| Abstract Scope |
Despite inspiring advances in nanomaterials engineering yielding the first-generation genetic vaccines, unlocking the full potential of gene therapies remains a tremendous challenge. This is largely due to poor understanding of nanomaterials’ bio-interfacing in vivo and the lackluster ability to guide and control this bio-interfacing toward engineering predictable and precise nanotherapeutics.
Exciting opportunities for overcoming these challenges lie at the interfaces of material science and physical/computational disciplines, including medical physics, data science, bio-modeling and more. In my talk, I will illustrate how these opportunities can be leveraged to create new types of bio-interfacing nanomaterials, forging the path to futuristic and next generation gene delivery nanoplatforms. Examples will be drawn from my academic research, focusing on implementing futuristic ‘remote-controlled’ nanocarriers that are guided and activated by physical energy on-demand, and my more recent work in industry leveraging the interface of material science and AI to expedite next-generation genetic nanotherapeutics and vaccines. |