Nominations are now being accepted for the 2023 AATB Achievement Awards. The annual AATB Achievement Awards are a great opportunity to honor exceptional individuals within the tissue banking community. The awards to be presented include the Jeanne C. Mowe Distinguished Service Award, the George W. Hyatt Memorial Award, and the Kenneth W. Sell Memorial Award. To learn more about each award, the submission criteria, and how to submit your nomination, please visit our website. The deadline for all nominations is May 31, 2023. Join us in celebrating excellence in tissue banking by nominating deserving individuals.

Amendments include risk review to specifically address EtO emissions from all commercial sterilization facilities and to revise monitoring and performance testing requirements. EtO is widely used for instrument sterilization in the human tissue industries.

A range of exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities for the upcoming in-person AATB Annual Meeting will soon be available to the public. Registration is currently open to AATB Affiliate Members and will open to AATB Accredited Establishments and previous exhibitors and sponsors shortly. If you are interested in being notified once registration is available for your establishment, please email blyj@aatb.org with your name and email.

Whether you're a scientific mastermind or an administrative superstar, we want to hear from you! AATB is seeking submissions in both categories, giving you a chance to highlight your contributions to tissue banking across all disciplines. Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your groundbreaking tissue banking research at the 2023 Annual Meeting. One winner and one spotlight will be chosen per category and invited to present as part of the Scientific and Technical Affairs (STAC) track at the conference. In addition, abstract winners and spotlights will receive complimentary conference registration. The deadline for abstract submissions is May 26, so submit your work today!

Join us September 17-20 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD, for the 2023 AATB Annual Meeting. Registration opens in June.

AATB's call for session proposals is an opportunity for AATB members to contribute their ideas for topics and speakers to the 2023 AATB Annual Meeting. The deadline for proposals is Friday, May 5, 2023. Submit your idea today!

Medical Xpress
Researchers in Great Britain discovered immune cell trafficking – a parameter that can be used to moderate inflammation processes.

CNET
Bioengineers have developed a way to 3D-print heart tissue. The tissue is living tissue and would grow with the recipient.

Nature Biomedical Engineering
Stretchable ultrasonic arrays could be used to monitor the evolution of lesions and rehabilitation progress in a non-invasive manner.

GEN
Pathogen-induced cytokine interleukin-24 (IL-24) is introduced after tissue injury, but many different skin cells express IL-24, orchestrating tissue repair.

News-Medical.Net
Regenerative medicine takes an immune-centric approach to biomaterials and scaffolds.

Do you have a deep understanding of the rationale and intent of the questions within the Donor Risk Assessment Interview? Join Dr. Irma Sison and Joshua Brennan on May 10 for another installment of the DRAI Deep-Dive series.

Join AATB and Grace Bolton, CEO and Founder of QVEX Consulting, LLC, on May 17 for an overview of the key factors to consider when developing a robust process validation, ensuring that a process that is being implemented can produce allografts that are processed consistently while meeting predetermined specifications.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Kim Collins joins AATB on May 24 to discuss physical assessments such as malignant and benign skin lesions and sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

Denver, Colorado: Donor Alliance is hiring a Tissue Recovery Coordinator in Denver! The Tissue Recovery Coordinator (TRC) is responsible for several aspects within the non-clinical and clinical recovery process within the guidelines of Donor Alliance.

Omaha, Nebraska: Tissue Services Manager: Join our mission and help give the most precious gift of all...life! We are seeking a Tissue Services Manager to oversee our Tissue Services team. This position will be reporting to our Director of Tissue and Communication Services and be a valuable member of our Leadership team.

Miami, Florida: Oversight of day-to-day operations of the Donor Services Center (DSC). Coordinate with the department managers and supervisor(s) to ensure 24/7/365 operation of the DSC to facilitate ventilated and non ventilated referrals from Hospital and Medical Examiner Partners.