Summary Draft Program
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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2021
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Regenerative Engineering Society Workshop
9:00 am - 11:00 am Workshop: Recent Advances in 3D Printing of Biomaterials
Workshop: Mental Health and Wellbeing as a Scientist
Workshop: Science Communication and Personal Branding for
Biomaterials Scientists
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Workshop: Biomaterials Science Excellence and Technology Translation
Workshop: Meet the Editors of Wiley's Biomaterials Journals
Workshop: If I Were a Student Now: Life Lessons from Experts in
Academia and Industry
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Acta Gold Medal Session I
2020 Gold Medalist:
Cato Laurencin “Regenerative engineering of musculoskeletal tissues”
Invited Lecturer:
Robert Langer "Biomaterials and Cato Laurencin: from a brilliant graduate
student to a pioneer in regenerative engineering"
2020 Silver Medal:
Molly Stevens "“Designing materials for ultra-sensitive biosensing and
therapeutics”
Invited Lecturer:
Heather Maynard “Carbohydrate polymers and nanoparticles for therapeutic
protein delivery”
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm – 5:15 pm Acta Gold Medal Session II
2021 Gold Medalists:
Xingdong Zhang “Tissue inducing biomaterials”
Invited Lecturer:
Tony Mikos “3D printed scaffolds for tissue engineering”
2021 Silver Medalists:
Tatiana Segura “Hydrogel biomaterials to promote endogenous
regeneration”
Invited Lecturer:
Lonnie Shea "Tissue engineered scaffolds for disease monitoring”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2021
9:00 am - 10:30 am Opening Ceremony
10:30 am - 10: 45 am Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Concurrent Session I
STAR Award Session 1
Black and LatinX Voices in Biomaterials Science and Engineering
Biomaterials Education SIG
Bio-metals and Electronics assisted tissue regeneration
BioInterfaces SIG
Immunomodulatory Biomaterials 1
Translational organ-on-a-chip technology
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Break
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Concurrent Session II
Panel: Transitioning Technology from Bench to Market
Bioelectronic Devices & Conducting Biomaterials
Biomaterials for Regenerative Engineering - 1
Cardiovascular Biomaterials SIG 1
Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments SIG - 1
Orthopaedic Biomaterials SIG 1
Targeted and stimuli-responsive biomaterials for drug delivery - 1
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Improving Workplace Climate: Bystander Intervention Training
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Concurrent Session III
STAR Award Session 2
Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction SIG
Dental/Craniofacial Biomaterials
Immune Engineering SIG
Nanomaterials SIG
Biomaterials-based Strategies for Endogenous Tissue Regeneration - 1
Postdoctoral Recognition Award (PRA) competition.
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm Concurrent Session IV
Panel: Biomaterials Education and Research in the Time of COVID
Biomaterials-based Strategies for Endogenous Tissue Regeneration - 2
Biomaterials for Women's and Fetal Health *BTI*
Supramolecular Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Imaging, and
Immunoengineering
Surface modification of Biomaterials 1
Business Plan Competition
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Virtual Biomaterials Bash
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021
9:00 am – 11:00 am Plenary Session I
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Session V
Panel: Say What? I Should Follow a Standard? Characterizing Products for
Commercialization
Biomaterials for Regulating Immune Responses
Engineered Biomaterials for Neural Applications - 1
Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments SIG - 2
Drug Delivery SIG 1
Orthopaedic Biomaterials SIG 2
Tissue Engineering SIG 1
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Student Luncheon: Tips for Writing Successful Fellowship Applications
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Aspect Biosystems Sponsored Luncheon
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Break
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Concurrent Session VI
Panel: Identifying the Commercial Value of Tissue
Regenerative Biomaterials
3-minute Thesis Competition
Biomaterials for Regenerative Engineering - 2
Cardiovascular Biomaterials SIG 2
Drug Delivery SIG 2
Engineering Tissues with Immune Cells
Translational Orthopedic Biomaterials – Progress and Challenges *BTI*
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm National Student Chapter Meeting
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Annual Business Meeting
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Exhibits and Rapid Fire Presentations 1
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Exhibits and Rapid Fire Presentations 2
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm Underrepresented Minority Mixer
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm LGBTQIA Mixer
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021
9:00 am – 11:00 am Plenary Session II
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Session VII
Panel: Emerging Bionanomaterials and Nanotoxicity
Biomaterials and Medical Products Commercialization SIG *BTI*
Biomaterials Systems and Devices for Hemostasis, Resuscitation and Wound Care
Engineered Biomaterials for Neural Applications 2
Immunomodulatory Biomaterials 2
Targeted and stimuli-responsive biomaterials for drug delivery - 2
Tissue Engineering SIG - 2
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Panel: Building equitable policies in STEM to increase
representation, inclusion and diversity in the SFB Community
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Break
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Concurrent Session VIII
Panel: Dental Biomaterials in Translation: Considerations in Regulatory
Approval and Clinical Adoption (Joint Inter-Society SFB-IADR)
Biomaterials for detection, drug delivery and treatment of microbial infections
Biomaterials for Regenerative Engineering - 3
Biomaterials for Organoids
Biosensor/Nanotechnology
Drug Delivery 3
Surface Modification of Biomaterials 2
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Exhibits and Rapid Fire Presentations
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Students & Young Scientist Group Mixer
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Young Scientist Group Business Meeting
Meeting Adjourned! See you in Baltimore!