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SUMMARY:IMX Colloquium - The delivery challenges of nanoparticles to solid
  tumours
DTSTART:20260518T131500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Warren Chan\, Nanyang Technological University\, Singa
 pore\nDelivery is one of the biggest challenges to the advancement of emer
 ging therapeutics for treating and diagnosing diseases. Nanoparticles are 
 used as carriers to transport drugs. Nanomaterials can transport drugs\, c
 ontrast agents\, immunotherapies\, and gene editors to diseased sites. How
 ever\, less than 1% are delivered to solid tumours\, impacting their clini
 cal translation for treating cancer patients. In this presentation\, I wil
 l discuss the challenge and mechanism of delivering medical agents and nan
 oparticles to solid tumours. Then I will discuss the future implications o
 f applying machine learning and computation techniques to guide the nanopa
 rticle engineering process.\n\nBio: Dr. Chan is the President’s Chair o
 f Engineering and Dean of Engineering at Nanyang Technological University 
 (NTU) in Singapore He is a Professor in the School of Chemistry\, Chemical
  Engineering\, and Biotechnology. He received his B.S. degree from the Uni
 versity of Illinois in 1996\, Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2001\, and 
 post-doctoral training at the University of California (San Diego). He was
  faculty at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of T
 oronto before moving to NTU Singapore. His lab develops nanotechnology for
  diagnosing and treating cancer and infectious diseases. Some of his award
 s include NSERC E. W. R. Memorial Steacie Fellowship\, Kabiller Young Inve
 stigator Award in Nanomedicine (Northwestern University)\, Rank Prize Fund
  award in Optoelectronics (England)\, and Dennis Gabor Award (Hungary). He
  is currently an Executive Editor of ACS Nano.
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