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BiTEG 2020 Programme

The preliminary programme is now available to download ahead of the meeting here, and the full programme book including posters and abstracts will be available soon.

The finalised programme is now available here to download.  The BiTEG 2020 programme booklet is also now available here.

Confirmed plenary speaker: Prof Abhay Pandit

Abhay Pandit is the Established Professor in Biomaterials and Scientific Director of a Science Foundation Ireland funded Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM) at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Prof Pandit has over thirty years of experience in the field of biomaterials. After a seven-year stint in the industry, he has worked in academia for the last 18 years. Prof. Pandit’s research is funded by Science Foundation Ireland, the 7th EU Framework programme, Enterprise Ireland, Health Research Board, the AO Foundation and industry sources, which in excess of €100 million. Prof. Pandit was elected to the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the creation of a national centre to develop innovative device-based solutions for the treatment of global chronic diseases. He is the first Irish academic to earn this distinction. He is the author of 27 patents and has licensed three technologies to medical device companies. Prof Pandit has published >290 papers in peer-reviewed high impact journals, >700 conference abstracts with an h-index of 61 and ~14,250 citations. Prof. Pandit has successfully supervised 35 PhD students, 24 postdoctoral researchers with a current cohort of 15 Postdoctoral researchers, 20 PhD students and two research associates.