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2016-2017 Schedule

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2018-2019

March 2019

12
Presenter:
Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD
Morton Goldberg Professor
Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering
Whiting School of Engineering and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Topic:
“Lessons in Regenerative Medicine Translation: Are We Designing for the Right Therapeutic Target?”
Location :
William Pitt Union Assembly Room, 3959 Forbes Ave 1st Floor, 11:00 am

2016-2017 Schedule

2017-2018

March 2018

5
Presenter:
Molly S Shoichet, PhD, FRSC, O. Ont.
University Professor and Canada Research Chair, Tissue Engineering
Senior Advisor to President on Science & Engineering Engagement
Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto
Topic:
“Regenerative Strategies in the Central Nervous System”
Location :
University Club, 123 University Place, 8:15 am

2016-2017 Schedule

2016-2017

March 2017

23
Presenter:
Mark S. Slaughter, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
University of Louisville
Topic:
“Future Role of MCS in the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure”
Location :
157 Benedum Hall, 4:00 pm

2015-2016 Schedule

2015-2016

March 2016

31
Presenter:
Robert Bartlett, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
University of Michigan
Topic:
“ECLS, Past, Present, and Future”
Location:
Scaife Auditorium 5, 4:00 pm

December 2015

3
Presenter:
Frederick J. Schoen, MD, PhD
Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Pathology Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Pathology and Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Harvard Medical School
Topic:
“Past, Present and Future of Heart Valve Replacement Technology: Collaborative Innovation in Design, Biomaterials and Cell-Matrix Biology”
Location:
University Club, Ball Room B, 4:00 pm

2014-2015 Schedule

2014 – 2015

April 2015

9
Presenter:
George Daley, MD, PhD
Samuel E. Lux, IV Professor of Hematology/Oncology
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Topic:
“Stem cells and the future of biomedicine”
Location:
University Club, Ball Room A, 4:00 pm

March 2015

9
Presenter:
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD
Mikati Foundation Professor
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences
Columbia University
Topic:
“Tissue Engineering: Into the Era of Personalized Medicine”
Location:
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, 8:00 am

2013-2014 Schedule

2013 – 2014

March 2014

11
Presenter:
Mina Bissell, PhD
Distinguished Scientist, Life Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Topic:
“The Critical Role of Extracellular Matrix and Microenvironment in Metastasis and Dormancy”
Location:
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, 10:00 am

October 2013

10
Presenter:
Glenn D. Prestwich, PhD
Presidential Professor and Director, Center for Therapeutic Biomaterials
Special Presidential Assistant for Faculty Entrepreneurism
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Utah
Topic:
“The Entrepreneurial Ecosytem and its Role in Translating Hyaluronan Materials to the Clinic”
Location:
University Club, Ball Room A, 4:00 pm

2012-2013 Schedule

2012 – 2013

March 2013

8
Presenter:
Katarina Le Blanc, MD, PhD
Professor, Hematology Center, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge
Assistant Head of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Topic:
“Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treatment of Graft-versus-Host Disease”
Location:
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, 8:30 am

January 2013

17
Presenter:
Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Director, Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging, Stanford University School of Medicine
Chief, Neurology Service,Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care Systems
Director, Rehabilitation R&D Center of Excellence,Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care Systems
Topic:
“Enhancing Stem Cell Function for Skeletal Muscle Repair and Regeneration”
Moleculart Artist:
John Pollock, PhD
Location:
Lecture: University Club, Ball Room A, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: University Club, Gold Room, 5:00 pm

2011-2012 Schedule

2011 – 2012

March 2012

5
Presenter:
Leonard I. Zon, MD
Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Director of the Stem Cell Program, Children’s Hospital Boston
Topic:
“Pathways Regulating Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differentiation”
Location:
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, 8:30 am

February 2012

23
Presenter:
C. James Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FBSE
Professor and Director, Institute of Pathology
University Medical Center
Johannes Gutenberg University
Topic:
“The Application of Human Co-Culture Systems to Understand Regenerative and Cancer Niches”
Moleculart Artist:
Simona Nemcova, RDMS, RVT
Location:
Lecture: University Club, 2nd floor, Ballroom B, 4:00 pm
-Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: University Club, 1st floor, Ballroom A, 5:00 pm

