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4/5/2024

4/2/2024

4/1/2024

4/1/2024

The “New Periodondist & Resident Virtual Forum” webinar series in collaboration with the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) is a continuation of the 2023 Regeneration Symposium held at the AAP’s Annual Meeting in Austin last year.

The discussion on The Past, Present and Future of Bone Augmentation will be resumed in webinars covering the historical evolution, current practices, and future trends. Renowned national and international experts like Christer Dahlin, Diego Velasquez and Bradley McAllister share their insights and expertise, providing attendees with a well-rounded understanding of this topic. Participants gain valuable knowledge that can enhance their clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.

Participants will be asked to watch the recording of the 2023 AAP/AAPF/OF Regeneration Symposium before the webinar. The recording of the session is already now available on THE BOX and can be accessed free of charge (free login required).

Join the Osteology Foundation via The Box to get access (free of charge) to this series.

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3/26/2024

A Resolution Honoring NIDCR’s 75th Anniversary Passed in U.S. Senate! The United States Senate introduced and passed with unanimous support a resolution recognizing NIDCR’s 75th anniversary that hailed “its critical role in improving the dental, oral, and craniofacial health of the United States through research, training, and the dissemination of health information.”

Senate Resolution 605 was introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin and cosponsored by Sen. Mike Braun. In the United States House, Rep. Brian Babin, a dentist, introduced a similar version of the anniversary resolution (H.Res.1078)

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3/26/2024

Congratulations to ITP, Principal Investigator, Dr. Pamela Yelick, on being named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors!

The newly named senior members will be celebrated at NAI’s annual conference, to be held June 16–18, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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3/18/2024

The webinar titled Brainstorming methods for engineered muscle tissue repair is now available on RegMedNet’s website for viewing.

This webinar explores methods for engineering muscle tissue repair and explores how we can direct this process. Kevin Hart, Analytical Method Development Scientist at Cook MyoSite (PA, USA), and Loran Solorio, Manager of Product Research Engineering at Cook Biotech (IN, USA), will have an open conversation around this unique topic, addressing questions surrounding how we can direct this process and what specific signals we can provide to better direct muscle formation?

Go to RegMedNet’s website and pull up the video on demand.

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3/12/2024

The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) and the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) have joined together to offer a fellowship to early career scientists. The ORS/BMRC Fellowship prioritizes support of early career scientists to produce breakthrough treatments for musculoskeletal ailments. The program will support the generation of critical preliminary data for larger grant applications, leading to breakthrough treatments for musculoskeletal diseases.

Two levels of fellowship support are currently available to support translational basic science and clinical musculoskeletal research: $20,000 awards for postdoctoral scholars or medical residents, and $30,000 awards for junior faculty members.

Eligibility

• Postdoctoral scholars/residents must have completed a PhD, MD, or DO degree within five years of the application date (approved institutional leaves of absence excluded).
• Junior faculty (research assistant professor, assistant professor, or equivalent) must be within five years of starting their first faculty position (approved institutional leaves of absence excluded). Faculty should also have not received grants totaling more than $75,000/year in direct research support.
• Applicants must verify that they have legal work status in the United States and that all research will be performed in laboratories located in the United States.

To learn more about this program and to apply, go to the ORS website. Applications are due by April 15th. 

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3/7/2024

The 2024 NIST Rapid Microbial Testing Methods Consortium Workshop is on Thursday, April 11, 2024 and Friday, April 12, 2024. Learn more on our calendar and get the link to register for the event.

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12/12/2023

Congratulations to ITP RevBio for receiving FDA Approval to Conduct a First-in-Human Clinical Trial for its Regenerative Bone Adhesive for Cranial Flap Fixation!

Learn more about their product TETRANITE^®

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11/8/2023

Congratulations to ITP Principal Investigator and University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Isabelle Lombaert on receiving $500,000 in a  major funding award! Dr. Lombaert is one of the 2023 recipients of the University of Michigan Medical School’s Frankel Innovation Initiative Award, a research fund that supports the development of life-saving therapies and innovative new technologies at U-M. Dr. Lombaert’s project, “Non-viral Gene Therapy to Treat Xerostomia,” was chosen from several proposals during three selection stages.

Learn more about the award and Dr. Lombaert’s project.

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11/7/2023

Check out the part two episode of the NIH All About Grants mini-series titled “What Early Career Researchers Should Know (Part 2) – Discovering Strengths to Advance Your Research Career.” Dr. Marguerite Matthews, a program director and co-host of Building Up the Nerve with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and Dr. Ericka Boone, Director of the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce at the NIH Office of Extramural Research, join us in this conversation building off what we previously heard about the “hidden curriculum” (Part 1). They will share experiences and perspectives on how personal growth and professional development intersect, setting a plan to identify your strengths, reiterate the importance of engaging your network, the power of communication, and much more.

Click on the NIH page to listen to part 2 of the podcast.

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10/26/2023

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10/18/2023

Phase I Commercialization Support: I-Corps at NIH

Did you know? I-Corps at NIH is a hands-on entrepreneurship training program designed for Phase I companies that received SBIR or STTR funding from NIH or the CDC.

During eight weeks, you’ll learn how to focus your business plan and where to find the tools you need to help commercialize your product. And there’s no cost to you – a $55,000 supplement covers program costs!

Benefits:

• Receive training from biotech sector experts
• Hone your target market by engaging with potential customers
• Expand your professional network
• Build the confidence and skills to create a comprehensive business model

This cohort begins in March 2024. The sessions will be held virtually except for the in-person kickoff in Houston, TX, and the in-person closeout session in Bethesda, MD.

Applications for the next cohort are due on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., your local time. Go apply now!

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10/18/2023

Foreign Disclosure Requirements for SBIR/STTR Applications Received on/after September 5, 2023

When the SBIR, STTR, and related pilot programs were reauthorized for FY2023-2025, the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 made several changes to the SBIR and STTR programs. Policy changes were announced June 12 through this Notice: Implementation of the NIH SBIR and STTR Foreign Disclosure Pre-award and Post-Award Requirements (NOT-OD-23-139).

Key elements include:

• disclosure requirements regarding ties to foreign countries,
• a requirement for federal agencies that manage SBIR and STTR programs to establish a due diligence program to assess security risks posed by applicants, and
• denial of award and recovery authority provisions when ties to foreign countries of concern pose a significant risk.

