{"667551":{"#nid":"667551","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Materials for Biomedical Systems Day Brings Researchers Together to Engineer Better Medicines","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOne of the National Academy of Engineering\u2019s Grand Challenges for Engineering is to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.engineeringchallenges.org\/challenges\/medicines.aspx\u0022\u003Eengineer better medicines\u003C\/a\u003E. To help address this challenge, W. Hong Yeo leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/materials-for-biomedical-systems\/\u0022\u003EMaterials for Biomedical Systems\u003C\/a\u003E research initiative for the Georgia Tech Institute for Materials (IMat). The goal of the initiative is to enhance human health via multidisciplinary materials research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe existing healthcare challenges are so complicated and demanding, so the collaboration between academia, industry, and national labs is imperative, and synergistic multidisciplinary research is required,\u201d explained Yeo, who is also an associate professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and holds a courtesy appointment in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo further this initiative, Yeo and Emory University\u2019s Young Jang organized the Materials for Biomedical Systems (MBS) Day at Georgia Tech. The workshop was held on March 30 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center and attracted researchers and industry representatives from a variety of disciplines.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe focus of the morning session was on soft materials and biomaterials for medical systems. It began with a talk on Organogels x EGaIn for Soft \u0026amp; Self-Healing Bioelectronics from Carmel Majidi, a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Additional speakers in the morning session included ProgenaCare Global\u2019s Allison Ramey-Ward, Seoul National University\u2019s Young Bin Choy, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science \u0026amp; Technology\u2019s Jae-Woong Jeong. The morning concluded with a panel discussion, regarding the translation of biomaterials technologies to system developments and commercialization, moderated by the University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Youngjae Chun.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe afternoon session of the day was focused on stem cells and regenerative medicine. It began with a talk on Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine from Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda, executive director of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) and Regents\u2019 Professor at Georgia Tech. Additional speakers in this session included Sung-Jin Park from Emory\/Georgia Tech, William Hynes from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Ki Dong Park from Ajou University, Ho-Wook Jun from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Johnna Temenoff from Emory University\/Georgia Tech. The session concluded with a panel discussion moderated by Johnny Lam from the Food and Drug Administration. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI am so thankful for all of the participants, sponsors, and organizers who made such an amazing workshop that generated innovative ideas and new collaboration opportunities from across the field,\u201d said Yeo. \u201cWe also discussed immediate commercialization paths and regulatory importance in developing biomaterials and medical systems. We will continue offering networking and research-sharing opportunities to facilitate knowledge exchange through this MBS initiative.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAfter the workshop, multiple students participated in a poster contest to showcase their research in biomaterials and medical systems and network with attendees. MBS Day was co-sponsored by IMat and IBB.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop brought together researchers from various disciplines to ehnance human health via multidisciplinary materials research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The workshop brought together researchers from various disciplines to ehnance human health via multidisciplinary materials research."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2023-04-28 13:59:49","changed_gmt":"2023-04-28 14:03:19","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670656":{"id":"670656","type":"image","title":"Carnegie Mellon\u0027s Carmel Majidi presents at Materials for Biomedical Systems Day","body":null,"created":"1682689736","gmt_created":"2023-04-28 13:48:56","changed":"1682690335","gmt_changed":"2023-04-28 13:58:55","alt":"Carnegie Mellon\u0027s Carmel Majidi presents at Materials for Biomedical Systems Day","file":{"fid":"253556","name":"mbs1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/28\/mbs1.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/28\/mbs1.png","mime":"image\/png","size":520741,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/04\/28\/mbs1.png?itok=Sfe4c470"}}},"media_ids":["670656"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186870","name":"go-imat"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaurie Haigh\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nResearch Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laurie.haigh@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}