4th Growth Factors in Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine Conference

4th Growth Factors in Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine Conference is organized by Fusion Conferences Ltd and will be held from Feb 09 - 12, 2023 at Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun All Inclusive, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Description:
This conference is a continuation of the Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Repair series with an expanded scope that includes other growth factors and cytokines that are involved in tissue repair and regeneration/regenerative medicine.

The Growth Factors in Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine Fusion Conference aims to bring together researchers and clinicians from different disciplines with an interest in the function of growth factors in tissue regeneration and their use for regenerative medicine. This meeting will provide a unique opportunity for academic and industrial researchers and clinicians to meet each other, to discuss projects, and to initiate new and in some cases highly interdisciplinary research projects and collaborations.

Key Sessions:
• Role of growth factors in stem cell biology
• Extracellular matrix regulation of growth factor signaling in tissue repair and regeneration
• Vasculature in tissue repair and regeneration
• Immune system in repair and regeneration
• Growth factor function in tissue repair vs. cancer
• Growth factor-based tissue engineering for repair and regeneration

Educational Need:
Research on Growth Factor signalling pathways in stem cell biology, as mediators of tissue injury, and as potential therapeutics in regenerative medicine is rapidly progressing. Because of the rapid progress in these clinically relevant areas, there is a critical need to bring together researchers from academia and from the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industries, and clinicians, to share ideas and establish collaborations. There is an additional need to educate new researchers on the recent progress in understanding growth factors as mediators of disease and their use as therapeutics for regenerative medicine. 

Confirmed Invited Speakers:
• Ulrich auf dem Keller (Technical University of Denmark)
• Helen Blau (Stanford School of Medicine)
• Xing Dai (University of California, Irvine)
• Stijn De Langhe (Mayo Clinic, Rochester)
• Nikolaos Frangogiannis (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
• Boris Hinz (University of Toronto)
MYOFIBROBLASTS, MACROPHAGES, AND TGF-BETA
• Jeffrey Hubbell (University of Chicago)
ENHANCING CYTOKINE FUNCTION THROUGH BINDING TO EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
• Luisa Iruela-Arispa (Northwestern University)
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ENDOTHELIAL CELL REGENERATION
• Karen Lyons (UCLA)
BMP/TGFBETA CROSSTALK IN OSTEOARTHRITIS PROGRESSION
• Lukas Sommer (University of Zurich)
THE ROLE OF PERIPHERAL GLIAL CELLS IN SKIN WOUND HEALING AND SKIN CANCER
• Paul Martin (University of Bristol)
LIVE IMAGING INFLAMMATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN WOUND REPAIR AND CANCER
• Helen McNeill (Washington University)
FAT CADHERINS IN GROWTH CONTROL AND REGENERATION
• Mayssa Mokalled (Washington University)
PRO-REGENERATIVE GROWTH FACTORS DURING INNATE SPINAL CORD REPAIR
• Pura Muñoz-Cánoves (Pompeu Fabra University)
• Shruti Naik (NYU Langone Health)
EAVESDROPPING ON THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN IMMUNE AND EPITHELIAL CELLS IN TISSUE REPAIR
• Maksim Plikus (University of California, Irvine)
• Yuval Rinkevich (Helmholtz Zentrum München)
MECHANISMS OF ECM TRANSFER
• Robert Schwabe (Columbia University)
• Maria Sibilia (Medical University Vienna)
MICROENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF INFLAMMATION AND TUMORIGENESIS
• Eileen Shore (University of Pennsylvania)
HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION – A DISORDER OF TISSUE REPAIR?
• Lewis T. (Rusty) Williams (Walking Fish Therapeutics)
USING B CELLS TO DELIVER THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS TO SPECIFIC TISSUES
• Thomas Wynn (Pfizer)
TYPE 2 IMMUNITY AND MACROPHAGE SUBSETS IN FIBROSIS, TISSUE REPAIR, AND REGENERATION
• Joel Zindel (University of Bern)
PERITONEAL GATA6+ MACROPHAGES AND MESOTHELIUM-DERIVED FIBROBLASTS IN POST-SURGICAL WOUND HEALING AND ADHESION FORMATION

Student Offer:
Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity for students! Fully paying academics can bring a student for only $890. Unfortunately, Postdocs are not eligible. Both registration packages include; accommodation for the 09, 10, 11 February 2023 (on a shared basis for students) and a 24-hour all-inclusive food and beverage package for the conference period. Once registered, please contact Amy Johnson to obtain a special registration link for your student.