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Upcoming Events

2012

September 5-8: Third TERMIS World Congress, Vienna, Austria
July 14-18: Controlled Release Society Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting & Exposition, Quebec City, Canada [a website for this event is not yet available]

2011

November 2-4: World Conference on Regenerative Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
September 4-9: Twenty-fourth European Conference on Biomaterials, Dublin, Ireland
July 30-August 3: Controlled Release Society Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting & Exposition, National Harbor, MD [a website for this event is not yet available]
June 15-18: ISSCR Ninth Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada [a website for this event is not yet available]
May 4-7: 2011 Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ [a website for this event is not yet available]
April 13-16: Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, FL

2010

December 11-15: American Society for Cell Biology Fiftieth Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
December 5-8: TERMIS-NA 2010 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
November 22-24: Stem Cell Network Annual Scientific Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
November 16-19: ASTM International Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices Committee Week Meeting, San Antonio, TX [a website for this event is not yet available]
November 15-18: Sixteenth Annual Conference of the International Society of Differentiation: From Stem Cells to Organisms, Nara, Japan
November 12-13: Select Biosciences Second International Forum on Stem Cells, Tianjin, China
November 2-3: Stem Cell Society Singapore (SCSS) Symposium 2010: Translating Science to Therapy
October 29-30: Fraunhofer Institut Leipzig 2010 Life Science Symposium, Leipzig, Germany
October 28-29: Select Biosciences Single Cell Analysis Summit, San Diego, CA
October 17-20: 1st ISCT Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, Miyazaki City, Japan
October 12-13: New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fifth Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference: Revolutionizing Cures, New York, NY
October 5-7: Fifth World Congress on Regenerative Medicine, Hannover, Germany
October 4-6: 2010 World Stem Cell Summit , Detroit, MI
October 1-4: Sixth International Symposium on Neuroprotection and Neurorepair, Rostock, Germany
September 30-October 2: German Society for Stem Cell Research (GSZ) Fifth Annual Meeting, Luebeck, Germany
September 15-17: TERMIS-AP 2010 Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia
September 13-15: Stem Cells USA & Regenerative Medicine Congress, Philadelphia, PA
September 11-17: Hydra VI: The European Summer School on Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, Hydra, Greece
September 11-15: Twenty-third European Conference on Biomaterials, Tampere, Finland
September 11-14: ISCT-Europe Second Regional Meeting, Belgirate, Italy
September 1-4: Third International Congress on Biotechnologies for Spinal Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
August 24-27: Third International NanoBio Conference, Zurich, Switzerland
August 24-25: Third Annual Stem Cells Europe Conference, Edinburgh, UK
August 17-20: Latin American Society of Artificial Organs, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (SLABO) Sixth Latin American Congress of Artificial Organs and Biomaterials (COLAOB 2010), Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
August 6-7: Ninth Âount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium, Mount Desert Island, Maine
August 2-4: 2nd International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (ICCMB2), Singapore
July 28-30: Tissue & Cell Engineering Society (TCES) 2010 Meeting, Manchester, UK

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Publications, Documents, and Sites of Interest

