Working Groups of the ESAO
Purpose
The purpose is to connect efficiently researchers working on specific topics and to make their research more effective. Participating in scientific activities of the society including participation in scientific programms of anual ESAO congress, organisation of own meetings and sessions.
General Activities
Organisation of high leveled "Winter-Schools" as well as "Summer-Schools" to specific topics of general interest for scientists in the field of Artificial Organs and Regenerative Medicine
Structure
Email communication with a central mail distribution list controlled by a chairman.
Chairman and executive
Eligibility: ESAO member, appointed by a governor or by the president.
Tasks:
sending of news to the members
organizing meetings at the yearly ESAO conference
keeping a record of the researchers containing
name
postal address
e-mail address
affiliation
position
expertise
Member
Eligibility: anyone contributing to the topic
Tasks:
keeping the chairman informed on anything he likes the community to know, such as: publications relevant conferences and workshops open positions researchers seeking an employment students looking for a thesis topic thesis topic open for a student funding news experience with specifics, i.e. new materials, drugs, regulations etc recent advances.
Working Groups
The ESAO Workings Groups are designed to work without funding, however, if a source to obtain funds for meetings or other needs can be found, it should be tapped. They have their own accounts within the main ESAO-account. They are commited to obtain funds and sponsorship. In case of making project by the organisation of meetings etc. this goes in the account of the working group.
Heart Support
Chairman: Juan F. del Canizo, canizo@mce.hggm.es
Webpage: http://www.hggm.es/esao
Liver Support
Chairman: I. Sauer, igor.sauer@charite.de
Webpage: http://lab.blogs.com/lswg/
Apheresis and Adsorption
Chairman: B. Stegmayr, Bernd.Stegmayr@medicin.umu.se
Webpage: not available
Tissue Engineering
Chairman: N. Neves, nuno@dep.uminho.pt
Webpage: http://www.esao.org/tissue.php
Uremic toxins
Chairman: R. Vanholder, chantal.bergen@rug.ac.be
Webpage: http://www.uremic-toxins.org/
List of publications: http://uremic-toxins.org/references.html
Education
Chairman: D. Falkenhagen, dieter.falkenhagen@donau-uni.ac.at
Co-chariman: B.H. Walpoth
Members:
Juan F. del Canizo
Birgit Glasmacher
Udo Losert
Khosrow Mattaghy
Gerd Rakhorst
Rui Reis
Igor Sauer
Heinrich Schima
Bernd Stegmayr
Raymond Vanholder
Jörg Vienken
For further Information please contact the ESAO General Secretary: B. Glasmacher, glasmacher@imp.uni-hannover.de