The Engineering Cells & Their Microenvironments Special Interest Group concentrates on technologies and approaches focused at the single cell level and encompassing engineering cell microenvironments, biomaterial-induced cell signaling, stem cell manufacturing and differentiation, immunoengineering, and biomaterials for cell-based detection and diagnosis.
Objectives
- Engage members at the annual Society For Biomaterials meeting by guiding and sponsoring forums
- Promote networking through social events held at the annual meeting
- Share resources to support students and members
Officers
Chair: Daniel Alge, PhD
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
5045 Emerging Technologies Building
3120 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3120
t: (979) 458-9248
e: dalge@tamu.edu
Vice-Chair: TBD
Secretary/Treasurer: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD
12700 E 19th Ave
MS C272
Aurora, CO 80045
t: (352) 219-1527
e: Chelsea.magin@ucdenver.edu
Program Chair: Sara Pedron Haba, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
1206 West Gregory Dr
Urbana, IL 61801
t: (217) 300-9012
e: spedron@illinois.edu
Web Contact: Chris Highley, PhD
PO Box 800759
415 Lane Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22908
e: ch2qm@virginia.edu
Student Contact: Ram Saraswat, B.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
337 Saint Charles Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
t: (605) 939-6038
e: ram.saraswat@mines.sdsmt.edu
Industry Representative: Daniel Harrington, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
1941 East Rd
BBS 4202A
Houston, TX 77054
e: daniel.harrington@uth.tmc.edu
Biomaterials Forum Reporter: Silviya Petrova Zustiak, PhD
Associate Professor
Saint Louis University
3507 Lindell Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63103
t: (314) 977-8331
e: silviya.zustiak@slu.edu
Past Chair: Ashley Carson Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor
North Carolina State University and the UNC-Chapel Hill
911 Oval Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
t: (919) 513-8231
e: aecarso2@ncsu.edu
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