主讲人：Matthew Tirrell

讲座地点：UChicago Center in Beijing

讲座日期：2014-05-26

 

Matthew Tirrell on Nanoparticles that Target Diseases Without Symptoms: A Tool for P4 Medicine
Date/Time
Date(s) - May 26, 2014
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: UChicago Center in Beijing
6:30pm Registration
7:00pm Lecture and Q&A
8:15pm Refreshments
Join Pmatthew_tirrellrofessor Matthew Tirrell, Founding Pritzker Director of the new Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, as he discusses his research at the Center in Beijing. P4 medicine is shorthand for a healthcare system in which medicine is predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory. This fundamentally relies, at least in part, on the generation of information about evolving pathological conditions that may not have manifested any detectable symptoms. One approach to generating this type of information in to have surveillance and reporting by particles on patrol in the vasculature that are able to home to tumors and lesions and enable enhanced imaging. Combining targeting, imaging and therapeutic capabilities in a clinically relevant manner is the goal of this research.
Matthew Tirrell is a pioneering researcher in the fields of biomolecular engineering and nanotechnology, specializing in the manipulation and measurement of the surface properties of polymers, materials that consist of long, flexible chain molecules. His work combines microscopic measurements of intermolecular forces with the creation of new structures. His work has provided new insight into polymer properties, especially surface phenomena, such as adhesion, friction, and biocompatibility, and new materials based on self-assembly of synthetic and bioinspired materials.
Professor Tirrell received a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and a PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusettes. He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Minnesota where he later served as Head of the Department. He then moved to the University of California at Santa Barbara where he served as Dean of Engineering. After serving as Dean for 10 years, Professor Tirrell moved to the University of California at Berkeley where he served as Chair for the Department of Bioengineering. In 2011 he accepted the position of Founding Pritzker Director of the Institute for Molecular Engineering.
Event Link: http://www.uchicago.cn/event/matthew-tirrell-on-nanoparticles-a-tool-for-p4-medicine/