On May 5, 2016, UW Bioengineering’s BioEngage will host a FREE online webinar with speaker Buddy Ratner, Ph.D. titled “Biomaterials: Origins, Impacts and Prognostications.”

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Event details:

Thursday, May 5th, 11:00 a.m. PDT – 11:45 a.m. PDT
A Q&A session will follow the scheduled presentation.
Register online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biomaterials-origins-impacts-and-prognostications-with-buddy-ratner-phd-registration-24435732935
Contact Ty Youngblood with questions: ryoungb@uw.edu

Unable to attend the live event? Register for a recording and you will receive an e-mail when a recording of the event is available. Feel free to forward this invitation to your friends and colleagues!

What will you learn?

  • The interesting roots of modern day biomaterials
  • What are state-of-the-art biomaterials and exciting trends, 2016
  • Where is the field going to enhance therapies and reduce costs

About Buddy Ratner:

Buddy Ratner is himself a pioneer in biomaterials – in fact, he literally wrote the book on it (Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine). Dr. Ratner is the Michael L. and Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization, Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. He is the director of the Research Center for Biomaterials at the University of Washington (UWEB21) and is a past president of the Society for Biomaterials, a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a fellow of AVS The Science and Technology Society and a Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). Dr. Ratner has authored more than 400 scholarly works and has research interests in biomaterials, tissue engineering, polymers, biocompatibility, surface analysis of organic materials, self-assembly, nanobiotechnology, and RF-plasma thin film deposition.

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