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Acker, Jason P.
http://206.191.60.86/pdf/nano_cryo/acker.pdf
Associate Scientist Canadian Blood Services and Assistant Professor,
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada; Dr. Acker is developing strategies to induce protective
amounts of intracellular sugars into human blood cells with the goal
of making cryopreservation cost-effective and efficient. His lab is
also working to better understand the effects of desiccation and drying
on blood cell structure and function. He has also an active interest
in the use of microfabrication and microfluids technology in diagnostic
testing and develops a novel, cost effective, automated device for blood
group development. Dr. Acker is a member of the Editorial Board of the
journal Cryobiology and on the Board of Governors of the Society for
Cryobiology as well as being the Editor of News Notes for this Society.
Armitage, W. John
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Ophthalmology/index.html
Professorial Research Fellow and Director of Tissue Banking; his group
covers tissue banking for transplantation as well as research into corneal
cell biology, tissue preservation for transplantation, and corneal transplant
follow-up studies. Dr. Armitage is a member of the Editorial Board of
the journal Cryobiology.
Baust, John G.
http://biology.binghamton.edu/facultyBaust.htm
Professor; Center for Biological Research, Department of Biology, University
of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA. Dr. Baust's research focuses primarily
on responses to low temperature exposure found within mammalian cell,
tissue and organ systems. This focus is divided in two parts: one centers
on the mechanisms of cell destruction in support of cryosurgery and
the second on strategies of avoidance of cellular damage following hypothermic
and freezing exposure. This work finds particular relevance in cancer
therapy and tissue engineering. He is a member of the Board of Governors
of the Society for Cryobiology and served as its President in 1986-1987.
Baust, John M.
http://biology.binghamton.edu/graduatestudentsBaustJM.htm
Research Assistant Professor; Department of Bioengineering, State University
of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA. He has worked on the improvement of
cryopreservation outcome by identification and modulation of cellular-molecular
mechanisms of cell death. Dr. Baust is currently a member of the Board
of Governors of the Society for Cryobiology.
Bischof, John C.
http://www.me.umn.edu/people/faculty/Bischof.html
Professor; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, USA. The bioheat and mass transfer laboratory at the
under Dr. Bischof's direction is dedicated to the thermophysical and
biological study of systems after thermal manipulations (i.e. heating
or cooling). This work is in the scientific areas of cryobiology (low
temperature biology) and hyperthermic biology and impacts the following
applications (selected): cryopreservation and biopreservation by freezing,
hypothermic storage, drying or vitrification, cryosurgery, characterization
of burn injury in tissues and thermal therapies using various energy
sourcies. Dr. Bischof is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal
Cryobiology and the current President of the Society for Cryobiology.
Bronshtein, Victor
http://www.uptsd.com/mgrs.html
President, Universal Stabilization Technologies (USA).
Critser, John K.
http://www.cvm.missouri.edu/vpbio/faculty/critser.html
Gilbreath-McLorn Professor of Comparative Medicine, Department of Veterinary
Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO, USA; Dr. Critser's goal is to establish a center for well
characterized inbred, hybrid and mutant rats. The Rat Resource and Research
Center (RRRC) selects and stocks important to the biomedical research
community. Research topics are the cryopreservation of gametes and embryos,
genotyping, phenotyping and the development of efficient methods for
genome resource banking and strain/stock reconstitution including ovarian
tissue preservation. Dr. Critser is currently a member of the Board
of Governors of the Society for Cryobiology.
Elliott, Janet A.W.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~jawe/home-cv.html
Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, (Canada); research areas: interfacial thermodynamics:
equilibrium, nonequilibrium and statistical thermodynamics of interfaces,
gas-solid adsorption/desorption, fluid interface behaviour, interfacial
and membrane transport; microgravity, cryobiology, oil sands, ultrafiltration,
polymers.
Franks, Felix
http://www.bioup.com/bio_felix.html
Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK; Director BioUpdate Foundation;
research and consulting experience in the biophysical chemistry of proteins
and carbohydrates in solution and the dry state.
