Mcgowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Ms. Julia Hart.  Ms. Hart is the supervisor of the Histology Core Laboratory for the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Ms. Hart discusses her work in processing, embedding, cutting, and staining of histology samples for laboratories across the University of Pittsburgh. To access the photos referenced in the podcast, [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Mr. Shawn Bengtson.  Mr. Bengtson is the Quality Systems Manager at the McGowan Institute, implementing a Quality Systems Program supporting the Center’s Preclinical Studies. Mr. Bengtson discusses his work in Quality Management Systems and how it differs from Good Lab Practices. For more information about Mr. Bengtson, click here. [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Mo Ebrahimkhani.  Dr. Ebrahimkhani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.  He is also a member of the Division of Experimental Pathology and the Pittsburgh Liver Research Center. Dr. Ebrahimkhani discusses his research in systems and synthetic biology-based approaches to [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Rory Cooper.  Dr. Cooper is FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Professor and Distinguished Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Science & Technology, and professor of Bioengineering, Physical Med & Rehab, and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). Dr. Cooper is Founding Director and VA [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Alan Wells.  Dr. Wells is the Thomas J. Gill III Professor of Pathology and the Executive Vice-Chairman of the Department of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wells discusses his research in the conditions of dysregulated responses. For more information about Dr. Wells, click here. Host John [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Michael Boninger.  Dr. Boninger is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. He discusses his research in the development and application of assistive, rehabilitative, and regenerative technologies. For more information about Dr. Boninger, click here. For more [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Antonio D'Amore.  Dr. D'Amore is a Research Assistant Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh and a group leader and head of the cardiac tissue engineering program at Fondazione RiMED. He discusses his research in cardiac tissue engineering as well as his [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes back Dr. Stephen Badylak.  Dr. Badylak shares the progress that has been made in treating volumetric muscle loss due to traumatic events using a novel tissue engineering methodology. He discusses the current clinical trial and the procedure to investigate eligibility to enroll in the trial. To explore eligibility and [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Urszula Zdanowicz.  Dr. Zdanowicz is a knee and ankle surgeon with a focus on arthroscopy and reconstructive surgery at the Carolina Medical Center, Orthopaedic and Sports Traumatology Department, a part of the LUX MED Group, which is the leading healthcare provider in Poland. Dr. Zdanowicz discusses her work [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes back Dr. Harvey Borovetz.  Dr. Borovetz is a Distinguished Professor and former Chair (2002-2013) in the Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, the Robert L. Hardesty Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, a Professor of Chemical and [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes back Dr. Stephen Badylak.  Dr. Badylak is a Professor in the Department of Surgery, Deputy Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM), and Director of the Center for Pre-Clinical Tissue Engineering within the Institute.  Dr. Badylak discusses his project focusing on using artificial intelligence to aid in [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Ms. Christine Kretz and Dr. William Wagner. Ms. Kretz is the Vice President of Programs and Partnerships for the International Space Station (ISS) US National Laboratory. Dr. Wagner is Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine as well as Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering at the University [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Fabrisia Ambrosio.  Dr. Ambrosio is the Director of Rehabilitation for UPMC International and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Ambrosio discusses the International Consortium of Regenerative Rehabilitation as well as her research in extracellular vesicles and their effects on [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. George Hussey.  Dr. Hussey is an Assistant Professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology. Dr. Hussey discusses his research in clinical translation of extracellular matrix (ECM)-based materials for functional tissue reconstruction. For more information about Dr. Hussey, please click here. Host John Murphy. [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Heth Turnquist.  Dr. Turnquist is an Associate Professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, T.E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Immunology. Dr. Turnquist discusses his research in regulatory cell networks in transplantation. For more information about Dr. Turnquist, please [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Partha Roy.  Dr. Roy is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Cell Biology, and Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Roy discusses his research in directed cell migration and actin-binding proteins (ABPs). For more information about Dr. Roy, please click here. Host John Murphy. For more information about the [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Drs. Eric Lagasse and Michael Hufford.  Dr. Lagasse is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, and a founder of Lygenesis, an organ regeneration company enabling a patient's own lymph nodes to be used as bioreactors to regrow functioning ectopic organs. Dr. Hufford is Co-Founder and CEO at [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Samira Kiani  Dr. Kiani is an Associate Professor, Liver Research Center, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Kiani discusses her research in gene editing as well as her work with the organization, Tomorrow.Life. For more information about Dr. Kiani, please click here. For more information about [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Juliana Blum  Dr. Blum is the Co-Founder and Executive Vice President Corporate Development of Humacyte, a clinical-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable bioengineered human tissue at a commercial scale. Dr. Blum discusses her work at Humacyte, focusing on the development and manufacture of bioengineered human tissues. This podcast was recorded in conjunction with the Journal [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Neill Turner  Dr. Turner is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Turner discusses his research in tissue engineering and wound healing. For more information about Dr. Turner, please click here. Host John Murphy. For more information about the McGowan Institute for Regenerative [...]