Journal of Dental Research and Journal of Endodntics

Tissue engineering of dental pulp
Tumor angiogenesis
Stem cell research
Antigen presenting cells (dendritic cells and macrophages)
Neuron-immune interactions during central sensitization
Immune system in dental pulp and periodontal ligament.

2009- pres.: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, The Nippon Dental University, Japan.
2004-2009: Chief Researcher, Prefectural University of Hiroshima School of Biosciences, Laboratory of Cell-Death Control Bio-Technology, Japan
2003-2004: Physician, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
2001-2003: Internship and part-time lecturer, Shu Guang Hospital, Shanghai, China.
2000-2003: Doctoral student, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Shanghai, China.
1998-2000: Internship and part-time lecturer, First Accessorial Hospital of Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine College, Zhengzhou, China.
1997-2000: Master student, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Zhengzhou, China.

Tissue Engineering; Antioxidant; Radiation Biology; Regenerative Medicine; Traditional Chinese Medicine

1990-M.D. awarded by Nara Medical University, Japan
1990-1992 Clinical Resident, First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan
1992-1996 Graduate student, Nara Medical University.Ph.D. awarded in 1996.
1996-1998 Faculty, Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Nara Hospital, Japan
1998 May-August Senior postdoctoral Research fellow, Department of Genetics,　University of Washington, USA
1998-2002 Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Program in Human Gene Therapy, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
1999-2001 Certified Research Scientist Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2002-2003 Faculty, Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University Hospital, Japan
2003-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan
2006-2007 Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo
2007-current  Associate Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo
2007-current  Associate Professor, Department of Surgery,
2007-current  Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan
2011-current  Visiting Associate Professor, Tottori University School of Medicine, Japan

Committee members:
2006-2008:  Councilor, The Leading Project for Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Welfare, JAPAN.
2008-2009:  Committee member, Working Group of Next Generation Medical Device Development, Ministry of Health, Labur and Welfare, JAPAN.
2006-current:  Committee member, Embryonic/Somatic Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Committee, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
2010-current:  Councilor, The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine

Fellowships and Awards
1996    Nakano Prize for Excellent Research, Nara Medical University, Japan
1997    Nakano Prize for Excellent Research, Nara Medical University, Japan
1997   Medical Research Award from Nara Prefecture Scientific Committee, Japan
1999-2001 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Post-doctoral Fellowship for Study Abroad
2003  Excellent Research Award 2003, The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine
2008  Bayer Hemophilia Award
 

Dr.Ohashi has extensive prior training in biochemistry, liver and pancreas biology, cell and gene therapy, and tissue engineering. Dr. Ohashi received his M.D. and Ph.D degrees from Nara Medical University, Japan.  He has been a member of American Society of Gene Therapy, The Transplantation Society, The Cell Transplantation Society. Dr. Ohashi is now one of the world-leaders in the field of cell-based liver therapy including liver/islet tissue engineering and hepatocyte/islet transplantation. He has established important scientific principles for development of gene therapy, cell-based therapy and liver/islet tissue engineering. Diseases targeted include hemophilia, diabetes mellitus, inherited liver diaseases, and coagulation deficiencies. It is important to note that he had established several new technologies to engineer functional tissues/organs that function long-term.  He has depthful background in viral vector development, so that combining cell and gene therapy is also his major field. He has published two papers in Nature Medicine and one in Nature Genetics.

 

Aaron Schindeler is the Scientific Director of the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead Sydney Australia He is also a conjoint Lecturer at the University of Sydney He is on the board of two institutional animal ethics committees and the institutional biosafety committee that regulates use of genetically modified organisms He received a PhD in Biochemistry Molecular Genetics from the University of NSW and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Sydney Australia 19982003
He received a St Vincent’s Hospital Junior Investigator Award in 2001 and the international Children’s Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Award in 2008 Since 2003 he has been a chief investigator on 12 competitive research grants and his research has received over 2 million in funding He is a regular reviewer for a range of bone journals including Bone and the Journal of Orthopaedic ResearchSince completing his PhD he has published 19 peerreview publications

Bone tissue engineering
Transgenic and knockout mouse models
Cell culture, cell signalling, and primary bone cell culture
Orthopaedic models in rodents
Ceramic scaffolds for bone tissue generation
Polymer scaffolds for bone tissue generation
Local and systemic drug delivery
Bone morphogenetic proteins.

Tomasz Drewa is a Chief of Tissue Engineering Department Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Bydgoszcz Poland. He is an  Associate Professor of Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Bydgoszcz Poland, Consultant Position at Department of Urology Oncology Institute Bydgoszcz Poland. He was nominated FEBU Fellow of the European Board of Urology – 2006. He has completed his specialist degree in urology 2006. He has received a PhD in Experimental Oncology from the Medical Academy Bydgoszcz Poland in 1997-1999. He has completed his MD in Medical Academy Gdansk Poland 1996. He is serving as a reviewer of 9 journals.

