Technical Program
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| DAY 1 | Monday, April 17 |
| 3:00pm - 7:15pm | Registration |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Welcome from Chairs: Meng Deng and Bikramjit Basu |
| 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM | Intelligent Hydrogels in Regenerative Engineering, Nicholas Peppas, Cockrell College of Engineering |
| 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM | Understanding Gene-Environment interactions in Cardiovascular Regeneration, Adam J. Engler, University of California, San Diego |
| 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM | Cocktail Reception by Borroughs Wellcome Fund and Poster Session |
| Day 2 | Tuesday, April 18 |
| 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM | Registration |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Polymeric Bioactives: Polymers from Bioactives and as Bioactives, Kathryn Uhrich, University of California, Riverside |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Bio/nanomaterials for Control of Stem Cell Fates and for Biomolecule Delivery, Surya Mallapragada, Iowa State University |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Panel Discussion with Rock Stars moderated by Cato T. Laurencin |
| 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break and Roundtable Discussions with Rock Stars |
| 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Future Leaders of Regenerative Engineering Session |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Engineer CAR-neutrophils from human pluripotent stem cells for targeted chemoimmunotherapy against glioblastoma, Xiaoping Bao, Purdue University |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Multi-Material Tissue Bioprinting, Shrike Zhang, Harvard University |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Erika Moore, University of Florida |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Karl Lewis, Cornell University |
| 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM | Lightning Talk Poster Presentations |
| 5:00PM-5:05PM | The Role of Adipose-Cartilage Crosstalk in Osteoarthritis, Kelsey Collins, UCSF, Washington University St Louis |
| 5:05PM-5:10PM | Evaluation of Bone Regeneration in Maxillary Sinus with a New Bioactive Glass Biomaterial: A Pre-Clinical Study, Isis De Fatima Balderrama, Sao Paulo State University |
| 5:10PM - 5:15PM | Phosphate Functionalized Graphene Oxide for Bone Regenerative Engineering, Taraje Whitfield, UConn Health |
| 5:15PM - 5:20PM | Application of 3D Printing Technologies for Advances in Organ-on-Chip Devices and Customized Implants, Jennifer Patterson, IMDEA Materials Institute |
| 5:20PM - 5:25PM | Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with a Semi-Biodegradable Polymer Graft Containing Poly-L-Lactic Acid and Polyethylene Terephthalate, James Chapman, University of Connecticut |
| 5:25PM - 5:30PM | FGF-8b Inhibits Adipogenesis and Enhances Myogenesis in Rotator Cuff Muscle Cell Populations in Vitro, Paulos Mengsteab, University of Connecticut |
| 5:30PM - 5:35PM | Establishing Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Vitro, Makeda Stephenson, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| 5:35PM - 5:40PM | Surface Modification of PLLA Scaffolds Using Plasma Treatment, Amir Abedini, University of Connecticut |
| 5:40 PM - 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks by Chair: Meng Deng |
