{"296421":{"#nid":"296421","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and the Georgia Research Alliance Partner on Nation-wide Cell Manufacturing Consortium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology is piloting a new national initiative to make the U.S. the world leader in biomanufacturing of cell therapies \u2013 projected to be a $10 billion global industry within a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETodd McDevitt, Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center, is leading the launch of the nation-wide Cell Manufacturing Consortium, an effort that will be funded by a $499,636 planning grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), announced Thursday by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grant is being administered through the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), the lead agency joined by nine founding partners, a collection of research universities and industries from almost every corner of the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA planning grant of this size is significant, and it lays the groundwork for something larger and more compelling,\u201d says McDevitt, also a Petit Faculty Fellow in the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne potential goal would be winning designation as an Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IMI), part of President Obama\u2019s proposed National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), a $1 billion federal initiative to create system of 45 regional hubs, each focused on the development and application of different cutting-edge manufacturing technologies. So far, the NNMIs that have been named (such as the digital manufacturing institute in Chicago, announced in February) have ensnared federal grants valued at $30 to $70 million.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GRA leads a consortium funding partnership that includes Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin (Madison), the University of California (Berkeley), North Carolina State University, Aruna Biomedical (Athens, Ga.), Cellgene Cellular Therapeutics (Warren, N.J.), and RoosterBio (Frederick, Md.). These entities will try to work the snowball effect, gathering others to the cause as they move forward. That\u2019s already happening, says McDevitt, who has been fielding a growing tide of interest from academia and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGreg Dane, an industry fellow with GRA, will lead the new consortium\u2019s development efforts along with McDevitt, who is the scientific technical lead.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe success of our proposal was the result of an unselfish team effort of multiple people,\u201d McDevitt says. \u201cBased on their mission to foster the development of advanced technologies that can have significant and meaningful economic impact, the Georgia Research Alliance was a natural entity to lead this proposal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn addition, we benefitted tremendously from the experience of people like [founding Petit Institute director and professor emeritus] Bob Nerem and Ben Wang from Georgia Tech\u0027s Manufacturing Institute, to put together a project of this scope.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe presence of the Stem Cell Engineering Center as well as the NSF-funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in Stem Cell Biomanufacturing almost certainly played a role in NIST\u2019s decision, and GRA\u2019s trust, as Georgia Tech continues to solidify its standing as a hub of research activities in biomanufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWorking together, GRA, Georgia Tech, and our other consortium partners can more readily accelerate the growth of the domestic cell manufacturing industry than individuals or small groups working independently,\u201d says C. Michael Cassidy, president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliance.\u0026nbsp;\u201cGeorgia Tech and its faculty have a strong reputation in bioengineering and will show excellent technical leadership for the consortium.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology is piloting a new national initiative to make the U.S. the world leader in biomanufacturing of cell therapies."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology is piloting a new national initiative to make the U.S. the world leader in biomanufacturing of cell therapies \u2013 projected to be a $10 billion global industry within a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology is piloting a new national initiative to make the U.S. the world leader in biomanufacturing of cell therapies."}],"uid":"27224","created_gmt":"2014-05-11 13:47:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:26","author":"Megan McDevitt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"271091":{"id":"271091","type":"image","title":"Todd McDevitt Elected to AIMBE\u2019s College of Fellows","body":null,"created":"1449244095","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:48:15","changed":"1475894961","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:21","alt":"Todd McDevitt Elected to AIMBE\u2019s College of Fellows","file":{"fid":"198638","name":"10p1000-p37-004_copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p37-004_copy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p37-004_copy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2474162,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10p1000-p37-004_copy_0.jpg?itok=At4Mf623"}},"296431":{"id":"296431","type":"image","title":"Michael Cassidy","body":null,"created":"1449244530","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:30","changed":"1475894995","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:55","alt":"Michael Cassidy","file":{"fid":"199411","name":"imgres_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/imgres_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/imgres_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4396,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/imgres_0_0.jpg?itok=U9DHCAFl"}},"296441":{"id":"296441","type":"image","title":"Greg Dane","body":null,"created":"1449244530","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:30","changed":"1475894995","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:55","alt":"Greg Dane","file":{"fid":"199412","name":"imgres-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/imgres-1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/imgres-1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4406,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/imgres-1_0.jpg?itok=fzvM-w37"}}},"media_ids":["271091","296431","296441"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStem Cell Engineering (BMED 8813) has been offered since the spring of 2011 and was created by McDevitt as a way to educate graduate students about a research area that is becoming increasingly popular.