Small Business: Biomaterials, Delivery, and Nanotechnology – BCTB (10)
Topics
- Interdisciplinary bioengineering approaches for therapy and drug delivery
- Drug delivery including proteins, nucleic acids, viruses, liposomes, polymers, micelles, vesicles, nanoparticles, biomaterials, and cells
- Drug delivery vehicle formulation, manufacturing, biocompatibility, toxicity, and in vivo investigations
- Multifunctional nanoparticles in cellular imaging, sensing, targeted drug/gene delivery and theranostics
- Nanoparticle platforms for controlled release of proteins, nucleic acids, small molecules, and cells
- Tissue engineering, tissue scaffolds, biomaterials to support biocompatible/biodurable implants/sensors, ex vivo modeling, mechanobiology, physiological testing of chemotaxis/mechanotaxis, vascularization
- Organ-on-a-chip, D culture devices, chip- and micro-array-based microtechnologies and biosensors focused on biorecognition, biocompatibility, nonfouling surfaces, and biological fouling mechanisms
- Biomaterials, matrices, and polymeric scaffolds supporting the use of stem cells for tissue engineering, tissue regeneration, and wound healing
Shared Interests and Overlaps
There are shared interests with Cell and Molecular Biology (MCST (15). Applications developing new cell-based technologies and assays may be assigned to MCST (15). Applications integrating cells into biomaterial constructs and/or studying the integration of biomaterials into cellular environments may be assigned to BBBT (10). Tissue engineering and microphysiological systems (e.g. organ-on-a-chip) applications are the domain of BBBT (10).
