TERMIS

www.apptecls.com
AppTec's ISO-certified, FDA-registered laboratories provide comprehensive biosafety and contract services for medical devices/products. Testing (GLP/cGMP-compliant) includes biocompatibility (in vivo and in vitro), chronic toxicity, genotoxicity, microbiology, chemistry, sterilization validation, viral clearance, environmental monitoring, and package testing; contract services include cGMP processing/manufacturing for tissue products and cell therapies.

www.biospherix.com
ULTIMATE STEM CELL WORKSTATION, an advanced new incubation system. Multiple independent high performance O2/CO2/NO/CO controlled-atmosphere isolators along with microscopes, sorters, centrifuges, etc., this unique system provides the first economical and practical alternative to cleanrooms for GMP-compliant production of stem cells for therapy.

www.bose-electroforce.com
Bose Corporation manufactures ElectroForce® test instruments using proprietary linear motor technology. These instruments are designed for characterizing soft tissues, bone, orthopaedic and cardiovascular medical devices, biomaterials, stents, and a variety of viscoelastic engineered materials. The new BioDynamic^TM test instruments perform characterization of biomaterials and tissue in a biological environment.

www.gtec.gatech.edu
The Georgia Tech/Emory Center (GTEC) for the Engineering of Living Tissue was established by the National Science Foundation as an Engineering Research Center with the mission to be the leader in the development of critical core technologies and an educated workforce that will enable the development of tissue engineering, revolutionize the medical implant industry, and in the process, help confront the transplantation crisis.

www.iop.org
The Institute of Physics is a scientific worldwide membership organization (currently with over 35,000 members) devoted to increasing the understanding and application of physics with all audiences from specialists through government to the general public. The Institute believes in and promotes ethical integrity in all scientific activity, including education, research, publication and the exploitation of knowledge. Its publishing company, Institute of Physics Publishing, is a world leader in scientific publishing and the electronic dissemination of physics.

www.lampire.com

www.lifecore.com
Lifecore's hyaluronan is a component in several commercial ophthalmic, orthopedic, and veterinary medical products. Lifecore supplies customers with either hyaluronan or finished products manufactured in its ISO 13485 and FDA certified aseptic filling facility. In addition, Lifecore's hyaluronan is supplied to academic and corporate researchers around the world for basic science and product development research.

Lonza
www.lonza.org
Lonza, one of the largest and most respected contract manufacturers of biologics in the pharmaceutical industry, has entered the cell therapy market through the acquisition of Cambrex Bioproducts, including the Cell Therapy Bioservices contract manufacturing organization. Lonza will combine its regulatory and commercial manufacturing strength with Cambrex's established reputation in cell therapy process scale up and manufacturing to provide a streamlined commercial manufacturing process that will permit it to partner with cell therapy clients to provide the highest level of service in the industry.

www.mcgowan.pitt.edu
The McGowan Institute serves as a single base of operations for the scientists and clinical faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center working to develop tissue engineering, cellular therapies, and artificial & biohybrid organ devices. The Institute's mission includes the development of innovative clinical protocols as well as the pursuit of rapid commercial transfer of its technologies related to the repair or replacement of tissues and organs by incorporating the use of cells, genes, or other biological building blocks along with bioengineered materials and technologies.

www.novamatrix.biz
NovaMatrix is a business unit of FMC Biopolymer. We specialize in ultra-purified alginate, chitosan, and hyaluronic acid. These polymers are well known, but their purification, documentation, and characterization by NovaMatrix has created a new standard to ensure their toxilogical safety and regulatory compliance in medical devices, tissue engineering, wound care products, and other biomedical applications.

www.stemcell.com
StemCell Technologies provides specialized cell culture media for hematopoietic, mesenchymal, neural, endothelial, mammary epithelial, and embryonic stem cell research. A full line of cell separation products, including RoboSep(r), the fully automated cell separator, is available for the isolation of any type from virtually any species. Other products and services include primary human cells, sera, cytokines, antibodies, training courses, Proficiency Testing, and Contract Services.

www.tissuegrowth.com
Tissue Growth Technologies (TGT) is a leading supplier of mechanically stimulated bioreactor chambers and systems for use in the tissue engineering market. TGT's offerings range from modular components to custom-systems, including multi-specimen and multi-chamber bioreactors. Formerly known as EnduraTEC Systems Corporation, TGT's bioreactors are used today by academic, government, and industrial laboratories.