CBE Shell Seminar Series – Hai-Quan Mao

Prof. Hai-Quan Mao is Director of the Institute of NanoBioTechnology (INBT) and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Whose research focuses on engineering nanomaterials for regenerative medicine and for the delivery of molecular and cellular therapeutics.

Abstract: New nanotechnology platforms with tailored structural and functional characteristics can advance the ways medical interventions are delivered to treat and prevent diseases and repair damaged tissues.  This seminar will cover two nanomaterials platforms based on a kinetically controlled nanoparticle assembly process and a nanofiber-hydrogel composite, and their applications in soft tissue remodeling and regeneration, as well as for delivery of gene medicine and protein therapeutics.  Scalable manufacturing processes and their translational potential as off-the-shelf therapeutic solutions will also be discussed.