You now have until Friday, July 25, to save $200 on your registration for the 2025 AATB Annual Meeting. This year’s theme, “Driving Progress: Uniting for the Future,” highlights how collaboration is shaping the future of tissue donation and transplantation. Use code EARLYBIRD25 at checkout to claim your discount. Please note: Only one discount may be applied per registration. Discounts are not valid on single-day registration, government rate registration, or social event tickets.

STERIS Applied Sterilization Technologies provides contract sterilization, laboratory testing, and product and packaging testing services to medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Through our global network of contract sterilization and laboratory facilities, STERIS offers a comprehensive array of sterilization, validation, and laboratory testing services to the tissue industry, including human, animal, and synthetic tissue products. Learn more about AATB Affiliate Members and Affiliate Membership today.

Do you know someone making a meaningful impact in the tissue community? Now’s your chance to recognize their dedication. Nominations are open for the 2025 AATB Achievement Awards, celebrating professionals whose work is shaping the future of our field. Learn more about each award, review the criteria, and submit your nomination. All nominations are due by August 2.

Laboratory Equipment
A multisite research team has issued ethical and policy recommendations for upcoming first-in-human clinical trials involving pig kidney transplants, aiming to guide safe and informed xenotransplantation practices.

National Institutes of Health
Scientists have developed a method to engineer CAR T cells directly within the body using targeted lipid nanoparticles.

CU Anschutz Medical Campus
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that amniotic stem cells can be safely collected from vaginal fluid after childbirth, offering a less invasive method for obtaining cells that could be used to treat congenital heart defects and other conditions.

Join us October 12-15 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, GA, for the 2025 AATB Annual Meeting. Registration is open, secure your spot today!

Gain unmatched visibility and direct access to key decision-makers in tissue banking by becoming a sponsor or exhibitor at the 2025 AATB Annual Meeting. This is your chance to showcase your innovations, highlight your impact, and connect with the professionals shaping the future of the field. Explore our 2025 sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities and express your interest in participating today!

As the 2025 AATB Annual Meeting approaches, please be aware that unauthorized third parties may contact members claiming to represent AATB. These solicitations often offer pre-registration lists, hotel bookings, or transportation services, sometimes using language that appears official. AATB does not sell attendee lists or partner with third-party vendors for hotel or travel arrangements. Any such offers are not authorized by AATB and may put your personal and financial information at risk. For any questions or to report suspicious outreach, contact blyj@aatb.org.

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
This article reviews and compares modern experimental methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of tissue-engineered products for hyaline cartilage regeneration, highlighting their applications, advantages, limitations, and the importance of combining multiple techniques for comprehensive analysis.

Ready to rethink how you approach risk? Join us August 6, for “RISK: The Unpopular Four-Letter Word,” a webinar that will guide tissue professionals through the essentials of effective risk assessments. Using the familiar example of choosing a college, this webinar breaks down risk evaluation into clear, relatable steps you can apply right away. Whether you’re refining your quality systems or expanding your expertise, you’ll leave with practical strategies to strengthen risk-based thinking across your organization. Perfect for those with at least two years of experience in QA, regulatory, or processing roles.
Target Audience: Tissue banking professionals with a minimum of 2 years of experience in QA/QC, regulatory, processing, and distribution.

Alachua, Florida: RTI Surgical is now Evergen!

This rebranding reflects our strategic evolution as a leading CDMO in regenerative medicine and comes at the end of a significant year for the business, including the successful acquisitions of Cook Biotech in IN and Collagen Solutions, MN. Our new brand identity emphasizes our unique positioning as the only CDMO offering a comprehensive portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale.

Portland, Oregon: Leads a recovery team to maximize the gift and facilities the recovery of tissue for transplant.  Ensures a timely follow-up is completed post recovery with all applicable constituents.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Operations, the Director, Sourcing Partnership Development is responsible for strategy development and execution of expansion of NDRI’s donation partner network with OPOs, Tissue Banks, Eye Banks, Hospitals, Recovery Personnel and Recovery Sites.