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Wake Forest Baptist Marks 20th Anniversary of Star Lighting at Annual Ceremony
Perched 12 stories up on top of the roof of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a 31-foot Moravian star, one of the largest in the world, will usher in the holiday season for the 20th year.
"We really didn't know how much it mattered until one year we had it lit and the star went out," said Mike Cheek, electrical section manager at Wake Forest Baptist, "and we received so many phone calls wondering why the star was not on. So, we know it means a lot to the community and the facility."
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Media is invited to attend the annual Christmas star lighting and worship service which will be held Monday, Nov. 26, from 5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. The service, which is free and open to the public, will be held on the top level of Wake Forest Baptist's Eden Terrace parking deck off Hawthorne Road.
For more information contact Mac Ingraham, mingraha@wakehealth.edu, (336) 716-3487 or Main Number (336) 716-4587.
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| Staff members place the star's 27 points on the roof in order of assembly. | | Electrician Jamie Reece walks on the edge of the skyline to ready the star's assembly. |
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| A team of technicians anchors the first point in place. | | Each technician knows his role as the second point is secured. |
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| Having waited for a calm day, two team members carry one of the points across the roof. | | The technicians take a top-down approach to assembling the star. |
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| Covering the star's base - the 27th point - is the final step in putting together the 31-foot star. | | A fixture of the Winston-Salem skyline, the star shines atop Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for the 20th year. |
Research in Spider-Man Movie Similar to Actual Science
But Real-Life Researchers Use Safer Methods to Grow Body Parts
In the new Spider-Man movie, scientists delve into the field of regenerative medicine as they work to re-grow a human limb. Koudy Williams, D.V.M., a self-described “Spider-Man geek” and real-life regenerative medicine researcher, says the movie’s plot isn’t as far-fetched as some people might think.
“We’re working on long-term projects to regenerate fingers and limbs,” says Williams, a professor at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine. “But we have safer ways to do it than the researchers in Spider-Man.”
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Williams is available for individual broadcast interviews via our studio (fiber to satellite uplink) on Wednesday, July 25. To arrange an interview, contact Karen Richardson, krchrdsn@wakehealth.edu, (336) 716-4453 or Main Number (336) 716-4587.
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| Bladders engineered in the lab were first implanted in patients more than 13 years ago. | | Urine tubes engineered in the lab were successfully implanted in five young boys. |
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| A device in the lab shoots out a spider-web-looking material that is caught on a spinning rod. The resulting tubular shapes are used to engineer blood vessels. | | One of the most recent technologies is a 3-D printer designed to print cells – and the biomaterials that hold them together – into organ and tissue prototypes. |
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| 3-D printing projects under way at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine include prototype kidneys, finger bone and ears. | | |
Vice President Biden Speaks at Wake Forest Biotech Place
Vice President Joe Biden today praised Wake Forest Biotech Place as a shining example of scientific innovation serving as a locus for the new biotechnology-based economy in Winston-Salem.
Biotech Place, a part of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, is a state-of-the-art biotechnology research and innovation center and the sixth building Wake Forest Baptist has opened in the growing Piedmont Triad Research Park.
Speaking to a crowd of 600, Biden hailed those in the audience as "fighters," referring to the city's vision and ability to shift from an economy built on tobacco and textiles to one based on medical innovation and research.
"The people of North Carolina are fighters," Biden said. "The American people are fighters. That's why I'm so optimistic, even in these tough times." During an official visit to Winston-Salem, Biden devoted most of his speech to the Obama administration's efforts to create jobs and boost the economy for the middle class.
Biden was welcomed by Jan Wagner, D.V.M., Ph.D., vice president and senior associate dean for research at Wake Forest Baptist, and Graydon Pleasants, Piedmont Triad Research Park administrator.
The vice president's speech was preceded by remarks from Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines and Phil Shugart, president of Carolina Liquid Chemistries, a tenant of Wake Forest Biotech Place and success story that began with two employees in a Wake Forest incubator and is now a company of 70 employees nationwide.
Wake Forest Baptist is driving the redevelopment and economic revitalization of a large section on the eastern edge of downtown Winston-Salem. The latest evidence of this development is Biotech Place.
The new research building is a world-class 242,000 square foot historic structure comprised of two former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. warehouses that have been redeveloped into a modern biotech research laboratory where internationally renowned Wake Forest Baptist researchers are pioneering new fields of medicine discovering tomorrow's treatments today.
Wake Forest Baptist is Biotech Places's largest tenant and includes the Departments of Physiology/Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, Immunology and Microbiology, the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma and the Piedmont Triad Research Park offices.
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Match Day 2012
On March 16, 2012, seniors at Wake Forest School of Medicine learned where they will begin their careers as doctors in the annual Match Day event. Every year graduating medical students across the country open envelopes to learn where they “matched” and will spend the next three to seven years of residency training. It’s a tradition that is followed only by medical schools and has occurred for the past 60 years.
This year 113 Wake Forest medical students, 70 men and 43 women, matched in 15 specialties.
The medical students at Wake Forest were among the more than 38,377 applicants who sought residency positions through the national residency program this year, making this the largest Match in history, according to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). NRMP is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States.
Piedmont Triad Research Park Media Kit
The Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP) is the largest urban life science research park in North Carolina, and among the largest in the U.S. at approximately 200 acres of which 55 acres are open green space. Administered by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the research park is a science and technology-based economic development project with a particular concentration in the Life Sciences sector. Companies and the Wake Forest School of Medicine faculty in PTRP focus on pioneering breakthroughs in biotechnology and advanced medicine, and create innovative solutions to improve our lives, our future and the world around us. Piedmont Triad Research Park represents the Medical Center’s vision for the future of innovation in healthcare. It is a hub of scientific discovery where the treatments of tomorrow are discovered today.
Learn more about the Piedmont Triad Research Park and download the PTRP Media Kit.