News Aggregators

Selected Recent Articles and Press Releases

"Unearthing King Tet: Key protein influences stem cell fate" [press release], UNC Health Care System, July 18, 2010
"A new generation of biological scaffolds" [press release], UK National Stem Cell Network, July 14, 2010
"Researchers create breathing lungs in lab" [press release], University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center and Medical School, June 25, 2010
Basak E Uygun, et al., "Organ reengineering through development of a transplantable recellularized liver graft using decellularized liver matrix" [report], Nature Medicine 16, 814-820 (2010) [Subscription required]
Dongeun Huh, et al., "Reconstituting Organ-Level Lung Functions on a Chip," Science, June 25, 2010 [Subscription required]
Nidhi Subbaraman, "Breathing New Life into Old Lungs" Technology Review, June 24, 2010
"Body's Own Stem Cells Can Lead to Tooth Regeneration" [press release], Columbia University Medical Center, May 19, 2010
"Gene helps worm regrow missing head" [press release], Futurity, April 23, 2010
"Promoting Healing by Keeping Skeletal Stem Cells 'Young'" [press release], University of Rochester Medical Center, March 30, 2010
Elisa Närvä, et al., "High-resolution DNA analysis of human embryonic stem cell lines reveals culture-induced copy number changes and loss of heterozygosity," Nature Biotechnology 28, 371-377 (2010), published online March 28, 2010
"Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab," The New York Times, March 26, 2010
"Duke Scientists Uncover Cells that Mend a Broken Heart" [press release], Duke Medicine News and Communications, March 24, 2010
"CU Discovery of Cellular "Switch" May Provide New Means of Triggering Cell Death, Treating Human Diseases" [press release], University of Colorado at Boulder, March 11, 2010
"New Method to Grow Arteries Could Lead to "Biological Bypass" for Heart Disease" [press release], Yale University Office of Public Affairs, March 9, 2010
"Disarming Specialized Stem Cells Might Combat Deadly Ovarian Cancer" [press release], Yale University Office of Public Affairs, January 27, 2010
Thomas Vierbuchen, et al., "Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors," Nature [advance online publication], January 27, 2010 [Subscription required]
Nicole Casal Moore, "Rock-a-bye embryo to improve in vitro rates," via Futurity, January 19, 2010
Jennifer Fitzenberger, "Stroke therapy successful in animal tests," via Futurity, January 13, 2010
Tom Rickey, "'Macho' receptor slows wound healing," via Futurity, January 5, 2010
Maryalice Yakutchik, "Mature brain recycles embryonic circuit maker," via Futurity, December 28. 2009
Arielle Levin Becker, "Rep. Murphy Criticizes Plan To Eliminate Stem Cell Research Funding," Hartford Courant, December 16, 2009
Andrew Moseman, "Lab-Built Red Blood Cells Look & Act Like the Real Deal," Discover, December 15, 2009
Mary Spiro, "This chip's got real heart (cells)," via Futurity, December 15, 2009
Doug Trapp, "13 new stem cell lines get NIH approval," American Medical News, December 14, 2009
Mark Hollmer-Brown, "Think you know that cell? Think again," via Futurity, December 10, 2009
Holly Korschun-Emory, "To sniff out muscle repair, follow the nose," via Futurity, December 8, 2009
Dennis Romero, "Huge AIDS Breakthrough From UCLA Announced (Application, Though, Still Likely Far Off)," LA Weekly, December 8, 2009
"Tool decodes biology's key players" [press release], via Futurity, November 19. 2009
Scott Dance, "Md. stem cell panel sees record interest for research grants," Baltimore Business Journal, November 19, 2009
Nancy Ross-Flanigan, "Zebrafish do it. Why can't we?" via Futurity, October 26, 2009
Justin K. Ichida, et al., "A Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Tgf-beta Signaling Replaces Sox2 in Reprogramming by Inducing Nanog [abstract]," Cell Stem Cell, October 8, 2009 [Subscription required]
Sarah Yang-Berkeley, "Younger muscles through biochemistry," Futurity, October 8, 2009
Frank D. Roylance, "Md., Calif. sign agreement on stem-cell research," Baltimore Sun, September 22, 2009
"Neuralstem Receives FDA Approval to Commence First ALS Stem Cell Trial" [Press Release], Neuralstem, September 21, 2009
Jenny Leonard, "Tiny tweezers snag living cells," via Futurity, September 1, 2009
Bob Nellis, "Diabetes and Heart Damage: an iPS Cell Approach," Discovery's Edge, September 2009
Hockemeyer, et al., "Efficient targeting of expressed and silent genes in human ESCs and iPSCs using zinc-finger nucleases [research abstract]," Nature Biotechnology 27 (851-857), August 13, 2009 [Subscription required]

Articles of interest from Tissue Engineering, 13:12 (December 2007):

Peter C. Johnson, Antonios G. Mikos, John P. Fisher, and John A. Jansen, "Strategic Directions in Tissue Engineering" (PDF, 182kb)
Kiki B. Hellman and Robert M. Nerem, "Advancing Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine [Editorial]" (PDF, 43.4kb)

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Conference Programs and Reports

