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CATER Funding Announcement

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, Current News | October 14, 2020
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The Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) program is pleased to congratulate one of our trainees, Ms. Kien Tran, on receiving an F31 grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study, “Development of Novel Testicular Tissue Organ Culture Systems to Induce in vitro Spermatogenesis.” Ms. Tran is a 4th year PhD candidate in the Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Program. She is currently working with Dr. Kyle Orwig at the Magee-Womens Research Institute. The scope of her research focuses on developing next-generation tissue-base and cell-based technologies to restore fertility in male patients, specifically in childhood cancer survivors. To achieve this goal, her current studies focus on understanding developmental biology of germ cells across different species, from rodents to non-human primates to humans. Her work will contribute to development of new therapeutic methods for infertile male patients to conceive biological children.

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CATER Funding Announcement

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, Current News | October 6, 2020
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The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Department of Pathology is pleased to announce that the Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) Program has been awarded a new five-year grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The program, which continues to help students broaden their skills and knowledge in both life sciences and bioengineering, provides a solid foundation in the discipline of Regenerative Medicine (RM) so that trainees can eventually build a productive independent career in cell and tissue-based therapy for human disease and injury. The renewed focus of the training program will now incorporate the timely concept of synthetic biology as well.

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CATER Trainee Drew Bradshaw Defends Dissertation

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, Current News | May 29, 2020
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CATER Trainee Drew Bradshaw defended his dissertation, “Inflammation in the Tumor Microenvironment: Experimental Models of Metastatic Melanoma Therapy,” on May 7, 2020. The defense was held virtually via Zoom. Pictured here, Dr. Alan Wells introduces Mr. Bradshaw at his defense. Congratulations on doing a fabulous job!

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Highlights of Participation of CATER Students at the Annual McGowen Institute for Regenerative Medicine Retreat at Oglebay

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, Conferences, Current News, Education | March 26, 2020
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CATER students participated in many events at the annual McGowan Institute Scientific Retreat, which was held at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia earlier this month. Here are some highlights from the two day event:

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Alexis Nolfi and PInCH 2019 Team Project Awarded $100,000

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, News Archive | October 22, 2019
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CATER trainee Alexis Nolfi, Dr. Bryan Brown, and their team have won $100,000 through this year’s PInCH challenge. Their project, called CyteSolutions Lens, is one of three to receive the award for their answer to this year’s question, “What is your bold idea to solve a health-related problem?” The CyteSolutions Lens group, which includes Dr. Mangesh Kulkarni, developed a silicone-hydrogel-based contact lens that has been coated with natural biopolymers containing an immune modifying drug for the treatment of dry eye disease. Ms. Nolfi explains, “Dry eye is an exceedingly common condition, and it’s very prevalent.  It’s only going to increase as the population continues to age.  However, there are currently no effective treatments.” For more information on the project, please see the video available here, and the Pitt News article here.

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Alexis Nolfi and PInCH 2019 Team Project Advanced to Competition Round 3

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, News Archive | August 1, 2019
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CATER trainee Alexis Nolfi, doctoral candidate in the lab of McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty member Bryan Brown, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering with secondary appointments in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, is a member of the research team developing a silicone-hydrogel-based contact lens that has been coated with natural biopolymers containing an immune modifying drug for the treatment of dry eye disease.  The project is named CyteSolutions Lens and the project’s video is here.

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Welcome New CATER Trainees and Faculty Member!

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, News Archive | January 10, 2019
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Dr. Douglas Weber is Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, with secondary appointments in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. He is the founding Director of the Rehab Neural Engineering Laboratories (RNEL) here at the University of Pittsburgh. RNEL investigators work collaboratively on a range of projects aimed at the role of sensory feedback in supporting and regulating a wide range of perceptual, motor, cognitive, and autonomic functions. Dr. Weber’s own research combines fundamental neuroscience and engineering research to understand physiological mechanisms underlying sensory perception, feedback control of movement, and neuroplasticity in sensorimotor systems.

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CATER Trainee Abby Stahl Defends Dissertation

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, News Archive | January 10, 2019
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CATER Trainee Abby Stahl defended her dissertation, “A Study of Macrophages in the Aging Liver and in the Host Response to Engineered Lung Scaffolds,” on December 7, 2018. Pictured here, Dr. Bryan Brown introduces Ms. Stahl at her defense.

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Welcome New CATER Trainees and Faculty Member!

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, News Archive | September 14, 2017
Warren Ruder, Biological Systems Engineering.

In addition to the two new trainees, the Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) training program welcomes a new faculty member:  Warren Ruder, PhD.  Dr. Ruder is an Assistant Professor, Engineering Living Systems Lab, Department of Bioengineering, and an affiliated faculty member of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.  Dr. Ruder moved his research group to the University of Pittsburgh’s bioengineering department in January 2017.  Previously, he spent 4 years as an Assistant Professor in Virginia Tech’s Biological Systems Engineering Department, where he led the Engineering Living Systems Lab.  His expertise is in synthetic biology, cellular and molecular biomechanics, and lab-on-a-chip systems.

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Marra Lab Student Receives NIH F31 Fellowship Award

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, News Archive | March 23, 2017

Christopher Mahoney is a 4th year doctoral candidate in the Bioengineering Department at the Swanson School of Engineering and works in the laboratory of McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty member Kacey Marra, PhD, Associate Professor in the Departments of Plastic Surgery in the School of Medicine and Bioengineering in the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and also the Director of the Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory in the Department of Plastic Surgery in Pitt’s School of Medicine.

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CATER Trainee Emily Bayer – Tissue Engineering Part A Features Research Image As Cover Art

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, News Archive | December 15, 2016

A research image by Emily Bayer – a trainee in the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) Training Program  – is the cover art of the recent Tissue Engineering Part A journal.

