UW Bioengineering assistant professor Dr. Deok-Ho Kim was recently selected as a recipient of the 2013 Biomedical Engineering Society Cellular and Molecular Engineering (BMES-CMBE) Rising Star Award and was invited to give a talk in this year’s BMES-CMBE Conference in Waimea, Hawaii. This year’s CMBE conference, presented under the theme “Gradient, Interfacial, and Spatiotemporal Control of Cells and Tissues”, brought together researchers from disparate disciplines to discuss new strategies for moving the field of regenerative medicine forward.