New Directions for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Conference to be held in Sonoma, California on July 10-12, 2013

概述：组织工程学和再生医学通过修复受损和患病的组织，显示出改善人类健康的巨大希望。在过去的25年里，该领域得到了显著的发展和发展，干细胞，特别是专门的工程干细胞，已经成为再生医学疗法新进展的主要贡献者。干细胞工程的全球重要性是最近世界技术评估中心(WTEC)题为干细胞工程全球评估(WTEC，2012年12月)的报告的重点。进行评估的WTEC小组由佐治亚理工学院的先驱组织工程研究员罗伯特·M·内雷姆领导。评估的主要目的是分析全球干细胞工程的现状和趋势，并比较美国和国外的研发计划。WTEC的报告列出了美国科学领袖需要采取的重要步骤，以继续推进干细胞技术的进步。例如，需要扩大和加强国际研究合作，以及加强美国的学术界和产业界的合作伙伴关系，以成功地将研究转化为商业成功。这次研讨会的重点是讨论新兴的干细胞和再生医学技术。这次研讨会的主要目的是汇聚来自学术界和产业界的干细胞工程和再生医学领域的主要全球领导者，(1)讨论组织工程和再生医学进一步增长和发展所面临的关键问题和挑战，以及(2)确定该领域未来的研究方向，重点是干细胞工程的作用。将讨论的主题包括干细胞及其环境的编程、干细胞生物加工和制造、计算干细胞生物学和系统分析，以及干细胞技术与未来应用的接口。智力价值：拟议的研讨会的智力价值是激发创造性、原创性和潜在变革性的新想法和概念，并确定组织工程和再生医学领域的未来方向，重点是干细胞工程的作用。这次研讨会是独一无二的，因为它将全球干细胞工程专家聚集在一起，讨论国内外在该领域面临的挑战。更广泛的影响：研讨会的讨论将有助于促进目前对目前影响干细胞工程的根本科学和技术问题和挑战的理解。讲习班产生的信息将广泛传播给科学界，以增进对科学和技术的了解。将努力让任职人数不足的人口以及新的调查人员和受训人员参与进来。

PI: Robert M NeremProposal Number: 1343937Overview: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine show great promise for improving human health by restoring damaged and diseased tissue. The field has grown and evolved significantly over the last 25 years and stem cells, specifically specialized engineered stem cells, have emerged as a major contributor to new advancements in regenerative medicine therapies. The worldwide importance of stem cell engineering was the focus of a recent World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) report titled Global Assessment of Stem Cell Engineering (WTEC, December 2012). The WTEC panel that conducted the assessment was led by Robert M. Nerem, a pioneering tissue engineering researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The primary purpose of the assessment was to analyze the global status and trends of stem cell engineering and to compare U.S. research and development programs with those abroad. The WTEC report lays out important steps that need to be taken by the U.S. scientific leadership to continue advancements in stem cell technologies. Examples include the need to expand and strengthen international research collaborations, as well as enhancing U.S.-based academic-industry partnerships to successfully translate research into commercial successes. The focus of this workshop is to discuss emerging stem cell and regenerative medicine technologies. The main objective of this workshop is to bring together key global leaders in stem cell engineering and regenerative medicine from academia and industry to (1) discuss the critical issues and challenges facing the further growth and development of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and (2) identify future research directions in this field with emphasis on the role of stem cell engineering. The topics that will be discussed include programming stem cells and their environments, stem cell bioprocessing and manufacturing, computational stem cell biology and system analysis, and interface of stem cell technology with applications of the future. Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of the proposed workshop is the stimulation of creative, original, and potentially transformative new ideas and concepts and the identification of future directions in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, with emphasis on the role of stem cell engineering. This workshop is unique as it brings global stem cell engineering experts to discuss the challenges faced both nationally and abroad in the field. Broader Impact: Workshop discussions will help to advance current understanding of the underlying scientific and technological issues and challenges currently impacting stem cells engineering. Information produced from the workshop will be disseminated broadly to the scientific community to enhance scientific and technological understanding. Efforts will be made to involve underrepresented populations, as well as new investigators and trainees.