Molecular Bioengineering is a fast-growing field that explores the most recent advances in chemical, biological and engineering sciences to find advanced molecular-level solutions to complex problems in medicine. The Advanced Training Course in Molecular Bioengineering is designed to provide a training platform to educate the next generation of leaders in Molecular Bioengineering. It will be running on a yearly basis, with each edition focusing on a different topic. This 2nd edition is devoted to “Molecularly engineered interfaces for biomedical applications”
Many physical, chemical and biological phenomena occur at the interface of different phases (solid/liquid, gas/liquid, gas/solid, liquid/liquid) and these interfacial events have been exploited to fabricate advanced 2D and 3D materials with broad utility in biomedical applications (e.g. films formed at planar solid substrates or spherical capsules formed at the droplet interface). Interfaces can be made with highly reproducible properties and modified to manipulate local interactions and drive subsequent molecular and cellular events, such as molecular recognition with binding or repulsion, chemical and enzymatic reactions, material assembly and disassembly. The outcomes of these processes can then be utilized to fabricate high-precision biological assays, anti-infective surfaces, sustainable nanoelectronics and biosensors.
This course will cover the science and technologies behind surface functionalization and characterization and the design of interfaces for a range of biomedical applications, such as cell culture and biosensing.
- Teacher: Helena Azevedo
- Teacher: Mariana Simoes
