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Lei & Rinker Compete in the 2013 IGERT Video & Poster Competition
Vote between May 21st - May 23rd (10:00 PM)
Adhesive Differences Enable Separation of Stem Cells to Advance Potential Therapies
A separation technique based on adhesive force differences could advance stem cell therapies.
Emory/Georgia Tech Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center Awards 11 Collaborative Seed Grants
Grants focus on how the body harnesses its own potential to heal or regenerate following trauma or disease
New Video - BioEngineering Graduate Program at Georgia Tech
Ranked 2nd in the nation by US News and World Report
Third Class of Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT Trainees Selected
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in Stem Cell Biomanufacturing announced its third class of Ph.D. student trainees.
Successful Stem Cell Differentiation Requires DNA Compaction, Study Finds
New research findings show that embryonic stem cells unable to fully compact the DNA inside them cannot differentiate into specific cell types.
IGERT Trainees Attend SBE 3rd International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering
IGERT trainees Doug White & Jenna Wilson presented at Stem Cell Engineering Conference
Two Georgia Tech Faculty Help to Define Emerging U.S Stem Cell Engineering Field through International Study
Georgia Tech faculty invited by the National Science Foundation to take part in an international assessment of the Stem Cell Engineering field.
Survey Reveals Scientists Have Trouble Accessing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
Stem Cell Biomanufacturing NSF IGERT Announces 2nd Class of Trainees
Seven new graduate students to begin training in manufacturing stem cells
Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT Trainees Meet the Director of the NSF
Director of the NSF met with Georgia Tech's Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT trainees for the Parker H. Petit Institute’s 2011 Distinguished Lecture presentation.
Transformative NIH Grant Will Support Development of Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics
Transformative NIH grant awarded to Georgia Tech and Emory researchers.
Obama Taps Georgia Tech President for National Manufacturing Steering Committee
President Barack Obama today named Georgia Tech President Peterson to the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee.
Nature Magazine features GT's "Out-of-the-box" Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT
The IGERT program is providing young researchers with “outside-the-box opportunities” for stem cell research amidst the funding feud
Georgia Tech Hosts Workshop on Stem Cell Engineering
The goal of workshop is to build inter-institutional partnerships and collaborations
Engineers Control the Environment to Direct Stem Cell Differentiation
Controlling the environment during stem cell development matters.
Todd McDevitt Discusses the Development of Stem Cell Therapies on CNN
Stem cells serve as the body’s most promising treatment option because of their potential to develop into many different types of cells
Georgia Tech Faculty Members Influencing Georgia
Georgia Tech Faculty Members Influencing Georgia
Georgia Tech and TERMIS Partner for 2013 Annual Meeting
Georgia Tech and TERMIS Partner for 2013 Annual Meeting
Delivering Stem Cells Improves Repair of Major Bone Injuries in Rats
Study reinforces potential value of stem cells to repair bone in
States Now Fund Majority of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Aaron Levine created an online searchable database showing funding information from the six states that adopted stem cell research programs.
NSF Awards $3M Stem Cell Bio-Manufacturing Program to Georgia Tech
A stem cell bio-manufacturing research and education program award has been awarded to Georgia Tech.
Delivery of Adult Versus Fetal Stem Cells for Bone Regeneration
Delivery of Adult Versus Fetal Stem Cells for Bone Regeneration
Stem Cells Could Be Big Business for Georgia
Stem Cells Could Be Big Business for Georgia

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Cellular Calls: Listening in on Body's Protein "Chatter" May Lead to New Therapies

McDevitt comments on Balaji Rao work in Scientific American

McDevitt Selected as TEDx Georgia Tech Speaker

Presenation on Personalized Medicine & Stem Cells

Emory/Georgia Tech Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center Awards 11 Collaborative Seed Grants

$630,000, for promising new research that focuses on how the body can harness its own potential to heal or regenerate following trauma or disease.

WebMD Seeks Stem Cell Experts for Website Content

McDevitt 1 of 4 experts consulted

NSF Stem Cell Engineering - A Global Assessment - WTEC Study

Todd McDevitt gives a presentation, after a year-long study, on Bioprocessing and Biomanufacturing

Industrial Evolution: Rebuilding U.S. Manufacturing

Barbara Boyan remarks on challenges of getting getting great ideas to market in the regenerative medicine field.

Robot That Connects to Neurons Could Provide Key to Understanding the Human Brain

Researchers could also go beyond neurons to study things like tumors and stem cells.

Georgia Tech First in North America to Acquire TAP Biosystem's ambr System

TAP Biosystems has installed an advanced micro bioreactor system (ambr) at the Georgia Institute of Technology to determine optimal conditions for culturing stem cell lines

Chinese Officials Halt Unapproved Stem Cell Therapies

Levine comments in Nature Medicine.

Levine on Diverse Stem Cell Lines

Scientists are struggling with the logistics of obtaining cell lines, from a survey of more than 200 US human embryonic stem cell researchers.

Stem Cell IGERT Featured in Georgia Tech's Annual Report

The pages of this FiscalYear 2011 Annual Report are filled with many examples of how our students, faculty, staff, and friends are building Georgia Tech’s momentum in support of the goals outlined in the strategic plan.

McDevitt Discusses the Development of Stem Cell Therapies on CNN

Discussed the importance of understanding the effects of the stem cell therapies.

Soldiers benefit from medical innovation

GT researchers investigate the potential of using stem cells to heal wounds.

McDevitt Featured in Georgia Trend Magazine

Stem Cell Research Debated in Georgia

McDevitt Featured on My Fox Atlanta

Opinions on Stem Cell Resarch in Georgia

Nature Materials - Materials in a Cellular World

McDevitt Lab Featured