The meeting will take place in CLAPP HALL.

Arrive at the Hovorka Atrium, at the center of the Agnar Pytte Science Center Building, 2080 Adelbert Road Cleveland, OH 44106-7080. (Click here for a Campus Map to locate the Agnar Pytte Science Center / Millis Hall). Check-in begins Monday, May 20, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. in the Hovorka Atrium. Questions can be answered by emailing us directly at ccmeec@case.edu.

Start End Speaker Title Venue
8:00 Check-in and continental breakfast Atrium
CCMEEC (Caplan)
9:00 09:20 Arnold Caplan Welcome, introduction and overview of program Clapp 108
9:20 9:35 Ahmad Khalil RNA-mediated epigenetic reprogramming of MSCs to enhance tissue-engineered cartilage Clapp 108
9:35 9:50 Rodrigo Somoza Real-time evaluation of cellular differentiation and identification of novel biomarkers for engineered articular cartilage Clapp 108
9:50 10:05 Harihara Baskaran Biomolecular rate indicators of chondrogenesis Clapp 108
10:05 10:20 Mostafa Motavalli Multimodal, multiscale mechanical evaluation of tissue engineered cartilage Clapp 108
10:20 10:35 Discussion Clapp 108
10:35 10:50 Break Atrium
10:50 11:05 Roberto Di Gesù (Gottardi Lab) Modelling cartilage response to loading in health and disease Clapp 108
11:05 11:20 Pouria Fattahi (Revzin Lab) Engineering microcapsules for stem cell cultivation and transplantation Clapp 108
11:20 11:35 Dake Hao (Wang Lab) Engineering the developmental milieu to repair spina bifida bony defect in utero Clapp 108
11:35 11:50 Discussion Clapp 108
11:50 1:05 Lunch Atrium
1:05 1:20 Rhima Coleman Systems-level evaluation of microenvironmental influences on adult mesenchymal stem cell chondrogenesis Clapp 108
1:20 1:35 Alessandro Pirosa (Alexander Lab) Organotypic culture model to model embryonic joint segmentation for toxicity testing Clapp 108
1:35 1:50 Discussion Clapp 108
TERC (Kaplan/Novakovic)
1:50 2:05 Chiara Ghezzi Overview of TERC program Clapp 108
2:05 2:20 Chiara Ghezzi Overview of TERC biomaterials portfolio Clapp 108
2:20 2:35 Discussion Clapp 108
2:35 2:50 Break Atrium
CECT (Fisher/Atala/Mikos)
2:50 3:05 Bhushan Mahadik Overview of CECT program Clapp 108
3:05 3:20 Bhushan Mahadik 3D printing for engineering complex tissues Clapp 108
3:20 3:35 Tony Mikos & Tony Melchiorri Bioprinting for complex scaffold fabrication Clapp 108
3:35 3:50 Sang Jin Lee Bioink development for cell-based bioprinting Clapp 108
3:50 4:05 Discussion Clapp 108
4:05 5:35 Small group discussions on areas for collaboration Atrium
5:35 5:45 Arnold Caplan Action plan Clapp 108
5:45 6:30 Drinks and hors d’oeuvres Atrium
6:30 8:00 Dinner on site Atrium