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McGowan Institute Affiliated Faculty Members Receive PLRC Project Funding

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, Cellular Therapy, News Archive | October 20, 2016

The Pittsburgh Liver Research Center (PLRC) Grant Review Committee has selected the awardees for the 2016-2017 grants. Congratulations to the following McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine awardees of the 1-year PLRC Pilot and Feasibility Grants:

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Pitt Innovation Challenge—PInCh—Recognizes McGowan Institute Affiliated Faculty

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, News Archive | September 29, 2016

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) sponsored the 4th Pitt Innovation Challenge. This year’s challenge was focused on bold solutions in health. CTSI aims to move health-related research projects along the translational spectrum, not just to commercialization. Ideas and solutions did not need to be products ready for commercialization—basic science projects were encouraged to apply.  In addition, the program encouraged new connections within the academic community, and among universities and community organizations, to foster an ecosystem of innovation.

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CATER Trainees Attend NIBIB Grantee Training Program Meeting

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, News Archive | August 26, 2016

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Grantee Training Program Meeting was held in Bethesda, Maryland, in early July 2016.  Meeting participants included four current and one former Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) Training Program members, the CATER Program Director, Paul Monga, MD, and co-Director William Wagner, PhD.  The CATER trainees who participated were:

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CATER Student Announces PhD Defense

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, News Archive | July 6, 2016

Please join us in supporting CATER trainee Ben Rothrauff, who has scheduled his PhD Dissertation Defense and Final Examination on Monday, July 25, 2016 at 3:00pm in Bridgeside Point 2, 4th floor conference room.

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Pathology Retreat Poster Winners

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, News Archive | July 6, 2016
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The 16th Annual Department of Pathology Retreat was held on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 12:00PM in Scaife Hall, 4th Floor, Lecture Room 5.  The keynote address was by Dr. Charles A. Parkos, MD, PhD, the Carl V. Weller Professor and Chair, Mucosal Inflammation and Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine.

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New CATER Faculty Members

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER, News Archive | July 1, 2016

Please join us in welcoming four new CATER faculty members.  They are:

Kari Nejak-Bowen, PhD
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
S414 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop

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McGowan 2016 Retreat Poster Session Winners

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, News Archive | April 1, 2016

The poster session was effective in introducing the focus of the Retreat and interests of the faculty and the guests.  Andrew Duncan, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, and his committee organized the session and judged the posters.

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2015 CATER Training Program Graduates

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, CATER, News Archive | December 4, 2015
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The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine congratulates the following 2015 Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) Training Program participants who have successfully defended their research theses:

Heidi Hofer, PhD, dissertation defense was March 17, 2015.  Dr. Hofer entered the CATER Training Program through the University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering’s Bioengineering Graduate Program.  Her advisor was McGowan Institute associate director Rocky Tuan, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  The title of her thesis was: “Traumatized Muscle-Derived Multipotent Progenitor Cells: Pro-angiogenic Activity, Promotion of Nerve Growth, and Osteogenic Differentiation.”  Dr. Hofer is currently employed at Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, Texas, as a Manufacturing Associate.

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Welcome New Trainees

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER | October 1, 2015

pitt_logoPlease welcome the new CATER trainees: Colin Beckwitt in Dr. Alan Wells Lab and Aaron Sun in Dr. Rocky Tuan lab.

Colin and Aaron join the rest of the CATER trainees of: Emily Bayer (Dr. Steve Little’s group), Jonquil Flowers (Dr. Savio Woo’s group), Megan Jamiolkowski (Dr. William Wagner’s group), Mehwish Khaliq (Dr. Donghun Shin’s group), Sam LoPresti (Dr. Bryan Brown’s group), Chris Mahoney (Dr. Kacey Marra’s group), Austin Nuchke (Dr. Alan Wells’ group), Ben Rothrauff (Dr. Rocky Tuan’s group), Lindsay Saldin (Dr. Steve Badylak’s group), Abby Stahl (Dr. Bryan Brown’s group), and Erin Steer (Dr. Charleen Chu’s group).

Colin and Aaron are both MD/PhD candidates: Colin through the School of Medicine’s CMP program and Aaron through the Department of Bioengineering’s program.

Fall Seminar Schedule

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER | September 30, 2015
The fall schedule for the Regenerative Medicine (CATER) Seminar is:

Friday, October 9th           Presentation by: Dr. Bryan Brown

Friday, October 23rd        Presentation by: Abby Stahl

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Congratulations…

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER | September 29, 2015

Please join us in congratulating the following CATER trainees on the completion of their graduate studies with the success defense of their research:

Colin Edington –  March 2015

Heidi Hofer – May 2015

Ricardo Londono – August 2015

New Publication

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | CATER | September 28, 2015

Publication by a previous CATER trainee:

Londono R, Badylak SF, Regenerative Medicine Strategies for Esophageal Repair. Tissue Eng Part B Rev. 2015 Aug;21(4):393-410. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEB.2015.0014. Epub 2015 Apr 30. PMID:25813694

Abstract:

Pathologies that involve the structure and/or function of the esophagus can be life-threatening. The esophagus is a complex organ comprising nonredundant tissue that does not have the ability to regenerate. Currently available interventions for esophageal pathology have limited success and are typically associated with significant morbidity. Hence, there is currently an unmet clinical need for effective methods of esophageal repair. The present article presents a review of esophageal disease along with the anatomic and functional consequences of each pathologic process, the shortcomings associated with currently available therapies, and the latest advancements in the field of regenerative medicine with respect to strategies for esophageal repair from benchtop to bedside.

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