Breakfast Club Seminar

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday February 9, 2016
      12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Location: Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Biosciences, Room 1128
  • Phone: (404) 894-6228
  • URL: http://petitinstitute.gatech.edu/
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
Contact

Colly Mitchell

Summaries

Summary Sentence: "The Design of Nanoscale Therapeutics and Nanostructured Materials" - Ravi Kane, Ph.D. - 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.

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"The Design of Nanoscale Therapeutics and Nanostructured Materials"

Ravi Kane, Ph.D.

Professor, Garry Betty/V Foundation Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in Cancer Nanotechnology
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Georgia Tech

Our research interests lie at the interface of biotechnology and nanotechnology.  We are designing nanoscale polyvalent therapeutics and working on the molecular engineering of biosurfaces and nanostructures.  The design of polyvalent molecules presenting multiple copies of a specific ligand represents a promising strategy to inhibit pathogens and bacterial toxins. We have contributed to a fundamental mechanistic understanding of polyvalent recognition and have designed polyvalent inhibitors based on various scaffolds, including polymers and liposomes, that are effective in vivo.  We are designing polyvalent molecules and developing optogenetic tools to control the function of cells, including stem cells.  We also have experience in controlling protein activity and stability by tuning its nanoscale environment.  We have contributed to the identification of bacteriolytic enzymes and the design of antimicrobial nanocomposites.

The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, an internationally recognized hub of multidisciplinary research at the Georgia Institute of Technology, brings engineers, scientists, and clinicians together to solve some of the world’s most complex health challenges. With 17 research centers, more than 170 faculty members, and $24 million in state-of-the-art facilities, the Petit Institute is translating scientific discoveries into game-changing solutions to solve real-world problems. 

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Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Graduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
graduate students, IBB
Status
  • Created By: Colly Mitchell
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Nov 9, 2015 - 10:29am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:17pm