This policy applies to all NIH, CDC, FDA, and ACL competing applications for SBIR or STTR funding on or after September 5, 2023. More information and resources will be provided in the near future.

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10/18/2023

The next DOCTRC Innovator Networking series will take place on Friday, November 17, 2023 at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific.  See below for webinar information.

See the flyer for more information.

Zoom link is Meeting Registration – Zoom.

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10/10/2023

The exclusive session, “The Past, Present, and Future of Bone Augmentation,” will be presented by the Osteology Foundation in collaboration with the AAP and the AAP Foundation on 9 November 2023. This session will be held at the upcoming AAP Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, taking place from November 9-12, 2023.

GBR pioneers Christer Dahlin and Daniel Buser will join, along with renowned experts, including speakers Bradley McAllister, Diego Velasquez, and moderators Joan Otomo-Corgel and Pamela K. McClain.

Learn more about the event and register for AAP.

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10/10/2023

Congratulations to MPWRM Resource Center ITP team, RevBio for being awarded a $3.4 Million NIH Grant for Its Novel Regenerative Bone Adhesive to Treat Complex Fractures!

Learn more from their press release.

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9/29/2023

New Funding Opportunity!

Calling mid-career NIDCR-supported scientists! Do you have a trailblazing research idea with the potential to improve dental, oral, or craniofacial health? NIDCR invites you to apply for a Sustaining Outstanding Achievement in Research (SOAR) award. The awards aim to provide longer term support for mid-career investigators with outstanding research records to pursue high-risk, high-reward research.

• Eligibility: NIDCR-funded mid-career investigators
• Award amount: Up to $650,000 per year
• Award length: Up to eight years
• Application due dates: January 26, 2024, for new applications. February 13, 2024, for AIDS-related submissions. (Letter of Intent Due December 26, 2023)

Visit the NOFO for details: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-24-006.html

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9/27/2023

Applications for Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology are currently open and set to close on Sunday, October 1, 2023. This prize is awarded annually to honor bold and transformative research in human immunology with trans-disease applications. The winner receives $30,000 and two finalists received $10,000. Go to the application page today and submit your application.

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9/27/2023

The next biolocity Bench2Market Talks Webinar titled “Journeys through the Trenches: Tips for Success in Commercialization” will take place on October 18, 2023, from 11:30am-1:00pm EST. Go to the registration site and sign up for free.

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9/26/2023

The Osteology Foundation’s National Osteology Group Australasia is hosting a webinar titled “Introduction to Guided Bone Regeneration.” Saso Ivanovski will be diving into Guided Bone Regeneration, a fundamental procedure in implant dentistry.

This event will be held on October 3, 2023 at 3:15 am (EST), 17:15 AEST (Brisbane), 15:15 AWST (Perth), 19:15 NZST (New Zealand).

For more information and to register for this event (make sure you a THE Box account), go to the National Osteology Group Australasia’s website.

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9/7/2023

SAVE THE DATE! The 2024 MPWRM Resource Center’s Stakeholder’s Summit will be taking place on April 8-9, 2024 in Ann Arbor, MI. More details to come.

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9/7/2023

SAVE THE DATE! The 2023 DOCTRC Retreat will be taking place on December 4-6, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. More details to come.

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9/1/2023

Abstract submission for our Joint Large Clinical Grant program is open now. From September 1 until November 15, 2023, abstracts by well-established researchers/research-groups with a clinical focus on oral maxillofacial tissue regeneration topics are being accepted. Up to 350,000 Swiss francs will be awarded to the successful project.

With this grant, the Osteology Foundation continues the successful collaboration with the Peter and Annemarie Geistlich-Stucki Foundation to address sound clinical research questions in the field of oral and maxillofacial tissue regeneration.

Learn more about the Joint Large Clinical Grant

Visit the website of the Peter and Annemarie Geistlich-Stucki Foundation

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8/31/2023

Apply today for the BioInnovation Institute and Science Prize for Innovation! To encourage more scientists to translate their research, BioInnovation Institute (BII) and Science collaborate to host an annual award. Through the BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation, the editors of Science seek to recognize bold researchers who are asking fundamental questions at the intersection of the life sciences and entrepreneurship. Applications are due on November 1, 2023. Grand prize winner gets $25,000 USD and finalists received $10,000 USD at a celebration in Coopenhagen, Denmark!

Go to the prize website and submit today!

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8/24/2023

Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center Principal Investigator, Dr. Will Giannobile was featured on the “Legends” podcast with host, Nikolaos Donos, Professor at the Institute of Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Together they explore Giannobile’s journey from Missouri to his pioneering work in tissue engineering, shedding light on the role of molecular growth factors and becoming dean of one of the most prestigious dental schools in the world. Giannobile talks about the transformative shifts in periodontal treatment, health economics, and the imminent role of AI in shaping the future of dentistry.

Listen to this episode now!

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8/23/2023

Check out this article by the University of Washington School of Medicine in the Medical Xpress titled “Stem-cell derived organoids that secrete tooth enamel proteins created.”

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8/11/2023

SAVE THE DATE! Regulatory Science Symposium on Innovations in Regenerative Medicine Products will be held virtually on October 20, 2023 from 9:00am – 4:30pm PST. Learn more about this webinar on the MPWRM event page.

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8/9/2023

Check out this CareQuest article and video titled The Oral-Systemic Connection Across the Lifespan. 

Watch recording here

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8/7/2023

The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) is seeking applications for Research Interest Groups (RIGs) to take place at the ORS 2024 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2024.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATION: Friday, August 11, 2023

Purpose of Research Interest Groups (RIGs)

RIGs foster the thoughtful exchange of ideas within the global multi-disciplinary community of the ORS by providing the opportunity to engage in informative, transformative, and live discussion with colleagues in a specific area of musculoskeletal research, whether basic, applied, or clinical. To explore content that is complementary or different to the ORS Annual Meeting, RIGs are encouraged to focus on unique approaches, methodologies, diseases, or connections that inspire brainstorming across our multi-disciplinary groups.

