06/06/19

Hizlaria / Ponente: : Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. Ikerbasque Research Professor and Scientific Director at BCMaterials –Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Derio, Spain.
Data / Fecha: 2019ko ekainak 6 / 6 de junio de 2019.
Ordua / Hora:  13:30-14:30.
Lekua / LugarBiodonostia OIIko Prestakuntza Aretoan 3.Solairua. / IIS Biodonostia, Sala de Formación, Planta 3.

Laburpena / Resumen:
Active materials are increasingly used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in order to provide specific clues to the cells. In particular, the use of electroactive polymers that deliver electrical signals to the cells upon mechanical solicitation, open new scientific and technological opportunities, allowing the development of suitable biomimetic microenvironments for tissue regeneration. In fact, electrical and electromechanical clues are among the most relevant ones in determining tissue functionality in tissues such as muscle and bone, among others, indicating their requirement for proper tissue regeneration.

This talk reports on active materials, such as piezoelectric and magnetoelectric, tailored for tissue engineering applications. The most used materials and morphologies are reported, together with novel bioreactor designs allowing to take full advantage of those materials.  The main achievements, challenges and future needs will be presented and discussed.

S. Lanceros-Mendez graduated in physics at the University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain. He obtained his Ph.D. degree at the Institute of Physics of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany. He was Research Scholar at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA and visiting scientist at the, Pennsylvania State University, USA and University of Potsdam. He is Ikerbasque Research Professor and Scientific Director at BCMaterials –Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Derio, Spain and Associate Professor at the Physics Department of the University of Minho, Portugal (on leave). From 2012 to 2014 he was also Associate Researcher at the INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. His work is focused in the area of smart and multifunctional materials for sensors and actuators, energy and biomedical applications, with over 500 publications and 10 pate