Venture Center is back with its 16th BioPune Seminar Series Talk on Translation of Biomedical Microtechnologies from the Lab to the Clinic by Mark Prausnitz, PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Wednesday, September 11, 2024| Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | Hybrid event (In-person at Venture Center & online over Zoom)
The talk is free & open to all, but registration is mandatory.
Register at- https://tinyurl.com/Biopune-11sept
Highlights of the talk:
- Numerous tissue barriers that restrict access to the body operate on the micron scale. To address this, we are developing microneedle technologies designed to selectively penetrate these barriers with minimal invasiveness, aiming to enhance drug delivery and other medical applications.
- This talk discusses the development of microneedle technologies and their specific adaptations to simplify vaccination and reimagine targeted drug delivery.
About our speaker:
- Dr. Mark R. Prausnitz is Regents’ Professor, Regents' Entrepreneur and J. Erskine Love, Jr. Chair in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- He has published 340 journal articles, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Inventors, and has co-founded nine start-up companies including Micron Biomedical, Clearside Biomedical and Alys Pharmaceuticals.
More about Dr. Mark : https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-prausnitz-61a46423
About BioPune Seminar Series:
Bio Pune Seminar Series presents talks in the area of Bio Technology, Bio Medical Engineering, Bio Informatics, Bio Mass value addition and related areas which are of interest and relevance to the bio sciences based technology and entrepreneurship community in Pune.
For event related queries: Meghana B | meghana.bhandari@venturecenter.co.in