RIG Guidelines:

• Organizers must be ORS members in good standing
• The ORS does not provide funding for RIG organizers or speakers.
• Abstracts submitted and accepted for presentation (podium) at the ORS 2024 Annual Meeting are prohibited from being presented during a RIG

 What is Expected from the Organizers of RIGs: 

• A written plan for the content, focus, and target audience of the RIG
• Names of all organizers and speakers
• A post-RIG report on the attendance, its scientific relevance, and summary of next steps (if any)

 What Organizers of RIGs Can Expect from ORS:

• A review of the content / focus of the proposed RIG with final approval
• Support from ORS in regard to logistics and promotion
• Feedback/support after their event (if any)
• Support from ORS in regard to logistics, promotion, and evaluation

If you are interested in organizing a RIG at the ORS 2024 Annual Meeting, please complete the application at https://ors.memberclicks.net/rig24 and upload it per the instructions, by Friday, August 11, 2023. RIGS are scheduled in order of request and will be scheduled to ensure there are no conflicts with the main Scientific Program.

2024 Research Interest Groups (RIGs) Application

View a list of 2023 Research Interest Groups

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8/3/2023

The Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology focuses on transformative research in human immunology, with trans-disease applications to accelerate vaccine and immunotherapeutic discovery. This international prize is intended to encourage and support young investigators from a wide range of disciplines, including computer science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, protein engineering, nanotechnology, genomics, parasitology and tropical medicine, neurodegenerative diseases, and gene editing, who apply their expertise to perform research that has a lasting impact on vaccine and immunotherapy. The prize will be awarded annually to one young scientist (35 years of age or younger) based on work done in the past 3 years.

The winner of the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology is awarded US $30,000 and publication of his or her essay in Science. The essay and those of the finalists are also published on Science Online.

Learn more about the prize and apply on the site.

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7/28/2023

Webinar: IND review timeline from a former FDA reviewer’s perspective

Former FDA Oncology Reviewer Emily Place PhD MPH offers her inside perspective on IND review timelines and what drives the multidisciplinary team up to the 30 day deadline. Join Biologics Consulting on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 11:00am for this webinar.

Learn more about the speaker and find the registration link on the event page.

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7/26/2023

Webinar: Strategies and Techniques to Manage Caries

Join CareQuest Institute, Kansas City University and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) on Thursday, August 17 at 7 p.m. ET to learn how you can evaluate and use new evidence, treatments, and innovations to manage caries. In the webinar, a collaboration between CareQuest Institute, Kansas City University, and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD), experts will discuss why it’s important to avoid a “one-size-fits-all” approach and share guidance on non-surgical and nonrestorative protocols and implementation.

Learn more about the speaker and find the registration link on the event page.

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7/12/2023

Tech Transfer Central will be hosting a new workshop on NSF SBIR proposals. The webinar titled “Fundamentals of Preparing a Winning NSF Proposal: An SBIR/STTR Workshop” will be held on August 14, 2023 from 1pm-2:30pm EST. The cost is $197 and is a virtual event. Learn more about the speaker and find the registration link on the event page.

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6/29/2023

MPWRM Resource Center and DOCTRC highlighted in the keynote talk at NIDCR’s 75th anniversary event, NIDCR at 75: Celebrating the Past, Charting the Future

Watch recording here

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6/8/2023

RevBio is Awarded a $2 Million Grant to Advance the Development of its Novel Dental Adhesive Bone Scaffold Product!

RevBio, Inc., announced that it has been awarded a $2 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This funding (1R44DE032564-01) will allow the company to complete the pre-clinical research necessary to advance this product into the clinical stage of development.

Learn more on their award from the press release.

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6/8/2023

The Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has released a new announcement for an SBIR solicitation.

This solicitation invites proposals in the following areas:
1. ARPA-H 01 – Novel telehealth instruments for assessing pediatric well-being.

2. ARPA-H 02 – Microneedle-based patches and digital patch interfaces for remote and real-time transdermal drug delivery and chronic disease management.

3.  ARPA-H 03 – Robotics for autonomous soft tissue surgery.
4. ARPA-H 04 – Intra-operative contrast agents.
5. ARPA-H 05 – Scale-Up: Transition disruptive technologies from proof-of-concept prototypes to commercially scalable and deployable technologies.

Learn more on the announcement page.

Download the solicitation.

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5/23/2023

RevBio Receives ISO 13485 Certification for its Quality Management System! RevBio, Inc., announced that it has received ISO 13485 certification for its quality management system. Receiving ISO 13485 certification indicates that a company has developed robust policies and procedures for the development and manufacture of regulated medical products. Congratulations!

Learn more from the press release.

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5/19/2023

MPWRM Resource Center and C-DOCTOR will be presenting at IADR 2023 in Bogota, Columbia! The topic is DOCTRC: A Consortium Accelerating Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Medicine Therapies  on June 22, 2023 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Session: Clinical and Translational Science Network: Novel Approach) Please stop by and learn more!

For more information about IADR 2023, go to the meeting website.

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5/12/2023

GreenMark Biomedica launches CrystLCare™ Biorestorative, Fluoride-Free

“We’re thrilled to announce our new CrystLCare™ Biorestorative, Fluoride-Free product is now available in the USA. After years of hard work, we’re ready to release these easy-to-use dissolvable dental strips that provide targeted dental hypersensitivity relief to your patients. These dental strips contain particles loaded with calcium and phosphate that form hydroxyapatite crystals, which are designed to occlude exposed dentinal tubules and enamel porosities.”

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3/24/2023

GreenMark Biomedical’s product LumiCare™ Carries Detection Rinse made it onto the cover of Dental Products Report magazine, see the link below!

https://www.dentalproductsreport.com/view/windy-city-winter-2023-midwinter-meeting-new-products?page=4

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2/20/2023

OHSU associate professor and ITP Principle Investigator Luiz Bertassoni is quoted in the OPB article “Oregon scientists are 3D printing their way to a healthier future for us all.” Dr. Bertassoni discussed his excitement for 3D printing and its capabilities for cell by cell printing. Read the article to learn more about it.

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2/13/2023

Work led by MPWRM Resource Center Principal Investigator, Dr. David Mooney, and collaborators were featured in: CAR-T cell cancer immunotherapy gets personal. Learn more about this new work on the Wyss Institute website.

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2/6/2023

ITP Principal Investigator, Dr. Pamela Yelick (Tufts University) was named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society! Congratulations! Check out the news release from Tufts University on this announcement.

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2/3/2023

GreenMark Biomedical, a MPWRM Resource Center ITP funding recipient, wins competitive startup pitch event at 2023 Yankee Dental Meeting! Check out their news release announcing this great achievement.

