Functional Imaging for Regenerative Medicine Workshop

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in conjunction with the Multi Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) working group is sponsoring a topical workshop to identify imaging needs and challenges in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM).

Registration is open!

Hotel information

Submit a poster - Last day for poster submissions is May 10, 2012.

Conference Overview

This workshop will identify areas of opportunity, and stimulate new collaborations and applications of cutting edge imaging methods in TERM. This will help to shape the future of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine research. 

Session Topics will include:

• Cellular Function in vitro: High Resolution Single Cell Imaging
• Cellular Function in vivo: In Vivo Cell Imaging
• Tissue Grafts: Macroscopic Imaging
• Regnerating Whole Organs: Whole Body Imaging

Workshop Program Booklet

Objective:

Foster cutting-edge imaging for application in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM). Toward this goal, the workshop will bring together the leaders from the TERM and imaging communities for cross-fertilization of ideas and practical approaches.

Approach:

The workshop aims to accelerate development and adoption of advanced imaging methodologies and tools by identifying current needs of tissue engineers, from the molecular to the macroscopic scales, and consider approaches to meet those needs. The workshop will focus on functional, noninvasive methods appropriate for in vitro and in vivo TERM work.

Format:

Each TERM speaker will present work that highlights key needs that could be addressed by imaging. Each imaging speaker will highlight capabilities being developed that could meet the specific TERM needs.

Participants:

Members of academia, industry, and government with interests in TERM, imaging, and especially the application of imaging methods in TERM.

Posters:

To arrange to present a poster, please download and complete this form (MS Word .docx), then email it to Marcus Cicerone [marcus.cicerone@nist.gov] with the subject line "FIRM poster."

If you are not registered, you will not be allowed on site.

Registered attendees will receive security and campus instructions prior to the workshop.

NON U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE NOTE:

All foreign national visitors who do not have permanent resident status and who wish to register for the above meeting must supply additional information. Failure to provide this information prior to arrival will result, at a minimum, in significant delays (up to 24 hours) in entering the facility. Authority to gather this information is derived from United States Department of Commerce Department Administrative Order (DAO) number 207-12. You can download the required form NIST-1260. Fill out the form and email to Donna Kimball [donna.kimball@nist.gov] or
Angela Ellis [angela.ellis@nist.gov].

For more information on the Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) Interagency Working Group.

Speakers scheduled to present include:

1. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University
2. Ralph Weissleder, Harvard University
3. Chris Chen, University of Pennsylvania
4. Ihor Lemischka, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
5. Derek Toomre, Yale University
6. Elazer Edelman, MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. Robert Guldberg, The Georgia Institute of Technology
8. Charles Lin, Harvard University
9. Anthony Atala, Wake Forest University
10. Robert Tranquillo, University of Minnesota
11. Joseph Wu, Stanford University
12. Lihong Wang, Washington University in St. Louis
13. Milica Radisic, University of Toronto
14. Peter Zandstra, University of Toronto
15. Matthias Nahrendorf, Harvard University
16. Al Johnson, Duke University
17. Farsh Guilak, Duke University
18. David Kaplan, Tufts University
19. Brett Bouma, Harvard University
20. Samuel Wickline, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis