McGowan Institute – 2021 Scientific Retreat
20th McGowan Institute Scientific Retreat
March 9-11, 2021
The 2021 McGowan Institute Scientific Retreat will by virtual format.
To register for the retreat, please click here.
NOTE: all who complete their retreat registration by March 3rd will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate!
Program Outline
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 – Cell and Gene Therapy
12:00-12:45
Trainee Event/Networking
1:00-1:45
State of the Institute/Retreat Kickoff
William Wagner, PhD
Professor, Surgery, Bioengineering, and Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
2:00-2:45
Keynote Speaker
David Brindley, PhD
Managing Partner, Biolacuna
Chief Operating Officer, Rational Vaccines, Inc.
Principal, Thiel Capital LLC
Senior Research Fellow, Healthcare Translation, University of Oxford
“A Decade of Regenerative Medicine: Never Look Backwards or You’ll Fall Down the Stairs”
Faculty Speakers
3:00-3:20
Samira Kiani, MD
Visiting Associate Professor, Liver Research Center, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
“CRISPR-Based Epigenetic Therapies to Control Host Immunity”
3:20-3:40
Elizabeth Wayne, PhD
TED Fellow
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
“Using Macrophages for Gene and Drug Delivery”
3:40-4:00
Michael Hufford, PhD
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LyGenesis, Inc.
“LyGenesis: Crossing the Chasm between Academic Discovery and Clinical Stage Biotech Company”
Poster Sessions
4:15-5:00
Trainee Posters Presentations
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 – Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
12:00-12:45
Trainee Event/Networking
1:00-2:00
Space Station Lecture/Panel – Life Science Research in Microgravity
Moderator: Marc Giulianotti, PhD, Program Director, International Space Station Laboratory
10 minutes
Marc Giulianotti, PhD
Program Director, International Space Station Laboratory
“ISSNL’s Vision for Accelerating Life Science Research in Microgravity”
15 minutes
Arun Sharma, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
“The Use of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Enabling Therapeutic Applications”
15 minutes
Nicole Wagner, PhD, CEO
LAMDA Vision
“Protein Based Artificial Retina for Restoring Vison”
15 minutes
Anjali Gupta, PhD MBA
Business Development Life Science Lead In-Space Research & Manufacturing
Axiom Space, Inc.
“Axiom’s Vision for Accessibility and Affordability of On-orbit Research”
10 minutes
Q&A
Keynote Speaker
2:00-2:45
Cherie Stabler, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
Chair-Elect TERMIS
“Engineering Bioactive Materials for Enhancing Cell-Based Treatments for Type 1 Diabetes”
Faculty Speakers
3:00-3:20
Julie Phillippi, PhD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Bioengineering
Director, Postdoctoral Research, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
“The Case of the Curious Pericyte: Adventitial ECM Hydrogels Influence Pericyte Behaviors via Integrin and Growth Factor Dependent-Mechanisms”
3:20-3:40
Katrina Knight, PhD
Magee Womens Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
“Pore Collapse and Mesh Wrinkling: A Pathway to Mesh Complications In Vivo”
3:40-4:00
Adam Feinberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
“FRESH 3D Bioprinting Complex Tissues and the Path Towards Commercialization”
Poster Session
4:15-5:00
Trainee Posters Presentations
Thursday, March 11th, 2021 – Medical Devices and Computational Modeling
12:00-12:45
Trainee Event/Networking
Poster Session
1:00-1:45
Trainee Poster Presentations
Faculty Speakers
2:00-2:20
Ruben Zamora, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
“Dynamics of Systemic Inflammation as a Function of Developmental Stage in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF)”
2:20-2:40
Ryan Orizondo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
“Design and Hemocompatibility Optimization of a Long-Term Artificial Lung”
2:40-3:00
Jeremy Kimmel, PhD
Vice President, New Technology, ALung
“ALung Technologies – Challenges and Opportunities for Medical Device Commercialization”
3:00-4:30
Companion Session: FDA Pediatric Device Consortium Innovation Forum
“Biomaterial Challenges in Pediatric Prosthetic Heart Valve Development”
You must complete a separate registration to attend the Pediatric Device Innovators Forum. Please follow this link www.pdiforum.org to learn more about the forum and register.
3:00-4:30
| Panalist | Topic |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Chen, MD (Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, CHOP) | Pediatric heart valve prostheses—Addressing unmet needs |
| William Wagner, PhD (Director, McGowan Institute, University of Pittsburgh) | New synthetic biomaterials for pediatric heart valves |
| Narendra Vyavahare, PhD, (Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, Clemson University) | Preclinical development of a novel heart valve prosthesis for pediatrics |
| Martijn Cox, PhD (Chief Technology Officer, Xeltis) | Pediatric prosthetic heart valve trials in the US |
| Scott McNamee, PhD (Special Assistant, Material Engineering, FDA) | Materials regulation for pediatric heart valves |
Keynote Speaker
4:30-5:15
Gary An, MD, FACS
Professor, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
“Managing Biological Heterogeneity: Integrating Mechanistic Simulation and Machine Learning for Therapeutic Control Discovery”
Poster Session
Abstract submission deadline is March 3rd. The link to submit your abstract is HERE. You must be registered for the retreat to submit an abstract.
Please watch this page for program updates and registration information
Program Committee:
Bryan Brown – Chair
Antonio D’Amore
Andy Duncan
Lauren Kokai
Yoram Vodovotz
Lainey Becker
Rebecca Bauroth
Patrick Cantini
Ande Marini
Reem Azar
John Murphy
Stanley Stachelek
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