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Gianluca Ciardelli, Politecnico di Torino - Italy, "Nanoscale Biohybrid Engineering", 28 November, 2, 5, 16, 19 December 2016, 9 January 2017 - Modifica Aula e orario

Hours:
20 hours (5 credits)

Room:
Aula Riunioni del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa – Aula Riunioni Piano 6

Short Abstract:
Advanced therapies are innovative approaches to tackle unmet needs in medicine using new products based on a combination of biological entities and intelligent materials, the so-called "bio-hybrids". Engineers can significantly contribute to the design and implementation of these strategies by using their knowledge of multifunctional design and nanotechnology but are in need of additional understanding on how these enabling technologies interact with the living environment.

In this context, the course will inform engineers on the mechanisms that regulate the interaction of cells with the extracellular matrix, with special focus on molecular interactions developing at the nanoscale, and use these principles to illustrate how advanced, Nature inspired medical products can be designed and engineered. Selected, successful case studies will be illustrated as well.

Course Contents in brief:

  • The biosynthetic interface: mechanisms and models (2 hrs)
  • Design of Biomimetic Materials and Surfaces through Nanotechnology (4 hrs)
  • Theranostic Nanoparticles (6 hrs)
  • A Nanotechnology Case Study: the use of engineering design rules and modeling for generating biohybrid constructs (6 hrs)
  • Nanotechnology and gene delivery (2 hrs)

Schedule:

  • Day1 – 28 November 2016, from 8.30-12.30
  • Day2 – 2 December 2016, from 9.00-13.00
  • Day3 – 5 December 2016, from 9.00-13.00
  • Day4 - 16 December 2016, from 9.00-13.00
  • Day5 - 19 December 2016, from 9.00-13.00
  • Day6 - 9 January 2017, from 9.00-13.00