Joyce Y. Wong (Boston University) est l’invitée de la professeure Suzanne Giasson dans le cadre des séminaires de l’axe « Formulation et analyse du médicament » de la Faculté de pharmacie de l'Université de Montréal.
Dre Wong donnera à la Faculté un séminaire, dont vous trouverez tous les détails en pièce jointe. Ci-dessous, une courte biographie de la conférencière :
Dr. Wong is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and an Inaugural Term Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University. She is also Director of ARROWS, Office of the Provost, focused on promoting women in STEM at BU. She is an elected Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
RESEARCH FOCUS: Development of novel biomaterials to detect and treat disease. Elucidation of fundamental molecular, cellular, and colloidal/interfacial processes for specific biomedical applications.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Pediatric vascular tissue engineering; Vascularized tissue engineering; Theranostics for cardiovascular disease and cancer; In vitro models of cancer metastasis.
Current research interests
- Bioguided purification of natural products from Calophyllaceae and Clusiaceae families
- Prenylated polyphenols dereplication using LC-MS2 (Molecular networking) and 13C / 2D NMR
- Chemical engineering on vegetal extracts to increase chemical diversity
- Advanced glycation end-products inhibitors able to prevent endothelial dysfunction
- Chemical engineering: probes conception and (hemi)-synthesis from natural and synthetic products
Bienvenue à tous!
