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Welcome to the 2014 TERMIS-AM Annual Meeting Site! The Theme for the 2014 TERMIS-AM Meeting is "Restoring Lives Through Regenerative Medicine," reflecting the increasing need to consider the societal impact of tissue engineering. To this end, the 2014 scientific program will focus on the impact of regenerative medicine upon patient lives. We also plan a close cooperation with federal institutions, including the FDA, NIH, NIST, and NSF, to provide the TERMIS-AM meeting with scientific content that has not been achieved in earlier meetings as well as a strong patient-oriented point of view.

The TERMIS-AM Meeting is the key annual meeting held in the Americas each year, and brings together over 800 researchers, scientists, trainees, and students from both academia and industry to discuss critical developments in the field. The meeting is led by keynote speakers each day, and consists of parallel technical sessions as well as poster presentations. A strong role in the meeting planning and execution will be played by the TERMIS-AM Student and Young Investigator Section (SYIS). Furthermore, there will be an emphasis on promoting the careers of women and underrepresented groups in the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine fields.

We hope to see you in Washington, DC!

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Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel
999 Ninth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-898-9000

Located directly across from the Washington Convention Center, Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel is ideal for experiencing the history and culture of the nation's capital. Our downtown Washington, DC hotel is conveniently situated in the Penn Quarter district, between Capitol Hill and the White House, so guests are just a few blocks from the Verizon Center, the Spy Museum, Chinatown, National Portrait Gallery and the world-famous National Mall monuments.

View the map to see where the Renaissance is located in downtown Washington, DC.

For your convenience, sleeping rooms have been reserved at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel. Sleeping room rates have been reserved for attendees at the following conference rates:

Attendee Room Rates:
12/11/14 - 12/15/14 Standard Guest Room - $189.00 per night
Student Room Rates:
12/12/14 - 12/15/14 Standard Guest Room - $169.00 per night

*Guest room rate includes complimentary internet access and complimentary use of all hotel exercise facilities.
The special room rate will be available until November 21, 2014 or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. After this date the prevailing rates for the hotel will apply. Reservations can be made online using the link below or by calling 202-898-9000. Be sure to reference TERMIS-AM Conference when you make your reservation to receive the special rate.

Submission Info

Experts from academia, industry and government are invited to present timely research in all areas of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine including:

• Scaffolds, Matrices and Biomaterials
• Stem Cells and Cell Therapies and Development Biology and Cell Signaling
• Engineering Tissues for In Vitro Screening and Diagnostics Imaging
• Biofabrication and Bioreactors
• Drug Delivery
• Paracrine/Trophic Delivery
• Immunology/Immunoengineering in Tissue Engineering
• Tumor Development and Cancer
• Physical Parameters in Tissue Development
• Computations Modeling, Systems Biology, and Multi-parametric Analysis
• Preclinical Animal Models
• Tissue-Organ Functional Replacement
• Cardiovascular-Angiogenesis-Blood
• Neural and Spine
• Ophthalmologic
• Dental and Craniofacial
• Respiratory, Urologic and Gastrointestinal
• Musculoskeletal
• Skin and Wound Healing and Inflammation
  Composite Tissue-Organ Transplantation and Tissue Engineering
• Imaging and Assessment

Review Criteria

• Quality of scientific content
• Originality of research
• Contribution and relevance to the field of tissue engineering/regenerative medicine
• Adherence to abstract template format

Note:

• Abstracts that are not supported by full technical disclosure or are largely promotional rather than scientific in nature are discouraged.

Abstract Content

The abstract should clearly describe the nature of the research and the problem it addresses, and be presented in such language as to be understood by scientists representing the multi-disciplinary nature of tissue engineering. The abstract should summarize the objectives of the research, the methodology employed, results, and their significance.

Abstract Format

• The abstract length is limited to 250 words.
  
• Please no figures or tables in the abstract.
  
• All abstracts will be published in the "Tissue Engineering, Part A" journal, if do not wish to have your abstract published please indicate so during your submission. All authors will have to agree to the submission and the publication of the abstract.

Title: Title should be brief, clearly indicating the nature of the presentation. Title should be in bold font and mixed case font followed by a single return. Do not put a period at the end of the title.

Example for Title: This is a Properly Formatted Abstract Title

Author(s): In upper and lower case letters as follows: First Name, Middle Initial Last Name of each author (underline the name of the presenting author) with the corresponding institution of the author's. Follow with a single return.

** Presenting authors are expected to pay their own travel expenses and conference registration fee(s).

Complete contact information (name, mailing address, and e-mail) for each author listed on the abstract must be entered before submitting the abstract file.

References: May be included at the end. Please use a standard format, such as that shown below:

References:
1. Langer R, Vacanti JP. Tissue Engineering. Science 260, 920, 1993.

Acknowledgments: Support from outside sources, such as Research Grants, should be listed here. Based on the standards set by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and guidelines of the Food and Drug Administration as endorsed by the American Medical Association, any conflict of interest must be clearly recognizable. The indication of outside support does not affect the decision of abstract acceptance or rejection.

Disclosures: Include any disclosure information here. In order for your colleagues to properly evaluate the information, analysis and opinions presented in your abstract, it is important that they be informed of potential conflicts of interest pertinent to the research submitted. Therefore, conference management requires that all authors provide any relevant information concerning personal or professional circumstances and relationships that might reasonably be expected to affect the author's view on the subject. Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan
• Employment (full or part-time)
• Ownership or partnership
• Consulting fees or other remuneration (payment)
• Non-remunerative positions of influence such as officer, board member, trustee or public spokesperson
• Receipt of royalties
• Speakers bureau

Appropriate disclosure will be stated in the scientific program and the abstract volume. If you do not have anything to disclose, you must indicate this on the online abstract submission form. The disclosure information you provide will not influence the review of your abstract. Abstracts will not be reviewed without proper completion of the disclosure section on the abstract submission form. Disclosure information for all authors is required upon abstract submission.