| Sunday |
| 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Immuno-Engineering |
| Discussion Leader: Benjamin Keselowsky (University of Florida, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Cato Laurencin (University of Connecticut, USA)
"Regenerative Engineering and Medicine" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Ali Khademhousseini (Harvard University, USA)
"Engineering the Chemistry and Architecture of Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Ronald Germain (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA)
"Dynamic Intravital and Multiplex 3D Static Imaging of the Immune System: Relevance for Tissue Engineering" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Monday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Harnessing Inflammation for Tissue Repair |
| Discussion Leader: Edward Botchwey (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:40 am | Vladimir Muzykantov (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Endothelial Targeting of Anti-Inflammatory Nanomedicine" |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
| 9:55 am - 10:25 am | David Mooney (Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA)
"Role of Substrate Mechanics in Regulation of MSCs: Cell Populations to Single Cells" |
| 10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 am - 11:40 am | Kamil Godula (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Tailoring Glycan Interactions at the Cell-Matrix Interface to Influence Stem Cell Differentiation" |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
| 11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Kara Spiller (Drexel University, USA)
"Macrophage Function and Dysfunction in Tissue Repair and Regeneration" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Strategies to Direct Neural Regeneration |
| Discussion Leader: Horst Von Recum (Case Western Reserve University, USA) |
| 6:00 pm - 6:05 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 6:05 pm - 6:35 pm | Randolph Ashton (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"From Niche to Tissue: Engineering Neural Stem Cell Derivation, Differentiation, and Tissue Morphogenesis" |
| 6:35 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
| 6:50 pm - 7:20 pm | Jeffrey Capadona (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Developing Strategies to Rewire the Neuroinflammatory Response" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion |
| 7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Themis Kyriakides (Yale University, USA)
"Characterization of Micro-RNA 223: The Foreign Body Response" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| Tuesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Therapeutic Neovascularization |
| Discussion Leader: Kent Leach (University of California, Davis, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:05 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:05 am - 9:35 am | Steven George (Washington University, USA)
"Vascularizing Engineering Tissues (Tumor and Cardiac) In Vitro" |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:20 am | Timothy Hla (Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA)
"Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Signaling in Vascular and Immune Systems" |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
| 10:35 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Xinqiao Jia (University of Delaware, USA)
"Modular and Bioorthogonal Approaches for the Construction of Functional Biomaterials" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Warren Grayson (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Exploring the Vascular Potential of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells for Bone and Muscle Regeneration" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Stimulus-Responsive Biomaterials |
| Discussion Leader: Andres Garcia (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 6:00 pm - 6:05 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 6:05 pm - 6:35 pm | Arancha del Campo (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
"Spatiotemporal Regulation of Cell-Material Interactions with Light" |
| 6:35 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
| 6:50 pm - 7:20 pm | Cassandra Fraser (University of Virginia, USA)
"Luminescent Boron Biomaterials for Oxygen Sensing and Imaging" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion |
| 7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Julie Liu (Purdue University, USA)
"Engineering Protein-Based Biomaterials with Tunable Properties" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| Wednesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Harnessing Niche Concepts for Regenerative Medicine |
| Discussion Leader: Warren Grayson (Johns Hopkins University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:40 am | Brendan Harley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Instructive Biomaterials that Harness Niche Concepts for Stem Cell Engineering" |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
| 9:55 am - 10:25 am | M.G. Finn (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Chemists Messing About with Immunology: Does Molecular Structure Matter?" |
| 10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 am - 11:40 am | Kent Leach (University of California, Davis, USA)
"Cell-Manufactured Biomaterials: Providing the Model with the Instructions" |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
| 11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Benjamin Almquist (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Nanotechnology-Based Strategies for Healing Diabetic Ulcers" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Translational Biomaterials |
| Discussion Leader: Megan Frisk (Science Translational Medicine, USA) |
| 6:00 pm - 6:05 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 6:05 pm - 6:35 pm | Mark Prausnitz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Formulation and Fabrication of Microneedles for Drug and Vaccine Delivery" |
| 6:35 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
| 6:50 pm - 7:20 pm | Phillip Messersmith (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Polymer Delivery Systems for Drug-Induced Tissue Regeneration" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion |
| 7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Helen Lu (Columbia University, USA)
"Synthetic Matrix Vesicles for Osteoinduction" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| Thursday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Hydrogels in Regenerative Medicine |
| Discussion Leader: Helen Lu (Columbia University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:05 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:05 am - 9:35 am | Jason Burdick (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Supramolecular Hydrogels from Natural Polymers" |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:20 am | Angelica Gonzalez (Yale University, USA)
"Engineering the Chemistry and Architecture of Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration" |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
| 10:35 am - 11:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:05 am - 11:35 am | Jennifer West (Duke University, USA)
"Mimicking the ECM to Design Pro-Angiogenic Hydrogels" |
| 11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Jagannath Padmanabhan (Yale University, USA)
"Isolating the Effect of Substrate Topography and Stiffness on Macrophage Fusion" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Molly Ogle (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Spatially Localized Recruitment of Anti-Inflammatory Monocytes by SDF-1α-Releasing Hydrogels Enhances Microvascular Network Remodeling" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Selected Poster Presentations |
| Graduate student, post-doc and junior faculty presentations. |
| Discussion Leader: Cato Laurencin (University of Connecticut, USA) |
| 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm | Sarah Stabenfeldt (Arizona State University, USA)
"Exploiting Astrocytic Phenotypic Alterations to Augment the Neural Injury Microenvironment" |
| 6:15 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
| 6:20 pm - 6:35 pm | Kathryn Whitehead (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
"A Lipid Nanoparticle siRNA Delivery System for Mantle Cell Lymphoma" |
| 6:35 pm - 6:40 pm | Discussion |
| 6:40 pm - 6:55 pm | Adam Perriman (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
"The Rational Design of Artificial Membrane Binding Proteins for Oxygenation of Stem Cells During Tissue Engineering" |
| 6:55 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm | Amy Clark (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Integrin α2β1-Specific Hydrogels Enhance Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Survival and Bone Repair In Vivo" |
| 7:15 pm - 7:20 pm | Discussion |
| 7:20 pm - 7:35 pm | Derfogail Delcassian (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
"Controlling Immune Cell Activation at the Nanoscale" |
| 7:35 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Aleeza Farrukh (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
"Directional Neural Regeneration by Using Photo-Triggerable Laminin Mimetic Peptide" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| Friday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
