CHI Podcasts: 3-D Cell Culture Systems & Tissue Engineering

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Sept. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) releases the following podcast downloads: http://www.fastcongress.com/fast_content.aspx?id=125062

3-D Cell Culture Systems: Understanding Interactions and Aiding Research
Speaker: John March, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Topics include using a 3-D cell culture system to study microorganisms of the gastrointestinal tract, using 3-D models to investigate signaling interactions, challenges in the lab and more.

Bioengineering Tissues and Organs: Materials, Interactions and Predictions
Speaker: Karen J.L. Burg, Ph.D., Hunter Endowed Chair and Professor of Bioengineering, Director, Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering, Clemson University

Topics include the future evolution of 3-D tissue engineering, its multidisciplinary aspects, cell adhesion and interactions with biomaterials and clinical needs.

3-D Tissue Engineering: Methods, Challenges and Possibilities
Speaker: Jonathan Garlick, D.D.S, Ph.D., Professor, Oral Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University; Director, Center for Integrated Tissue Engineering and Professor, Tufts School of Medicine, School of Engineering and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Topics cover a historical overview of engineering 3-D tissue models, their broad applicability, experimental methods for developing them and ensuring their utility, technological challenges and more.

Drs. March, Burg, and Garlick are speaking at the Second Annual Engineering Functional 3-D Tissue Models conference scheduled on October 28-29, 2013 at Le Meridien Cambridge-MIT in Cambridge, MA.  For more information on the conference and to register, visit http://www.fastcongress.com/3d-tissue-models.

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