Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
Abbreviation	TERMIS
Formation	2005
Type	INGO 503(c)(3)[1]
Purpose	medical research
Region served	worldwide
Official language	english
President	Rui L. Reis
Website	http://www.termis.org/

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society is an international learned society.^[1]

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",^[2] 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).

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). 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 (FTERM) 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 (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.

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, USA. First world congress
2009 – Seoul, South Korea
2012 – Vienna, Austria
2015 – Boston, MA, USA
2018 – Kyoto, Japan

TERMIS-AP Conferences

2007 – Tokyo, Japan, Meeting Chair: Dr. Teruo Okano
2008 – Taipei, Taiwan, Meeting Chairs: Professor Ging-Ho Hsiue and Professor Sheng-Mou Hou
2010 – Sydney, Australia, Meeting Chair: Prof. Geoffrey McKellar
2011 – Singapore, Meeting Chair: Prof. James Goh
2013 – Wuzhen, China, Meeting Chairs: Dr. Yilin Cao and Dr. Wei Liu
2014 – Daegu, South Korea, Meeting Chairs: Prof. 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 (upcoming conference) – Brisbane, Australia, Meeting Chair: Prof. Yin Xiao
2020 (upcoming conference) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Meeting Chairs: Dr. Thamil Selvee Ramasamy, Dr. Angela Ng Min Hwei and Dr. Badrul Hisham Yahaya

TERMIS – EU Conferences

2006 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Meeting Chair: Dr. Gerjo van Osch
2007 – London, United Kingdom, Meeting Chair: Prof: Robert Brown
2008 – Porto, Portugal, Meeting Chair: Prof. Rui Reis
2010 – Galway, Ireland, Meeting Chair: Dr. Abhay Pandit
2011 – Granada, Spain, Meeting Chair: Dr. Antonio Campos
2013 – Istanbul, Turkey, Meeting Chair: Erhan Piskin
2014 – Genova, Italy, Meeting Chair: Prof. Ranieri Cancedda and Dr. Claudio Migliaresi
2016 – Uppsala, Sweden, Meeting Chair: Jöns Hilborn and May Griffith
2017 – Davos, Switzerland, Meeting Chair: Prof R Geoff Richards, Program Chair: Prof Mauro Alini
2019 (upcoming conference) – Rhodes, Greece, Meeting Chair: Dr. Dimitrios Zeugolis, Program Chair: Dr. Maria Chatzinikolaidou
2020 (upcoming conference) – Manchester, United Kingdom, Meeting Chairs: Dr. Sue Kimber & Dr. Sarah Cartmell, Program Chair: Dr. Stephen Richardson

TERMIS – AM Conferences

2007 – Toronto, ON, Canada, Meeting Chair: Dr. Michael Sefton and Dr. Molly Shoichet
2008 – San Diego, California, Meeting Chair: Dr. Anthony Ratcliffe, Dr. Robert Sah and Dr. Bill Tawil
2010 – Orlando, Florida, Meeting Chair: Dr. Anthony Atala
2011 – Houston, Texas, Meeting Chair: Dr. Antonios Mikos
2013 – Atlanta, Georgia, Conference Chair: Robert Guldberg, Conference Program Chair: Todd McDevitt
2014 – Washington, DC, Conference Chair: John Fisher, Conference Program Chair: Jennifer Elisseeff
2016 – San Diego, California, Meeting Chair: Dr. Anthony Ratcliffe, Dr. Robert Sah and Dr. Bill Tawil
2017 – Charlotte, North Carolina, Meeting Chair: Dr. Anthony Atala, Program Chairs: Dr. Shay Soker and Dr. James Yoo
2019 (upcoming conference) – Orlando, FL, Meeting Chairs: Dr. Cherie Stabler and Dr. Diego Mantovani

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 (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.

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

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

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

SYIS

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. It follows the organizational and working pattern of TERMIS.

References

1 2 TERMIS By-Laws
1 2 Langer R, Vacanti JP. Tissue Engineering. Science 1993;260:920-6.
↑ Williams DF. On the nature of biomaterials. Biomaterials 2009;30:5897-909.

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[bylaws-1] 1 2 TERMIS By-Laws

[Langer-2] 1 2 Langer R, Vacanti JP. Tissue Engineering. Science 1993;260:920-6.

[3] Williams DF. On the nature of biomaterials. Biomaterials 2009;30:5897-909.