Great strides have been made in the area of hydrogel science since the first hydrogels were described in the 1960s. Hydrogelation occurs in response to a physical or chemical stimulus, such as temperature, pH, electric or magnetic field, enzymatic modification, light and others. These three-dimensional networks consisting of mainly water molecules represent a unique class of materials, with many applications including cell therapeutics, cartilage/bone regeneration, sustained drug release and drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, 3D bioprinting and extracellular culture medium (ECM) for cancer cells, stem cells and neuronal cells. ChemBioGels 2021 will feature on-going work in the area of hydrogel science.
Great strides have been made in the area of hydrogel science since the first hydrogels were described in the 1960s. Hydrogelation occurs in response to a physical or chemical stimulus, such as temperature, pH, electric or magnetic field, enzymatic modification, light and others. These three-dimensional networks consisting of mainly water molecules represent a unique class of materials, with many applications including cell therapeutics, cartilage/bone regeneration, sustained drug release and drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, 3D bioprinting and extracellular culture medium (ECM) for cancer cells, stem cells and neuronal cells. ChemBioGels 2021 will feature on-going work in the area of hydrogel science.
Great strides have been made in the area of hydrogel science since the first hydrogels were described in the 1960s. Hydrogelation occurs in response to a physical or chemical stimulus, such as temperature, pH, electric or magnetic field, enzymatic modification, light and others. These three-dimensional networks consisting of mainly water molecules represent a unique class of materials, with many applications including cell therapeutics, cartilage/bone regeneration, sustained drug release and drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, 3D bioprinting and extracellular culture medium (ECM) for cancer cells, stem cells and neuronal cells. ChemBioGels 2021 will feature on-going work in the area of hydrogel science.
Professor Ehud Gazit
Professor Ehud Gazit
Dr. Peter Jervis
A short peptide composed of unusual amino acids affords an injectable
supramolecular hydrogel with ultra-low critical gelation concentration
Short Abstract:
Supramolecular hydrogels are a useful class of soft material with many applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound treatment, biosensors, 3D bioprinting and many others. My current research involves the use of unusual amino acids to obtain novel peptide / peptidomimetic hydrogelators with unique properties. In this talk, I will present an update on some of our recently developed supramolecular hydrogelators which are capable of forming injectable hydrogels with very low critical gelation concentrations (CGCs).
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Short CV:
Dr. Peter John Jervis obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Birmingham (UK) in 2008, under the supervision of Dr. Liam Cox, working on the total synthesis of the natural products. Completed two postdoctoral positions in Birmingham, the first with Dr. Richard Grainger on organosulfur chemistry, and the second in the group of Prof. Gurdyal Besra, on a Medicinal Chemistry project developing compounds active against tuberculosis. Spent some years in industry, working for GlaxoSmithKline and then AstraZeneca on Medicinal Chemistry projects. In 2018, returned to academia with a move to Portugal, to work on collaborative project between the University of Porto (Prof. David Pereira) and the University of Minho (Prof. Paula Ferreira and Prof. José Alberto Martins), to carry out a research project on supramolecular hydrogels.
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