@article{8bc016ac3fa84f789b744a718888c822,
title = "Cellular and molecular bioengineering: A tipping point",
abstract = "In January of 2011, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPRBM) held its inaugural Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) conference. The CMBE conference assembled worldwide leaders in the field of CMBE and held a very successful Round Table discussion among leaders. One of the action items was to collectively construct a white paper regarding the future of CMBE. Thus, the goal of this report is to emphasize the impact of CMBE as an emerging field, identify critical gaps in research that may be answered by the expertise of CMBE, and provide perspectives on enabling CMBE to address challenges in improving human health. Our goal is to provide constructive guidelines in shaping the future of CMBE.",
author = "Genevieve Brown and Butler, \{Peter J.\} and Chang, \{David W.\} and Shu Chien and Clegg, \{Robert M.\} and Dewey, \{C. Forbes\} and Cheng Dong and Guo, \{X. Edward\} and Helmke, \{Brian P.\} and Henry Hess and Jacobs, \{Christopher R.\} and Kaunas, \{Roland R.\} and Sanjay Kumar and Lu, \{Helen H.\} and Mathur, \{Anshu B.\} and Mow, \{Van C.\} and Schmid-Schonbein, \{Geert W.\} and Roman Skoracki and Ning Wang and Yingxiao Wang and Cheng Zhu",
note = "Funding Information: society journal—CMBE—a first since its launching of the official society journal, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 36 years ago.12 The BMES and the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPRBM) also recognized the importance and great potential of CMBE and sought to cultivate the wealth of knowledge from researchers in the field. With the support of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and the National Institute of Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the United States National Committee on Biomechanics (USNCB), the inaugural joint BMES-SPRBM Conference on CBME was held in January 2011. The conference featured eight prominent keynote speakers and twenty-four distinguished invited speakers discussing their work in Molecular Imaging and Mechanotrans-duction. Together with presentations by rising stars and selected talks from students and fellows, the program demonstrated the strength and impact of CMBE research. All invited speakers were asked to contribute to a Round Table discussion entitled: The Future of CMBE. The goal of this Round Table discussion was to perform {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT){\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} analysis of the CMBE field. Discussions and debates among attendees were intense and informative.72 These discussions continued at the second combined BMES-SPRBM Conference on CMBE in January 2012, where over 30 keynote and invited speakers spoke alongside rising stars and students about their contributions to our understanding of Cell Motility, Matrix, Mechanobiology, and Regeneration (see this issue of CMBE journal). Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge following individuals who have contributed in various forms to this paper (in alphabetical order): Alissa Morss Clyne, Dennis E. Discher, Daniel A. Fletcher, William H. Guilford, Jay D. Humphrey, Clark T. Hung, Nic D. Leipzig, Elizabeth G. Loboa, Daniel J. M{\"u}ller, David J. Odde, Yixian Qin, Masaaki Sato, Michael S. Sacks, Robert T. Tranquillo, James H.-C. Wang, Sihong Wang. We would also like to thank Ms. Genya Gurvich for her assistance in manuscript preparation. XEG acknowledges partial funding support from NIH (R13EB012902, R01AR052461, and R21AR059917).",
year = "2012",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1007/s12195-012-0246-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "5",
pages = "239--253",
journal = "Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering",
issn = "1865-5025",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "3",
}
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