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIncluding the 10 students at Tech, there are 39 students enrolled in this semester\u2019s course. Aside from Tech, they are located at Washington University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, University of California, Merced, and the University of Wisconsin. And although this is a graduate-level course, undergraduates can take the course with McDevitt\u2019s permission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo what can students expect during a week of classes? On Tuesdays, students from all of the participating campuses hear a lecture via the video conferencing system on a stem cell engineering topic \u2014 think everything from stem cell biology basics to stem cell biomanufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the class meets on Thursdays, two students (at each location) typically lead a 50-minute discussion on a recently published journal article related to the lecture topic to their in-person peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen, for the remainder of class, the Tech group video conferences with the students at other locations to discuss the key points brought up by each local group.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s very helpful to have the perspective of students and faculty from other universities,\u201d\u0026nbsp; said Jenna Wilson, a Ph.D. student in the bioengineering program who is a former student of the course turned teaching assistant. \u201cBecause people at other universities have different areas of research expertise, they can provide greater insight into aspects of the stem cell engineering field and pose interesting questions for discussion.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWilson also appreciated the small class size and discussion format of the course.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBoth aspects allow for great conversations with other students and some of the leading faculty in the stem cell engineering field,\u201d she added. \u201cEven though the class is broadcast across six universities, it\u0027s still a small group where you can feel comfortable sharing ideas and opinions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe course is typically offered during spring semester. For more information, email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:todd.mcdevitt@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMcDevitt \u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 10 graduate students are discussing stem cell population analysis, when it\u2019s time. Before they can continue the discussion, Todd McDevitt, the instructor, has to do one thing \u2014 turn on the TV.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 10 graduate students are discussing stem cell population analysis, when it\u2019s time. 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By facilitating new research, the separation process could also lead to improvements in the reprogramming technique itself and help scientists model certain disease processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe reprogramming technique allows a small percentage of cells \u2013 often taken from the skin or blood \u2013 to become human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) capable of producing a wide range of other cell types. Using cells taken from a patient\u2019s own body, the reprogramming technique might one day enable regenerative therapies that could, for example, provide new heart cells for treating cardiovascular disorders or new neurons for treating Alzheimer\u2019s disease or Parkinson\u2019s disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut the cell reprogramming technique is inefficient, generating mixtures in which the cells of interest make up just a small percentage of the total volume. Separating out the pluripotent stem cells is now time-consuming and requires a level of skill that could limit use of the technique \u2013 and hold back the potential therapies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address the problem, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tunable process that separates cells according to the degree to which they adhere to a substrate inside a tiny microfluidic device. The adhesion properties of the hiPSCs differ significantly from those of the cells with which they are mixed, allowing the potentially-therapeutic cells to be separated to as much as 99 percent purity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe high-throughput separation process, which takes less than 10 minutes to perform, does not rely on labeling technologies such as antibodies. Because it allows separation of intact cell colonies, it avoids damaging the cells, allowing a cell survival rate greater than 80 percent. The resulting cells retain normal transcriptional profiles, differentiation potential and karyotype.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe principle of the separation is based on the physical phenomenon of adhesion strength, which is controlled by the underlying biology,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/garcia\u0022\u003EAndr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda\u003C\/a\u003E, the study\u2019s principal investigator and a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis is a very powerful platform technology because it is easy to implement and easy to scale up.