Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society is an international learned society dedicated to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.[1]

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
AbbreviationTERMIS
Formation2005
TypeINGO 503(c)(3)[1]
Purposemedical research
Region served
worldwide
Official language
english
President
Geoff Richards
Websitehttp://www.termis.org/

Background
Main articles: Tissue engineering and Regenerative medicine

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,[2] 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".[3]

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 (ETES) and, in the USA, the Tissue Engineering Society (TES), soon to become the Tissue Engineering Society international (TESi) and the Regenerative Medicine Society (RMS).[4]

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 (TERMIS).[5] 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.

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.

Society chapters

At the beginning of the Society, it was agreed that there would be Continental Chapters of TERMIS, initially TERMIS-North America (TERMIS-NA) and TERMIS-Europe (TERMIS-EU), to be joined at the time of the major Shanghai conference in October 2005 by TERMIS-Asia Pacific (TERMIS-AP). 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 (TERMS-AM) officially in 2012.

Student and Young Investigator Section

The Student and Young Investigator Section of TERMIS (TERMIS-SYIS) brings together undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and young investigators in industry and academia related to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. [6] It follows the organizational and working pattern of TERMIS.

Activities

Journal
Tissue Engineering
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert on behalf of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Tissue Eng.
Links

A contract was signed between TERMIS and the Mary Ann Liebert publisher 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.[7]

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.

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 (undergraduate/graduate/postdoc) 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.

Award recipients
TERMIS-AP
2016
  • Hai Bang Lee – Excellence Achievement Award
  • Hsing-Wen Sung – Outstanding Scientist Award
2017
  • Yilin Cao – Excellence Achievement Award
  • Wei Liu – Outstanding Scientist Award
2018
  • Teruo Okano - Excellence Achievement Award
  • Yasuhiko Tabata - Outstanding Scientist Award
TERMIS-EU
2013
  • Clemens van Blitterswijk – Career Achievement Award
  • Ranieri Cancedda – Contributions to the Literature Award
  • Manuela Gomes – Young Scientist Award
2014
  • C. James Kirkpatrick – Career Achievement Award
  • Katja Schenke-Layland – Young Scientist Award
2016
  • James B. Richardson – Clinical Translation Award
  • Lorenzo Moroni – Young Scientist Award
2017
  • Rui L. Reis – Contributions to the Literature Award
  • Jeroen Rouwkema – Robert Brown Early Career Principal Investigator Award
2019
  • David F. Williams – Chairs’ Life Achievement & Contribution Award
  • Rui L. Reis – Career Achievement Award
  • Liesbet Geris – Robert Brown Early Career Principal Investigator Award
2020
  • Graziella Pellegrini – Career Achievement Award
  • Martin J. Stoddart - Mid Term Career Award
  • Jeroen Leijten – Robert Brown Early Career Principal Investigator Award
TERMIS-AM
2010
  • Arnold I. Caplan – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Ali Khademhosseini – Young Investigator Award
  • James Kretlow – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
2011
  • Robert S. Langer – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • David J. Mooney – Senior Scientist Award
  • F. Kurtis Kasper – Young Investigator Award
  • Jessica A. DeQuach – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
2012
  • Alan J. Russell – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Stephen F. Badylak – Senior Scientist Award
  • Karen L. Christman – Young Investigator Award
  • Kacey G. Marra – Educational Award
  • Brian M. Sicari – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
  • Andrew J. Marshall – Innovation/Commercialization Award
2013
  • Robert M. Nerem – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • William R. Wagner – Senior Scientist Award
  • Alison P. McGuigan – Young Investigator Award
  • Rameshwar R. Rao – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
2014
  • Anthony Atala – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Molly Shoichet – Senior Scientist Award
  • Warren Grayson – Young Investigator Award
  • Bryan Brown – Educational Award
  • Laura Bracaglia – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
2015
  • Antonios G. Mikos – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Robert T. Tranquillo – Senior Scientist Award
  • Eric M. Brey – Educational Award
  • Lauren D. Black III – Young Investigator Award
  • Timothy J. Keane Jr. – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
2016
  • Michael Sefton – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Ali Khademhosseini – Senior Scientist Award
  • Johnna Temenoff – Educational Award
  • Jordan Green – Young Investigator Award
  • Jenna Dziki – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
2017
  • Joseph P. Vacanti – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • John P. Fisher – Senior Scientist Award
  • Lauren Black – Educational Award
  • Ngan F. Huang – Young Investigator Award
  • Mahesh Devarasetty – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
2018
  • Karen Christman - Senior Scientist Award
  • Kurt Kasper - Educational Award
  • Yu Shrike Zhang - Young Investigator Award
  • Andreas Kaasi - Innovation/Commercialization Award
  • Catalina Molina Pineda - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award

Fellows

Fellows of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM) recipients are:

Alini, Mauro Russell, Alan
Atala, AnthonyHilborn, JönsLee, Jin HoOkano, TeruoShoichet, Molly Wagner, William
Badylak, StephenHubbell, JeffreyLee, Hai-BangPandit, AbhaySmith, David Weiss, Anthony S.
Cancedda, RanieriHutmacher, DietmarMartin, IvanParenteau, NancyTabata, Yasuhiko Williams, David
Cao, YilinJohnson, PeterMikos, AntoniosRadisic, MilicaVacanti, Charles
Griffith, LindaKhang, GilsonMooney, DavidRatner, BuddyVacanti, Joseph
Guldberg, RobertKirkpatrick, C. JamesNaughton, GailRedl, Heinzvan Osch, Gerjo
Hellman, KikiLanger, RobertNerem, RobertReis, Rui L.Vunjak-Novakovic, Gordana

References
  1. "TERMIS By-Laws" (PDF).
  2. Langer, R.; Vacanti, J. P. (May 14, 1993). "Tissue engineering". Science. 260 (5110): 920–926. doi:10.1126/science.8493529. PMID 8493529 – via science.sciencemag.org.
  3. Williams, David F. (October 1, 2009). "On the nature of biomaterials". Biomaterials. 30 (30): 5897–5909. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.07.027 – via ScienceDirect.
  4. "The history of TERMIS" (PDF).
  5. "Founders | TERMIS". termis.org.
  6. "https://twitter.com/syiseu". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-12-15. External link in |title= (help)
  7. "Tissue Engineering, Parts A, B, & C | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers". home.liebertpub.com.
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