Fujikawa, Seizo
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jscc/Top-e.html
Associate Professor of Basic Cryoscience Research section, Graduate
School of Agriculture at at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Dr.
Fujikawa's research interests have focused on the adaptation and injurious
mechanisms of biological materials at cellular and molecular levels
to freezing temperatures. Dr. Fujikawa is currently a member of the
Board of Governors of the Society for Cryobiology and a member of the
Editorial Board of the journal Cryobiology.
Gao, Dayong
http://www.rgs.uky.edu/ca/odyssey/fall00/freezing.html
Associate Professor; University of Kentucky, College of Engineering,
Lexington, KY (USA);
Dr. Gao's research is on the cryopreservation of cord blood trying to
predict the optimal cooling and warming temperatures for these cells
and create novel devices for adding and removing cryoprotectants. In
platelets he is studying fundamental freezing methods as well as practical
approaches to extend their ex vivo lifetime. He hopes to set up a database
of thermal and mechanical properties of frozen biomaterials for the
development of novel technology for cryopreserving many other organs
and tissues in the future. Dr. Gao is currently a member of the Board
of Governors of the Society for Cryobiology.
Glasmacher, Birgit
http://www.hia.rwth-aachen.de/research/kryo/indexE.html
Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Cryobiology &
Biomaterials of the Institute for Biomedical Technologies (IBMT), Aachen
University of Technology, Aachen, Germany. Dr. Glasmacher is a lecturer
for cryobiology, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, and implant technology.
One of her research interests is in the cryopreservation of tissue-engineered
constructs with freeze-dried matrices. She has also been interested
in artificial organs (e.g. heart valves). She is currently a member
of the Board of Governors of the Society for Cryobiology.
Hubel, Allison
http://www.me.umn.edu/people/faculty/Hubel.html
Mayhew Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN,
USA; Dr. Hubel's research covers functional corneal stromal engineering,
hematopoietic cell processing and preservation, nanoparticle facilitated
transport and preservation of engineered tissues. She is interested
in thermophysical, biophysical and biomechanical properties of engineered
tissues. Mechanical load can influence material properties and cell
behavior for engineered tissue equivalents. This information can be
integrated into theoretical modeling and validated experimentally. The
resulting protocols will be designed to optimize post thaw viability
and physical integrity/strength. Dr. Hubel is currently a member of
the Board of Governors of the Society for Cryobiology.
Karlsson, Jens O.M.
http://www.me.gatech.edu/jens.karlsson
Associate Professor; George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. Dr. Karlsson's research
combines the analytical tools of thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer,
and system dynamics with experimental techniques from the fields of
biophysics, biochemistry and cell biology to explore biological and
physiological phenomena relevant to the medical and biotechnology industries.
He is particularly interested in using this interdisciplinary approach
to better understand damage to biological systems resulting from deleterious
conditions such as temperature extremes, trauma, or infection. Dr. Karlsson
is the current Secretary of the Society for Cryobiology and a member
of the Editorial Board of the journal Cryobiology.
MacFarlane, Douglas R.
http://web.chem.monash.edu.au/Department/Staff/MacFarlane
Professorial Fellow; School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria,
Australia; Dr. MacFarlane's research areas cover the preparation and
characterization of amorphous substances ranging from traditional aqueous
solutions and inorganic glasses, to ionic liquids, to glassy polymers
and to plastic crystals. Further topics: High temperature inorganic
preparations, polymer preparative chemistry, conductivity, NMR, thermal
analysis, electrochemical devices. He was involved in the first successful
cryopreservation of cells by vitrification. Dr. MacFarlane is the current
Treasurer of the Society for Cryobiology and a member of the Editorial
Board of the journal Cryobiology.
McNally, Robert T.
http://a-s.clayton.edu/hampikian/b3400/2003/guests/Rtm4cv.doc
Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA (USA); President, Cell Dynamics.
Pegg, David E.
