The use of SIS (small intestinal submucosa) as a biomaterial was first discovered by L. A. Geddes at Purdue! This is the origin of Christine Schmidt’s research, leading to Axogen’s Avance Nerve Graft. 🙂🙂 Charles F. Babbs MD, PhD Founding Member of Purdue's Biomedical Engineering Center and Senior Lecturer Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University Google Scholar Page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FL1X7KsAAAAJ&hl=en<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DFL1X7KsAAAAJ%26hl%3Den&data=05%7C02%7Cbmeroundtable-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C18eb39e6433e42b1b11308de1703f7f2%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C1%7C0%7C638973502987573684%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6CwsDb4bnBiyjLwMjYrv0mlSkGvr4mhZilaCJ%2BfT4uU%3D&reserved=0> . ________________________________ From: Bmefaculty-list <bmefaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu> on behalf of Kevin John Otto <kotto@purdue.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 9:38 AM To: bmeroundtable-list@ecn.purdue.edu <bmeroundtable-list@ecn.purdue.edu> Cc: Nathan S Mosier <mosiern@purdue.edu>; David S Corti <dscorti@purdue.edu>; Rao S Govindaraju <govind@purdue.edu>; Petros S Drineas <pdrineas@purdue.edu>; Milind Kulkarni <milind@purdue.edu>; Joyce B Main <jmain@purdue.edu>; Young-Jun Son <yjson@purdue.edu>; Bryan Huey <bhuey@purdue.edu>; Eckhard A Groll <groll@purdue.edu>; Seungjin Kim <seungjin@purdue.edu>; John W Sutherland <jwsuther@purdue.edu>; piin-list@ecn.purdue.edu <piin-list@ecn.purdue.edu> Subject: [Bmefaculty-list] [Bmeroundtable-list] 125k people helped! PEDLS Lecture & Panel | Christine E. Schmidt 125k! * That’s how many people have been directly affected by research from Christine Schmidt’s research. Technologies originating from Christine Schmidt’s lab have been implanted over 125,000 times in patients worldwide, including Axogen’s Avance Nerve Graft and Alafair’s VersaWrap. Please join us today at 1:30 in the Armstrong Atrium to hear the story of the journey from thought to impact. View as a Web page<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/48658493/1453176558/107116380/0/120588/?b44ed14b=ZjQzYmZhMTUtNjIwZC00MmU3LTg4NTUtMGI5YWJmYzNiZGFm&9bc9e11f=MTIwNTg4&bcd98c89=MjY1MDE2OTM0MTM&x=dcc81b8a> [Purdue Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series - Engineering Materials for Clinical Nerve Repair and Other Applications Along the Way Christine E. Schmidt] [Ron Klemencic] Christine E. Schmidt, Distinguished Professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida LECTURE: Engineering Materials for Clinical Nerve Repair and Other Applications Along the Way<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/48658493/1453176558/107088967/0/120588/?f5d63f87=UEVETFMlMjAtJTIwU2NobWlkdCUyMC0lMjBPY3QuJTIwMjklMkMlMjAyMDI1JTIwLSUyMFJlbWluZGVyJTIwMg&x=63899f6e> Time: 1:30-2:30 PM EDT Date: October 29, 2025 Location: ARMS Atrium PANEL: Medical Device Translation<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/48658493/1453176558/107088968/0/120588/?f5d63f87=UEVETFMlMjAtJTIwU2NobWlkdCUyMC0lMjBPY3QuJTIwMjklMkMlMjAyMDI1JTIwLSUyMFJlbWluZGVyJTIwMg&x=2fcd66bd> Time: 2:30-3:30 PM EDT Date: October 29, 2025 Location: ARMS Atrium Register<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/48658493/1453176558/107088975/0/120588/?f5d63f87=UEVETFMlMjAtJTIwU2NobWlkdCUyMC0lMjBPY3QuJTIwMjklMkMlMjAyMDI1JTIwLSUyMFJlbWluZGVyJTIwMg&x=a5d0bf74> Hosted by the College of Engineering and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering [Co-brand: COE and COS] -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list@ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list