Covestro Lecture: Dr. Anthony Atala "Regenerative Medicine - Current Concepts and Changing Trends"
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Macromolecules Innovation Institute at Virginia Tech hosts the 2020 Covestro Lecture with Dr. Anthony Atala presenting the talk titled "Regenerative Medicine - Current Concepts and Changing Trends" on Tuesday, February 25, 2020.

The futuristic idea of 3D printing human organs may not be so futuristic after all.

Anthony Atala, a urologist and the director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is known for pioneering the field of bioprinting human tissues and organs in the lab. He previously led the first efforts to successfully implant a laboratory-grown organ (bladder) in a patient in 2006 and even 3D printed a kidney during a TED Talk in 2011.

Atala will discuss his work and the future of regenerative medicine in the university-wide Covestro Lecture. The Covestro Lecture series aims to look beyond traditional science and engineering boundaries in the development of advanced materials to impact society.

"Dr. Atala is a world-renowned expert in bioprinting and has become a spokesperson of sorts for the importance of the intersection of disciplines of medicine, tissue engineering, novel materials, and novel processing," said Christopher Williams, the interim director of MII and a professor of mechanical engineering.

The talk is free and open to the public.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/DK7gzaW.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/02/mii-covestro-lecture-anthony-atala.html.

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