HKU BME Distinguished Lecture Series: Professor George Malliaras “Technology for Bioelectronic Medicine” (Mar 3, 2022)

Professor George Malliaras, Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge will deliver a lecture entitled “Technology for Bioelectronic Medicine” via zoom on 03 Mar, 2022 (Thursday). Details as follow:

Time: 5pm (HKT)

Zoom Link:
https://hku.zoom.us/j/99860240207?pwd=WlhXbFozWStIWmNlNndFYlBOcUhJQT09

Meeting ID: 998 6024 0207
Password: 638497

Abstract:

Bioelectronic medicine provides a new means of addressing disease via the electrical stimulation of tissues: Deep brain stimulation, for example, has shown exceptional promise in the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, while stimulation of peripheral nerves is being explored to treat autoimmune disorders. To bring these technologies to patients at scale, however, significant challenges remain to be addressed. Key among these is our ability to establish stable and efficient interfaces between electronics and the human body. I will show examples of how this can be achieved using new organic electronic materials and devices engineered to communicate with the body and evolve with it.

George Malliaras is the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge. He received a PhD from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands and did a postdoc at the IBM Almaden Research Center, USA. Before joining Cambridge, he was a faculty member at Cornell University in the USA, where he also served as the Director of the Cornell NanoScale Facility, and at the School of Mines in France. His research has been recognized with awards from the New York Academy of Sciences, the US National Science Foundation, and DuPont, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Linköping in Sweden. He is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society and of the Royal Society of Chemistry and serves as Deputy Editor of Science Advances.