Chitosan for Biomaterials IV

Different Forms of Chitosan and Its Derivatives as Hemostatic Agent and Tissue Sealants.- Chitosan Nanofibers in Regenerative Medicine.- 3D-Printed Chitosan Composites for Biomedical Applications.- Chitosan and Its Potential Use for the Delivery of Bioactive Molecules in Bone Tissue Engineering.- Chitosan Based Biomaterials for Periodontal Therapy.- Generations of Chitosan: The Progress in Drug Delivery.- Recent Progress in Biomedical Applications of Chitosan Derivatives as Gene Carrier.- Chitosan Polymeric Micelles as Oral Delivery Platform of Hydrophobic Anticancer Drugs.- Chitosan-Based Theragnostics for Cancer Therapy.- An overview on chitosan-based adjuvant/vaccine delivery systems.- Enhanced Topical Drug Delivery to the Eye using Chitosan Based Delivery Systems.- Application of Chitosan and its derivatives in Transdermal Drug Delivery.- Delivery of Biomolecules Using Chitosan Based Wound Dressings.

Dr. R. Jayakumar - Professor at Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Kochi-682041, India-specializing in the area of Polymeric Biomaterials. Dr. R. Jayakumar joined ACNSMM during November-2007. He received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from the Anna University, Chennai, India (2002). He has over 255 Journal publications, 10 book chapter and 10 patents to his credit. His publications have been cited more than 18400 times with h-index-71. In addition, he has also edited and published 5 books. Dr. Jayakumar's research laboratory at ACNSMM is mainly interested in the development of polymeric nanofibers, nanogels, nanoparticles, nanocomposite scaffolds and injectable hydrogels for tissue engineering, drug delivery and wound healing applications. He was awarded the University Postdoctoral Fellowship from Chonbuk National University (2002-2003), South Korea and FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Government of Portugal (2003-2005). In addition, he was also awarded the prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005-2007) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. He has received the "Best Paper Award" from Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine (Springer) and IET Nanobiotechnology Journal. He received "Faculty Researcher Award-2016" from Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society and "MRSI Medal-2017" from Materials Research Society of India. He also received "India Research Excellence-Citation Awards 2017 (Health & Medical Science area)" from Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science. He is also reviewer and editorial board member of many international journals. He also completed more than 20 funded projects and 2 are ongoing.
Dr. M. Prabaharan - Professor at Department of Chemistry, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India. He received his doctoral degree in Polymer