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1/31/2023

NSF: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)

Open: January 16, 2023

Proposal Due: February 21, 2023

Program Guidelines: NSF 23-519

The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program (MRI Program Website) serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation’s institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations.

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1/26/2023

SAVE THE DATE! The 510K, IDE and PMA Submission Workshops will be held from May 15-25. See the schedule below and register on the meeting page. (There is a cost per workshop)

510(k) and De Novo Submissions Workshop: May 15-17, 2023

IDE Submissions Workshop: May 18-19, 2023

PMA Submissions Workshop: May 23-25, 2023

This will be the only set of Submissions Workshops offered in 2023, so don’t miss out!

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1/26/2023

SAVE THE DATE! The 15th Annual FDA/AdvaMed Medical Device Statistical Issues Conference will be in person in Washington, DC on May 11-12, 2023. For more information go to our event calendar for this conference.

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1/26/2023

The NSF I-Corps Hub Great Lakes Region has two courses coming in February 2023, one is STEM and one in Medical. Check out the course descriptions below and register. The courses are free and provide good benefits to investigators looking to get involved in entrepreneurship.

https://www.greatlakesicorps.org/event/winter-2023-stem-jumpstart/

https://www.greatlakesicorps.org/event/winter-2023-medical-jumpstart-i-corps-course/

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1/26/2023

Don’t miss the Monday, January 30th deadline to apply for the following awards/fellowships:

• AADOCR Student Research Fellowships – January 30, 2023
• IADR Innovation in Oral Care Award – January 30, 2023
• IADR Osteology Foundation New Investigator Award in Oral Tissue Regeneration  –   January 30, 2023
• IADR Smile Train Cleft Research Award – January 30, 2023

Visit the IADR/AADOCR Awards page for a comprehensive list of awards. For additional information or inquiries, please email the Awards, Fellowships & Grants Coordinator.

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1/24/2023

This just in! RevBio Receives Approval to Start a Dental Clinical Trial in Italy for its Regenerative Biomaterial! Learn more about this new development for RevBio.

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1/20/2023

SAVE THE DATE! The 5th Annual MPWRM Resource Center Stakeholder’s Summit will be held in-person on March 20-21, 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA. Check out the meeting page for more details.

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1/10/2023

SAVE THE DATE! Regulatory Science Symposium: Study Design for Clinical Trials: Types and Trends will be held on Friday, March 10, 2023 from 9am-4pm PST (12pm-7pm EST). This will be a hybrid event and registration details will follow soon. Contact Roxy Terteryan at atertery@usc.edu for any questions or for more information.

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1/10/2023

SFB 2023 Call For Late Breaking Abstracts for Posters!

The Society For Biomaterials is soliciting late-breaking abstracts for posters for the 2023 Annual Meeting being held in San Diego, CA  April 19-22, 2023. Start the New Year off right with a new opportunity to showcase your research!

The late-breaking abstract submission deadline is January 23, 2023 @ 11:59 P.M. EST.  To submit an abstract for a $50 submission fee, please visit: https://catalyst.omnipress.com/2023_Society_for_Biomaterials

Late breaking abstracts are being accepted as POSTERS ONLY.

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1/4/2023

The American Association of Cancer Research has opened up a new funding opportunity for researchers. The Bosarge Family Foundation-Waun Ki Hong Scholar Award for Regenerative Cancer Medicine is a $120,000 grant over two years to support postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to conduct highly novel and provocative research in the field of regenerative cancer medicine and to establish a successful career path in this field. To learn more about this opportunity and to apply to go the award website.

Timeline:

Application due date: February 7, 2023 at 1pm

Decision Date: March 2023.

Grant term begins on July 1, 2023.

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1/4/2023

Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Resource Center principal investigator, Dr. David Mooney has a new study published in SciTechDaily titled “Preventing Muscle Atrophy – Harvard Scientists Have Developed an Adhesive That Makes Muscles Move.” This new adhesive developed by Dr. Mooney and his team can potentially make muscles move. Take a look at the article and learn more.

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11/30/2022

Registration is now open for next year’s International Osteology Symposium from April 27-29, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. A new highlight has been added to the meeting with two live surgeries to be performed by Istvan Urban and Sofia Aroca on bone augmentation and multiple recession coverage. Check our this event on our calendar for more information and to register for the event.

UPDATE – 12/5/2022: Poster abstracts for next year’s International Osteology Symposium are due on December 18, 2022. Sign in and submit your poster abstract today!

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11/29/2022

Free FDA Investigator Training Course Opportunity in December

The FDA is offering a free clinical investigator training course targeted to all stakeholders in the clinical trial enterprise including industry, academia, and regulators (both local and foreign). The two-day (Wednesday, December 7 – Thursday, December 8) course is designed for clinical investigators, healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare workers), and individuals involved in biomedical research and the development of medical products.

Find more information on the event calendar and to register for this training course.

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11/22/2022

The Society for Biomaterials 2023 Annual Meeting and Exposition’s Registration is  Opening Soon! Make Your Plans Today! Find out more about the event on our events calendar.

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11/22/2022

bbc Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting presents SBIR/STTR Training on Tap. This is a 9-week training cohort culminating in a pitch competition with a $5,000 pitch prize. Learn more and apply today! The deadline for the winter cohort is December 16, 2022. IMPORTANT: women, people of color and people whose businesses are in an underserved geographical area are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to apply.

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11/17/2022

RevBio, a biomedical startup and MPWRM Resource Center ITP award recipient, are turning to the ISS National Lab to further the development of a novel therapeutic that could help repair bone fractures. Their novel bone adhesive will be flying on SpaceX CRS-26 to the ISS National Lab for further research into how microgravity can impact their technology. Read the full article on ISSNL’s website.

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11/15/2022

Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Resource Center principal investigator, Dr. David Mooney has a new study published in Science Daily titled “Wasting muscles built back better.” This new adhesive developed by Dr. Mooney and his team can potentially make muscles move. Take a look at the article and learn more.

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11/9/2022

UK National Osteology Group presents “The Management of Mucogingival Problems in the Anterior Mandible” on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. Check out the event details on our event page.

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10/28/2022

Geistlich Pharma North America, Inc. acquires Lynch Biologics, LLC, a biologics and tissue engineering company. Dr. Sam Lynch, a member of the Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center, is the current founder, CEO and Chair of the company. Check out this press release for more details on this acquisition. Congratulations Dr. Lynch!