Different sources of stem cells for regeneration
Differentiation and proliferation of stem cells
Life span in culture, regenerative capability of in vitro cultured cells
Stem cells and Cancer stem cells in cell lines and primary in vitro cultures
Natural and artificial biomaterials for tissue engineering
In vitro neo-organ construction
Organ and tissue regeneration
Reconstructive surgery in patients treated due to oncological disorders
Minimal invasive and innovative techniques in surgery.

Dr.Yubing Xie is assistant professor in the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany from 2007.  Dr. Xie received her Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and obtained postdoctoral training in Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Biology from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University.  Dr. Xie’s research expertise covers stem cell technology, tissue engineering, drug and gene delivery, and nanobiotechnology. Her current research focused on bioengineering the embryonic microenvironment for cancer research and tissue regeneration.  Dr. Xie’s research is supported by the NSF and NIH.  Dr. Xie has received the NSF CAREER award.  Her work has been published in high profile peer-reviewed journals with over 50 papers, selected for journal covers, and patented.  She is editing the Nanobiotechnology Handbook to be published by CRC in 2012.

Dr. Yubing Xie is assistant professor in the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany from 2007.  Dr. Xie received her Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and obtained postdoctoral training in Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Biology from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University.  Dr. Xie’s research expertise covers stem cell technology, tissue engineering, drug and gene delivery, and nanobiotechnology. Her current research focused on bioengineering the embryonic microenvironment for cancer research and tissue regeneration.  Dr. Xie’s research is supported by the NSF and NIH.  Dr. Xie has received the NSF CAREER award.  Her work has been published in high profile peer-reviewed journals with over 50 papers, selected for journal covers, and patented.  She is editing the Nanobiotechnology Handbook to be published by CRC in 2012.

 

Dr. Xie′s research interfaces between stem cell biology and nanotechnology to try and understand stem cell fate decisions and develop stem cell-based platform for cancer research, tissue regeneration, therapeutic screening and drug development. The convergence of engineering and cellular/molecular biology has led to emerging approaches to integrate biologically active components, such as cells, proteins and DNAs into micro-/nanofabricated devices. These bioengineered systems present exciting opportunities to serve as vehicles for biomedical and biopharmaceutical applications

M.L. Focarete, PhD, is a Researcher Assistant of Science and Technology of  Polymeric Materials at the Chemistry Department "G. Ciamician",  Faculty of Sciences of Bologna University, since March 2006. She is a professor of “Chemistry and Technology of Polymers" Chemistry and Materials Chemistry Bachelor Degree Faculty of Sciences.
M.L. Focarete is involved in several national and international research projects. She has been visiting researcher at: Centre of Polymer Science and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze (Poland);   Center for Bio-Catalysis & Bio-Processing Polytechnic Institute of New York University (USA);  National University of Singapore - NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (Singapore)
M.L Focarete has authored 32 scientific publications in international Journals, 2 book chapters, an Italian Patent and 3 PCT patents and has participated in several Italian and International Conferences presenting her researches.

 

Structure-property relationships in synthetic and natural polymers and in polymer blends
Biodegradable polymers from renewable resources and bioresorbable       polymeric materials
Physical properties of hydrolysable polyesters for biomedical applications
Electrospinning of polymer solutions and melts
Design and fabrication of non-woven mats for tissue engineering applications, to obtain degradable temporary scaffolds for cell growth


 

Animal Production; Animal Feed; Nutrition and Physiology of Amino Acids and Protein; Gene Expression and Gene Therapy. Comparative Animal Nutrition; Growth and Development of Animals; Biology and Pathobiology of Nitric Oxide and Polyamines; Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Complications; Fetal Nutrition and Metabolism; Animal Models of Human Diseases; Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology.

Dr.Hussein holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia.  Dr. Hussein has strong experience in the synthesis, surface modification, and characterisation of carbon nanotubes. He has managed to publish over 100 scientific articles, two book chapters, filled two patents and given talks in invited seminars. Dr. Hussein has received more than 50 national and international awards. In 2005, Dr. Hussein was awarded a Gold Medal for the project “Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen” at the 33rd International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products held in Geneva, Switzerland.  In the same exhibition, he received a special prize in the field of carbon nanotubes from The Technical Culture-Croatia. For his current research interest, Dr. Hussein was awarded a Gold Medal and “The World Invention Award” for the project entitled “Development of New Synthetic Composite for Injectable Bone Replacement Material” at the British Inventors Society/ The 9th British Invention Show/ 13 – 16th October 2009 in Alexandra Palace, London. Recently, Dr. Hussein was also awarded a Gold Medal for the project entitled “Synthesis of Novel 3D Scaffold for Human Skin Cells Cultivation: An Advance in Skin Trade” at the British Inventors Society/ The 11th British Invention Show/ 19 – 22nd October 2011 in Old Spitalfields Market E1. Dr. Hussein has established a vivid international research group that now focuses on injectable bone replacement materials. Currently, he is an editor for eight international journals and nominated as Guest Editor for two international journals. He also reviews articles from over 20 different journals.

Bone replacement materials especially calcium phosphate cements with nanomaterials