Professor
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME)
University of Toronto
Keywords: Tissue engineering, drug delivery, polymer synthesis, hydrogels, nanoparticles, spinal cord injury, cancer, peripheral nerve repair, fluoropolymers
Research interests
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Biology-inspired design: creating polymeric biomaterials that are designed with the biological tissue or injury site in mind. Specifically interested in the central nervous system (spinal cord injury repair and stroke), peripheral nervous system and breast cancer.
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Defining the cellular environment through biomimetic 3D scaffolds.
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Creation of polymeric hollow fiber membranes (i.e. porous tubes) for guided regeneration of nerve tissue across in a severed or transected injury model.
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Understanding the haptotactic and chemotactic cues of regeneration: designing 3D patterned hydrogel matrices of immobilized factors for cell guidance.
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Localized and targeted delivery: locally-injected hydrogels for controlled delivery and immunonanoparticles for targeted delivery in breast cancer
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Design and synthesis of biostable and biodegradable polymers for drug delivery, scaffold synthesis and peptide/protein modification
Publications
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Contact Information
Email: molly@chem-eng.utoronto.ca
Phone:
(416) 978-1460
Links
Dr. Shoichet’s profile on the IBBME website
Shoichet lab website |
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