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