Second International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering

描述(由申请人提供)： 干细胞领域已迅速崛起为生物学、生物工程和医学领域的一个重要研究领域；然而，没有论坛将生物学家和工程师聚集在一起，讨论他们的两个学科如何合作，为限制新技术和疗法发展的基本和应用问题找到新的解决方案。针对这一需要，我们正在组织和发起第二届干细胞工程国际会议(国际干细胞工程会议)。这次会议将每两年举行一次，涵盖干细胞工程学的广泛领域，以促进、塑造和完善这一新兴领域的新方向。第二次会议的主题是“工程细胞的命运”，本次会议的目的是提供一个场所：1.为涵盖干细胞工程学的各个领域的领先生物学和工程学研究人员提供科学报告。2.学术和行业研究人员之间的互动，他们为该领域带来了不同的方法和视角。3.博士生和博士后研究人员的积极参与，他们代表着干细胞生物学和工程学的未来。4.将生物学家和工程师聚集在一起，提供一个气氛和场所，讨论他们的学科和方法，并推动对限制干细胞技术发展的障碍进行新的研究。会议的范围、主题和目标完全属于NIH/NHLBI的使命，该研究所越来越致力于将工程科学与生命科学相结合，鼓励多学科领域的研究和开发，并教育下一代年轻科学家和转化医学。这项申请如果成功，将直接影响目标3和目标4，为研究生/博士后助理参与者提供部分支持，并为通常分开的顶尖科学家和工程师之间的互动提供一个论坛，以激发可能有利于经济和卫生相关活动的新想法。 公共卫生相关性： 干细胞研究领域已迅速成为生物学、生物工程和医学中的一个重要领域；然而，没有论坛将生物学家和工程师聚集在一起，讨论他们的两个学科如何合作，为限制新技术和疗法发展的基本和应用问题找到新的解决方案。针对这一需要，我们正在组织第二届干细胞工程国际会议(ICSCE)。会议的目标是促进和促进科学和工程领域的基础性和转化性研究，这些研究将在未来几年影响公众健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The field of stem cells has rapidly emerged as an important area of research in biology, bioengineering, and medicine; however, there no forums that bring together biologists and engineers to discuss ways in which their two disciplines can collaborate to find novel solutions to fundamental and applied problems that are limiting the development of new technologies and therapies. In response to this need, we are organizing and instituting the Second International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering (ICSCE). This meeting will be held every two years and covers the breadth of Stem Cell Engineering to promote, shape, and refine new directions in this emerging field. The Theme of this second meeting is "Engineering Cell Fate", and the Aims of this conference are to provide a venue: 1. For scientific presentations from a diverse group of leading biology and engineering researchers who cover the breadth of Stem Cell Engineering. 2. For interactions between academic and industry researchers, who bring different approaches and perspectives to the field. 3. For active participation by Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers, who represent the future of stem cell biology and engineering. 4. For bringing biologists and engineers together to provide an atmosphere and venue to discuss their disciplines and approaches, and to motivate new research into barriers limiting the development of stem cell-based technologies. The scope, theme, and aims of the meeting fall squarely within the mission of the NIH/NHLBI, which has been increasingly committed to integrating the engineering sciences with the life sciences, encouraging research and development in multidisciplinary areas, and educating the next generation of young scientists and translational medicine. This application, if successful, will directly impact Aims 3 and 4, by providing partial support for graduate student/postdoctoral associate participants, and by providing a forum for the interactions between normally separated leading scientists and engineers to stimulate new ideas that could benefit economic and health-related activity. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The field of stem cell research has rapidly emerged as an important area in biology, bioengineering, and medicine; however, there no forums that bring together biologists and engineers to discuss ways in which their two disciplines can collaborate to find novel solutions to fundamental and applied problems that are limiting the development of new technologies and therapies. In response to this need, we are organizing the Second International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering (ICSCE). The goal of the conference is to promote and facilitate fundamental and translational research in science and engineering that will impact public health in the coming years.