News & Current Projects

Upcoming Events | Publications, Documents, and Sites of Interest | Conference Programs and Reports | Other Reports | Funding Opportunity Announcements

Upcoming Events

2010

June 16-19: Eighth ISSCR Annual Meeting,San Francisco, CA [a website for this event is not yet available]
March 21-25: ACS Biochemical Technology Division Annual Meeting, San Fancisco, CA

2009

November 2-13: Third Marie Curie Cutting Edge Practical Training Course: Polymer Chemistry and Controlled Drug Delivery, Madrid, Spain
September 13-18: Gordon Research Conference on Stem Cells & Cancer, Les Diablerets, Switzerland
September 7-18: Second Marie Curie Cutting Edge Practical Training Course: Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, and Biocompatibility Testing of Biomaterials, Aachen, Germany
August 31-September 3: Second TERMIS World Congress, Daejeon, Korea (in conjunction with the 2009 Seoul Stem Cell Symposium)
August 16-20: Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Division of Biochemical Technology, Washington, DC
July 19-24: Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility/Tissue Engineering, Holderness, NH
June 14-19: Gordon Research Conference on Tissue Repair & Regeneration, New London, NH
May 25-June 5: First Marie Curie Cutting Edge Practical Training Course: Fabrication and Characterisation of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, Braga, Minho, Portugal
May 19-22: ASTM Committee F04, Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices Meeting at ASTM Committee Week, Vancouver, BC [a website for this event is not yet available]
May 2-6: Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ICST), San Diego, CA
April 22-29: Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Antonio, TX [a website for this event is not yet available]
March 22-26: Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Division of Biochemical Technology, Salt Lake City, UT

2008

December 6-10: TERMIS-NA Meeting, San Diego, CA
November 18-21: ASTM Committee F04, Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices Meeting at ASTM Committee Week, Miami Beach, FL [a website for this event is not yet available]
November 6-8: TERMIS-AP Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan
October 7-10: Ninth International Congress on Cell Biology, Seoul, Korea
October 6-10: Sixth Marie Curie Cutting Edge Conference: Stem Cells from the Petri Dish to the Clinical Application, Porto, Portugal
September 22-24: Eighth Annual Somatic Cell Therapy Symposium, Bethesda, MD
September 14-16: First International Society of Cellular Therapy (ISCT) Europe Regional Meeting, Antwerp, Belgium
August 17-21: Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Division of Biochemical Technology, Philadelphia, PA

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Publications, Documents, and Sites of Interest

Selected Recent Publications and Websites of Interest to the MATES IWG

Regenerative Medicine, a supplement to Nature Insight 453:7193 (May 15, 2008), 301-351 (some articles require subscription)
"Regenerative Medicine Seen as Means to Repair Wounded Warriors," by Gerry J. Gilmore, American Forces Press Service, April 17, 2008
"FDA Hearings on Stem-Cell Drugs," by Alicia Mundy, The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2008 [Subscription required]
"Can Seaweed Mend a Broken Heart? New research indicates that an alginate-based biomaterial injected into heart attack victims may stave off further damage," by Cynthia Graber, Scientific American, April 7, 2008
"Medicine's Cutting Edge: Re-Growing Organs -- The Future Is Here: Regenerative Powder, Ink Jet Heart Cells And Custom-Made Body Parts," by Wyatt Andrews, CBS News Sunday Morning, March 23, 2008
"Great Expectations: Private Sector Activity in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Therapeutics," by Michael J. Lysaght, Ana Jaklenec, and Elizabeth Deweerd, Tissue Engineering Part A 14:2 (February 2008), 305-315 [Subscription required]
"The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters," by Steven H. Woolf, JAMA 299:2 (January 9/16 2008), 211-213:

Full text [Subscription required]
Extract

Stem Cell Technique Wins U.S. Funding, Fuels Debate, by Tom Randall, Bloomberg.com, January 8, 2008
A Stem Cell Victory, by Bernadine Healy, U.S. News & World Report, January 2, 2008
Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms, by Rick Weiss, Washington Post, Monday, December 17, 2007, A1
Articles of interest from Tissue Engineering, 13:12 (December 2007):

Peter C. Johnson, Antonios G. Mikos, John P. Fisher, and John A. Jansen, "Strategic Directions in Tissue Engineering" (PDF, 182kb)
Kiki B. Hellman and Robert M. Nerem, "Advancing Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine [Editorial]" (PDF, 43.4kb)

Free, live webcasts of the Harvard-MIT course HST.535 "Principles and Practice of Tissue Engineering," commencing in September 2007. Course materials will be posted on the Web site.

