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Position: Chief Scientist/Senior Fellow National and Defense Programs Institution attended: CSC Defense Group, Alexandria, Virginia Scientific interests: Biomedical toxicology, pharmacology, and toxicoinformatics. Integration of complex biomedical technologies with information systems-based tools. |
Lecture title: Nano-Bio Architectures: Combining Chemistry and Biology in Nanotechnology
Lecture abstract: Bionanocomposite materials have tremendous potentials in biomedical product research/development and applications such as medical devices, surgical implants, pharmacological product, biologics/vaccines, and advanced diagnostics tools. Bionanocomposites are a combination of bio-polymeric materials combined with inert organic or inorganic materials fabricated in the nanometer scales. Biopolymers of natural origin such as proteins, polysaccharides, aliphatic polyesters and nucleic acids serve as the core material in bionanocomposite development. This lecture will provide an introduction to the nanobiocomposites and an overview of the technical challenges in the development, purification, characterization of biopolymers and integration with other inert organic and inorganic chemical components in the fabrication of bionanocomposites. The lecture will also cover the importance of the interactions between the functional components of the active bionano structures with the inert layers in the development of biologically effective functional bionanocomposite architectures. A brief summary of the current US and European regulations will be provided on the release of nano particles in general environment and current risk assessment approaches to assess its potential adverse effects on public health and the ecosystem.