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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nPrecision polymer chemistry\, combined with advanc
 ed methods for the detailed characterization of complex materials\, has pr
 ovided the basic tools for the development of new classes of materials cap
 able of mimicking biological macromolecules in form and function. We have 
 taken a multidisciplinary approach to study natural systems including mela
 nin and proteins\, and then to develop methods for mimicking those materia
 ls with living polymerization methods. These include oxidative polymerizat
 ion\, controlled radical polymerization\, and ring-opening metathesis poly
 merization for accessing highly functionalized\, and functional synthetic 
 biomacromolecular structures. In this presentation\, we will describe thes
 e materials\; both a proteomimetic polymer and a synthetic melanin-based t
 herapeutic. We will describe their development\, design and optimization f
 or the study\, and potential treatment of a range of diseases from neurode
 generative disease\, myocardial infarction and cancer to Age-Related Macul
 ar Degeneration. In addition\, we will discuss their potential utility in 
 wound healing\, especially in the case of melanin-mimetic materials for to
 pical application after injury to the skin.\n\n \n\nBio:\n\nNathan C. Gian
 neschi received his B.Sc(Hons) at the University of Adelaide\, Australia i
 n 1999 under Louis Rendina. In 2005 he completed his Ph.D at Northwestern 
 University\, with Chad Mirkin. Following a Dow Chemical postdoctoral fello
 wship at The Scripps Research Institute with Reza Ghadiri\, in 2008 he beg
 an his independent career at the University of California\, San Diego wher
 e\, until June 2017\, he was Teddy Traylor Scholar and Professor of Chemis
 try & Biochemistry\, NanoEngineering and Materials Science & Engineering. 
 In July of 2017\, Gianneschi moved his research group to Northwestern Univ
 ersity where he is currently Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry\
 , Materials Science & Engineering\, and Biomedical Engineering. The Gianne
 schi group takes an interdisciplinary approach to nanomaterials research w
 ith a focus on multifunctional materials with interests that include biome
 dical applications\, programmed interactions with biomolecules and cells\,
  and basic research into nanoscale materials design\, synthesis and charac
 terization. For this work he has been awarded the NIH Director's New Innov
 ator Award\, the NIH Director's Transformative Research Award and the Whit
 e House's highest honor for young scientists and engineers with a Presiden
 tial Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Prof. Gianneschi was
  awarded a Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship\, is a Kavli Fellow of the Nation
 al Academy of Sciences\, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry\, and 
 is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow.\n
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LOCATION:OM 10\, Maass Chemistry Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\, 
 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Chemical Society Seminar: Nathan Gianneschi - Biomimetic Materials 
 as Therapeutics
URL:/chemistry/channels/event/chemical-society-seminar
 -nathan-gianneschi-biomimetic-materials-therapeutics-349251
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