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10/27/2022

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research is pleased to announce that applications for its Dental Public Health Research Fellowship program are now open. The three-year fellowship includes a 12-month full-time residency in dental public health (DPH), followed by a 24-month full-time postdoctoral fellowship with a strong focus on oral health research.

Individuals successfully completing the 12-month DPH residency component will receive a certificate of completion and are qualified educationally to apply for examination by the American Board of Dental Public Health for specialty certification.

Equal consideration is given to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or age.

To learn more about the program and to apply, kindly visit:
https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/careers-training/interns-fellows/postdoctoral-scientists/dental-public-health-research-fellowship

Applications are being accepted until Monday, November 21, 2022.
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10/18/2022

RevBio was selected as one of 25 Accelerator Companies by MedTech Innovator! RevBio chosen from a pool of 1000 mid-stage start up application and will be entering the Innovators Best Pitch Video Competition at the 10th Annual MedTech Innovator Conference Showcase on October 24-26, 2022 in Boston!

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9/22/2022

RevBio Receives NIH Grant to Explore the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures with Its Regenerative Bone Adhesive Technology. This Grant will Advance the Company’s Pre-Clinical Research to Demonstrate an Improvement to the Current Standard of Care for Spine Fractures. For more information, see the press release.

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9/6/2022

9/8/2022

The 231st Meeting of the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council will take place on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 from 10:00am to 3:00pm EDT. This is a virtual, public meeting hosted by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). For more information, go to our event page.

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9/6/2022

Science Webinars invites you to join us for: “Maximizing the success of 3D cell models for clinical research: Disease modeling using advanced cell models and cell-analysis platforms. Go to the event page for more information and to register for the webinar.

This webinar is produced by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office and sponsored by Sartorius.

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8/30/2022

The Regulatory Science Symposium will be held on Friday, September 23, 2022 from 9am-4pm PDT (12pm-7pm EST) via Zoom. The theme of the symposium is Emerging Technologies in the Medical Device Industry. Register at the meeting website. Check out the calendar page for the full agenda.

This event is sponsored by the LA CTSA Consortium. 

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8/26/2022

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has published a new Funding Opportunity Announcement:

RFA-DE-23-012:  Practice-Based Research Integrating Multidisciplinary Experiences in Dental Schools (PRIMED) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Purpose:  The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is continuing its support for dental practice-based research by soliciting research to be conducted in the dental school predoctoral/postdoctoral clinic setting. The purpose of the Practice-Based Research Integrating Multidisciplinary Experiences in Dental Schools (PRIMED) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide clinical faculty and predoctoral/postdoctoral students/residents with skills development opportunities and patient-oriented clinical research experiences through intra/inter-institutional collaborations and peer and student mentoring partnerships. Additionally, this FOA will support developmental and/or small-scale practice-based research studies that involve prospective enrollment of study participants, and in which clinical faculty and predoctoral/postdoctoral dental students/residents collect data from their consenting patients, conducted in the predoctoral/postdoctoral dental school clinic and/or affiliated extramural clinic setting.

Application Due Date:  December 15, 2022

Eligible Individuals:  The contact Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) must have a primary appointment as a faculty member of a dental school in the United States.

For more information please contact: Dena Fischer, dena.fischer@nih.gov

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8/22/2022

The 2022 AADOCR Fall Focused Symposium will take place on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at from 11am-5pm Eastern (8am-2pm Pacific). See the event page for more details and to register for the event.

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8/5/2022

The next DOCTRC Innovator Networking Series will take place on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 12pm Pacific/3pm Eastern. See the event page for more details and to register for the event.

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7-26-2022

7-26-2022

7-8-2022

6-24-2022

6-8-2022

An overview of NIDCR’s research & training priorities

The Leap into Action for Oral Health webinar was a discussion on realizing NIDCR’s strategic priorities through the lens of the Oral Health in America report. In the webinar, NIDCR leaders provided an overview of the institute’s ongoing and upcoming research and training opportunities to nearly 400 participants.

In case you missed the event or would like to access it again, you can now access the recording.

5-19-2022

Funding opportunities!!!

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5-19-2022

Florida Institute and MPWRM Resource Center Fund Amend Surgical

Amend Surgical, Inc., an Alachua-based medical device company, announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with the Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology (the Florida Institute) along with being awarded a substantial product development funding from The Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine (MPWRM) Resource Center.

To view the full press release, click here.

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5-4-2022

Make sure you sign up for the Osteology Foundation hosts “Managing hard tissue complications around implants” webinar on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Check out the details on our events page. Check out the full series here.

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5-5-2022

The Society For Biomaterials is excited to announce that we will be co-sponsoring the Materials Science & Technology Technical Meeting and Exhibition in 2022 for the first time!

We are currently soliciting abstracts for three new biomaterials tracks within the MS&T Meeting, including:

Biological Responses to Materials and Biomaterial Responses to Tissues
Biomaterial Applications in Today’s Industry: Development, Translation & Commercialization
Biomaterial Applications (Wound Healing, Orthopedics, Dental, etc.)

To submit an abstract and for more information, please visit: https://www.matscitech.org/MST22 (Abstract Deadline May 15, 2021)

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5-4-2022

Make sure you sign up for the Osteology Foundation hosts “Managing hard tissue complications around implants” webinar on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Check out the details on our events page. Check out the full series here.

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4-29-2022

Save the date! Forsyth Dentech 2022 will take place on September 14-16, 2022 at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Somerville, Massachusetts! Stay tuned for more information at the meeting website.

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4-25-2022

Save the date! The International Osteology Symposium will take place on April 27-29, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain! Stay tuned for more information at the meeting website.

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3-25-2022

Our partner at C-DOCTOR, Bridget Samuels, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, presented “Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration Consortium (DOCTRC)” at the hybrid 51^st Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADOCR, held in conjunction with the 46^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), online and onsite in Atlanta, GA, on March 24, 2022.

Learn more in this press release.

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3-22-2022

Apply now for the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists, an annual prize awarded to early-career scientists.

The prize is presented in four categories:

Cell and Molecular Biology
Ecology and Environment
Molecular Medicine
Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology

Applicants will submit a 1000-word essay that is judged by an independent editorial team, organized by the journal Science. Essays are assessed on the quality of research and the applicants’ ability to articulate how their work would contribute to the scientific field.