Lecture schedule (PDF, 81.9kb)
Contact course coordinator Professor Myron Spector with any questions.

Executive Order 13435: Expanding Approved Stem Cell Lines in Ethically Responsible Ways (full text), June 20, 2007
"Commentary: Engineering of Tissue Healing and Regeneration," by Nadya L. Lumelsky, Ph.D., Tissue Engineering 13: 7, 2007 (forthcoming) (PDF, 223.1kb)
"Simple switch turns cells embryonic," by David Cyranoski, Nature 447, 618-619, June 7, 2007:

"ASTM Subcommittee on Cell Signaling (F04.46)," a PowerPoint summary of the meeting of ASTM Subcommittee F04.46 on Standards for Cell Signaling, Norfolk VA, May 24, 2007, by Anne L. Plant, Ph.D., Leader, Cell and Tissue Measurements Group, Biochemical Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology. (PPT, 1.3mb)
"Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Agree to Curb Animal Tests," by Brenda Goodman, New York Times, May 31, 2007
Workshop on Stem Cell Research For Regenerative Medicine And Tissue Engineering, February 1-2, 2007, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA. Includes Proceedings and Agenda
"House bill would expand advanced tech program," by Wade-Hahn Chan, Federal Computer Week, April 19, 2007
"Heart valve grown from stem cells," BBC News, April 3, 2007
"Stem-cell patents tossed: Preliminary decision against UW may set up years-long legal battle," by John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 2, 2007

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Conference Programs and Reports

Program and Abstract Book for the Eleventh U.S.-Japan Cellular and Gene Therapy Conference on Tissue Engineering, February 28, 2008, Bethesda, MD (PDF, 323.2kb)
Program Book for the Society for Biological Engineering First International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering: "From Benchtop to Bioprocess," Coronado Island, CA, January 20-23, 2008 (PDF, 1.6mb)
"What lies at the interface of regenerative medicine and developmental biology?" by Donald E. Ingber and Michael Levin. Review of the recent Keystone Symposium Tissue Engineering and Developmental Biology. Development 134, 2541-2547, 2007. (PDF, 199.7kb)
European Science Foundation. 2005. Nanomedicine: An ESF - European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) Forward Look Report, prepared by Ruth Duncan, et al. (PDF, 3.1mb)
Huesing, B., B. Buerhlen, and S. Gaisser. 2003. Human tissue engineered products: Today's markets and future prospects. Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research. (PDF)
Zucker, H., et al., 2020: A New Vision - A Future for Regenerative Medicine (Department of Health and Human Services, September 2005) (also available in PDF)
"Scientists call for more liberal regulations for stem cell research in Germany," a press release summarizing the highlights of the international workshop, Germany and Europe - Partnership in Regenerative Medicine: Strategies for Advancing Tissue Science and Engineering held on December 2, 2005 in Berlin, sponsored by the German Society for Regenerative Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft fÃÂ¸r Regenerative Medizin e.V., GRM)
Cassman, M., et al., WTEC Panel on Systems Biology, Final Report (Baltimore, MD: WTEC, Inc., October 2005)
Anne L. Plant and Emanuel Horowitz, Proceedings of the Symposium on Metrology and Standards for Cell Signaling: Impact on Tissue Engineering, National Institute for Standards and Technology, October 14-15, 2003. Published in Tissue Engineering 11: 7-8 (July 2005), 985-990. (registration required)
Commercialisation of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, London, UK, November 18-19, 2004
Interagency Workshop on Research at the Interface of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, May 10, 2004
The Emergence of Tissue Engineering as a Research Field, Arlington, Virginia, October 14, 2003
NIST/ASTM Symposium on Metrology and Standards for Cell Signaling: Impact on Tissue Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland, October 14-15, 2003
Symposium on Catalyzing Team Science, Bethesda, Maryland, June 23-24, 2003
WTEC Workshop on Assessment of European, Japanese, and U.S. Research and Development in Biosensing, Bethesda, Maryland, May 13, 2003
Final Report, BECON 2002 Symposium: Sensors in Biological Research and Medicine, June 24-25, 2002 (PDF)
Final Report, BECON 2001 Symposium: Reparative Medicine: Growing Tissues and Organs, Bethesda, Maryland, June 25-26, 2001 (PDF)
WTEC Study on Tissue Engineering Research:

