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Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (GRS)

Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

July 27 - 28, 2013
Chairs Carrie E. Brubaker and Matthew J. Webber
Holderness School
33 Chapel Lane
Holderness, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting includes cell-material interactions, engineering the stem cell niche, biomaterials for cellular engineering, and biomaterials for applications such as imaging, tumor targeting, theranostics, drug/biomolecule delivery, and synthetic matrices. Our mentorship and career development component will address pathways to professional independence for younger investigators.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Address
Discussion Leader: Carrie Brubaker (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmJoel Collier (University of Chicago)
"Supramolecular materials: from scaffolds to immune adjuvants"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmBiomaterials and the Vascular Environment
Discussion Leader: Timothy Ruckh (Northeastern University)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmAshley Brown (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Development of synthetic platelets for augmentation of clotting and wound healing"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmLindsay Wray (Tufts University)
"A silk-based platform for vascularizing critically-sized tissue constructs"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmYevgeny Brudno (Harvard University)
"Temporal control over multiple pro-angiogenic and pro-maturation factors enhances microvascular formation and vessel maturation"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmKara Spiller (Columbia University)
"Vascularization for bone tissue engineering through modulation of macrophage behavior"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amScaffolds, Matrices, and Hydrogels
Discussion Leader: Whitney Stoppel (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
9:00 am - 9:20 amRobert Wieduwild (TU Dresden)
"Injectable hydrogels, surface functionalization and micro carriers using non-covalent hydrogel - application in drug release and cell culture"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amOmar Benavides (Rice University)
"Vascularization of fibrin/poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels using amniotic fluid-derived stem cells"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amMiquella Chavez (University of California, San Francisco)
"Microenvironment effects on self-renewal and differentiation of dental epithelial stem cells"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amJennifer Robinson (Texas A&M University)
"Development of osteoinductive, high porosity polyHIPEs as injectable bone grafts"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmFaculty Panel Discussion: Navigating the Pathway to Independence for Young Transitional Investigators
Discussion Leader: Matthew Webber (MIT)
  • Josephine Allen (University of Florida)
  • Aaron Mohs (Wake Forest University / Virginia Tech)
  • Danielle Benoit (University of Rochester)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
July 27 - August 1, 2025


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