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe separation process was described April 7 in the advance online publication of the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Methods\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Institutes of Health\u003C\/a\u003E (NIH) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E (NSF), supplemented by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe scientists applied their new understanding of the adhesive properties of human pluripotent stem cells to develop a quick, efficient method for isolating these medically important cells,\u201d said Paula Flicker, of the National Institutes of Health\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nigms.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Institute of General Medical Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, which partly funded the research. \u201cTheir work represents an innovative conversion of basic biological findings into a strategy with therapeutic potential.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn improved separation technique is essential for converting the human induced pluripotent stem cells produced by reprogramming into viable therapies, said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=78\u0022\u003ETodd McDevitt\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E, and director of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scec.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStem Cell Engineering Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor research purposes, depending on labeling reagents for separation is not a major problem,\u201d said McDevitt, one of the paper\u2019s co-authors. \u201cBut when we move into commercialization and manufacturing of cell therapies for humans, we need a technology approach that is unbiased and able to be scaled up.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe separation technique, called micro stem cell high-efficiency adhesion-based recovery (\u00b5SHEAR), will allow standardization across laboratories, providing consistent results that don\u2019t depend on the skill level of the users.\u0026nbsp; \u201cBecause of the engineering and technology involved, and the characterization work, we now have a technology that is readily transferrable,\u201d McDevitt said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u00b5SHEAR process grew out of an understanding of how cells involved in the reprogramming process change morphologically as the process proceeds. Using a spinning disk device, the researchers tested the adhesive properties of the hiPSCs, the parental somatic cells, partially-reprogrammed cells and reprogrammed cells that had begun differentiating. For each cell type, they measured its \u201cadhesive signature\u201d \u2013 the level of force required to detach the cells from a substrate that had been coated with specific proteins.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team, which included Georgia Tech postdoctoral fellows Ankur Singh and Shalu Suri, tested their technique in microfluidic devices developed in collaboration with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/lu\u0022\u003EHang Lu\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the testing, cells from the culture were first allowed to attach to the substrate before being subjected to the flow of buffer fluid. Cells with a lower adhesive signature detached from the substrate at lower flow rates. By varying the flow rate, the researchers were able to separate specific types of cells, allowing production of stem cell cultures with purity as high as 99 percent \u2013 from mixtures in which those cells accounted for only a few percent of the total.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt different stages of reprogramming, we see differences in the molecular composition and distribution of the cellular structures that control adhesion force,\u201d Garc\u00eda explained. \u201cOnce we know the range of adhesive forces for each cell type, we can apply those narrow ranges to select the populations that come off in each range.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing inexpensive disposable \u201ccassettes,\u201d the microfluidic system could be scaled up to increase the volume of cells produced and to provide specific separations, Garc\u00eda noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnlike existing labeling techniques, the new separation process works on cell colonies, avoiding the need to risk damaging cells by breaking up colonies for separation. The separation process has been tested with both reprogrammed blood and skin cells. Cells were provided for testing by ArunA Biomedical, a company based in Athens, Ga., founded by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stice.uga.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Georgia professor Steven Stice\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the direct application in producing stem cells, the separation technique could also help scientists with other research in which cells need to be separated \u2013 including potential improvements in the reprogramming technique, which won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCell reprogramming has been a black box,\u201d said McDevitt. \u201cYou start the reprogramming process, and when the cells are fully reprogrammed, you can pick them out visually. But there are really interesting scientific questions about this process, and by isolating cells undergoing reprogramming, we may be able to make new discoveries about how the process occurs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the project also included graduate student Ted Lee and research technician Marissa Cooke of Georgia Tech, researcher Jamie Chilton of ArunA, and Weiqiang Chen and Jianping Fu of the University of Michigan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by an ARRA supplement to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards R01 GM065918 and R43 NS080407, the Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, a Sloan Foundation Fellowship, by the National Science Foundation under award DBI-0649833 and an ARRA sub-award under grant RC1CA144825, and by NSF award CMMI-1129611, the Georgia Tech-Emory Center for Regenerative Medicine (GTEC) and the Parker H. 