Title: Polymeric Nanomaterials for Therapeutic Delivery and Regenerative Engineering

Abstract:

New materials with tailored structural and functional characteristics can advance the ways medical treatments are delivered in combating diseases and repairing damaged tissues.  This seminar discusses two examples that focus on (1) uncovering nanoparticle assembly approaches for exquisite control of biophysical properties of DNA nanoparticles that closely mimic that of natural viruses, and (2) engineering nanofiber matrices to regulate cell morphology, migration, organization and tissue formation that facilitates soft tissue regeneration.