Keynote Presentation
11:45 am - 12:15 pm: Human Organ Chips for Disease Modeling, Therapeutic Assessment, and Personalized Medicine
Speaker:
Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD
Founding Director and Core Faculty, Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital
Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Donald E. Ingber is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His transdisciplinary approach to science has led to major advances in cell biology, mechanobiology, cancer research, tissue engineering, systems biology, nanobiotechnology and translational medicine. Ingber has made great strides in translating his innovations into commercial products and many are now either in clinical trials or currently being sold. One example is his human Organ Chip technology that is being used to replace animal testing for drug development, disease modeling, and medicine. Ingber has authored more than 600 publications, is an inventor on almost 200 patents, and founded 10 companies, including Emulate Inc., the leading manufacturer of Organ Chip systems.
