BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.1//EN TZID:Europe/Paris X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Paris BEGIN:VEVENT UID:98@iem.umontpellier.fr DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240311T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240311T153000 DTSTAMP:20240224T175147Z URL:https://iem.umontpellier.fr/events/seminaire-lundi-11-mars-2024-a-14h- damia-mawad-university-of-new-south-wales-australia/ SUMMARY:Séminaire Lundi 11 Mars 2024 à 14h - Damia MAWAD - University of New South Wales\, Australia DESCRIPTION:Lundi 11 Mars 2024 à 14h30\nSéminaire de \n\nDamia MAWAD\nSch ool of Materials Science and Engineering\, University of New South Wales\, Sydney 2052\, Australia\ndamia.mawad@unsw.edu.au\n\n"Conjugated Polymers: from Synthesis to Bioelectronic Applications"\nAbstract\n\nConjugated pol ymers are synthetic macromolecules that have demonstrated a broad variety of controlled properties including chemical\, optical and electronic chara cteristics. As such\, these conjugated macromolecules are being investigat ed for a range of applications such as solar cell\, biochemical sensors\, electronic circuits\, and tissue engineering.1\,2\n\nOur interest in these polymers lies in the development of synthetic and fabrication designs tha t address their processability and electronic biostability.3-4 We develop novel conjugated polymers with functional side groups\, enabling their pro cessing into active devices that are physically and electronically stable in physiological media. We demonstrate their electrocoupling with the biot ic interface through testing in cardiac models\, both in vitro and in vivo .5 By modifying the chemistry of conjugated polymers\, these macromolecule s could be fine-tuned into functional bioelectronic devices\, paving the w ay for the development of soft and flexible bioelectronics with the approp riate architecture\, electric stimulation as well as biological cues for t issue regeneration.\n\n \;\n\nBiography\n\nDamia Mawad is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering\, UNSW Austr alia\, where she leads a multidisciplinary research team with the main obj ective of developing bioelectronic devices that are flexible\, fully organ ic\, and wireless. She received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UNS W in 2007. She completed her postdoctoral training in international labora tories including the University of Ghent\, Belgium\, the University of Lyo n\, France\, and the University of Wollongong\, Australia. She was awarded in 2013 the Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship at the Departme nt of Materials\, Imperial College London\, UK\, and in 2018 the Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellowship\, University of Bologna\, Italy. She has published 78 peer-reviewed papers\, delivered >\;20 invited talk s\, and continue to attract funds from leading funding agencies such as th e Australian Research Council\, the Heart Foundation\, and the National He alth and Medical Research Council.\n\n \;\n\nReferences\n\n[1] K. Fida novski\, D. Mawad. Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2019\, 8\, 1900053.\n\n[2] J.G. Hardy\, J.Y. Lee\, C.E. Schmidt.  Curr.  Opin.  Biotechnol. 2013\, 24\, 847.\n\n[3] J. Hopkins\, D. Ta\, A. Lauto\, C. Baker\, J. Daniels\, P. Wa gner\, K.K. Wagner\, N. Kirby\, C. Cazorla\, D.L. Officer\, D. Mawad. Adv. Mater. Technol. 2023\, 2300777.\n\n[4] L. Travaglini\, A.P. Micolich\, C. Cazorla\, E. Zeglio\, A. Lauto\, D. Mawad. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021\, 31(4 )\, 2007205.\n\n[5] D. Mawad\, C. Mansfield\, A. Lauto\, et al.\, Sci. Adv . 2016\, 2\, e1601007. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://iem.umontpellier.fr/wp-content/uploads/2 024/02/DMawad.jpg CATEGORIES:Conférence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR