Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society is an international learned society.
Regenerative medicine involves processes of replacing, engineering or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function. A major technology of regenerative medicine is tissue engineering, which has variously been defined as "an interdisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering and the life sciences toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve tissue function", or "the creation of new tissue by the deliberate and controlled stimulation of selected target cells through a systematic combination of molecular and mechanical signals".
History
Tissue engineering emerged during the 1990s as a potentially powerful option for regenerating tissue and research initiatives were established in various cities in the USA and in European countries including the UK, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, and also in Japan. Soon fledgling societies were formed in these countries in order to represent these new sciences, notably the European Tissue Engineering Society and, in the USA, the Tissue Engineering Society, soon to become the Tissue Engineering Society international and the Regenerative Medicine Society.Because of the overlap between the activities of these societies and the increasing globalization of science and medicine, considerations of a merger between TESI and ETES and RMS were initiated in 2004 and agreement was reached during 2005 about the formation of the consolidated society, the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society. Election of officers for TERMIS took place in September 2005, and the by-laws were approved by the Board.
Rapid progress in the organization of TERMIS took place during late 2005 and 2006. The SYIS, Student and Young Investigator Section was established in January 2006, website and newsletter launched and membership dues procedures put in place. Very importantly, a contract was signed between TERMIS and the publisher Mary Ann Liebert which designated the journal Tissue Engineering, Parts A, B and C as the official journal of TERMIS with free on-line access for the membership.
Structure and governance
It was determined that each Chapter would have its own Council, the overall activities being determined by the Governing Board, on which each Council was represented, and an Executive Committee.Fellows
Fellows of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine recipients are:| Alini, Mauro | Russell, Alan | ||||
| Atala, Anthony | Hilborn, Jöns | Lee, Jin Ho | Okano, Teruo | Shoichet, Molly | Wagner, William |
| Badylak, Stephen | Hubbell, Jeffrey | Lee, Hai-Bang | Pandit, Abhay | Smith, David | Weiss, Anthony S. |
| Cancedda, Ranieri | Hutmacher, Dietmar | Martin, Ivan | Parenteau, Nancy | Tabata, Yasuhiko | Williams, David |
| Cao, Yilin | Johnson, Peter | Mikos, Antonios | Radisic, Milica | Vacanti, Charles | |
| Griffith, Linda | Khang, Gilson | Mooney, David | Ratner, Buddy | Vacanti, Joseph | |
| Guldberg, Robert | Kirkpatrick, C. James | Naughton, Gail | Redl, Heinz | van Osch, Gerjo | |
| Hellman, Kiki | Langer, Robert | Nerem, Robert | Reis, Rui L. | Vunjak-Novakovic, Gordana |
Society chapters
At the beginning of the Society, it was agreed that there would be Continental Chapters of TERMIS, initially TERMIS-North America and TERMIS-Europe, to be joined at the time of the major Shanghai conference in October 2005 by TERMIS-Asia Pacific. It was subsequently agreed that the remit of TERMIS-North America should be expanded to incorporate activity in South America, the chapter becoming TERMIS-Americas officially in 2012.TERMIS conferences
It was agreed that there would be a World Congress every three years, with each Chapter organizing its own conference in the intervening two years.TERMIS World Conferences
- 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Conference Chair: Alan J. Russell. First world congress
- 2009 – Seoul, South Korea, Conference Chair: Jung-Man Kim
- 2012 – Vienna, Austria, Conference Chair: Heinz Redl
- 2015 – Boston, MA, United States, Conference Chairs: David Kaplan and Kacey Marra
- 2018 – Kyoto, Japan, Conference Co-Chairs: Yasuhiko Tabata and Yoshiki Sawa
- 2021 – Maastricht, Netherlands, Conference chair: Lorenzo Moroni, Conference co-chairs:Liesbet Geris and Stefan Jockenhoevel
TERMIS-AP Conferences
- 2007 – Tokyo, Japan, Meeting Chair: Teruo Okano
- 2008 – Taipei, Taiwan, Meeting Chairs: Ging-Ho Hsiue and Sheng-Mou Hou
- 2010 – Sydney, Australia, Meeting Chair: Geoffrey McKellar
- 2011 – Singapore, Meeting Chair: James Goh
