应材料学院祁阳教授、张雅静副教授邀请，美国康涅狄格州立大学工学院副院长魏梅教授将访问我校并做学术交流，诚邀广大师生参加学术报告。
报告时间：7月14日（周五）10:00-11:30
报告地点：知行楼424会议室
报告题目：Biomaterials for Bone Repair and Regeneration
报告摘要：Tissue engineering is a rapidly growing new emerging interdisciplinary field, which offers tremendous promises for organ repair and regeneration.The development of skeletal tissues has become the fastest developing segment of tissue engineering due to the large demand in bone repair materials. In this talk, we will reveal a novel approach for fabrication of biomimetic apatite/collagen composite scaffolds mimicking the organic and inorganic constructions of natural bone.This approach not only renders the scaffold with biomimetic structure, but also superior mechanical properties and excellent in vitro and in vivo performances for bone tissue engineering.
Besides, I will also touch base on a novel biomimetic coating developed in our laboratory.Over 10 million Americans are currently carrying at least one major implanted medical device in their body.More than forty percent involves the use of metallic implants.Unfortunately, nearly all metallic materials are bioinert, so they are consequently not osteoconductive leading to no surface continuity.Thus, the objective of this part of the presentation will talk about the exploration of a new biomimetic approach to fabricate bioactive apatite and apatite/collagen coatings on the surface of metallic implants to improve the corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of the metallic implants.
报告人简介：Prof. Wei received her Ph.D. degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia.She subsequently conducted her postdoctoral studies in Kyoto University, Japan and Queensland University of Technology, Australia, respectively. In 2002, she joined the faculty of University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor. Currently, she is a full professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as well as the Department of Biomedical Engineering.She served as interim Department Head at the Mechanical Engineering.Currently, she is the Director for General Electric Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Modeling, and the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education of the School of Engineering, University of Connecticut.
Over the last 20 years, Dr. Wei’s research has been focused on biomaterials, tissue engineering, biomaterial-cell interactions, and in vivo performances of biomaterials.  She has nearly 100 publications in high impact refereed journals. She has also filed 6 patents and published 2 book chapters in the past a few years.Dr. Wei has served as a panel member for various divisions of National Science Foundation, and has acted as a reviewer for more than 30 journals. She serves as the Associate Editor of Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, a major journal in the field of Biomaterials Study. Dr. Wei is the recipient of a number of awards and honors, including Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, Connecticut Women of Innovation Award, University Professional excellence Award and Outstanding Department Member.
Dr. Wei’s research has been focused on the development of novel biomaterials, including tissue engineering scaffolds, organic and inorganic composites, biomimetic coatings, and biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles.