IADR Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group Award

Deadline: January 19, 2016

The Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group is pleased to offer two student travel awards each in the amount of $1,000 sponsored by the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group of the IADR.

To qualify for one of these awards you must be either:

1) A full time pre-doctoral D.D.S., D.M.D., Ph.D. or other student.

2) A full time post-doctoral fellow.

Students submitting and having abstracts accepted to the IADR General Session & Exhibition in Seoul, Republic of Korea, June 22-25, 2016, are eligible for consideration.  Only submissions from undergraduate, postgraduate or postdoctoral students, as noted in the submission application, will be considered for this award.

A committee of the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group will judge the candidate abstracts. Abstracts will be judged based on rigor, originality and impact on the field of pulp biology.

The winners will be notified prior to the meeting and will be officially announced at the PBRG business meetings.  The winners are encouraged to attend the PBRG meeting to be recognized for their work.

2014 Recipient

CHING CHING WONG. National Taiwan University

Regeneration of Dentin-Pulp Complex with Novel Growth Factors Biomaterial Compound

2013 Recipient

YONG JIANG. Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX

B-Catenin is a Potent Inhibitor of Postnalal Root Formation

2011 Recipients

M. AL-HABIB, S. KIM, and G.T.J. HUANG. Department of Endodontics, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Enhancement of Dental Pulp Stem Cell Stemness Using Small Molecules

P.R. ARANY1, T. HUNT2, E. HAHM2, G. SIDHU2, A. CHIH-HAO CHEN3, B. PADWA4, M. HAMBLIN5, and D. MOONEY6. 1Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyss Institute and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 4Plastic Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 5Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 6Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Low Power Laser Activates Latent TGF-beta1 to Induce Dentin Regeneration

2009 Recipients

O.V. HORST, J.A. HORST, and B.A. DALE, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Cytokine Network in the Odontoblast Layer of Carious Teeth

L. ZHENG, K. AMANO, K. IOHARA, M. ITO4, K. MATSUSHITA, H. NAKAMURA, P. PAPAGERAKIS, and M. NAKASHIMA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan, National Defense Medical College, Aichi, Japan.

Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 Accelerates Wound Healing Following Dental Pulp Injury