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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/bme-seminar-engineering-bio
 materials-for-treating-injury-and-infection-of-bone/
SUMMARY:BME Seminar: "Engineering biomaterials for treating injury and infe
 ction of bone"
DESCRIPTION:Lauren B. Priddy\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor\, Mississippi Sta
 te University\nBiography: Lauren B. Priddy is an Associate Professor of Bi
 omedical Engineering in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engi
 neering at Mississippi State University. Her research involves the design 
 of surface-functionalized\, load-bearing polymeric and metallic biomateria
 ls to enhance bone healing\, and hydrogel-based composite materials for lo
 cal delivery of antimicrobial therapeutics in bone infection. She earned a
  B.S. in Biological Engineering and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering\, bo
 th from Mississippi State University\, and a Ph.D. in BioEngineering from 
 the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her work has been recognized with Ear
 ly Career awards from the Journal of Orthopaedic Research and the Mississi
 ppi Academy of Sciences\, as well as with the Boehringer Ingelheim Mentori
 ng Award. She is an inaugural honoree of Celebrating Georgia Tech Women an
 d received Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s 40 Under 40 and Mississippi
  State Alumni Association’s Reveille 25 (under 40). She served as delega
 te for the International Consensus Meeting on Pre-Clinical Models of Ortho
 paedic Infection\, the outcomes from which are guiding the field of orthop
 edic infection research. Bringing her passion for biomaterials research in
 to the classroom\, she received MSU’s Donald Zacharias Early Career Unde
 rgraduate Teaching Excellence Award and was inducted into MSU’s Bagley C
 ollege of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Teachers.\nAbstract: Trauma
 tic bone injuries such as complex fractures necessitate surgical intervent
 ion for repair\, commonly involving titanium or stainless steel implants. 
 Though these non-degradable materials can be sufficient to heal the fractu
 re\, their mechanical properties are much higher than those of bone\, whic
 h can lead to stress shielding\, bone resorption\, and ultimately implant 
 failure\, requiring a revision surgery to replace the implant. Compared to
  traditional bioinert implants\, one class of materials uniquely suited fo
 r temporary\, load-bearing orthopedic implants are magnesium (Mg) alloys. 
 Besides their biodegradable nature\, Mg alloys are advantageous over tradi
 tional metallic biomaterials due to their mechanical properties which clos
 ely match those of bone\, as well as their osteogenic and antimicrobial pr
 operties. Despite the potential\, the biodegradation of Mg is a significan
 t barrier to clinical implementation. To this end\, we are coating Mg biom
 aterials with the bioceramic hydroxyapatite (HA)\, due to HA’s resistanc
 e to degradation and osteoconductivity\, and have demonstrated the efficac
 y of HA coating to modulate the degradation of Mg biomaterials.
CATEGORIES:Seminars
LOCATION:Communicore Room C1-4\, 1249 Center Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 
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