The European Society of Biomechanics

BIOSPINE 3: 3rd International Congress of Biotechnologies for Spinal Surgery

VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1-4, 2010
www.biospine.org

The 3rd International Congress of Biotechnologies for Spinal Surgery, BIOSPINE 3 is going to be held, 1–4 September, 2010. BIOSPINE 3 is being organized by STEGA (Skeletal Tissue Engineering Group Amsterdam) on behalf of REGENERATE (Regenerate – European Network for Regenerative Medicine EEIG).

Barend J van Royen is the Chair and Hans Jörg Meisel is the Co–Chair of BIOSPINE3. Max Aebi, Cody Bunger, Marinus De Kleuver, Frank Emmrich, Timothy Ganey, Robert Gunzburg, Dietmar Hutmacher, Daisuke Sakai, and Hans-Joachim Wilke have agreed to be on the advisory board of the Congress.

Some of the topics which will be addressed in BIOSPINE3 are cellular therapies, application for growth factors, regeneration and degeneration of intervertebral disc, embryonic, pluripotent and adult stem cells, skeletal application of polymeres, spinal cord repair, and cellular repair strategies.

This conference is pointedly broad in scope and designed to include scientists and medical experts as well as manufacturers.

Abstract Submission

The scientific committee invites all participants to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations online (www.biospine.org) until 31 March 2010.

Conference Office
Congrex Deutschland GmbH
Potsdamer Platz 11
10785 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 30 – 25 89 46 28
Fax: +49 (0) 30 – 25 89 41 00
biospine@congrex.com
www.congrex.com

Conference Venue

VU University medical center (VUmc)
De Booleaan 1117
1081 HV Amsterdam

The Netherlands

For more information on the BIOSPINE3 visit www.biospine.org.