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I am also proud to represent my great colleagues along with past and present trainees from Georgia Tech who have contributed to this recognition.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Society for Biomaterials is the oldest scientific organization in the field of biomaterials and has a mission of encouraging, fostering, promoting and advancing education, and research and development, in biomaterials science. \u0026nbsp;The society has grown to more than 2,000 members since its inception in 1974.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Garc\u00eda is an outstanding recipient of this award,\u0022 said Buddy Ratner, Ph.D., professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering at the University of Washington, who recommended Garc\u00eda for the Clemson award. \u0022His strong commitment to polymeric biomaterials and to the modern biology of healing and regeneration, coupled with a fine intelligence, a charismatic personality and super-charged energy, has propelled his career and technical impact to the top of the discipline.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to this award, the society announced that a pioneering publication by Garc\u00eda was one of twenty-five articles selected as part of a special virtual edition of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Biomedical Materials Research\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;celebrating the 100\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E volume of the journal. 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P. \u201cBud\u201d\nPeterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe commend our outstanding\nfaculty, staff and students who helped make this a reality.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech appears on the top 10 list of engineering specialties more than any other ranked institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Management full-time MBA program\nranked No. 32, while the Institute\u2019s part-time MBA program ranked No. 28. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology graduate programs continue\nto earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech graduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026 World Report."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-03-13 09:03:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:52","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"83641":{"id":"83641","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178095","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:15","changed":"1475894700","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:00"}},"media_ids":["83641"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-graduate-schools","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/home","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2008","name":"College of Management"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1209","name":"MBA"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"112651":{"#nid":"112651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Georgia Tech Faculty Help to Define Emerging U.S Stem Cell Engineering Field through International Study","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert M. Nerem, Ph.D., professor in mechanical engineering and Todd C.\nMcDevitt, Ph.D., director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech,\nwere invited by the lead sponsor, Semahat S.\nDemir Ph.D. of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to take part in an\ninternational assessment of the stem cell engineering field.\u0026nbsp; Nerem will\nlead the panel and the findings of this study will result in recommendations to\nthe NSF and other funding agencies on future research directions and\ninvestments, recommendations on global initiatives with international partners\nand public workshops.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe study, which is being conducted by the World Technology Evaluation Center\n(WTEC), aims to assess the current status and the trends of stem cell\nengineering, and compare U.S. research and development programs with those\nabroad.\u0026nbsp; In addition to the NSF, the study is co-sponsored by the National\nInstitutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Standards and\nTechnology (NIST).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u201cTech is fortunate to have two out of the six experts on this panel,\u201d Nerem\nsaid. \u201cIt conveys Georgia Tech\u0027s nascent leadership in this relatively new and\nrapidly growing field and it is a great opportunity to provide input and\nleadership to our funding agencies and help our government understand where\nbest to invest.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPresident Obama, Congress and numerous states have recognized the value of stem\ncell research. Knowledge of research activities abroad will help to formulate\nand prioritize research directions to support President Obama\u0027s executive order\nfor expanding stem cell research so that it has the greatest potential for\nclinical and commercial applications.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDozens of companies have recently entered the stem cell engineering field in\nsearch of clinical and commercial applications.\u0026nbsp; There is clear impetus\nfor the U.S. to support stem cell research and continue its leadership in the\nbasic sciences for the betterment of humankind.\u0026nbsp; A Congressional Research\nService report on stem cell research, which reviewed the political, moral and\nethical issues of the subject, indicated the strengthening interest and\neconomic commitment for stem cell research in the U.S. and the rest of the\nworld.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis study will use WTEC\u0027s methodology and an expert panel of six to conduct\nsite visits to overseas laboratories where work in stem cell engineering is\ndone. The panelists began their study in November, when they traveled to China\nand Japan, and will continue their evaluation this week in Europe.