If selected as a winner, you will have your essay published by Science, win up to USD 30,000 and be invited to Sweden to receive your award, present your research and meet with leading scientists in your field.

Get ready for a life-changing moment in your scientific career!

Apply now!

More information: scienceprize.scilifelab.se
Questions: scilifelabprize@aaas.org
Application deadline: July 15, 2022

Entrants for the 2022 prize must have received their Ph.D. between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021.

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3-10-2022

Congratulations to our ITP PI, Dr. Juan Taboas, on the University of Pittsburgh‘s Momentum Teaming Grant!  Read more here.

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2-28-2022

NIH, HHS leaders call for research and policy changes to address oral health inequities

Americans’ oral health has improved over the last two decades, but disparities in oral health have stubbornly persisted and pose a major global public health threat, write National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Director Rena N. D’Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D., Acting Science Advisor to the President and former National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., in a new perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Read the full media release here.

Read NIH’s comprehensive report on oral health here.

Use the information below to find the journal article.

Article

D’Souza RN, Collins FS, and Murthy VH. Oral Health for All: Realizing the Promise of Science. The New England Journal of Medicine. Feb. 26, 2022. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2118478

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2-25-2022

ART FUNDING PROGRAM NOW ONLINE!
The new Osteology Advanced Research Traineeship (ART) funding program is now online! The ART program aims to strengthen the link between research and education through a short-term research-based training and learning approach. Submission deadline is May 15,  2022!

More information

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1-27-2022

ITP team GreenMark Biomedical secures follow-on investment of $830,000 in equity financing in the form of convertible notes in anticipation of a Series A financing in 2022. See press release here. Congratulations!

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1-20-2022

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1-11-2022

One of our ITP teams, Ostiio, LLC, has been awarded a National Institute of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $300,000 to advance research & development of their smart, fully subcutaneous distraction system.  This award, building on the work previously supported by the ITP and National Science Foundation (NSF), is aimed to demonstrate that a miniaturized implant continues to achieve clinically defined expansion force requirements in an expanded set of use cases.   Congratulations!

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2021 Media Releases

12-8-2021

ITP PI, Dr. Steve Little selected as a member of the 2021 Fellow class of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors.  Congratulations!

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11-30-2021

The Deadline to apply for the Society for Biomaterials’ C.William Hall Scholarship and the Cato T. Laurencin Travel Fellowship is on Friday, December 3, 2021.

Applications will be accepted through December 3, 2021. Please send your completed application to Dan Lemyre at dlemyre@biomaterials.org.

Click the link for more information about the C.William Hall Scholarship.

Click the link for more information about the Cato T. Laurencin Travel Fellowship.

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11-8-2021

MPWRM Resource Center ITP Project Principal Investigators Drs. Pamela Yelick and Luiz Bertassoni will be hosting a live Q&A for the Osteo Science Foundation Webinar series titled “Advances in Translation Dentistry: New Strategies for Dental Tissue Regeneration” on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 8:00pm EST.

Effective methods for the functional repair of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) hard and soft tissue regeneration remain a significant health challenge for both civilians and military personnel. Recent advances in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine and Dentistry provide promise for new and more effective therapies to repair and regenerate CMF tissues in a timely manner. Here we will discuss some of these recent and exciting approaches and discuss how they are driving the future of clinical dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial surgical therapies.

To register for this complimentary program, visit www.osteoscience.org

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11-5-2021

You’re invited! The Regenerative Medicine Development Organization and STEM CELLS Translational Medicine are hosting a FREE webinar: Developing the Regenerative Medicine Workforce on Wednesday, November 10, from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm EST. For more information and to register, check it out on our events calendar.

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11-2-2021

The 2021 DOCTRC Annual Joint Retreat is approaching!

The DOCTRC Annual Joint Retreat will be held virtually on December 6-7, 2021. This meeting will showcase progress of Interdisciplinary Translational Project (ITP) teams supported by C-DOCTOR and the MPWRM Resource Center, as well as a breakout session “Critical considerations in preclinical product development” and a keynote address from Dr. Lara Ionescu Silverman.  The site will be updated with additional information as the date approaches.

Please see this link for the preliminary agenda.

On behalf of the DOCTRC leadership, we look forward to seeing you at the retreat!

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11-1-2021

11-1-2021

10-27-2021

10-18-2021

The Forsyth Institute presents: Only Orphans COTE – Delivering Drugs through the FDA and EMA

Date and time: Thursday, October 21, 2021

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern

Zoom link provided upon registration.

About this event

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10-4-2021

Message from the Standard Coordinating Body (SCB)

The SCB is working on some exciting new initiatives this quarter and need your input to help ensure they are valuable and meaningful to the community.

Regenerative Medicine Lexicon

The SCB Standards Development Forum Lexicon working group is developing a reference guide to clarify commonly confused regenerative medicine terms. This resource will cover terms that are defined differently by different SOOs and stakeholder groups and provide guidance on how to choose the definition that best fits your needs. The resource is intended to improve clarify of communication and help harmonize the language used in standards.

Provide your input on terms in need of clarification.

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10-4-2021

The Standard Coordinating Body Working Group Spotlight:  Characterization of Human Cells for Therapeutic Use

The Standard Coordinating Body for Regenerative Medicine-coordinated working group helped accelerate the standards development process, resulting in the publication of ISO 23033: General Requirements and Considerations for the Testing and Characterization of Cellular Therapeutic Products.

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10-4-2021

The next Bench2Market Talk topic on October 27^th covers Translational Funding Opportunities and will include a panel of funders who will discuss their available resources for innovators and highlight what technology types and development stages are most appropriate for their funding opportunities. You can learn more about the speakers and register to attend for free at https://bit.ly/B2M_October2021.

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10-4-2021

The Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Society For Biomaterials (SFB) are excited to announce a new collaboration in delivering education to our members. SFB & MRS will present a webinar each Tuesday in October 2021 (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th) at 11:00 am ET.

Topics (and dates) include:

October 5 – 3D Printing for Medical Applications:

October 12 – Translational Bioelectronics:

October 19 – Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Biomaterials Design and Development:

October 26 – Biomaterials Science and Engineering to Address Unmet Needs in Women’s Health:

For more information and to register for these webinars here.

