NCTERMS Annual Conference 2018
This one-day event will include a keynote lecture from Dr. Krishnendu Roy, director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies at Georgia Tech, as well as a series of invited speakers from North Carolina including Drs. Ke Cheng, Barbara Nsiah, Shay Soker, Tatiana Segura, Ashley Brown, Samira Musah, Emmanuel Opara, and Wesley Legant.
Abstracts for posters will be accepted through November 26 on the following topics:
- Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Translational Research in Regenerative Medicine
- Biofabrication
There will be a poster competition open to all students and post-doctoral fellows. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The abstract template and submission are available at https://ncterms.org/abstracts/.
Agenda
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Attendee Arrival and Registration/Poster/Exhibit Set Up Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:05 a.m. | Welcome Dr. Jennifer West, Duke |
| 9:05 – 9:35 a.m. | Next-Generation Regenerative Therapies for Heart and Lung Disease Dr. Ke Cheng, NCSU and UNC |
| 9:35 – 10:05 a.m. | Progress Towards Development of Functioning Bio-engineered Lungs Dr. Barbara Nsiah, United Therapeutics |
| 10:05 – 10:35 a.m. | Bioengineered Liver Tissue for Transplantation, Development and Disease Modeling Dr. Shay Soker, Wake Forest |
| 10:35 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Biomaterial Strategies to Promote Brain Repair After Stroke Dr. Tatiana Segura, Duke |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Controlling Fibroblast Modes of Migration through Microgel Thin Film Viscoelasticity Dr. Ashley Brown, NCSU and UNC |
| 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Poster session with box lunches available |
| 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Plenary Speaker Dr. Krishnendu Roy, Georgia Tech and Emory, Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies How do we Achieve Reproducible and Scalable Manufacturing of High Quality Therapeutic Cells at a Lower Cost? – A Consortium Approach |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Modeling Human Kidney Development and Function by Directed Differentiation of Stem Cells Dr. Samira Musah, Duke |
| 3:30 – 3:50 p.m. | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 3:50 – 4:20 p.m. | Re-engineering the Bioartificial Pancreas for Sustained Performance Dr. Emmanuel Opara, Wake Forest |
| 4:20 – 4:50 p.m. | From Molecules to Organisms: Pushing the Limits of Fluorescence Microscopy Dr. Wesley Legant, UNC and NCSU |
| 4:50 – 5:00 p.m. |
Presentation of Poster Awards and Concluding Remarks |
Registration
Cancellations: All cancellation requests must be in writing. Full refunds will be given for cancellations received by November 26th, 2018. Cancellations received after November 26th, 2018 will be subject to a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given after December 9th, 2018.
More Information
The North Carolina Tissue Engineering Group was first organized in 1998 to foster collaborations in tissue engineering throughout North Carolina, with the strong desire to be geographically and institutionally inclusive. In 2010, the Board decided to reorganize as the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (NCTERMS) as an educational and scientific association. It is the purpose of NCTERMS to provide information and educational opportunities to fellow researchers, scientists, students and staff on advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in the State of North Carolina.
View the NCTERMS website for more information.
Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences
Schiciano Auditorium
Duke University
101 Science Drive
Durham, NC 27710