{"50237":{"#nid":"50237","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Todd McDevitt Named SFB Young Investigator For 2010","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Todd C. McDevitt, PhD, has\nbeen awarded the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Biomaterials\n(SFB). The Young Investigator Award recognizes an individual each year who has\ndemonstrated outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of biomaterials\nresearch. McDevitt will receive the award at the 2010 Annual Meeting to be held\nin Seattle, Washington next April where he will also be provided the opportunity to\naddress the whole society. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis\nmarks the fourth time in the last seven years that a Georgia Tech faculty member\nhas received the SFB Young Investigator award. \u0026nbsp;Niren Murthy (BME) received the award in 2008, Julia Babensee (BME)\nin 2005 and Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda (ME) in 2004.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe McDevitt Laboratory for the Engineering of Stem Cell Technologies is\nfocused on the development and application of engineering principles to\ntranslate the potential of stem cells into viable regenerative therapies and in\nvitro diagnostics. Biomaterials-based approaches are used to engineer the\nmicroenvironment of stem cells in order to improve the efficiency and\nhomogeneity of directed stem cell differentiation strategies.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\naddition, the McDevitt laboratory\u2019s research focuses on development of novel\nregenerative molecular therapies from natural biomaterials produced by stem\ncells. The combination of directed stem cell differentiation and development of\nstem cell-derived biomaterials is expected to yield fresh insights into stem\ncell biology, facilitate new regenerative therapies and create novel cell\ndiagnostic platforms. The McDevitt laboratory research is supported by funding\nfrom the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, American\nHeart Association and the Georgia Research Alliance, among others.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn addition to the being named the 2010 Society for Biomaterials Young\nInvestigator, McDevitt was appointed as a Petit Faculty Fellow in the Institute\nfor Bioengineering and Bioscience in September 2009 and named the Director of\nthe new Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, which is scheduled to\nofficially launch in 2010.\u0026nbsp; The establishment of the first center of its\nkind in the United States will bring together expertise from different\nengineering disciplines to address key technical challenges that currently\nlimit the translation of stem cells and to innovate new technologies that will\nenhance basic stem cell research.\u0026nbsp; The center will include Georgia Tech\nfaculty from the College of Engineering, College of Sciences, and Ivan Allen\nCollege, in addition to collaborative partnerships with stem cell researchers at\nthe University of Georgia, Emory University and other partnering institutions\nthroughout the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Todd C. McDevitt, PhD, has been awarded the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Biomaterials (SFB). The Young Investigator Award recognizes an individual each year who has demonstrated outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of biomaterials research. McDevitt will receive the award at the 2010 Annual Meeting to be held in Seattle, WA, next April where he will also be provided the opportunity to address the whole society.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Todd C. 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