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2014 Biomaterials Education Challenge
The 2014 Biomaterials Education Challenge will pit student chapters or teams against one another for the best 6th-8th grade outreach program with total prizes of $5,250 on the line. For more information, click here.
2014 Biomaterials Days Events
For more information on Biomaterials Days events, click here.
March 28, 2014:
University of Florida
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April 11, 2014:
University of Washington
June 9, 2014:
Rice Univ., Texas A&M Univ., & Univ. of Texas at Austin (joint meeting)
at Texas A&M University
September 12, 2014:
Georgia Institute of Technology
September 2014 (exact date TBD):
Case Western Reserve Univ., Univ. of Kentucky & Purdue Univ. (joint meeting)
at University of Kentucky
October 4, 2014:
University of South Dakota
Highlights
2013 Special Interest Group Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR) Awards
In a competitive process based on abstracts submitted to the annual meeting, the following students were selected to receive the 2013 STAR awards. Congratulations!
Complete list of STAR recipients
SIGs Announce 2013 Poster Winners
Four of the Society For Biomaterials Special Interest Groups are pleased to announce their Awards of Merit for 2013 annual meeting poster presenters.
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News
AIMBE Flash – February 13
AIMBE Annual Event: March 23-25-2014
Deficit Falling but...
Pathway for High-Risk Medical Devices
Indicators Worth Attention
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Jack Lemons to receive the 2015 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal!
Jack Lemons, PhD, University of Alabama, has been selected to receive the 2015 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal. The award recognizes Dr. Lemons for his excellence in research, development and leadership in the field of biomaterials. Dr. Lemons is a past president of the Society For Biomaterials (1987-1988) and a charter member. He has also won the Society's Founders Award (1996) and the Clemson Award for Applied Research (1991). Please join us in congratulating him on this distinguished honor!
2014 Award Recipients
The Awards, Ceremonies and Nominations Committee is pleased to present the recipients of the 2014 awards, below. For full text of the press release announcing the award winners, please click here.
Founders Award
Rena Bizios, PhD – University Of Texas at San Antonio
C. William Hall Award
Robert Hastings, MS, PE – Depuy Orthopaedics
Society For Biomaterials Award For Service
Anne Meyer, PhD – University at Buffalo
Technology, Innovation & Development Award
Kishore Udipi, PhD and the Medtronic Resolute Integrity Team – Biopolymer Designs, Inc
Young Investigator Award
Brendan Harley, ScD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Clemson Award for Basic Research
Elazer Edelman, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clemson Award for Applied Research
Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD – Georgia Tech/Emory
Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature
Rui Reis, PhD – University of Minho
Student Award for Outstanding Research
Adam Young – PhD Candidate, University of California San Diego
Student Award for Outstanding Research
Stephanie Tzouanas – Undergraduate, Rice University
C. William Hall Scholarship Award
TBD
Member Spotlight
Rebecca Carrier
A new TED Blog features an overview of biomaterials in the course of human history with featured contributions from SFB member Buddy Ratner, PhD, University of Washington:
http://blog.ted.com/2014/02/18/a-history-of-biomaterials/
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News
Important Details About "Joinder of Parties" Provision in New Patent Law
Major Patent Law Change Signed by Obama Friday Sept. 16, 2011.