Agenda
| 8:00 | Check-in, Breakfast, & Networking |
| 9:00 | Welcome & Opening remarks: Andrew Read, PhD., Director Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Donald R. Mackay, DDS, M.D., William P. Graham III Professor of Plastic Surgery |
| 9:15 | What is CREATE? Jian Yang, PhD. Dino Ravnic, D.O., M.P.H., M.Sc. |
| 9:20 | Message from Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., PhD., Founder of the field of Regenerative Engineering, The University of Connecticut |
| 9:30 | Keynote: Kam W Leong, PhD. Samuel Y Sheng Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York. Title: Design of Biomaterials for Inflammatory Diseases |
| 10:15 | Coffee break & Poster session |
| 10:30 | Keynote: Milica Radisic, PhD. Professor, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Organ-on-a-Chip Engineering, Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute. Title: Advances in vascularization of cardiac tissues and hearts-on-a-chip |
| 11:15 | Flash talks Xiaojun Lance Lian, PhD. When gene editing meets modified RNA Amir Sheikhi, PhD. Granular Hydrogel Bioinks with Preserved Interconnected Microporosity for Extrusion Bioprinting Scott Selleck, PhD. A new pathway to suppress neurodegeneration Cunjiang Yu, PhD. Rubbery Electronics: A New Bioelectronics Platform for Biology Jing Du, PhD. Multi-Dimensional and Multi-Scale Mechanical Characterization of Biomaterials, Biological Tissues, and Cells Urara Hasegawa, PhD. Polymeric micelles for delivery of gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide and their potential application in tissue engineering Yogendra Pratap Singh, PhD. Islets Bioprinting for Fabrication of Pancreatic Devices for Type 1 Diabetes |
| 12:00 | Lunch & networking |
| 1:00 | Keynote: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, M.D., FACS Chair, Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Title: Developing small molecules for abnormal wound healing |
| 1:45 | Keynote: David L. Kaplan, PhD. Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering, Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Distinguished University Professor, Tufts University Title: Bioengineering Human Brain-like Tissues |
| 2:30 | Coffee break & Poster session |
| 2:45 | Keynote: Trivia Frazier, PhD. Co-Founder, President, and CEO, Obatala Sciences Title: Engineering Human Blood-Derived and Adipose Tissue-Derived Products for Metabolic Research |
| 3:30 | Panel discussion: Convergence in Translational Regenerative Engineering Panelists: Trivia Frazier, PhD., Geoffrey C. Gurtner, M.D., FACS, Milica Radisic, PhD., Kam W Leong, PhD. & Dan Hayes, PhD. Moderators: Jian Yang, PhD. & Dino Ravnic, D.O., M.P.H., M.Sc. |
| 4:15 | Poster session |
| 4:45 | Poster session awards & Closing remarks |
Agenda subject to change