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SUMMARY:IMX Colloquium - Multimaterial Multifunctional Fibers for Biomedic
 al Applications
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Xiaoting Jia\, Virginia Tech\, USA\nAdvanced human-machi
 ne interfaces have seen rapid growth in the past decades. Although the sem
 iconductor industry has enabled electronic and optical devices with unprec
 edented sensing and modulation capabilities\, the conventional devices bas
 ed on rigid materials are not compatible with soft tissues. Therefore\, fl
 exible\, biocompatible\, and multi-functional devices and systems are high
 ly demanded. My research focuses on addressing the key interface challenge
 s between humans and the physical world using a multimaterial multifunctio
 nal fiber platform. Fabricated using a scalable thermal drawing method\, t
 hese fibers are miniaturized\, highly flexible\, multifunctional\, and bio
 compatible\, making them ideal candidates for biomedical implant applicati
 ons. In this talk\, I will discuss the material considerations and applica
 tions of these fibers in neural interfacing\, tumor research\, and cardiov
 ascular system. For example\, we have overcome several material challenges
  in fiber-based neural interfaces\, and enabled electrical\, optical\, mic
 rofluidic\, photoacoustic\, and chemical interrogation with neural circuit
 s in vivo. We have also developed a 3D multifunctional interface for large
  volume deep brain stimulation and recording in mice. In addition\, roboti
 c fibers have been developed which can navigate through blood vessels for 
 intracardiac EGM\, pacing\, and bioimpedance sensing. \n\nBio: Xiaoting 
 Jia is currently a professor in the ECE department at Virginia Tech\, with
  affiliated positions in the School of Neuroscience and Materials Science 
 and Engineering department at Virginia Tech. Before joining Virginia Tech\
 , she was a postdoctoral associate in the Research Laboratory of Electroni
 cs at MIT. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering fro
 m MIT (2011)\, M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stony Brook 
 University (2006)\, and B.S. in Materials Science from Fudan University in
  China (2004). She has published over 50 peer reviewed journal articles\, 
 including papers published in Science\, Nature Biotechnology\, Nature Neur
 oscience\, and Nature Communications\, with a total citation of over 18\,0
 00. She was a recipient of NSF CAREER award (2019)\, Faculty Fellow Award 
 at Virginia Tech\, COE Research Excellence Award at Virginia Tech\, 3M Non
 -Tenured Faculty Award\, ICTAS Junior Faculty Award at Virginia Tech\, and
  the Translational Fellow at MIT.\n 
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