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Summary Sentence: "Biomaterials for Immunoengineering" - Julia Babensee, PhD - Georgia Tech
Full Summary: The Petit Institute Breakfast Club seminar series was started with the spirit of the Institute's interdisciplinary mission in mind and started to feature local Petit Institute faculty member's research in a seminar format. Faculty are often asked to speak at other universities and conferences, but rarely present at their home institution, this seminar series is an attempt to close that gap. The Petit Institute Breakfast Club is open to anyone in the bio-community.
Breakfast Club Seminar Series"Biomaterials for Immunoengineering"
Julia Babensee, PhD
Associate Professor
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Tech
Our research is in the area of engineering inflammatory and immune responses. Our research is directed at defining design criteria for new biomaterials with improved host responses through a fundamental understanding of the in vivo failure mechanisms of current biomaterials. The focus of our research is on understanding biocompatibility and immune responses in the context of combination productions by integrating biomedical engineering principles with state-of-the-art immunology.