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/biol/staff/dep.htm
Professor, Personal Chair University of York, York, UK; Dr. Pegg is
particularly interested in the preservation of living cells at very
low temperatures. Current projects include work on cornea, cartilage,
blood vessels and cardiac valves. Involvement in studies of the cryobiology
of tissue engineered graft materials increases. Much of his work is
of a basic scientific nature (freezing injury that occur in different
tissues) - but some is more closely related to immediate clinical needs
arising in tissue banks, for example the effects of processing of bone
grafts and dermal implants used in the treatment of extensive burns.
Dr. Pegg is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Society
for Cryobiology, has served as President in 1975-1976, and is the current
Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cryobiology.
Rabin, Yoed
http://www.me.cmu.edu/people/faculty/rabin.htm
Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering,
Pittsburgh, PA (USA); research interests: biothermal technology, energy
modalities in medicine, heat and mass transfer in biological systems,
thermal stress, sensors and instrumentation.
Rauen, Ursula
http://www.uni-essen.de/physio_chemie/Mitarbeiter.html
Reader; Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Essen University, Essen,
Germany; Dr. Rauen's research interests are in hepatic tissue reactions
to hypoxia and anemia. She has looked for the energy-dependent injury
to hepatic endothelial cells and oxygen free radical-mediated injury
to cultured hepatocytes during cold incubation in organ preservation
solutions. She observed a rapid decrease in cellular sodium and chloride
content during cold incubation of cultured liver endothelial cells and
hepatocytes. Ischemic injury to the isolated perfused rat liver could
be decreased by loop diuretics. Dr. Rauen is currently a member of the
Board of Governors of the Society for Cryobiology, a member of the Editorial
Board of the journal Cryobiology and on the Committee of the Society
for Low Temperature Biology.
Rowe, Arthur W.
awrowe@aol.com
Professor of Forensic Medicine at the New York University Medical Center
and Adjunct Professor of Biology at SUNY, Binghamton, NY, USA. Dr. Rowe's
main research interests have been in cryopreservation of formed elements
of blood, primarily red cells, leukocytes, and platelets. He is currently
involved in research on hemopoietic stem cells from cord blood, as well
as in using animal models for the study of cryopreserved tissues and
cells. Dr. Rowe is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the
Society for Cryobiology and was President in 1983-1984. He was Editor-in-Chief
of the Journal Cryobiology from 1972-1994.
Rubinsky, Boris
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/rubinsky/rubinskycv.html
Chancellor's Professor, University of California at Berkeley (USA).
Sputtek, Andreas
http://www.sputtek.de/index.html
Taylor, Michael J.
http://www.me.cmu.edu/people/faculty/taylor.htm
Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering,
Pittsburgh, PA (USA); Vice President for Research and Development, Organ
Recovery Systems (see Commercial Companies), Charleston, SC (USA); research
interests: Applications of low temperature in medicine and surgery;
in vitro preservation of transplantable tissues; prevention of ischemic
injury in vivo; mechanisms of cryoinjury in multicellular tissues. Dr.
Taylor is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cryobiology.
Toner, Mehmet
http://www.shrinershq.org/research/boston/2000researchreport/toner.html
Professor of Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA.
His research interests focus on three general areas: (1) the heat shock
response and repair of thermal damage to cells, (2) muscle wasting in
burn trauma, and (3) critical technologies in tissue engineering. Thermal
injury is based on the observation that hyperthermia leads to the induction
of a class of proteins called heat shock proteins (HSPs), which protect
cells. He is interested in "engineered" hepatic tissue containing
both parenchymal and mesenchymal cells and developing cryopreservation
techniques for engineered tissues (skin and liver) for clinical purposes.
Dr. Toner is currently the Past-President of the Society for Cryobiology
and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cryobiology.
Valeri, C. Robert
http://www.nbrl.org/cv.html
Director, Naval Blood Research Laboratory, Boston University School
of Medicine, Boston (USA); cryopreservation or human red cells and platelets.
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