Archived Lecture: Engineering Human Tissues for Medical Impact
Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture presented by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Archived Lecture: Engineering Human Tissues for Medical Impact
Date: Dec. 13, 2018
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Pioneer in human tissue engineering to speak at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute on Thursday , articleGordana Vunjak-Novakovic investigates how to build tissue for human use to repair organs damaged by disease and injury. She will give a lecture at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke.
Date: Dec 12, 2018
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.
The Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Medical Sciences, Director of the Lab for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Scientific Director for the Columbia University Stem Cell Core, and Director of the Stem Cell Imaging Core at Columbia University
About Maury Strauss
Maury Strauss is a longtime community benefactor and businessman who supports biomedical research with the goal of energizing the local economy and improving quality of life in our neighborhoods and around the world. The founder of the Strauss Development Corp., a real estate development firm, Mr. Strauss and his family learned about the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and the work done here. In order to ensure the continued success of Roanoke’s biomedical research enterprise, as well as the free, public seminars by the world’s leading scientists, Mr. Strauss has made a generous gift to the series, which has been renamed in his honor as the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture Series. Read VT News Story
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