\u0026nbsp; These\nvisits, combined with the panel\u0027s own research experiences and assessments,\nwill help shape a report.\u0026nbsp; Like the previous WTEC studies on the tissue\nengineering and nanotechnology fields, this effort will act as a guide for U.S.\nresearch investments in this emerging field and will help identify key issues\nof critical importance to program officers. \u2028\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u201cThis is an excellent opportunity to learn what other countries are doing and\nbenchmark against other programs in order to position the U.S. to become\nleaders in stem cell research and development,\u201d said McDevitt, who is also an\nassociate professor in the Wallace H. 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In addition to Nerem and McDevitt, other panelists include Jeanne\nLoring, Ph.D., The Scripps Institute; Sean Palecek, Ph.D., University of\nWisconsin; David Schaffer, Ph.D., University California at Berkeley; and Peter\nZandstra, Ph.D., University of Toronto.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWTEC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) research institute, which is a spin-off of\nLoyola University Maryland.\u0026nbsp; Since 1989, WTEC has provided such assessment\nstudies in more than 60 fields of R\u0026amp;D under peer-reviewed grants from NSF.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech faculty invited by the National Science Foundation to take part in an international assessment of the Stem Cell Engineering field."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert M. 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As a result, stem cell biomanufacturing is on the verge of broadly impacting regenerative medicine, drug discovery and development, cell-based diagnostics and cancer.\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this year, United States President Barack Obama asked Georgia Tech\u2019s President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson to join the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee to revolutionize manufacturing in the United States.  Along with other industry and university representatives, the purpose of this committee is to identify and invest in the key emerging technologies, such as information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology to help U.S. manufacturers improve cost, quality and speed of production in order to remain globally competitive.  The stem cell biomanufacturing industry need look no further than President Peterson\u2019s backyard for future experts in stem cell biomanufacturing.\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI have received dozens of calls and emails from industry looking for graduates of this program because of the uniqueness of the training and the need for manufacturing expertise,\u201d stated McDevitt. \u201cGeorgia Tech has a real opportunity to become a leader in this emerging field and begin to answer questions about down-stream processes so that when the first clinical therapies are discovered, scientists are prepared to be able to respond with cells in the quantity and quality that will be needed for treatment.\u201d\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT is further catalyzed by the Stem Cell Engineering Center, which was also established in 2010 and brings together research laboratories from all over the state of Georgia to discuss and develop collaborative opportunities for research labs engineering novel stem cell based technologies, therapies, and diagnostics.   \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT award will train over 30 graduate students in the first 5 years of the program. 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From various engineering and scientific backgrounds, these students are working to enhance the fields of regenerative medicine, drug discovery \u0026amp; development, cell-based diagnostics and cancer treatments using stem cell applications. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFall 2011 awards were given out to the following first-year PhD graduate students:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Bongiorno\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; - Sulchek laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERob Dromms\u003C\/strong\u003E - Styczynski laboratory, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevon Headen\u003C\/strong\u003E -\u0026nbsp; Garcia laboratory, Wallace H. 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The national initiative is designed to help U.S. manufacturers improve cost, quality and speed of production in order to remain globally competitive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe applaud this initiative, and Georgia Tech is honored to collaborate to identify ways to strengthen the manufacturing sector to help create jobs in Georgia and across the United States,\u201d said Peterson, who also serves as a member of the Secretary of Commerce\u0027s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe steering committee will guide the efforts of industry leaders, federal agency heads and university presidents, and will partner universities with industry and government agencies to develop new research and education agendas related to advanced manufacturing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe president also announced a new National Robotics Initiative as part of the advanced manufacturing and technology focus. Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics for Georgia Tech, serves as an academic and research leader on the National Robotics Initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Christensen, this is a critical time for the U.S. While the last 25 years saw tremendous progress due to the Internet, the next game-changing revolution will be robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRobotics technology addresses a number of our nation\u2019s most critical needs, including reinvigorating the U.S. manufacturing base, protecting our citizens and soldiers, caring for our aging population, preserving our environment, and reducing our dependence on foreign oil,\u201d Christensen said. \u201cThrough the National Robotics Initiative, the United States can regain our leadership position from Europe, Japan and South Korea, both in terms of basic research and in terms of the application of the technology to secure future growth. As home to one of the nation\u2019s top robotics programs, Georgia Tech is an enthusiastic member of this strategic effort.