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This calendar includes all events from the following individual calendars: Department of Chemistry Alumni Events (events for an alumni audience), Department Events (events of general interest and/or relevant to all Chemistry research areas), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Events, Public Events, and events related to Chemistry research areas and programs (Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Inorganic Chemistry & Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry), as well as Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminars & Events.

 

CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Steven Caliari, University of Virginia, "Designing Biomaterials to Understand Mechanical Regulation of Fibrosis and Tissue Regeneration"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and International Paper Company
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Dec 8, 2020   2:00 pm  
Contact
Christy Bowser
E-Mail
cbowser@illinois.edu
Views
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Originating Calendar
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Seminars and Events

Hydrogels have proven useful in a range of human health applications because of their ability to mimic salient tissue properties including high water content, controlled ligand presentation, and soft tissue mechanics. Recent advances in hydrogel design are increasingly moving away from static, monolithic platforms and toward dynamic, interactive, and responsive materials that capture the complexity of native cellular microenvironments in wound healing and tissue regeneration. My group engineers instructive biomaterials to tackle human health challenges include treatment of fibrotic disease and repair of injured tissues. In this talk I will discuss our progress on designing hydrogels as disease models that capture the dynamic mechanical properties of fibrosis as well as using hydrogels mimicking the mechanical environment of developmental niches to repair volumetric muscle loss injuries.

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