BRIDGE Summer Course on Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine

Madeira, Portugal, September 21-25, 2009

Organization

Helena Tomás

Centro de Química da Madeira, University of Madeira

http://cqm.uma.pt

Pedro L. Granja

INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, University of Porto

http://www.ineb.up.pt

Overview

The BRIDGE Summer Course on Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine is an initiative part of the Work Package 4 on Education, of the BRIDGE Project.

This Course is designed for PhD students that have enrolled in the Bridge Educational Programme.

The Course will consist in 5 full days at a single location, based on 2-3 lectures per day given by internationally reputed speakers on several topics of Biomaterials Science and Regenerative Medicine. Each lecture will provide background concepts, as well as advanced topics.

The activities in this Course are interconnected with previous activities of this Educational Programme. Bridge PhD students, organized in groups, will present a Business Plan drafted during the Winter Course (Budapest, February 2009), aimed at valuing the results of research in this scientific field. In addition, students will also be given the opportunity to present their work in a Poster Session and develop a Research Project during the week, in the format of a grant application, which will be discussed and commented by the lecturers.

Overall, the added value of this Course to PhD students relies on:

    * High level and focused lecturers
    * Advanced training
    * Course design including poster presentations and research project
    * Continuation of Business Plan from Winter Course
    * Working in international teams for a single goal
    * Working innovatively under time pressure

Topics

    * Biomaterials
    * Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
    * Engineered artificial extracellular matrices
    * Infection and implanted devices
    * Drug and gene delivery
    * Hard tissue regeneration
    * Soft tissue regeneration
    * Organ building
    * Stem cells in tissue regeneration
    * Clinical studies
    * Translational research
    * Social impact of regenerative medicine

Venue

CS Madeira Atlantic Resort & Sea SPA

Estrada Monumental, 175-177

9000-100 Funchal – Portugal

Tel.: (+351) 291 717 600

Tel. Reservations: (+351) 291 717 777

Fax: (+351) 291 768 449

http://www.cs-madeira.com/

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Lectures

Lecturers were asked to participate in other lectures and social events to foster discussions and interactions with the students

The origins and evolution to the present day of the controlled delivery field - A Hoffman (U Washington, US)
Infection and implanted devices - R Kuijer and H van der Mei (U Groningen, NL)
To really engineer tissue, should we engineer the collagen? - R Brown (U. College London, UK)
Biocompatibility in soft and hard tissue: Taking into account mechanotransduction - J Hilborn (Uppsala U, SE)
Engineered artificial extracellular matrices - M Lutolf (EPFL, CH)
Developing tissue engineering applications for clinical use - Z Lacza (Semmelweis U, HU)
Materials for augmentation and regeneration of hard tissue - H Engqvist (Uppsala U, SE)
Stem Cells: Potency and Control - P Di Nardo (U. Roma Tor Vergata, IT)
Bench to Bedside and Beyond - The principles and processes involved in the structuring and governance of translational research (TR) pipelines - S Grange (U College London, UK)
Tissue regeneration via gene delivery - H Tomás (U. Madeira, PT)
Building organs: an architectural challenge - TG van Kooten (U Groningen, NL)
Social impact of regenerative medicine - PL Granja (INEB, PT)

Research project

    * Similar to grant application
    * Students organized in groups with members from different countries
    * Subject other than own thesis
    * Literature review and strategy discussion in free time
    * Presentation (last day)
      - State of the art
      - Objectives
      - Work Programme
      - Milestones
      - Expected results
      - Repercussions

Poster presentations

    * Dedicated session
    * Prepared before Summer Course
    * PhD work of participants
    * Presence of lecturers
    * Interconnection of activities

Registration and Accommodation

Package for regular participant, sharing a double room (includes 6 nights with buffet breakfast and 5 lunches): Euro 546.00 per person/package

Supplement for single room: Euro 240.00 per room/package

Supplement for accompanying person (non participant, with lunch included): Euro 481.00 per person/package

Supplement for accompanying person (non participant, without lunch): Euro 351.00 per person/package

To register, please download the Registration Form below, fill it in and send it back to the hotel.

Social events

These two events are included in the registration:

Visit to Madeira (to be defined), on Wednesday

Course dinner, on Friday

Contact

Ana Paula Filipe

INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica

Universidade do Porto

Rua do Campo Alegre, 823 - 4150-180 Porto, Portugal

Phone: +351 226074900/82; Fax: +351 226094567

E-mail: apfilipe@ineb.up.pt

Website: www.ineb.up.pt

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