Proceedings of the U.S. Review Workshop, June 5-6, 2000
McIntyre, L.V., et al., WTEC Panel Report on Tissue Engineering Research (Baltimore, MD: WTEC, Inc., January 2002)

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Other Reports

2007 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, National Academies Press, 2007
FDA Report on Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical Products, March 2004

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Funding Opportunity Announcements

Date Posted: April 17, 2008
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-08-1491
Title: Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering
Closing Date: September 15, 2008. Submission window dates: August 15, 2008-September 15, 2008, annually thereafter from February 1-March 1

Date Posted: March 21, 2008
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-08-5345
Title: Biomedical Engineering (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: September 15, 2008. Submission window dates: August 15-September 15, 2008, annually thereafter from February 1-March 1

Date Posted: March 3, 2008
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-06-7623
Title: Biomaterials (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: November 7, 2008 (Full Proposal Window: September 15, 2008-November 7, 2008)

Date Posted: January 30, 2008
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-04-1112
Title: Genes and Genome Systems (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: January 12 and July 12 annually through July 12, 2009

Date Posted: January 30, 2008
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-04-1114
Title: Cellular Systems Cluster (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: Full Proposal Target Date: July 12, 2008 and annually thereafter

Date Posted: January 30, 2008
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: PD-04-1144
Title: Biomolecular Systems Cluster (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: Full Proposal Target Date: July 12, 2008 and annually thereafter

Date Posted: September 12, 2007
Office: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Opportunity Number: AFOSR-BAA-2007-1
Title: Broad Agency Announcement: Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Modification to Previous Grants Notice)
Closing Date: Open-ended until revised

Date Posted: January 18, 2007
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-07-303
Title: Novel Approaches To Enhance Animal Stem Cell Research (R01)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (application closing date: January 2, 2010; archive date: February 1, 2010)

Date Posted: January 18, 2007
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-07-304
Title: Novel Approaches To Enhance Animal Stem Cell Research (R21)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: February 2, 2010)

Date Posted: January 8, 2007
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-07-279
Title: Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: October 2, 2009)

Date Posted: November 21, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-07-056
Title: Pancreatic Development and Regeneration: Toward Cellular Therapies for Diabetes (R01)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: April 5, 2009)

Date Posted: November 21, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-07-054
Title: Development of Assays for high Throughput Drug Screening (R01)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: April 5, 2009)

Date Posted: November 21, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-07-052
Title: Development of Disease Biomarkers (R01)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: April 5, 2009)

Date Posted: August 31, 2006 (modification of announcement originally posted November 17, 2004)
Office: United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Opportunity Number: BAA-05-02-HE
Title: Advances in Biotechnology and the Biosciences for Warfighter Performance and Protection
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: October 31, 2009)

Date Posted: August 29, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-06-538
Title: Immunology of Biofilms (R21)
Closing Date: July 2, 2009

Date Posted: August 2, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PAR-06-504
Title: Enabling Technologies for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (R01)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: June 20, 2009)

Date Posted: May , 2006
Office: National Science Foundation
Opportunity Number: 06-566
Title: Biomedical Engineering, Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities, and Biophotonics Programs
Closing Date: Proposals accepted annually between August 15-September 15 and February 1-March 1. No deadlines for Undergraduate Design Project proposals.

Date Posted: May 11, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-06-407
Title: Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, and Blood, and Aging Diseases (R21)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: August 1, 2008)

Date Posted: March 28, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Number: PA-06-282
Title: Stem Cells and Cancer (R21)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: June 1, 2008)

Date Posted: March 10, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-137
Title: Testing Stem Cell Therapy in Mouse Models of Premature Aging (R21)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: October 2, 2008)

Date Posted: March 10, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-231
Title: Developmental Biology and Regeneration of the Liver (R01)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: April 1, 2009)

Date Posted: March 10, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-232
Title: Developmental Biology and Regeneration of the Liver (R21)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: April 1, 2009)

Date Posted: March 9, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PAS-06-207
Title: Interactions Between Stem and Progenitor Cells and the Microenvironment (R03)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: June 1, 2008)

Date Posted: March 9, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PAS-06-208
Title: Interactions Between Stem and Progenitor Cells and the Microenvironment (R21)
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: June 1, 2008)

Date Posted: January 20, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-124
Title: Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, Blood, and Aging Diseases (SBIR [R43/R44])
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: September 1, 2008)

Date Posted: January 20, 2006
Office: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-125
Title: Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, Blood, and Aging Diseases (STTR [R41/R42])
Closing Date: Multiple; refer to full announcement (archive date: September 1, 2008)

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