Peptide Hydrogel & Nanotubes for Drug Delivery and Biomaterial Applications

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar

Description

Second episode in a two-part series on 'Peptide Therapeutics: Disease screening and Drug Design'. In this collection of expert-led sessions, we will learn about advancements in peptide-based drugs - medicines which have become a promising alternative to antibiotics, showing to be safer to use and cheaper to make.

This second episode features Dr Garry Laverty, Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University in Belfast.

Episode summary:

This talk will focus on our research into peptide hydrogels and nanotubes as future drug delivery and biomaterial platforms. This includes:



The development of a novel long-acting injectable peptide hydrogel implant for the delivery of HIV/AIDS and contraceptive drugs;


The use of peptide hydrogels as anti-infective coatings for medical devices and in wound healing;


Study of peptide nanotubes as drug delivery platform to cross biological barriers and as anti-biofilm agents against infection.
Period15 Jul 2022
Held atResearcher, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionInternational

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