Industrial Research & Development Poster Presentation Awards

(Formerly the Blue Ribbon Industrial Research & Development Posters Award)

This award recognizes members of corporate research and development teams that are working to show mechanisms of action or efficacy for their company's products. This award is designed to provide recognition for the best product-oriented research performed by research and development scientists within the corporate world.

This award is part of the Annual Meeting Abstract Submission Process.

Industrial Research & Development Poster Competition Finalists

(Formerly the Blue Ribbon Competition Industrial Research & Development Posters (BRC))

This award recognizes members of corporate research and development teams that are working to show mechanisms of action or efficacy for their company's products. This award is designed to provide recognition for the best product-oriented research performed by research and development scientists within the corporate world.

 This award is part of the Annual Meeting Abstract Submission Process.

FIRST PLACE

BRC.04 - IMPROVED HEALING IN WEANLING PIG MODEL OF VESICANT INJURY SHOWN BY HIGH FEATURE ANTIMICROBIAL DRESSING
B. Liesenfeld¹ Ph.D., A. Mikhaylova¹ Ph.D., G. S. Schultz^{1, 2} Ph.D.
¹Quick-Med Technologies, Gainesville, FL; ²University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Second Place

BRC.14 - THROMBIN PEPTIDE TP508 STIMULATES DERMAL WOUND HEALING IN GAMMA-IRRADIATED ICR MICE B.
B. Olwzewska-Pazdrak^{1, 4} MD, K. Burckart¹ BS, T. Toliver-Kinsky² Ph.D., B. Loucas³ Ph.D., M. Cornforth³ Ph.D., D. Carney ^{1, 4}Ph.D.
¹Department Of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University Of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX;  ²Dept Of Anesthesia, University Of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Dept Of Radiation Oncology And Biolocy, Galveston, TX; ⁴RADIX Therapeutics, LLC, Galveston, TX

Third Place

BRC.02 - UNIQUE DRUG DRAMATICALLY AUGMENTS WOUND CLOSURE AND SCARRING BY ACCELERATING CRITICAL HEALING STAGES.
L. Braiman-Wiksman¹ Ph.D., E. Braude¹ MD, E. Brener¹ Ph.D., M. Ben-Hamo¹ BA, R. Mandil Levin¹ Ph.D., T. Tennenbaum¹ MD,Ph.D.
¹Heal-Or Ltd., Rehovot, ISRAEL

Runner Ups

BRC.01 - WOUND HEALING CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF ACUTE FULL THICKNESS WOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A LIVING CELLULAR CONSTRUCT IN A HANFORD MINIATURE SWINE MODEL
T. J. Bollenbach¹Ph.D., E. Medeiros¹ BS, D. Bates¹ MD,Ph.D. 
¹Organogenesis Inc., Canton, MA

BRC.03 - THE EFFECTS OF A NOVEL SPRAYABLE SKIN EQUIVALENT ON WOUND HEALING
B. M. Kiedaisch¹, E. Rolland²Ph.D., D. Carson¹ Ph.D.,DABT
¹HealthPoint Ltd., Fort Worth, TX;  ²DFB Bioscience, Lausanne, NA

BRC.05 - NATURAL POLYMERS FOR CRANIOFACIAL ENGINEERING
M. A. Lokuta¹ Ph.D., K. R. Gratz¹ Ph.D., B. M. Steiglitz¹ Ph.D., J. C. Pirnstill¹ BS, K. K. Schaeve¹ BS, T. F. Wiesner¹ BS, M. L. Bucholtz¹ BA, S. Sisson¹ BS, B. L. Allen-Hoffmann¹ Ph.D.
¹Stratatech Corporation, Madison, WI

BRC.06 - DEFICIENT DERMAL REMODELING CORRECTED BY ADULT AND FETAL FIBROBLASTS TRANSPLANTATION
C. C. Yates^{1, 2} Ph.D., D. L. Whaley² BS,MS, A. Wells^{1, 2} MD,DMSc
¹University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine Department Of Pathology , Pittsburgh, PA; ²Pittsburgh Veterans Affair Medical Center, PIttsburgh, PA

BRC.07 - THE PROLONGED INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN DIABETIC WOUND HEALING IS ASSOCIATED WITH DOWN-REGULATION OF MICRORNA 146A
J. Xu¹ Ph.D., W. Wu¹ BS, L. Zhang¹ , W. Dorsett-Martin¹ , M. E. Mitchell¹ MD, K. W. Liechty¹ MD
¹University Of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

BRC.08 - EVALUATION OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF CLOSTRIDIUM COLLAGENASE AND ITS COLLAGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS
L. Shi¹ Ph.D., B. Kiedaisch¹ , R. Ermis¹ BS, N. Hudson¹ , D. Carson¹ Ph.D.,DABT
¹Healthpoint, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX

BRC.09 - TISSUE-BASED CYTOKINE IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR SKIN CANCER
M. A. Lokuta¹ Ph.D., A. R. Comer¹ Ph.D., B. L. Soto¹ Ph.D., M. Vander Zanden¹ BS, M. L. Bucholtz¹ BS, B. L. Allen- Hoffmann¹ Ph.D.
¹Stratatech Corporation, Madison, WI

BRC.10 - HUMAN BONE MARROW, ENDOTHELIAL AND MESENCHYMAL CELLS HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS IN REPAIRING HUMAN ISLET INJURY IN VITRO.
L. Luo¹ MD, F. Xiong¹ , J. Z. Luo^{1, 2} BS
¹Stem Cell Biology, Roger Williams Hospital, Boston University, Shool Of Medicine , Providence, RI;  ²Brown Alpart Medical School, Providence, RI

BRC.11 - USE OF A COLONY-FORMING EFFICIENCY (CFE) ASSAY TO SELECT ROBUST KERATINOCYTE CELL LINES FOR BILAYERED LIVING CELL CONSTRUCT (BLCC) GENERATION
Z. Guo¹ Ph.D., D. Baksh¹ Ph.D.
¹Organogenesis Inc., Canton, MA

BRC.12 - MODIFICATION OF NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE SURFACES TO AFFECT BACTERIAL MIGRATION AND BIOFILM FORMATION
J. V. St. John¹ Ph.D.
¹ULURU, Addison, TX

BRC.13 - SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOCYTES IN WOUND HEALING - THE ROLE OF ADIPONECTIN.
R. Mandil Levin¹ Ph.D., M. Ben Hamo¹ BA, L. Braiman-Wiksman¹ Ph.D., T. Tennenbaum¹ MD,Ph.D.
¹Heal-Or Ltd., Rehovot, ISRAEL

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