U.S. - Egypt Workshop on "Tissue Engineering", Alexandria, Egypt, January 2006

0447087 NeremDescription：该奖项是为了支持美国-埃及组织工程研讨会，该研讨会将于2006年1月在埃及亚历山大市举行。组织者是佐治亚州亚特兰大佐治亚理工学院生物工程和生物科学研究所的Robert Nerem博士、埃及开罗国家研究中心主席Hany El-Nazer博士和埃及亚历山大市亚历山大大学的Mona Marei博士。组织工程是多个科学和工程学科的融合，包括但不限于材料科学、组织力学、基因工程、干细胞生物学、复杂生物系统的建模、药物输送和应用于人体所有主要器官和组织的临床策略。由于组织工程的高度跨学科性质，必须整合广泛的科学知识和工程原理来开发替代器官或组织。科学伙伴关系和所有这些学科的信息交流对于组织工程作为治疗一些衰弱人类疾病的可行选择的支持和出现是至关重要的。该项目旨在建立联系，通过支持九名美国科学家参加研讨会，并与埃及和中东组织工程中心的其他人会面，讨论组织工程的最新发展，建立合作关系，从而结合国际公认的组织工程中心的优势。此外，研讨会的会议记录将被公布，以供以后参考和促进合作活动。范围和更广泛的影响：美国代表团将包括组织工程领域的先驱。他们将制定与埃及和其他中东国家的科学家合作研究的大纲。这项研究将增强在美国和埃及开发用于医疗应用的零部件和设备的潜力。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师提供资助，以开展这些联合科学活动。

0447087 NeremDescription: This award is to support a US-Egypt Workshop on Tissue Engineering to be held in Alexandria, Egypt in January 2006. The organizers are Dr. Robert Nerem, Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia and Dr. Hany El-Nazer, President, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt and Dr. Mona Marei, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Tissue engineering is a fusion of a number of scientific and engineering disciplines including, but not limited to, materials science, tissue mechanics, genetic engineering, stem cell biology, modeling of complex biological systems, drug delivery, and clinical strategies applying to all major organs and tissues in the body. Due to the highly interdisciplinary nature of tissue engineering, a wide array of scientific knowledge andengineering principles must be integrated to develop a substitute organ or tissue. Scientific partnering and exchange of information from all these disciplines are critical to the support and emergence of tissue engineering as a viable option for the treatment of a number of debilitating human conditions. The project aims at establishing ties to combine the strengths of internationally recognized tissue engineering centers by supporting the travel of nine United States scientists to participate in the workshop and to meet with others from tissue engineering centers in Egypt and the Middle East to discuss the latest developments in tissue engineering and to establish collaborative ties. Additionally, the proceedings of the workshop will be published for later reference and stimulation of collaborative activities.Scope and broader impact: The US delegation will involve pioneers in the field of tissue engineering. They will develop outlines for collaborative research with scientists from Egypt and from other Middle East countries. The research would enhance the potential for developing components and devices for medical applications in the United States and in Egypt. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these joint scientific activities.