Georgia Tech/Emory Center (GTEC) for the Engineering of Living Tissues

Bioengineering of living tissue

The Georgia Tech/Emory Center (GTEC) for the Engineering of Living Tissues was founded in 1998 by the National Science Foundation as an engineering research centre.

Robert M. Nerem, Director
Barbara D. Boyan, Deputy Director for Research
Janice Russell , Financial Manager
Shawna Young-Garcia, Administrative Manager/Education Outreach

Robert M. Nerem, GTEC Director and Research Director
Barbara D. Boyan, Deputy Director for Research
Ajit P. Yoganathan, Deputy Director for Education
Elliot L. Chaikof, Principal Investigator for Emory Subcontract, Co-Chair, Integration into Living Systems Cross Cutting Group
Athanassios Sambanis, Research Director, Metabolic and Secretory Systems
Robert E. Guldberg, Research Director, Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering
Ravi Bellamkonda, Research Director, Neural Tissue Engineering
Andrés García, Chair, Biomaterials Cross Cutting Group
Timothy Wick, Chair, Tissue Preservation, Evaluation and Production
Steve Stice, Chair, Cell Technology Cross Cutting Group
Michelle LaPlaca, Co-Chair, Integration into Living Systems Cross Cutting Group
Ann E. Schmierer, Manager for Industrial Relations and Technology Transfer
Shawna Young-Garcia, Administrative Manager/Education Outreach
Donna E. Brown, Director, Long-Range Planning
Pam Luther, Financial Manager

315 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0363
USA
Phone: +1-404-894-6228
Fax: +1-404-894-2291

Four programmes are the focus of the centre, namely 1) cardiovascular substitutes; 2) metabolic, secretory organs; 3) neural tissue engineering; and 4) orthopaedic tissue engineering.

The GTEC holds several patents, some are listed below.

The following section contains a selection of the company’s most relevant patents. For comprehensive patent information please refer to the espacenet databases.