AFIRM All Hands Meeting Awards
People Award:
● 1st Place - Abstract titled: Peptide-delivering Fibro-porous Mats to Accelerate Skin Regeneration
Submitted: Lauren Macri from Stony Brook under Burn Therapies
Lauren K. Macri1,2, Larisa Sheihet2, Adam Singer1, Joachim Kohn2, Richard Clark1
1Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
2New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
● 2nd Place – Abstract titled: Bioengineered skeletal muscle for functional defect replacement in rodent muscle injury model
Submitted by Masood A Machingal from Wake Forest University under Craniofacial Reconstruction
1,2Masood A. Machingal, 2Benjamin T. Corona, 2Venu Kasireddy, 2 Kristian Andersson,
2Maja Herco, 2Sonia Vishwajit, 2Weixin Zhao, 1,2James J Yoo, +1,2George J. Christ
1 Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,
2Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, NC
Poster Awards:
Tie for 1st Place:
● Titration of Bone Marrow Cell Infusion in a Preclinical Model of Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
Submitted by: Galen Wachtman at the University of Pittsburgh under Limb & Digit
Galen S. Wachtman, MD, Rishi Jindal, MD, Jignesh V. Unadkat, MD, Vijay S. Gorantla, MD, PhD, Stefan Schneeberger, MD, Gerald Brandacher, MD, W.P. Andrew Lee, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
● Curcumin at nanomolar doses vasodilates terminal arterioles of the capillary network
Submitted by Anthony Dewar at Stony Brook under Scarless Wound Healing
Anthony Dewar, Richard A. F. Clark, Adam J. Singer, Mary D. Frame
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
● 2nd Place: Creation of an Ischemia/Fibrosis Limb Model and its Impact on Nerve
Regeneration
Submitted by: Huan Wang at Mayo Clinic under Limb and Digit Salvage
Huan Wang, MD, PhD, Marie-Noelle Hebert Blouin, MD, Robert J Spinner, MD, Michael
J Yaszemski, MD, PhD, Anthony J Windebank, MD
Departments of Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,
USA
Oral Presentations Awards:
Burn
● 1st Place: abstract titled: In Situ Bioprinting of the Skin for Burns
Submitted by Kyle Binder at Wake Forest University
Binder, K W; Zhao, W; Dice, D; Atala, A; Yoo, J J
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
● 2nd Place: abstract titled: Tissue Engineered Skin Products
Submitted by: Paul Kemp at Intercytex
● 3rd Place: abstract titled: The Use of Adipose Stem Cell Seeded Decellularized Human Dermis as a Possible Skin Substitute
Submitted by Anna Parker from University of Virginia
Compartment Syndrome
● 1st Place: abstract titled: Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Improves Skeletal Muscle Function Recovery in a Dose Dependent Manner
Submitted by Johnny Huard from the McGowan Institute at University of Pittsburgh
* †Uehara, K; *Kobayashi, T; *Ota, S; **Bin, S; **Tobita, K; ***Ambrosio, F; ‡Fu, FH; *Huard, J
* Stem Cell Research Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, **Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, ***Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh and ‡Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, †Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan
● 2nd Place: abstract titled: Biomaterial Induces Host Stem Cell Recruitment for In Situ Muscle Tissue Regeneration
Submitted by Sang Jin Lee at Wake Forest University
Young Min Ju, Chang Mo Hwang, Anthony Atala, James J. Yoo, and Sang Jin Lee
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
● 3rd Place: abstract titled: Imaging vasculogenesis in a co-culture of fluorescently labeled HUVECs, pericytes and myoblasts in vitro.
Submitted by Tracy Criswell at Wake Forest University
1Criswell, T L; 1Wang, Z; +1Soker, S
+1Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC,
Craniofacial Reconstruction
● 1st Place: abstract titled: Antibiotic-releasing Porous Poly(methyl methacrylate) Constructs for Osseous Space Maintenance and Infection Control
Submitted by Meng Shi at Rice University
Meng Shi,1 James D. Kretlow,1 Simon Young,1,2 Mark E. Wong,2 F. Kurtis Kasper,1
Antonios G. Mikos1
1Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX USA
2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX USA
● 2nd Place: Replacement Skeletal Muscle for Craniomaxillofacial Reconstruction
Submitted by Cathryn Sundback at Mass General Hospital
Mei Li1, Eric F. Finkelstein1, Caitlyn Dickinson1, Douglas Henstrom2, Joseph P. Vacanti1,
Craig M. Neville1, Cathryn A. Sundback1
1Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA,
2Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA USA
● 3rd Place: Infected Bone Wound Healing Achieved by Dual delivery of Vancomycin & BMP-2 from Polyurethanes
Submitted by Bing Li at Vanderbilt University
Bing Li1,2, Kate V. Brown3, Joseph C. Wenke3, and Scott A. Guelcher*1,2
1, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
3, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Scarless Wound Healing
● 1st Place: Abstract Titled: A novel stress-shielding device dramatically decreases scar formation in a controlled first-in-man study
Presented by Micheal Longaker from Stanford University
Bill Beasley, John Zepeda, Jasper Jackson, Christy Cowley, Laura Cox, Tami Crabtree, Paul Yock MD, Reinhold H. Dauskardt PhD, Michael T. Longaker MD, Geoffrey C. Gurtner MD
● 2nd Place: Abstract Titled: Mechanomodulation of the Wound Environment to Decrease Scar Formation in a Porcine Model
Submitted by Victor Wong at Stanford University
Kirit A. Bhatt MD, Ivan N. Vial BA, Victor W. Wong MD, Reinholdt H. Dauskardt PhD, Michael T. Longaker MD, Geoffrey C. Gurtner MD
● 3rd Place: Effects of Cytokine-Neutralizing Gels in Rat Incisional and Burn Models
Submitted by Newell Washburn at Carnegie Mellon University
Newell R. Washburn1,2, Liang Tso Sun1, Thomas Gilbert3, Stephen F. Badylak3, Michael T. Lotze3, Shanmugasundaram Natesan4, and Robert Christy4
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
3Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 4Regenerative Medicine Research Program, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234
Limb and Digit
WFPC group
● 1st Place: IN-VIVO CREATED DONOR-RECIPIENT CHIMERIC CELL THERAPY
AS A SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT IN FACE ALLOGRAFT MODEL
Presented by Maira Siemionow for Joanna Cwykiel from Cleveland Clinic
Joanna Cwykiel, Fatih Zor, Aleksandra Klimczak, Maria Siemionow
Plastic Surgery Department, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
● Tie for 2nd Place:
Titration of Bone Marrow Cell Infusion in a Preclinical Model of Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
Submitted by Galen Wachtman from University of Pittsburgh
Galen S. Wachtman, MD, Rishi Jindal, MD, Jignesh V. Unadkat, MD, Vijay S. Gorantla, MD, PhD, Stefan Schneeberger, MD, Gerald Brandacher, MD, W.P. Andrew Lee, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Composite Tissue Injury Models of Severe Limb Trauma
Submitted by Robert Guldberg from GA Tech
1Brent A. Uhrig; 1Isaac P. Clements; 1Ravi V. Bellamkonda; 1Robert E. Guldberg
1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA