Palo Alto Colloquia
The Palo Alto Colloquia are a long-standing tradition of public outreach that deliver information about aerospace research and development to the local community. All presentations are given on Thursdays at 4:15 p.m. in the Lockheed Martin ATC Auditorium in Building 202 and last about an hour. Refreshments are available at 4:00 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Stop by to find out the latest details about some fascinating science! Next Event Mar. 18: BIOMATERIALS: FROM COATINGS TO MULTI-FUNCTIONALIZED BIOMATERIALS AND CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY |
Dr. Susanne Spiegelberg, University of Technology, Aachen, Germany 
Biomaterials are nonviable materials used in medical devices intended to interact with biological systems. Biocompatibility is a material’s ability to perform with an appropriate host response in a specific application. This presentation will give an overview of biomaterials and the use of synthetic shape memory multiblock copolymers as drug delivery systems.
For more information about this field, visit http://www.biomaterials.org/.
Dr. Spiegelberg is an independent expert on drug delivery who has held several positions in the biotechnology industry. She completed her diploma in chemistry at the University of Cologne in Germany, performing thesis research in protein aggregation at the University of California Berkeley, and earned her PhD in chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University, conducting research on polymeric drug delivery devices.
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