In this on-demand webinar, guest speaker Prof. Banaszak Holl, an expert in synthetic (polymer) and natural (bone, ligament, protein) materials and their behavior in dynamic biological processes, describes his lab's use of AFM-IR as a powerful method for characterizing biologically active materials and biological tissue on the nanometer to millimeter size scales, which are important for biological function. He illustrates this using two examples: Aerosol formulations for asthma and COPD treatment; and material fatigue studies of Anterior Cruciate Ligaments (ACLs).
This on-demand webinar features guest speaker Prof. Banaszak Holl, Dr. Holl is Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also has appointments in the Division of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Heersink School of Medicine. His research interests focus on synthetic (polymer) and natural (bone, ligament, protein) materials and their behavior in dynamic biological processes.
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AFM-IR offers a powerful method for characterizing biologically active materials and biological tissue on the nanometer to millimeter size scales, which are important for biological function. Prof. Hall’s presentation focuses on two examples:
AFM-IR offers an ability to evaluate drug co-localization in the 1-5 µm particles relevant to lung delivery for the ~300 million people suffering from chronic airway disease. AFM-IR also offers the ability to evaluate the progression of material fatigue in the ACL and relate structure changes to mechanical properties.
Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Division of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; University of Alabama at Birmingham