A Decade of Leadership

Regenerative medicine is at the
forefront of modern medicine and
PTEI has been a leader of this fast-growing sector since 1996 —
with innovative programs that spur
technology development and
shape policy.


 
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Tissue Engineering for Live Planetarium Show

The Tissue Engineering Show

View video highlights from this planetarium show of how regenerative medicine can heal the body.
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Tissue Engineering Manual

Science Teachers!—Enhance Your Classroom Activities

Learn about hands-on tissue engineering experiments for middle and high school students.

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THE LATEST REGENERATIVE MEDICINE NEWS FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

PTEI In the News

PTEI Concludes 2010 Summer Internship Programs

Charlynn White, Intern Two of PTEI's education programs recently celebrated with students the end of a busy summer. The Undergraduate Summer Internship Program and the High School Summer Internship Program both concluded this past month. A goal for each of these programs was to provide students information relative to education pathways, and, ultimately, professional careers within the high-growth, high-tech areas of engineering and science. Congratulations to all! Read more...

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PTEI Participates in 2010 Pittsburgh STEM Summit

2010 Pittsburgh STEM Summit On August 26, 2010, the 2010 Pittsburgh STEM Summit focused on how the region’s technology industry can affect change within education to address looming workforce shortages in STEM fields. This 1-day conference provided practical examples of how technologies companies can partner with education and organizations to make an impact on the next generation of STEM workers. Attendees had the opportunity to hear from industry partners and key regional stakeholders who have been involved with this issue for many years and learned from them on what works and what doesn’t.

Many STEM-focused events across the United States already have covered methods to solve this impending problem effecting a generation of students uninterested in STEM-related careers. Most of these conferences have been attended by education and government officials who alone cannot solve the problem. The Pittsburgh STEM Summit is different in that it was geared to attract the business community to discuss this problem and determine meaningful solutions that can be implemented by education with the help of industry.

PTEI’s Joan Schanck, Director of Education and Workforce Development, participated in the session entitled “Connecting Today’s Students with Tomorrow’s Careers” along with representatives from PA STEM Network / Penn State University, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Carnegie Science Center, and Pittsburgh Super Computing Center. Read more…

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Run For Their Lives

Wounded Warrior Project The Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, along with the UPMC Health Plan and the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering, are the proud sponsors of the upcoming Run for the Wounded Warrior, November 13, 2010, North Park, Pennsylvania. You are invited and encouraged to participate in this 5K/5Mile run/walk. This event, organized by members of the Pittsburgh community and supported by local corporations and organizations, will serve to raise funds and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project. This race is sanctioned by the USATF. Read more about the Wounded Warrior Project and the Run for the Wounded Warrior...

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Ray Schrader: Educational Outreach Teacher

Ray Schrader and students. For the past two summers, Mt. Lebanon High School biology teacher Ray Schrader worked for the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative where he ran summer camps as an educational outreach teacher for the program. Mr. Schrader taught two tissue engineering camps for middle school students in the University of Pittsburgh Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering labs and a tissue engineering elective class at the Summer Academy of Math and Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He then traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina, where he ran a week-long tissue engineering camp for students at North Carolina A&T University (see story link below). Read more…

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Bioengineering Institute

Ashley McLaughlin –News 14 Carolina. High school students were hosted by North Carolina A&T State University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Biomedical Engineering in a week-long series of workshops, its second Bioengineering Institute. Reidsville High School student Ashley McLaughlin (pictured) said, “We worked with mouse muscle cells, C2C12. We learned all about how we have to add growth factor and you can kind of tell those stem cells what they’re going to become.” Read more about the students’ experiences and view the video from News 14 Carolina…

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Joan Schanck on Regenerative Medicine Today

Regenerative Medicine Today chats with Joan Schanck, our Director of Education and Workforce Development, about the educational programs offered by PTEI.
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Senator Arlen Specter Supports Regenerative Medicine

PTEI Executive Director, Dr. Alan Russell welcomed U.S. Senator Arlen Specter to PTEI on Tuesday, October 9th. As part of his visit Senator Specter toured the lab of Dr. Stephen Badylak a regenerative medicine scientist working from the McGowan Institute.
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If a Starfish can...

National Center for Research Resources, a Component of the National Institutes of Health, Awards PTEI $1.26 Million to Develop Carnegie Science Center Interactive, Tissue Engineering Exhibit

Targeting middle school students, teachers, and the general public, PTEI was awarded 1.26 million NCRR Phase I and Phase II Science Education Partnership Award (Grant #R25RR023286) for the Carnegie Science Center Hands-On Exhibit with ASSET-driven curricula and teacher professional development entitled, "If a Starfish Can Grow a New Arm, Why Can't I?"
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