But his team has gone a step further by identifying properties that would be useful in treating heart attack patients and then
designing hydrogels with those properties.
Burdick's team and other research groups are also
designing hydrogels that contain drugs or cells that can repair heart tissue.
He and his colleagues began by
designing a hydrogel, a network of polymers that absorbs large amounts of water.
Professional Duties & Responsibilities Biomedical and biotechnology engineer with background in design of biomaterials, biosensors, drug delivery devices, microfrabrication, and tissue engineering Working knowledge of direct cell writing and rapid prototyping Experience fabricating nanocomposite hydrogel scaffolds Proficient in material analysis, mechanical, biochemical, and morphological testing of synthetic and biological materials Extensive experience in bio-imaging processes and procedures Specialized in mammalian, microbial, and viral cell culture Working knowledge of lab techniques and instruments including electrophoresis, chromatography, microscopy, spectroscopy, PCR, Flow cytometery, protein assay, DNA isolation techniques, polymer synthesis and characterization, and synthetic fiber production Developed strong knowledge of FDA, GLP, GMP, GCP, and GDP regulatory requirements Created biocompatible photocurable hydrogels for cell immobilization Formulated cell friendly prepolymer formulation Performed surface modification of nano - particle fillers to enhance their biocompatibility Evaluated cell and biomaterial interaction, cell growth, and proliferation Designed bench - top experiments and protocols to simulate in vivo situations
Designed hydrogel based microfluidic prototypes for cell entrapment and cell culture utilizing computer - aided robotic dispenser Determined various mechanical, morphological, and transport properties of photocured hydrogels using Instron, FTIR, EDX, X-ray diffraction, DSC, TGA, and DMA Assessed biocompatibility of hydrogels and physiology of entrapped cells Evaluated intracellular and extracellular reactions of entrapped cells on spatial and temporal scales using optical, confocal, fluorescence, atomic force, and scanning electron microscopies Designed various biochemical assays Developed thermosensitive PET membranes for transdermal drug delivery application using Gamma radiation induced graft co-polymerization of N - isopropyl acylamide and Acrylic acid Characterized grafted co-polymer using various polymer characterization techniques Manipulated lower critical solution temperature of grafted thermosensitive co-polymer Loaded antibiotic on grafted co-polymer and determined drug release profile with temperature Determined biomechanical and biochemical properties of biological gels isolated from marine organisms Analyzed morphological and mechanical properties of metal coated yarns using SEM and Instron Performed analytical work on pharmaceutical formulations using gas and high performance liquid chromatography Performed market research and analysis for medical textile company Developed and implement comprehensive marketing and sales campaign
Not exact matches
The Lighten & Brighten White Marble
Hydrogel Mask from renowned skincare brand Erno Laszlo is
designed to instantly brighten skin and reduce the appearance of dark spots and aging.
There are many products on the market
designed to provide moist healing for breastfeeding mothers, like hypoallergenic purified lanolin ointments or
hydrogel pads.
There are
hydrogel dressings specifically
designed for nipples.
The study uses a commonly used thickening agent known as kappa - carrageenan, obtained from seaweed, to
design injectable
hydrogels.
The researchers
designed the four
hydrogels» chemical makeup so that as soon as all the gels of a single cell touched, their positively charged sodium atoms surged toward one end of the lineup and negative chloride atoms flooded toward the other.
The
hydrogel, which can be delivered through a syringe, is
designed to degrade over six weeks and leave behind healthy tissue.
So Ke Cheng, Hu Zhang, Jinying Zhang and colleagues wanted to see whether placing stem cells in inexpensive
hydrogels with
designed tiny pores that are made in the laboratory would work.
Instead of delivering the drug continuously at a steady rate, the
hydrogel is
designed to respond to increased disease activity during flares, releasing the drug when symptoms worsen.
«The
hydrogel is
designed so that drug release is triggered by the activity of specific, arthritis - related enzymes that are increased during flares.
Bashir's group has been a pioneer in
designing and building bio-bots, less than a centimeter in size, made of flexible 3D printed
hydrogels and living cells.
The team's
design for the matrix layer includes calcium ions that are bound to the alginate
hydrogel via ionic bonds.
The
hydrogels, which mimic the natural tissues of the body, are specially
designed to have an additional feature that's vital to the repair process; they degrade and disappear before the body interprets them as foreign bodies and begins a defense response that could compromise the healing process.
This direct assembly of stimuli - responsive proteins into
hydrogels represents a versatile solution for
designing «smart» materials and opens up enormous opportunities for future material biology.
It can also help researchers
designing stretchable batteries and electronic skin,
hydrogel - based electronic patches packed with sensors for taking vital signs and communicating with outside devices.
Matrix engineering: Decellularized or reconstituted biopolymer matrices and modular, biofunctional
hydrogels are
designed to create cell - instructive microenvironments and morphogenetic matrices for regenerative therapies.
Utilizing patented FirePlex
hydrogel particles and a three - region encoding
design, FirePlex Immunoaassays allow for true, in - well multiplexing, providing flexible and customizable quantification of analytes.
REU participants will conduct original research via specially
designed student projects within three main foci: 1) Microgel and
Hydrogel Nanoparticles: Designing environmentally sensitive nanoparticles for a variety of applications and fundamental studies of volume phase transitions; 2) Anisotropic Soft Matter Thin Films: Driving self - assembly of soft matter to develop thin films with unique properties tied to the shape anisotropy of the materials; and 3) Soft Matter Fluid Flow: Striving to better understand and to improve mixing in liquid soft matter systems and use liquid flow to test and understand biological phenomena.
Specifically
designed for the eye area, our naturally derived
hydrogel texture instantly cools and depuffs eye contour whilst working to provide a younger looking gaze.
HydroGel is
designed to slowly evaporate.