Program and Abstract Book for the Eleventh U.S.-Japan Cellular and Gene Therapy Conference on Tissue Engineering, February 28, 2008, Bethesda, MD (PDF, 323.2kb)
Program Book for the Society for Biological Engineering First International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering: "From Benchtop to Bioprocess," Coronado Island, CA, January 20-23, 2008 (PDF, 1.6mb)
"ASTM Subcommittee on Cell Signaling (F04.46)," a PowerPoint summary of the meeting of ASTM Subcommittee F04.46 on Standards for Cell Signaling, Norfolk VA, May 24, 2007, by Anne L. Plant, Ph.D., Leader, Cell and Tissue Measurements Group, Biochemical Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology. (PPT, 1.3mb)
"What lies at the interface of regenerative medicine and developmental biology?" by Donald E. Ingber and Michael Levin. Review of the recent Keystone Symposium Tissue Engineering and Developmental Biology. Development 134, 2541-2547, 2007. (PDF, 199.7kb)
Workshop on Stem Cell Research For Regenerative Medicine And Tissue Engineering, February 1-2, 2007, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA. Includes Proceedings and Agenda
European Science Foundation. 2005. Nanomedicine: An ESF - European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) Forward Look Report, prepared by Ruth Duncan, et al. (PDF, 3.1mb)
Huesing, B., B. Buerhlen, and S. Gaisser. 2003. Human tissue engineered products: Today's markets and future prospects. Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research. (PDF)
Zucker, H., et al., 2020: A New Vision - A Future for Regenerative Medicine (Department of Health and Human Services, September 2005) (also available in PDF)
"Scientists call for more liberal regulations for stem cell research in Germany," a press release summarizing the highlights of the international workshop, Germany and Europe - Partnership in Regenerative Medicine: Strategies for Advancing Tissue Science and Engineering held on December 2, 2005 in Berlin, sponsored by the German Society for Regenerative Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft fÃÂ¸r Regenerative Medizin e.V., GRM)
Cassman, M., et al., WTEC Panel on Systems Biology, Final Report (Baltimore, MD: WTEC, Inc., October 2005)
Anne L. Plant and Emanuel Horowitz, Proceedings of the Symposium on Metrology and Standards for Cell Signaling: Impact on Tissue Engineering, National Institute for Standards and Technology, October 14-15, 2003. Published in Tissue Engineering 11: 7-8 (July 2005), 985-990. (registration required)
Commercialisation of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, London, UK, November 18-19, 2004
Interagency Workshop on Research at the Interface of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, May 10, 2004
The Emergence of Tissue Engineering as a Research Field, Arlington, Virginia, October 14, 2003
NIST/ASTM Symposium on Metrology and Standards for Cell Signaling: Impact on Tissue Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland, October 14-15, 2003
Symposium on Catalyzing Team Science, Bethesda, Maryland, June 23-24, 2003
WTEC Workshop on Assessment of European, Japanese, and U.S. Research and Development in Biosensing, Bethesda, Maryland, May 13, 2003
Final Report, BECON 2002 Symposium: Sensors in Biological Research and Medicine, June 24-25, 2002 (PDF)
Final Report, BECON 2001 Symposium: Reparative Medicine: Growing Tissues and Organs, Bethesda, Maryland, June 25-26, 2001 (PDF)
WTEC Study on Tissue Engineering Research:

Proceedings of the U.S. Review Workshop, June 5-6, 2000
McIntyre, L.V., et al., WTEC Panel Report on Tissue Engineering Research (Baltimore, MD: WTEC, Inc., January 2002)

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Other Reports

Executive Order 13505: Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells (full text), March 9, 2009
2007 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, National Academies Press, 2007
FDA Report on Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical Products, March 2004

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Funding Opportunity Announcements

Date Posted: July 22, 2010
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-04-1144
Title: Biomolecular Systems Cluster (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: Full proposal deadlines: January 12, 2011 and July 12, 2011, and annually thereafter

Date Posted: July 22, 2010
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-04-1114
Title: Cellular Systems Cluster (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: Full proposal deadlines: January 12, 2011 and July 12, 2011, and annually thereafter

Date Posted: April 15, 2010
Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research, Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
Opportunity Number: EPA-G2010-STAR-C1 through -C4 (see FOA for specifics)
Title: Computational Toxicology: Biologically-Based Multi-Scale Modeling
Closing Date: July 15, 2010, 11:59:59 pm Eastern Time

Date Posted: March 11, 2010
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-10-5345
Title: Biomedical Engineering
Closing Date: March 03, 2010 by 5 p.m. proposer's local time. Submission window dates: February 1-March 3, 2010; August 15-September 23, 2010

Date Posted: November 12, 2009
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-06-7623
Title: Biomaterials
Closing Date: October 31, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. proposer's local time, then September 1-October 31 annually thereafter

Date Posted: October 1, 2009
Office: Department of the Army -- USAMRAA
Opportunity Number: W81XWH-BAA10-1
Title: USA Medical Research and Materiel Command Broad Agency Announcement
Closing Date: September 30, 2010 (archive date: October 30, 2010)

Date Posted: March 17, 2010
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-10-1491
Title: Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering
Closing Date: Submission window dates: February 1, 2010-March 3, 2010. Full proposal window: August 15, 2010-September 23, 2010

Date Posted: September 12, 2007
Office: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Opportunity Number: AFOSR-BAA-2007-1
Title: Broad Agency Announcement: Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: Open-ended until revised

Date Posted: May , 2006
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: 06-566
Title: Biomedical Engineering, Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities, and Biophotonics Programs
Closing Date: Proposals accepted annually between August 15-September 15 and February 1-March 1. No deadlines for Undergraduate Design Project proposals.

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