The goal of this GRC will be to highlight the commonality of repair processes among various organs and tissues and to dissect their underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms. Furthermore, links between repair, regeneration, development, and disease will be addressed. Traditional "wound healing" topics such as connective tissue fibrosis will remain but we will also draw in some of the newer cell biology and genetic approaches in simple model organisms. Session topics include: growth factors and hormones in repair; regeneration; inflammation; neurorepair; epithelial cell migration; angiogenesis; and stem cell biology. Lectures will range from the most basic studies of tissue repair to applications in the clinic. As with previous Tissue Repair and Regeneration GRCs this will be an outstanding opportunity to learn about some of the newest and most exciting research in the field and should appeal to industrial and academic scientists as well as clinicians in the wound healing and regenerative medicine community.