*Registration for all four webinars is only $150 for SFB and MRS Members! (Half price for student members!)  You can also register for each webinar separately for just $50 a session.* 

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10-4-2021

Osteo Science Foundation’s 2021 Webinar Series presents John R. Zuniga, DMD, MS, PhD, who will present Advances In Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration followed by a Live Q&A on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 8:00 P.M. Eastern

Register Now to reserve your spot!

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9-29-2021

9-28-2021

9-28-2021

9-24-2021

9-23-2021

9-22-2021

9-17-2021

9-10-2021

8-31-2021

8-6-2021

8-3-2021

7-27-2021

Apply for the new BII & Science prize for innovation today!

7-27-2021

Forsyth dentech 2021

The Forsyth Institute, with its 111-year history of oral health innovation, presents Forsyth dentech 2021—the leading oral health technology innovation conference convening thought leaders from research, industry, academia, and venture capital. This annual event aims to accelerate innovation and launch new ventures in the oral health space. The selected presenters will have the stage to showcase their exciting new technology or pitch their business proposals for funding support. Investors and dental companies will be able to review some of the most innovative dental technologies for investment or licensing opportunities. The conference will also offer cash prizes to top technologies that will be chosen by the organizing committee.

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7-23-2021

Orthopaedic Research Society’s Abstract submission is now open!

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7-16-2021

SFB-TERMIS Panel – “Picture a Scientist”

The Society for Biomaterials (SFB) is partnering with the Tissuse Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) to host a discussion on the issues presented in the recent documentary “Picture a Scientist” on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 12 noon Eastern.

Register at the link below.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_64iJwgv3R4efIsdeQa-MBA

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6-29-2021

Submit an Abstract for the ORS 2022 Annual Meeting!

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to Tampa, Florida for the ORS 2022 Annual Meeting, February 4 – 8, 2022. Tampa will be the perfect setting for our in-person meeting by providing a beautiful convention center located downtown on Tampa Bay with great restaurants and ample extracurricular activities nearby. Scientifically, the meeting promises to be another outstanding event with the Program Committee finalizing the selection of the scientific program, Research Sections planning their meetings, and looking forward to your research being submitted for presentation.

We do realize that not all the ORS community may be permitted to travel due to imposed travel restrictions (government or institutional). However, ORS will provide the opportunity for those unable to travel to present their work. Details are included here https://www.ors.org/2022-call-for-abstracts/.
Deadline for submission is August 30, 2021.

New! Abstracts Login!
In the past authors have logged in directly to the abstract submission site. Starting this year, you will login to the abstract submission system via your ORS login at https://ors.memberclicks.net/abs22.

To start, submit, or edit your abstract(s), you will need to login here https://ors.memberclicks.net/abs22#/ using your ORS username and password.

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6-24-2021

The Society For Biomaterial (US) and the Japanese Society for Biomaterials are hosting a Joint Symposium that will highlight the seminal work of four Pioneers in the biomaterials field on January 8-10, 2022 in Honolulu, Hawaii!

The call for abstracts is now open on the Society for Biomaterials website.  Please go here for abstract information and to submit your abstract.  Check out the full meeting webiste here.  The deadline to submit your abstract is September 1, 2021 at 11:59pm (EST). (There is a $10 submission fee).

Abstracts for an oral or poster presentation are being solicited in four general session areas:

• Implant Pathology & the Foreign Body Reaction
• Polymeric Biomaterials
• Bioglasses / Ceramics
• Tissue Engineering

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6-24-2021

Applications for the second cohort of AlphaLab Health are Open!  Apply here by July 16th for Priority Consideration.

AlphaLab Health is a pre-eminent healthcare and life sciences accelerator which supports early-stage startups.

Started last year by Innovation Works and Allegheny Health Network, AlphaLab Health provides selected participants with up to $100,000 in funding, expert guidance navigating the health care system and developing a robust commercial strategy, mentorship with industry leaders, wet and dry lab space, access to clinicians, and an extended network of potential funders and customers.

This six-month program will begin in mid-October 2021.

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6-2-2021

Resource Center member Dr. Sam Lynch on Humans in Healthcare Podcast: Dr. Sam Lynch – Founder and CEO – Translational Medicine, Challenges of the U.S. Healthcare Regulatory Environment, and Founding an Education Nonprofit for Underprivileged Students

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4-28-2021

The Resource Center publishes a white paper entitled Translating Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Regenerative Medicine Innovations to the Clinic through Interdisciplinary Commercial Translation Architecture in Journal of Dental Research.

4-13-2021

ITP program Call for Proposals is currently open: Pre-Proposals due June 1, 2021.  (Call for pre-proposals are now closed)

4-8-2021

3-25-2021

3-19-2021

3-18-2021

3-9-2021

3-8-2021

3-1-2021

1-25-2021

1-22-2021

2020 Media Releases

11-2-2020

10-1-2020

8-17-2020

8-4-2020

LaunchPad Medical Rebrands as RevBio and Launches an Updated Website

8-1-2020

6-25-2020

6-4-2020

Call for Abstracts are now open for the Academy of Osseointegration Annual Meeting, March 10-12, 2021. Deadline for abstract submissions: Friday, October 2, 2020 11:59 PM (CT). For more information, see https://osseo.org

5-5-2020

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4-23-2020

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4-20-2020

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3-2-2020

Dr. Michael Passineau, one of the ITP principal investigators, will give a keynote at a plenary session entitled “Restoring Salivary Glands Function with Gene Transfer Therapy: Turning the Impossible into Reality” at the 2020 American Academy of Oral Medicine Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 29–May 2, 2020.

Dr. Will Giannobile will give a keynote presentation entitled “Tooth Preservation Versus Implants Through Regenerative Technologies” in an interdisciplinary session at AAE20, American Association of Endodontists’ Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on April 1-4, 2020.

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1-23-2020

New podcast series available from Osteology Foundation: “Podcast – Legends of Oral Regeneration“!
In the first episode of the new podcast, MPWRM Resource Center PI and Osteology Foundation President William V. Giannobile, talks to Myron Nevins.

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1-3-2020

An application from our ITP principal investigator Dr. Kacey Marra was accepted for Equalize 2020, the nation’s first pitch competition for women academic inventors, forming university startups.  Congratulations!