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Advanced Manufacturing Partnership will commit to form a multiuniversity, collaborative framework for the sharing of educational materials and best practices relating to advanced manufacturing and its linkage to the innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESusan Hockfield, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Andrew Liveries of Dow Chemical are chairing the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee.\u0026nbsp; In addition to Peterson, other committee members include University of California at Berkley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, Stanford President John Hennessy and Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany of our challenges can be solved through innovation and fostering an entrepreneurial environment, as well as collaboration between industry, education and government to create a healthy economic environment and an educated workforce,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThis collaborative effort will facilitate job creation and global competitiveness and is a component of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"College of Computing Professor Leads National Robotics Roadmap"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E President Barack Obama today named Georgia Tech President G. 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A second victory for scientists recently occurred when courts ruled that \u201cthe Department of Health and Human Services would not prevent future presidents or Congresses from acting anew to limit government funding for research.\u201d However, there is still some public opposition to using human embryos for research. The NIH will fund $125 million to stem cell research this year alone, but scientists are wary knowing this funding comes without long-term security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe article details programs available to young scientist considering careers in stem-cell research in the US and around the world. Ms. Wadman recommended stem cell PhD programs at Stanford, the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at New York University School of Medicine, the University of Minnesota, and the Hanover Biomedical Research School in Germany.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe also commented on \u201cthe emerging need for biomanufacturures with stem-cell experitise, as exemplified by a new PhD prgoramme in stem-cell biomanufacturing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, funded by the US National Science Foundation. The programme opened its doors last year and is admitting six students per year. \u201cIf stem cells are going to move out of the lab, there will be lots of need for engineers to produce a large number of identical cells,\u201d says Aaron Levine, assistant professor of public policy at Georgia Tech and researcher involved in the IGERT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT program is headed by co-directors, Todd McDevitt, PhD and Bob Nerem, PhD, and offers enormous promise for researchers to become experts in stem cell biomanufacturing for the development of cell-based therapies, including regenerative medicine, drug discovery and development, cell-based diagnostics, and cancer. With funding for the next 4 years, this IGERT program is transforming the potential of stem cells for PhD scientists and engineers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7350-241a\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EView Article Here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT featured in Nature Magazine"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT program at the Georgia Institute of Technology was mentioned in Nature Magazine on June 9\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E \u0026nbsp;in \u003Cem\u003EGrowing with the flow\u003C\/em\u003E by Meredith Wadman as one of the few programs providing young researchers with \u201coutside-the-box opportunities\u201d for stem cell research amidst the funding feud.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The IGERT program is providing young researchers with \u201coutside-the-box opportunities\u201d for stem cell research amidst the funding feud"}],"uid":"27487","created_gmt":"2011-06-15 11:20:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:53","author":"Megan Richards","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66532":{"id":"66532","type":"image","title":"Stem Cells","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"Stem Cells","file":{"fid":"193318","name":"e3500x.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/e3500x_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/e3500x_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":289298,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/e3500x_0.jpg?itok=V2RyB95-"}}},"media_ids":["66532"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2011\/110609\/full\/nj7350-241a.html","title":"Biomedical Research: Growing with the flow"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stemcelligert.gatech.edu\/about","title":"Stem Cell IGERT website"},{"url":"http:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/","title":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"url":"http:\/\/center.ibb.gatech.edu\/scec\/hg_news\/66531","title":"SCEC"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9555","name":"aaron levine"},{"id":"10506","name":"IGERT"},{"id":"3803","name":"nature"},{"id":"167499","name":"Stem Cell Biomanufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMegan Richards\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["megan.richards@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"66035":{"#nid":"66035","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts Workshop on Stem Cell Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Stem Cell Engineering Center is hosting a half-day workshop on May 9, 2011 at the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. \u0026nbsp;Seventy-five scientists and trainees from seven different departments at Georgia Tech, Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine and the University of Georgia are convening to discuss research from various fields relating to stem cell engineering. