{"70374":{"#nid":"70374","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT Trainees Meet the Director of the NSF","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESubra Suresh, PhD, Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), came to Georgia Tech to deliver the Parker H. Petit Institute\u2019s 2011 Distinguished Lecture presentation on diagnosing human diseases using biomedical models. While here, Suresh met with Georgia Tech\u0027s Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT trainees. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe NSF awarded the Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT in 2010 to Robert Nerem, PhD, director of the Georgia Tech \u0026amp; Emory Center for Regenerative Medicine, and Todd McDevitt, PhD, director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center and associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThese IGERT graduates are conducting the highest quality stem cell research for the purposes of discovering stem cell therapies, technologies and diagnosis. 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. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGreg Holst\u003C\/strong\u003E -\u0026nbsp; Precision Biosystems laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETorri Rinker \u003C\/strong\u003E-\u0026nbsp; Temenoff laboratory, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShalini Saxena \u003C\/strong\u003E-\u0026nbsp; Lyon laboratory, School of Material Science Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJosh Zimmermann \u003C\/strong\u003E-\u0026nbsp; McDevitt laboratory, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Director of the NSF met with Georgia Tech\u0027s Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT trainees for the Parker H. Petit Institute\u2019s 2011 Distinguished Lecture presentation."}],"uid":"27487","created_gmt":"2011-09-28 16:14:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Megan Richards","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70375":{"id":"70375","type":"image","title":"IGERT Trainees with NSF Director","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"IGERT Trainees with NSF Director","file":{"fid":"192953","name":"nsf_pres_igert_trainees.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nsf_pres_igert_trainees_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nsf_pres_igert_trainees_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2760045,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nsf_pres_igert_trainees_1.jpg?itok=IFpZue-j"}}},"media_ids":["70375"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/","title":"Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=70046","title":"2011 IBB Distinguished Lecture - NSF director"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stemcelligert.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT"}],"groups":[{"id":"65446","name":"IBB Training Grant - Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10506","name":"IGERT"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"}],"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":""}}}