Date and Time: Friday, 8 March, 2018, 11:00 – 12:00
Place: IMRAM East Building 2, 2nd Floor Seminar Room, Katahira Campus,
Tohoku University

“Biodegradable therapeutic multifunctional carbon nanomaterials”
Dr. Alberto Bianco (University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Immunology, immunopathology and therapeutic chemistry, UPR 3572, 67000 Strasbourg, France)

Outlin:
Carbon-based nanomaterials are considered unique systems for many applications in different fields including biomedicine. All these carbon forms are offering the possibility of original chemical functionalization and design of complex multifunctional systems that allow further their exploitation in therapy, imaging and diagnosis.
In this presentation, I will describe the chemical strategies to functionalize different carbon nanomaterials with appropriate functional groups and therapeutic molecules in view of their biomedical applications. In addition, I will describe how it is possible to enhance the biodegradability and tune the toxic effects of these different materials.