Student Travel Support for Regenerate 2005

描述(申请人提供)：2005年再生是一个国际会议和博览会，现已进入第五个年头，是匹兹堡组织工程研究所(PTEI)、佐治亚理工学院/埃默里活组织工程中心(GTEC)和维克森林再生医学研究所领导的一项合作努力，旨在将组织工程/再生医学社区的领导人团结在一起，每年开发和提供一项主要的教育计划。它是由2004年再生会议的机构东道主华盛顿大学共同主办的。提交这项提案是为了为大约50名研究生和博士后研究员提供参加会议的旅费，其中包括HBCU的学生。 2005年再生会议将于2005年6月1日至3日在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行，由GTEC和佐治亚理工学院主办，罗伯特·M·内雷姆博士担任会议总主席，罗伯特·E·古德伯格博士担任科学计划委员会主席。Regenerate 2005将杰出的科学计划与以行业为重点的贸易展结合在一起，汇集了基础科学家、临床医生、学生、商业领袖、企业家和政府机构的代表，以推动组织工程/再生医学的科学，并促进互动，从而更快地产生新技术，使世界各地的患者受益。以组织工程和再生医学为重点，该项目的核心轨道将包括细胞技术、生物材料、构建技术、与生活系统的集成、心血管应用、整形外科应用、神经应用、皮肤和皮肤愈合、尿液和软组织以及代谢和分泌器官。此外，两个小组讨论将集中于与临床试验和干细胞使用相关的翻译问题。6月1日将有两个平行的论坛：ETC(工程组织生长)执行论坛将提供一个会议，重点是将研究创新从实验室带入临床。第二个论坛将是干细胞研讨会，重点是干细胞研究的进展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Now in its fifth year, Regenerate 2005, an international conference and exposition, is a collaborative effort led by the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Institute (PTEI), the Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues (GTEC), and the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, in an effort to unite the leaders within the tissue engineering/regenerative medicine communities to develop and offer, on an annual basis, a premier educational program. It is being co-sponsored by the University of Washington, the institutional host of the Regenerate 2004 meeting. This proposal is being submitted to provide travel expenses for approximately 50 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to attend the meeting, including students from HBCUs. The 2005 Regenerate meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA on June 1 - 3, 2005 and will be hosted by GTEC and the Georgia Institute of Technology with Dr. Robert M. Nerem as the overall chair of the meeting and Dr. Robert E. Guldberg as the chair of the scientific program committee. Regenerate 2005 combines an outstanding scientific program with an industry-focused trade show, bringing together basic scientists, clinicians, students, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and representatives of government agencies to advance the science of tissue engineering/regenerative medicine and foster interactions that may more rapidly result in hew technologies to benefit patients worldwide. With a focus on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, core tracks for the program will include cell technologies, biomaterials, construct technologies, integration into living systems, cardiovascular applications, orthopaedic applications, neural applications, skin and would healing, urinary and soft tissue, and metabolic and secretory organs. In addition, two panel discussions will focus on translational issues associated with clinical trials and the use of stem cells. June 1 will feature two parallel forums: the ETC (Engineering Tissue Growth) Executive Forum will provide a meeting focused on taking research innovations from the laboratory to the clinic. The second forum will be a Stem Cell Workshop focused on advances in stem cell research.