McGowan Institute Wound Healing Research Conference 2013
Board Room – 5th Floor Eye and Ear Institute
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
(Lunch will be provided)
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2013
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| January | ||
| 15 | Alejandro Almarza, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Oral Biology and Bioengineering |
Approaches for TMJ Tissue Engineering |
| February | ||
| 5 | Adam Feinberg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering and Material Science Carnegie Mellon University |
Bottom-Up Engineering of the Extracellular Matrix |
| 19 | William Wagner, PhD Professor Department of Surgery, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering |
Biohybrid materials for soft tissue applications |
| March | ||
| 5 | Luisa Hiller, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biologic Sciences Carnegie Mellon University |
The Diversity and Plasticity of Bacterial Genomes in Chronic Infections. |
| 19 | Aaron Barchowsky, PhD Professor Department of Environmental & Occupational Health |
Environmental arsenic exposure: impact and mechanisms in tissue remodeling and regeneration |
| April | ||
| 2 | Nam Vo, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
The Role of Endothelial Cells and Their Microparticles in Intervertebral Disc Matrix Remodeling |
| 16 | Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Mechanical stimulation for enhanced stem cell function and tissue repair |
| 23 | A. “Mani” Gnanamani, PhD Details |
Biotransformation of Soy Triglycerides and Understanding the Self Assembly and Self-Healing Mechanisms |
| May | ||
| 7 | Jillian Tengood Hillman, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Pediatrics The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
Sequential Delivery of Angiogenic Growth Factors from Porous Hollow Fiber Membranes |
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| 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 | James Funderburgh, PhD Professor Department of Ophthalmology |
Autologous Stem Cell Therapy for Corneal Scarring |
| October | ||
| 1 | Neil Turner, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Surgery and McGowan Institute |
Biologic Scaffolds for the Restoration of Skeletal Muscle |
| 15 | Justin Weinbaum, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Bioengineering |
Matrix Control of Cellular Behavior |
| November | ||
| 5 | Julie Phillppi, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Reduced Neovascularization of the Vasa Vasorum is Sssociated with Aortic Disease |
| 19 | Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pathology |
From Cell Therapy to Whole-organ Assembly: Moving Toward Liver Transplantation on Demand |
| December | ||
| 3 | David Cooper, MD, PhD Professor Hidetaka Hara, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Surgery |
Progress Towards Clinical Corneal Xenotransplantation Using Genetically-Engineered Pigs |
| 17 | Austin Nuschke, BS Doctoral Candidate Department of Pathology |
Surface-Tethered EGFR Signaling: Controlling EGFR Activation to Promote Mesenchymal Stem Cell Survival in Cell Therapies |
