Engineering the Immune System with Synthetic Nanomaterials
Event details
| Date | 06.06.2017 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:30 |
| Speaker | Prof. Bruno De Geest, Ghent University (B) |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
BIOENGINEERING SEMINAR
Abstract:
The field of immuno-engineering has vastly expanded the last decade and offers new avenues for the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. My research group works at the interface between life sciences and materials chemistry with a special interest in polymer chemistry, nanotechnology and immunology. In my talk, I will give an overview of our recent findings in how we can engineer the adaptive and innate immune system using synthetic nanomaterials to fight cancer and infectious diseases. In this regard we are developing strategies that allow for (1) efficient targeting of dendritic cells in lymphatic tissue for engineering adaptive immunity, (2) decorating cancer cells and infected cells with motifs that activate innate immunity and (3) engineering the tumor stroma.
Bio:
Prof. Dr. Ir. Bruno De Geest graduated as Chemical Engineer in 2003 from Ghent University where he obtained his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences in 2006 on 'Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Capsules for Pharmaceutical Applications'. For his Phd work he was awarded the graduate student award for pharmaceutical technology from the AAPS and the Andreas Deleenheer award from Ghent University. After 2 years of postdoctoral research at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) he returned to Ghent University at the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology. From October 2012 onwards he is appointed as professor in Biopharmaceutical Technology.
Abstract:
The field of immuno-engineering has vastly expanded the last decade and offers new avenues for the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. My research group works at the interface between life sciences and materials chemistry with a special interest in polymer chemistry, nanotechnology and immunology. In my talk, I will give an overview of our recent findings in how we can engineer the adaptive and innate immune system using synthetic nanomaterials to fight cancer and infectious diseases. In this regard we are developing strategies that allow for (1) efficient targeting of dendritic cells in lymphatic tissue for engineering adaptive immunity, (2) decorating cancer cells and infected cells with motifs that activate innate immunity and (3) engineering the tumor stroma.
Bio:
Prof. Dr. Ir. Bruno De Geest graduated as Chemical Engineer in 2003 from Ghent University where he obtained his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences in 2006 on 'Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Capsules for Pharmaceutical Applications'. For his Phd work he was awarded the graduate student award for pharmaceutical technology from the AAPS and the Andreas Deleenheer award from Ghent University. After 2 years of postdoctoral research at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) he returned to Ghent University at the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology. From October 2012 onwards he is appointed as professor in Biopharmaceutical Technology.
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- Institute of Bioengineering (IBI, Dietrich REINHARD)