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAligned with the mission of the Stem Cell Engineering Center, the purpose of this workshop is to cultivate teams of researchers from the basic sciences to address key hurdles and technological challenges currently impeding the development of stem cell therapeutics and diagnostics. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStem cells, or unspecialized cells, hold tremendous promise as a biological resource for regenerative medicine therapies, pharmaceutical discovery and development, and cell-based diagnostic assays. Transforming the potential of stem cells into viable biomedical technologies and commercial applications is dependent on developing efficient, robust, non-destructive and scalable strategies to control, assay and manufacture stem cells and stem cell-derived products. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany of the unique challenges posed by stem cell research could be addressed by applying innovative technological advances occurring in adjacent disciplines for similar purposes, but different applications. Presentations during the workshop will include talks on differentiation technologies, bioanalytical techniques, multi-scale phenotypic analysis and stem cell biomanufacturing. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech hosts half-day workshop on stem cell engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The goal of workshop is to build inter-institutional partnerships and collaborations"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2011-05-09 13:13:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:41","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66036":{"id":"66036","type":"image","title":"Stem cell bioprocessing","body":null,"created":"1449176916","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:36","changed":"1475894585","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:05","alt":"Stem cell bioprocessing","file":{"fid":"192455","name":"stem_cell_image.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stem_cell_image_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stem_cell_image_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9078,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/stem_cell_image_0.jpg?itok=qac1y6g7"}}},"media_ids":["66036"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/","title":"Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"url":"http:\/\/scec.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stem Cell Engineering Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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However, there are many facets to stem cells therapies\nthat are still unclear. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. McDevitt explained the importance of researching all\naspects of stem cells to better understand the effects of the stem cell\ntherapies being developed and more importantly which stem cells are best for\nthe job. Currently, the Department of Defense is using stem cell therapies to\ntreat wounded soldiers and more research is\nbeing done to repair spinal cords and damage caused by traumatic brain\ninjuries. He stressed that the unknowns of stem cell therapies are still being discovered\nand further study is necessary to find the best stem cell treatment for each\nspecific problem. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Stem Cell Therapies on CNN"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETodd McDevitt, PhD,\nco-PI of the stem cell biomanufacturing IGERT program at Georgia Tech and\ndirector of the Stem Cell Engineering Center was broadcasted live on CNN to\ndiscuss the development of stem cell based therapies and treatment\noptions. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stem cells serve as the body\u2019s most promising treatment option because of their  potential to develop into many different types of cells"}],"uid":"27487","created_gmt":"2011-06-08 15:49:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:49","author":"Megan Richards","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66435":{"id":"66435","type":"image","title":"Stem Cell","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"Stem Cell","file":{"fid":"192533","name":"o1500x.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/o1500x_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/o1500x_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":118445,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/o1500x_0.jpg?itok=DpVYOFJN"}}},"media_ids":["66435"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/scec.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stem Cell Engineering Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/mcdevittlab.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"McDevitt Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/data\/2.0\/video\/world\/2011\/05\/17\/analyzing.stem.cell.research.cnn.html","title":"View CNN interview"}],"groups":[{"id":"65425","name":"IBB Center - SCEC"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"760","name":"Todd McDevitt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMegan Richards\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch Program Coordinator\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute of Bioengineering \u0026amp; Bioscience\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:megan.richards@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emegan.richards@ibb.