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Research is all about people, too,\u201d says Nerem, founding director of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, who launched the workshop. \u201cWith that philosophy, it only makes sense to get our friends in the research community down here for a workshop.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis year\u2019s edition of the workshop (May 13-16) brought more than 170 people (engineers, scientists, clinicians, and industry partners) to the Sea Pines Resort and Conference Center. The collaborative groups have become as much a part of the workshop as the lectures on induced pluripotent stem cells or immunoengineering. The event is as much about building community as it is about sharing groundbreaking science, which has kind of changed from year to year. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe first workshop was focused on biomaterials and tissue engineering and we periodically change the topics,\u201d says Nerem, who launched the workshop. This year\u2019s edition was subtitled, \u201cDiscovery, Technologies and Translation.\u201d Past workshops have focused on computational biology, approaches to regenerative medicine, and the biology and tissue engineering of heart valves, \u201cbasically, all topics in which we\u2019re really interested,\u201d Nerem adds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen Nerem retired as director of the Petit Institute he turned over chairmanship of the workshop organizing committee to current executive director Bob Guldberg, who has taken the gathering to new levels, bringing aboard the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Wisconsin as co-sponsors of the event, along with the Center for Regenerative Engineering and Medicine, a collaborative research initiative of Georgia Tech, Emory and the University of Georgia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis year\u2019s event drew an international collection of more than 30 institutions, represented by an eclectic array of researchers, including the graduate students who delivered rapid-fire presentations and\/or took over the conference room Thursday night for a massive poster session, with more than 60 posters on display.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt\u2019s nice to have so much science in one place at one time, especially for researchers looking to collaborate down the road. It\u2019s even nicer to do it on Hilton Head. But interest in the Regenerative Medicine Workshop among a growing, wider range of universities and other research institutions may be a reflection of the rapidly evolving nature of the field.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cEvery year I wonder, \u2018how can we possibly top this next year?\u2019 But I think a big reason the workshop seems to get better and better is how quickly changes are happening in the regenerative medicine field right now,\u201d Guldberg says. \u201cNot just in terms of the science but also policy and ethical issues, as we discussed in our panel on precision regenerative medicine and the clinical translation and commercialization landscapes.\u0026nbsp; It\u2019s a very exciting time and I can\u2019t wait until next year\u2019s workshop!\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECONTACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. 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