New GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE: Advanced Cell and Tissue Biomanufacturing: Technology Development and Innovation through Convergence

The recent interest in advanced cell and tissue biomanufacturing offers new opportunities to spur research, education, and industry growth and innovation. Evolution of tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and additive manufacturing enables the generation of various therapeutic cells and tissues for

disease diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and management. Tissue models and organoids have emerged as a way to better understand disease and streamline pharmaceutical development. Despite this progress, the high-level of complexity of the bioproducts relative to other medical products calls for an equivalent high-level convergence and integration—which has yet to emerge—to lead to the

production of reliable, scalable, robust, and reproducible constructed tissues on demand. Harnessing these recent advancements, a new Gordon Research Conference entitled “Advanced Cell and Tissue Biomanufacturing: Technology Development and Innovation through Convergence” will identify gaps and challenges that will stimulate new science and technology innovation in advanced

biomanufacturing. The conference will highlight the intersection of academic forces with industry niches to accelerate the translation of lab discoveries into industrial scale production of cell and tissue products. Development of enabling technologies and new methods for material and cell sourcing, process modeling

and integration, tissue biomanufacturing automation, on- and off-line sensing and control, tissue development and maturation, product validation and functional assays, cell and tissue preservation, regulation, and QA/QC as well as workforce training are essential to foster growth and sustain the field.

The meeting will offer a platform for productive interactions across the spectrum or science and engineering from junior investigators and students to leaders in the field. Such interactions will help them to explore new directions of research and build their careers in advanced biomanufacturing. Special

attention will be paid to enhancing diversity among investigators and understanding the cultural impacts of these novel interventions.