Professor Dr. David Mills and a student group from the Louisiana Tech University have presented their research work on smart nanocoatings for tissue regeneration and wound healing, nanoenabled bioinstructive scaffolds and implants, and anti-infective biomaterials at the 2012 Experimental Biology meeting held in San Diego, California.
The student group comprises Rohan Balkawade, Sukreeth Challagundia, Rutuja Kulkarni, who are undergoing master's degree in molecular science and nanotechnology, and Herbert Vandenberg and Sonali Karnik, who are studying Ph.D in biomedical engineering. The 2012 Experimental Biology meeting was part of the Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
The researchers have demonstrated in their research that the aforementioned materials exhibit better structural integrity when compared to products available in the market. Any number of designated compounds can be loaded inside these multilayer thin films or halloysite nanotubes, which enable sustained release of their payloads. Halloysite nanotubes are biocompatible, affordable, green material, which is produced from natural mineral deposits.
Mills expressed his happiness to participate in the event by accompanying a team of committed researchers working on remarkable research. He stated that Experimental Biology is one of the highly participated events as it provides the opportunity to integrate fundamental and clinical sciences. He was especially happy about the presentation delivered by Balkawade, who initially submitted his work as a poster. However, Dr. Robert Marcucoi, who was the organizer for the special symposium on Tissue Engineering, Regeneration and Repair and the session chair, requested Balkawade to perform a platform presentation at the event.
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