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["megan.richards@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"60431":{"#nid":"60431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NSF Awards $3M Stem Cell Bio-Manufacturing Program to Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $3 million to the Georgia Institute of Technology to fund a unique research program on stem cell bio-manufacturing. The program is specifically focused on developing engineering methods for stem cell production, in order to meet the anticipated demand for stem cells. The award comes through the NSF\u0027s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program, which supports innovation in graduate education in fields that cross academic disciplines and have broad societal impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile stem cell research is on the verge of broadly impacting many elements of the medical field -- regenerative medicine, drug discovery and development, cell-based diagnostics and cancer -- the bio-process engineering that will be required to manufacture sufficient quantities of functional stem cells for these diagnostic and therapeutic purposes has not been rigorously explored. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Successfully integrating knowledge of stem cell biology with bioprocess engineering and process development into single individuals is the challenging goal of this program,\u0022 said Todd McDevitt, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University and a Petit Faculty Fellow in the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcDevitt is leading the IGERT with Robert M. Nerem, professor emeritus of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. Nerem is also director of the Georgia Tech\/Emory Center (GTEC) for Regenerative Medicine, which will administer this award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. students funded by Georgia Tech\u0027s stem cell bio-manufacturing IGERT will receive interdisciplinary educational training in the biology, engineering, enabling technologies, commercialization and public policy related to stem cells. Their research efforts will focus on developing innovative engineering approaches to bridge the gap between basic discoveries made in stem cell biology and therapeutic stem cell-based technologies. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This program provides a unique opportunity for engineers to generate standardized and quantitative methods for stem cell isolation, characterization, propagation and differentiation,\u0022 said Nerem. \u0022These techniques must be developed in a scalable manner to efficiently produce sufficient numbers of stem cells and derivatives in accessible formats in order to yield a spectrum of novel therapeutic and diagnostic applications of stem cells.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech program is centered around three main research thrusts, which focus on several critical technologies that must be developed to enable the application and use of stem cell-based products: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Creating reproducible, controlled and scalable methods to expand and differentiate stem cells with defined phenotypes and epigenetic states. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Developing reliable, rapid and quantifiable methods to characterize the composition and function of stem cells to be generated. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Designing low-cost systems capable of producing large populations of defined stem cells and derivatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the program will be able to take advantage of the core facilities provided by the new Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, which is directed by McDevitt. Technologies developed by the students supported through this IGERT will be rapidly integrated into academic and industrial stem cell practices and cell-based products. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award will support 30 new Ph.D. students over the next five years and brings together more than two dozen faculty members from Georgia Tech, Emory University, the University of Georgia and the Morehouse School of Medicine. In addition, plans are being made for students to participate in international research collaborations with the National University of Ireland at Galway, Imperial College London, the University of Cambridge and the University of Toronto. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We anticipate this program will produce the future leaders and innovators in the field of stem cell bio-manufacturing who will contribute significantly at the interface of stem cell engineering, biology and therapy,\u0022 added McDevitt. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30308 USA \u003C\/strong\u003E Abby Vogel Robinson (404-385-3364; \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:abby@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eabby@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986; \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMedia Relations Contacts:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Abby Vogel Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Nerem and McDevitt will lead Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF has awarded $3 million to Georgia Tech to fund a unique research program on stem cell bio-manufacturing. 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This up-beat hosted educational media piece, targets junior high, high school and college students and the videos are intended to help facilitate informed career and field of study decisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach show covers a different career with supporting hierarchies and rankings and there are 55 careers spanning 12 industries in all. The unique informal in-person interview style, comprehensive career coverage and proprietary career ranking system help to show the breadth of career choices available to students as well as help students decide if a particular career is of interest to them. In order to make the featured careers come to life, \u0022real people\u0022 are interviewd in \u0022real jobs\u0022 at \u0022real company settings.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is an ongoing video project that is being conducted by Caerus Point LLC. 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