McGowan Institute Injury, Repair and Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series
This year, we are introducing a new format where two speakers will present conflicting or complementary opinions or approaches on a specific topic of interest.
New Location: Bridgeside Point II – Conference Room 503
450 Technology Drive
New Time: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
(Lunch will be provided)
For information regarding the schedule, please contact Marie Billaud, PhD or Antonio D’Amore, PhD
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2019
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| January | ||
| 15 | Ipsita Banerjee, PhD Associate Professor Department of Chemical and Petroleum EngineeringHang Lin, PhD Assistant Professor Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering |
Building Organs from Scratch: Organoids vs Organs on-a-Chip |
| February | ||
| 5 | Alexandra Collin de L’Hortet, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Chemical and Petroleum EngineeringBing Han, PhD Research Instructor McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
Liver Regeneration: With or Without ECM? |
| 19 | Leonid Emerel, MD Post Doctoral Fellow Department of Chemical and Petroleum EngineeringGarrett Coyne, MD, MS Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
Heart Valve Replacement and Repair: TBD |
| March | ||
| 5 | Danny Chu, MD, FACS Associate Professor Department of Cardiothoracic SurgeryDustin Kliner, MD UPMC Heart & Vascular Institute |
Heart Valve Replacement and Repair: Surgical vs. Percutaneous Approach |
| 19 | James Funderburgh, PhD Professor Department of OphthalmologyRachelle Palchesko, PhD Special Faculty Researcher Department of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University |
Cellular vs Acellular Corneal Regeneration |
| April | ||
| 2 | Leah Byrne, PhD Assistant Professor Department of OphthalmologyYuanyuan Chen, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Ophthalmology |
Gene Therapy vs Pharmacological Approach to Treat Retinal Degeneration |
| 16 | Fatima Syed Picard, MSE, PhD Assistant Professor School of Dental MedicineAbhijit Roy, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Bioengineering |
Bone Repair: Scaffold vs. Scaffold-Less Approach |
| May | ||
| 7 | Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD, MPT Associate Professor Department of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationNeill Turner, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Surgery |
Muscle Tissue Repair: Scaffold vs. Scaffold-Less Approach |
| 21 | Guy Salama, PhD Professor Department of Medicine, Division of CardiologyDennis Trumble, PhD Assistant Research Professor Biomedical Engineering and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Carnegie Mellon University |
Heart Tissue Repair: Mechanical Support vs. Cellular Therapies |
| June | ||
| NO SEMINAR SUMMER BREAK |
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| July | ||
| NO SEMINAR SUMMER BREAK |
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| August | ||
| NO SEMINAR SUMMER BREAK |
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| September | ||
| 17 | Alan Wells, MD, DSM Thomas J. Gill III Professor Department of PathologyAndrew Bradshaw PhD candidate Department of Pathology |
Min(d)ing the Matrix – When Inflammation Befriends the Enemy |
| October | ||
| 1 | Kyle Orwig, PhD Professor Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive SciencesKien Tran MD/PhD candidate Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences |
In vitro Spermatogenesis in Testicular Tissue Culture |
| 15 | George Wittenberg, MD, PhD, FASNR Visiting Professor Department of NeurologyAmit Sethi, PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor Department of Occupational Therapy |
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation to Monitor and Enhance Brain Recovery |
| November | ||
| 5 | Rosalyn Abbott Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon UniversityMegan DeBari PhD candidate Department of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University |
Biomaterials for Soft Tissue Defects |
| 19 | George Michalopoulos, MD, PhD Professor and Chair Department of PathologyNicole Martucci PhD Candidate Department of Pathology |
The Good and Bad of Regenerative Biology of Liver |
| December | ||
| 3 | Doug Weber Associate Professor Department of BioengineeringErnesto Bedoy PhD Candidate Rehab Neural Engineering Labs |
Rolling Up Our Sleeves to Understand and Treat Motor Deficits after Stroke |
| 10 | Dean Yimlamai, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Departments of Pediatrics, Cell Biology, and PathologyMeghan Mooring PhD Candidate Department of Pathology |
Regulation of Hippo Signaling during Liver Injury and Regeneration |
