CONNECT! NSERC CREATE Program In Soft Connective Tissue Regeneration/Therapy

该ECOECT培训计划将提供一个独特的，丰富的，多学科的培训机会，本科生和研究生和博士后研究员在开发新的，有效的软结缔组织损伤的治疗方法。特别是，我们将探索新的策略，以产生替代关节软骨的膝盖和臀部，前交叉韧带（ACL），椎间盘在脊柱和脂肪组织。 这些策略将由一组具有不同但互补的专业知识的研究人员在工程和健康科学之间的接口工作。学员将有机会在4个不同机构的合作者的设施内工作。每位学员还将在以下参与的生物医学公司实习：CellScale、Octane Biotech和DePuy Synthes Canada。这些学员将受到不断增长的加拿大生物医学行业的高度追捧。加拿大生物医学行业非常需要训练有素的人员，这些人员将通过ECOECT培训计划获得独特的技能。此外，预计该计划提供的多学科环境将导致新的可翻译策略，这些策略可以形成新的初创公司的基础，这些公司可能由我们计划的毕业生发起和领导。

The CONNECT Training Program will provide a unique, enriched, and multidisciplinary training opportunity to undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the development of novel, effective treatment approaches for soft connective tissue injuries. In particular, we will be exploring new strategies to generate replacement articular cartilage for the knees and hips, anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs), discs in the spine, and fat tissue. These strategies will be developed by a group of researchers with varied yet complementary expertise working at the interface between Engineering and the Health Sciences. The trainees will have opportunities to work within the facilities of collaborators at 4 different institutions. Each trainee will also undertake an internship with the following participating biomedical companies: CellScale, Octane Biotech, and DePuy Synthes Canada. These trainees will be highly sought after by the growing Canadian Biomedical Industry. There is a significant need within the Canadian biomedical industry for highly trained personnel with the unique skill set that will be developed through the CONNECT training program. Moreover, it is expected that the multidisciplinary environment the program provides will result in novel translatable strategies that could form the basis of new start up companies, which could potentially be initiated and led by the graduates from our program.