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CTEC's Historical Highlights

June 30, 2005 - CTEC Investigators Awarded $4 Million Biomedical Research and Commercialization Grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Project

November 18, 2005 - CTEC launches operations with a reception and program at the Cleveland Health Science Museum

January 23, 2006 - CTEC hosts its first Strategy and Synergy Session, focusing on Image Acquisition and Processing Technologies

May 3-5, 2006 - CTEC co-sponsors the 2006 Cleveland Clinic Bone Innovation Summit at the Cleveland Intercontinental Hotel and Conference Cent

May 22-26, 2006 - CTEC co-hosts the first annual Cell-based Therapies and Tissue Engineering course

August, 2006 - Member's are on website launched

September 20-21, 2006 - First Scientific Advisory Board meeting held to conduct program and project modifications.

October 19, 2006 - Commercial Advisory Board meets and rebudgets projects.

November, 2006 - Internal Advisor Board meets

January, 2007 - Tolera Therapeutics, CTEC start-up initiates operations

April 11-14, 2007 - CTEC co-sponsors the 2007 Knee Innovation Summit at the InterContinental Hotel

April, 2007 - Lifecore Biomedical licenses HA hydrogel technology from Anthony Calabro

May 21-25, 2007 - CTEC co-hosts annual CTTE course

August 27-29, 2007 - CTEC and affiliates co-host Mesenchymal Stem Cells 2007, the 1st national scale regenerative medicine meeting

November 19, 2007 - Allaince for Regenerative Medicine, a multiinstitutional corsortium co-led by CTEC and Rutgers Military Biomaterials Institute, is one of two finalists for $42.5M Deaprtment of Defense Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medcine grant

April 15, 2008 - Cell Targeting, CTEC spin-out company, recieves $1M in Series A finanacing

April 17, 2008 - Allaince for Regenerative Medicine, now the Rutgers Cleveland Clinic Consortium receives $12.6M for DOD AFIRM program.

May 7-10, 2008 - CTEC co-sponsors the 2008 Cartilage Innovation Summit

May 19-22, 2008 - CTEC co-hosts CTTE course

June 16, 2008 - Tolera Therapeutics closes Series A funding round at $8M

June 26, 2008 - CTEC receives renewal grant from Third Frontier Program for $4.9M

December 17, 2008 - CTEC member leads team to first U.S. near-total face transplant

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