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2019 Press Releases

12-19-2019

LaunchPad Medical Accelerates Enrollment in its First-In-Man Clinical Study of Tetranite® for Dental Implant Stabilization.  Please see here for the press release

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12-9-2019

Congratulations to Resource Center Principal Investigators and members, Drs. David Kohn, Will Giannobile, Jan Stegemann, and Lonnie Shea for receiving the University of Michigan’s Biosciences Initiative award.  Click here and here for more information.

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11-27-2019

Congratulations to MPWRM Resource Center Co-Principal Investigator Dr. David Mooney on being ranked in top 0.1% of cited researchers for the year!  Click here for the full story.

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11-8-2019

LaunchPad Medical Wins NIH HEAL Grant to Reduce Opioid Use and Addiction.  For additional information, see the press release here.

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10-15-2019

Congratulations to our Resource Center member, Dr. Darnell Kaigler, on being named the Major M. Ash Collegiate Professor of Periodontics at the University of Michigan!  Click here for the story.

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10-14-2019

LaunchPad Medical, one of the ITP teams, initiates a clinical trial to examine the safety and efficacy of the its bone adhesive biomaterial, Tetranite®, for the stabilization of dental implants for tooth extractions.  For additional information, see the press release here.

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10-2-2019

GreenMark Biomedical Secures Phase II SBIR Funding for Identification of Early Stage Dental Caries.  Click here for the full story and the press release.

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10-1-2019

Congratulations to Dr. Bill Wagner, Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who was appointed Distinguished Professor of Surgery in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  See here for more information.

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9-23-2019

Standards Coordinating Body is working on a standards project regarding Standards Webinars for Translational Medicine Researchers.  this is an education and outreach with the National Institutes of Standards Technology (NIST); National Cancer Institute; and the Standards Coordinating Body Cell Therapy, Gene Therapy and Tissue Engineering Sector Working Groups.  For more information, see here.

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5-7-2019

Congratulations to MPWRM Resource Center Co-Principal Investigator Dr. William Giannobile on being elected as next Osteology Foundation President! Click here for the full story.

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2-22-2019

University of Michigan invests $500,000 in GreenMark Biomedical, Inc. (Cycle 2 ITP awardee) through Michigan Investment in New Technology Startups initiative.

For more information, please see: https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-invest-20-million-four-its-startups

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2-20-2019

New FDA Guidance on Regenerative Medicine

FDA recently released 2 new guidance documents on regenerative medicine therapies:

• Evaluation of Devices Used with Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapies
• Expedited Programs for Regenerative Medicine Therapies for Serious Conditions

Click here to see the press release.

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1-10-2019

LaunchPad Medical (Cycle 1 ITP awardee), raises $8.5M in a recent round!

For more information, please see: https://www.massdevice.com/bone-adhesive-dev-launchpad-medical-raises-9m-medtech-funding-roundup/

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2018 Press Releases

10-18-2018

Congratulations to Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Resource Center Principal Investigator Dr. William Giannobile on winning the Ross Award given by the American Dental Association!  Check out the full press release here.

10-17-2018

Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center @ the University of Michigan’s Translational Funding Fair!

Representatives from 25 translational funds at the University of Michigan were present to provide inventors the opportunity to learn about resources and programs available to advance innovation into the marketplace.  Check out the video here!

8-30-2018

Check out the Practicum presentations from our first Annual Stakeholders’ Summit (July 10-11, 2018)

• Market Trends: Pucks, Skaters and Time (Jeanne Ambruster, Todd Scantlebury- The Avenues Company)
• IP Management and Commercialization: Academic Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, and Commercial Translation (Don Taylor, Andrew Brown- sciVelo, University of Pittsburgh)
• Quality Management (Shawn Bengtson- University of Pittsburgh, Mike Jamieson- University of Southern California, Melissa Eitzen- The University of Texas Medical Branch)

8-2-2018

Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project Funding Opportunity announced:

Regenerative Medicine Innovation Projects (RMIP) Investigator-Initiated Studies (Collaborative U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
(RFA-HL-18-030)

Regenerative Medicine Innovation Projects (RMIP) Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
(RFA-HL-18-031)

Regenerative Medicine Innovation Projects (RMIP) (UT2 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
(RFA-HL-18-033)

Regenerative Medicine Innovation Projects (RMIP) (U44 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
(RFA-HL-18-035)

Click here, for more information.

7-2-2018

Interview with RegMedNet: The Regenerative Medicine Resource Center: supporting pre-clinical interdisciplinary dental, oral and craniofacial projects.

6-11-2018

Dr. Almarza’s review entitled Preclinical Animal Models for Temporomandibular Joint Tissue Engineering published in Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews

5-23-2018

Just announced!  MPWRM Resource Center releases Cycle 3 Interdisciplinary Translational Project program Request for Pre-Proposal Applications.  Please click here for more information.

4-11-2018

MPWRM Resource Center Principal Investigator Dr. William Giannoble’s research on Periodontal Tissue Engineering made the April 2018 issue of Compendium magazine

4-10-2018

Osteo Science Foundation is pleased to announce the Spring 2018 submission cycle for the Peter Geistlich Research Awards. Click here for all the details and here to get started.  See the flyer here.

3-26-2018

MPWRM Resource Center was featured in American Association for Dental Research (AADR) News

Dr. William Giannobile, Editor-in-Chief of JDR celebrating #AADR2018

1-18-2018

MPWRM Resource Center’s January 2018 Newsletter

1-17-2018

Just announced! The MPWRM Resource Center will be hosting its First Annual Stakeholder’s Summit on July 10th and July 11th, 2018.

1-8-2018

FDA announces comprehensive regenerative medicine policy framework

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2017 releases

Regenerative Medicine resource center focuses on first projects

http://www.mirm.pitt.edu/cellular-therapy/funding-to-establish-nidcr-consortium-for-tissue-regeneration-therapies-received-from-nih/

http://www.dent.dent.umich.edu/news/2017/03/07/school-dentistry-leads-major-new-regenerative-medicine-center-funded-nih#sthash.B4OoLQil.dpbs

http://c-doctor.org/news/

University of Michigan, School of Dentistry News

http://www.dent.umich.edu

University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine News

http://www.dental.pitt.edu/

Wyss Institute News

https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/

McGowan Institute News

http://www.mirm.pitt.edu/media/current-news/

Latest News from NIDCR

View Website: https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/NewsAndFeatures/ENewsletters/CurrentNews/