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06/16/2026

📣 Calling all Organ Preservation and Transplant Stakeholders - Register Today for the Organ Preservation Summit at CRYO2026 taking place July 16th (in person in Seattle and remote)
🫀 Across three sessions, attendees will explore how advances in preservation technology are enabling new possibilities in transplantation, xenotransplantation, donor–recipient matching, and clinically viable organ banking—while also advancing mechanistic understanding of functional recovery through computational modeling, transport phenomena, and biological response. Together, these sessions bridge clinical vision, engineering innovation, and foundational discovery.
✅ Join OPO’s, leading transplant surgeons, academic researchers, and industry experts for this 3 session summit, which will explore the current status and challenges of cryopreservation looking toward the end goal of clinically viable organ banking. Invited speakers include Nicole Ali (NYU Langone Health), Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin (University of Maryland), Kevin Myer (Lifegift) Seyed Alireza (Ali) Rabi (University Health Network) and Joshua Weiner (Columbia University).
đź”— https://cryo2026.com for more information and to register.

06/16/2026

Organ transplantation is at a crossroads. Too many people die for lack of an organ. Confidence in the U.S. transplant system has been shaken. Join three top experts to debate what comes next! Will new technologies save lives — perfusion options, xenotransplantation, and prolonged organ cryopreserv...

06/16/2026
📣 Don’t forget to join us later TODAY!
06/16/2026

📣 Don’t forget to join us later TODAY!

📢 Join us for the next NSF ATP-Bio Public Webinar Series featuring Dr. Lakshya Gangwar!

đź§Š One Field, Many Terms: Can Cryobiology Agree on Its Language?

This webinar will explore the need for harmonized terminology in cryopreservation and how shared language can help advance collaboration, reproducibility, and translation across the field.

đź“… Tuesday, June 16, 2026
⏰ 3:00–4:00 PM CT | 4:00–5:00 PM ET | 1:00–2:00 PM PT
đź’» Zoom: umn.zoom.us/j/93724503705

We hope to see you there!

Learn more about our webinars: atp-bio.org/atp-bio-webinar-series/

📸 Last week, ATP-Bio was proud to participate in STEMFest at the University of Minnesota as both an exhibitor and progra...
06/14/2026

📸 Last week, ATP-Bio was proud to participate in STEMFest at the University of Minnesota as both an exhibitor and program co-sponsor.

Through hands-on demonstrations and interactive exhibits, ATP-Bio researchers and trainees introduced students, families, and community members to the science of cryopreservation and the technologies being developed to preserve cells, tissues, and organs for the future of medicine.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our tables, asked questions, and explored the exciting world of preservation science with us! 🧊🔬

Learn more about STEMFest: stemlinx.net/stemfest

đź“° NSF ATP-Bio Featured in Nature Biotechnology A new Nature Biotechnology article highlights ATP-Bio researchers, Member...
06/12/2026

đź“° NSF ATP-Bio Featured in Nature Biotechnology

A new Nature Biotechnology article highlights ATP-Bio researchers, Member Partners, and the future of organ preservation that ATP-Bio was created to enable.

The article highlights emerging sub-zero preservation technologies that reduce ice damage in organs and could extend donor-graft shelf life—offering transplant centers more time to match recipients.

We're proud to see the ATP-Bio community and its contributions recognized in this feature.

đź“– Read the article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03173-6

Sub-zero technologies that reduce ice damage in organs could extend donor-graft shelf life — offering transplant centers more time to match recipients.

📄 New Publication Alert — A Collaboration Between Two NSF ERCs! Researchers from the NSF ATP-Bio ERC and the NSF EARTH E...
06/12/2026

📄 New Publication Alert — A Collaboration Between Two NSF ERCs!

Researchers from the NSF ATP-Bio ERC and the NSF EARTH ERC have published a new collaborative study in Cryobiology exploring cryogenic refrigerants for tissue and organ cryopreservation.

The paper presents a framework for selecting refrigerants based on thermal performance, safety, and environmental impact, helping advance scalable and sustainable preservation technologies for the future of organ banking and biopreservation.

Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2026.105643

Congratulations to the authors on this interdisciplinary collaboration!

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06/10/2026

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