C-MIT Seminar Series: Dr. Chun Xu

Hello,

Please join the following seminar on Thursday, Feb. 21st from 2:00pm-3:00pm. Attached is the seminar flyer.

Speaker: Dr. Chun Xu
Location: CNSI Auditorium
Title: Designer nanoparticles for biomedical applications

Abstract: Nanoparticles possess unique physical, chemical and biological properties due to the nanosize effects and offer various advantages for biomedical applications such as drug delivery and tissue engineering. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are of special interested due to their good biocompatibility, high stability, rigid framework, well-defined pore structure, easily controllable morphology and tuneable surface chemistry. MSNs based delivery system offer a promising strategy to improve the drawbacks of traditional therapeutic drugs such as low stability and difficulty to cross the cell membranes. Recently, the development of MSNs with large pores enable the loading and delivery of large therapeutic molecules including proteins and genes. In particular, enhanced stability, improved activity, responsive release and intracellular delivery of proteins/genes are achieved with novel MSNs. I will talk about our previous works and the recent progress using MSNs for drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Flyer PDF