ΜΕΤΥ-504
Biomaterials-Biomolecules

Instructors

Kelly Velonia

Maria Chatzinikolaidou

Lectures commence on Wednesday 8 February 2023. The schedule is:

Lecture title	Instructor	Day
Introduction to tissue engineering	Maria Chatzinikolaidou	8 February
Bone tissue engineering	Maria Chatzinikolaidou	15 February
Cartilage tissue engineering	Maria Chatzinikolaidou	22 February
Cardiovascular tissue engineering	Maria Chatzinikolaidou	1 March
Technologies for scaffold fabrication	Maria Chatzinikolaidou	8 March
Cell adhesion	Maria Chatzinikolaidou	15 March
–	Maria Chatzinikolaidou	22 March
Rational design of synthetic biomaterials	Kelly Velonia	29 March
Modifications of peptides and proteins for targeted biomaterial applications	Kelly Velonia	5 April
Nucleotide analogue bioconjugation chemistry	Kelly Velonia	26 April
DNA/RNA hybrids for targeted biomaterial applications	Kelly Velonia	3 May
Polymeric biomaterial applications	Kelly Velonia	10 May
Metal alloys, thermoplastic polymers, ceramics: Implantable biomaterials	Kelly Velonia	17 May

Bioconjugate Techniques, Greg T. Hermanson, Academic Press, Inc., 2008
Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Wiley, 2000
The Molecular Probes Handbook—11th Edition (Invitrogen, http://probes.invitrogen.com/)
E. Gazit, "Plenty of Room for Biology at the Bottom: an Introduction to Bionanotechnology", Imperial College Press, 2007
J.P. Fisher, A.G. Mikos, J.D. Bronzino "Tissue Engineering", CRC Press, 2007
Cindy Chung, Jason A. Burdick, Engineering cartilage tissue, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 60, 243–262, 2008
B. Alberts, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, and P. Walter, "Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition", Garland Science 2002, chapter 19