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International Conference on
Tissue Science and Engineering
October 1-3, 2012 DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago-North Shore, USA
Tissue Science-2012

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    David T. Harris
    Professor
    Department of Immunology
    University of Arizona
    USA
    Phone: 520-626-5127
    Fax: 520-626-2100
     
     
    Biography :
    David T Harris is a graduate of Wake Forest University in WinstonSalem North Carolina where he obtained Bachelor of Science degrees cum laude in Biology Mathematics and Psychology in 1978. He earned a Masters of Medical Sciences summa cum laude from Bowman Gray Medical School in 1980 and his Doctorate in Microbiology and Immunology magna cum laude from Bowman Gray Medical School in 1982. From 1982 to1985 Dr Harris was a Postdoctorate Fellow at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Lausanne Switzerland. In 1985 he joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine. In 1989 Dr Harris joined the faculty at the University of Arizona in Tucson as an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology Immunology. In 1996 Dr Harris was promoted to Professor of Immunology. Dr Harris established the first cord blood bank in the USA in 1992. He currently serves as Director of the Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank is a member of the Arizona Cancer Center a member of the Children’s Research Center a member of the Arizona Arthritis Center and Head of the Gene Therapy Group. He has published more than 300 articles papers book chapters and abstracts given more than 100 talks on stem cells over the past 7 years and has served as a consultant to the governments of China Hong Kong Singapore and South Korea Dr Harris has also founded 3 companies while at the University of Arizona; Cord Blood Registry Inc., ImmuneRegen BioSciences Inc., and QuReGen Inc.
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    Gene P. Siegal
    Professor
    Department of Cell Biology and Surgery
    University of Alabama
    USA
    Tel: 205-934-6608
    Fax: 205-975-7284
     
     
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    Ming Pei
    Associate Professor & Director
    Department of Orthopaedics
    West Virginia University School of Medicine
    USA
    Tel: 304-293-1072
    Fax: 304-293-7070
     
     
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    Richard OC Oreffo
    Chair in Musculoskeletal Science & Associate Dean International and Enterprise
    Bone and Joint Research Group
    University of Southampton
    UK
     
     
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    Richard Oreffo holds the chair of Musculoskeletal Science and is Co-founder of the Centre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration. He is also Associate Dean Enterprise for the Faculty of Medicine. Richard leads the Bone and Joint Research Group based at the Institute of Developmental Sciences, Southampton General Hospital. He has extensive expertise in skeletal biology and the mechanisms involved in skeletal stem cell differentiation. The Group is focused on understanding bone development and developing strategies to regenerate bone and cartilage using stem cell technology and innovative scaffolds for orthopaedic application. Much of the work is undertaken in multidisciplinary programmes and Richard has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 reviews and book chapters, and holds 5 patents. In 2001 Richard was recognized with the Maxime Hanns award for collaborative research in Bone Tissue Engineering, appointed to a Senior Lectureship in 2002 and to a Readership and Personal chair in 2004. In 2008 he was appointed to the Research Council for Health of the Academy of Finland and is a member of the BBSRC Healthy Organism Panel (Deputy Chair), ARC Research Committee and UK National Stem Cell Network Advisory Committee. Richard serves on the editorial boards of the journals Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, European Cells and Materials, Regenerative Medicine, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. He is on the board of Southampton Asset Management and has consulted for several biotechnology / Pharma companies.
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    Esmaiel Jabbari
    Associate Professor
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    University of South Carolina
    USA
    Tel: 803-777-8022
    Fax: 703-777-8265
     
     
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    Jan Oxholm Gordeladze
    Professor
    Department of Biochemistry
    University of Oslo
    Norway
    Tel: 47-917-01076
    Fax: 47-22-851058
     
     
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    Rob Krams
    Professor
    Department of Bioengineering
    Imperial College London
    UK
    Tel: 44-0-20-7594-1473
     
     
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    Irada Isayeva
    Scientist
    Division of Chemistry and Materials Science
    Food and Drug Administration
    USA
    Tel: 301-796-2618
    Fax: 301-796-9924
     
     
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    Cornelia Kasper
    Professor
    Department for Biotechnology
    BOKU: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
    Austria
    Tel: 43-1-47654-65571
    Fax: 43-1-47654-6675
     
     
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    Meital Zilberman
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Tel Aviv University
    Israel
    Phone: 972-3-640-5842
    Fax: 972-3-640-7939
     
     
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    Sanjukta Deb
    Senior Lecturer
    Department of Biomaterials
    King′s College London
    UK
    Tel: 207-188-1817
    Fax: 207-188-1823
     
     
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    Syam P. Nukavarapu
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    University of Connecticut
    USA
    Tel: 860-679-4183
    Fax: 860-679-1553
     
     
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    Anand Ramamurthi
    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Clemson University
    USA
    Tel: 216-444-4326
    Fax: 216-444-9198
     
     
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    Muhammad N. Yousaf
    Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry
    The Carolina Center for Genome Science
    University of North Carolina
    USA
    Tel: 919-966-5074
    Fax: 919-962-2388
     
     
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    Yadong Wang
    Associate Professor
    Bioengineering and McGowan Institute
    University of Pittsburgh
    USA
    Tel. 412-624-7196
     
     
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    Kenichi Tamama
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pathology
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    USA
    Tel: 412-648-9485
    Fax: 614-366-1183
     
     
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    Yong Wang
    Associate Professor
    Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering
    University of Connecticut
    USA
    Tel: 860-486-4072
    Fax: 860-486-2959
     
     
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