2010-2011 Schedule

2010 – 2011

February 2011

10
Presenter:
Wise Young, MD, PhD
Director, W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Topic:
“What Stem Cells Can’t Do”
Moleculart Artist:
Michael Yonas, PhD
Location:
Lecture: Scaife Hall, 4th floor, Auditorium 5, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: Scaife 1105A & B

November 2010

11
Presenter:
David S. Smith, JD
Attorney at Law
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Topic:
“From Tissue Engineering to Regenerative Therapeutics – Impressions of the Evolution of Promise into Practice and the Search for the Business of Us”
Moleculart Artist:
Pattie Woo
Location:
Lecture: University Club, 2nd floor, Ballroom B, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: University Club, 1st floor, Ballroom A, 5:00 pm

2009-2010 Schedule

2009 – 2010

March 2010

8
Presenter:
Buddy Ratner, PhD
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, and
Director, Engineered Biomaterials NSF Engineering Research Center
University of Washington
Topic:
“New Thoughts on Healing and Regeneration: Healing in Hole”
Location:
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort

January 2010

28
Presenter:
Kristi Anseth, PhD
Tisone Professor, Associate Professor of Surgery, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
University of Colorad
Topic:
“Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration: Cellular Control in a Couple of Clicks”
Moleculart Artist:
Amalia Labbruzzo
Location:
Lecture: Scaife Hall, 4th floor, Auditorium 5, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: Scaife 1105A & B

2008-2009 Schedule

2008 – 2009

April 2009

9
Presenter:
Marie E. Csete, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Topic:
“Roadblocks to translation of hES cell-derived therapies”
Moleculart Artist:
Center for Biological Imaging
Location:
Lecture: Scaife Hall, 4th Floor, Auditorium 5, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: Scaife 1105A & B

March 2009

9
Presenter:
Jeffrey A. Hubbell, LMRP
Professor of the School of Life Sciences
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Topic:
“Biofunctional Materials in Regenerative Medicine and Immunotherapeutics”
Location:
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort

October 2008

23
Presenter:
Arnold I. Caplan, PhD
Professor of Biological Science, Director of the Skeletal Research Center
Case Western Reserve University
Topic:
“Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells: New Cell-based Therapies for Regenerative Medicine”
Moleculart Artist:
Jason Shorr
Location:
Lecture: Scaife Hall, 4th Floor, Auditorium 5, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: Scaife 1105A & B

2007-2008 Schedule

2007 – 2008

November 2007

29
Presenter:
Douglas Lauffenburger, PhD
Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic:
“What Are Cells Thinking?—An Engineering Approach to Understanding Signaling Networks Governing Cell Behavior”
Moleculart Artist:
Ruben Zamora, MD

March 2008

10
Presenter:
Irving L. Weissman, MD
Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research
Professor of Developmental Biology, Neurosurgery, and Biological Sciences
Stanford University
Topic:
“Stem Cells-What’s New?”
Location
:
Lecture: Scaife Hall, 4th Floor, Auditorium 5, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: BST South 100

April 2008

3
Presenter:
Karen Hirschi, PhD
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicin
Topic:
The Study of Vascular Morphogenesis Enables Tissue Engineering
Location
:
Lecture: Scaife Hall, 4th Floor, Auditorium 5, 4:00 pm
Reception and Moleculart Exhibit: BST South 100 Seminar announcement for distribution and posting

2006 – 2007

February 2007

8
Presenter:
Nicholas Peppas, ScD
Fletcher Pratt Chair of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmaceutics at the
University of Texas at Austin
Director of Center on Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Bionanotechnology and Molecular
Recognition
Director of National Science Foundation Program on Cellular and Molecular Imaging for
Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Topic:
“Nanostructured biomaterials and surfaces for biological recognition”

Location:
Graduate School of Public Health, 130 Desoto Street, Room G23, 4:00 pm

January 2007

11
Presenter:
Art Coury, PhD
Vice President Biomaterials Research
Genzyme
Topic:
“Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine: Perceptions, Realities and Implications”

Location:
Graduate School of Public Health, 130 Desoto Street, Room G23, 4:00 pm

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