- 2013 – Wuzhen, China, Meeting Chairs: Yilin Cao and Wei Liu
- 2014 – Daegu, South Korea, Meeting Chairs: Jin Ho Lee and Byung-hyun Min
- 2016 – Tamsui, Taipei, Meeting Chairs: Ming-Tau Sheu and Shih-Chieh Hung, Conference Program Chair: Yu-Chen Hu
- 2017 – Nantong, China, Meeting Chairs: Xiaosong Gu, Xiaobing Fu and Yilin Cao
- 2019 – Brisbane, Australia, Meeting Chair: Yin Xiao
- 2020 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Meeting Chairs: Thamil Selvee Ramasamy, Angela Ng Min Hwei and Badrul Hisham Yahaya
- 2022 – Jeju, South Korea, Meeting Chairs: Gun-IL Im and Byung Soo Kim, Program chair: Byung Hyune Choi
TERMIS-EU Conferences
- 2006 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Meeting Chair: Gerjo van Osch
- 2007 – London, United Kingdom, Meeting Chair: Robert Brown
- 2008 – Porto, Portugal, Meeting Chair: Rui Reis
- 2010 – Galway, Ireland, Meeting Chair: Abhay Pandit
- 2011 – Granada, Spain, Meeting Chair: Antonio Campos
- 2013 – Istanbul, Turkey, Meeting Chair: Erhan Piskin
- 2014 – Genova, Italy, Meeting Chair: Ranieri Cancedda and Claudio Migliaresi
- 2016 – Uppsala, Sweden, Meeting Chair: Jöns Hilborn and May Griffith
- 2017 – Davos, Switzerland, Meeting Chair: R. Geoff Richards, Program Chair: Mauro Alini
- 2019 – Rhodes, Greece, Meeting Chair: Dimitrios Zeugolis, Program Chair: Maria Chatzinikolaidou
- 2020 – Manchester, United Kingdom, Meeting Chairs: Sue Kimber and Sarah Cartmell, Program Chair: Stephen Richardson
- 2022 – Krakow, Poland, Meeting Chair: Wojciech Swieszkowski
- 2023 – Manchester, United Kingdom, Meeting Chairs: Sue Kimber and Sarah Cartmell, Program Chair: Stephen Richardson
TERMIS-AM Conferences
- 2007 – Toronto, ON, Canada, Meeting Chair: Michael Sefton and Molly Shoichet
- 2008 – San Diego, California, Meeting Chair: Anthony Ratcliffe, Robert Sah and Bill Tawil
- 2010 – Orlando, Florida, Meeting Chair: Anthony Atala
- 2011 – Houston, Texas, Meeting Chair: Antonios Mikos
- 2013 – Atlanta, Georgia, Conference Chair: Robert Guldberg, Conference Program Chair: Todd McDevitt
- 2014 – Washington D.C., Conference Chair: John Fisher, Conference Program Chair: Jennifer Elisseeff
- 2016 – San Diego, California, Meeting Chair: Anthony Ratcliffe, Robert Sah and Bill Tawil
- 2017 – Charlotte, North Carolina, Meeting Chair: Anthony Atala, Program Chairs: Shay Soker and James Yoo
- 2019 – Orlando, Florida, Meeting Chairs: Cherie Stabler and Diego Mantovani
- 2020 – Toronto, ON, Canada, Meeting Chairs: Alison McGuigan, Penney Gilbert and Carlos Aguila
- 2021 – Toronto, ON, Canada, Meeting Chairs: Alison McGuigan, Penney Gilbert and Carlos Aguila
TERMIS Awards
Each TERMIS chapter has defined awards to recognize outstanding scientists and their contributions within the community.TERMIS-AP
- The Excellence Achievement Award has been established to recognize a researcher in the Asia-Pacific region who has made continuous and landmark contributions to the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine field.
- The Outstanding Scientist Award has been established to recognize a mid-career researcher in the Asia-Pacific region who has made significant contributions to the TERM field.
- The Young Scholar Award has been established to recognize a young researcher in the Asia-Pacific region who has made significant and consistent achievements in the TERM field, showing a clear evidence of their potential to excel.
- The Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Best TERM Paper Award has been established to recognize a student researcher in the Asia-Pacific region who has achieved outstanding research accomplishments in the TERM field.
- The TERMIS-AP Innovation Team Award has been established to recognize a team of researchers in the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to recognize successful applications of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine leading to the development of relevant products/therapies/technologies which will ultimately benefit the patients.
TERMIS-EU
- The Career Achievement Award is aimed towards a recognition of individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of TERM and have carried out most of their career in the TERMIS-EU geographical area.
- The Mid Terms Career Award has been established in 2020 to recognize individuals that are within 10–20 years after obtaining their PhD, with a successful research group and clear evidence of outstanding performance.
- The Robert Brown Early Career Principal Investigator Award recognizes individuals that are within 2–10 years after obtaining their PhD, with clear evidence of a growing profile.
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