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<div align="center"><b>Lunes 21 de julio de 2008 - 13 hs<br><br>
</b>Aula de Seminarios del INQUIMAE, 3er piso Pab. II <br><br>
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</font><font size=6><b>Dr. Thibaud Coradin<br>
</font><font size=4><i>Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée,
Paris<br><br>
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</i></font><font size=6>Bio-controlled materials<br><br>
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Abstract:<br>
The observation of natural living mineralized structures indicates that a
real synergy exists between the biological component, which controls the
formation of the inorganic phase, and the mineral component, which
stabilizes the living system chemically and physically. On this basis, we
are trying to elaborate hybrid or composite materials that associate
biopolymers or living cells with mineral phases obtained by soft chemical
routes for applications in pharmacy and biotechnology. In this
presentation, we will show how it is possible to use biological
macromolecules to control the growth of nanostructured oxides and metals
in order to design drug carriers and biosensors. We will also address the
possibility to use whole cells as bioreactors for nanomaterial
production, a first step towards "living" materials.<br><br>
CV resumido:<br>
Thibaud Coradin received his PhD in 1997 in the field of Intercalation
Chemistry from the Université Paris XI. He was then a post-doctoral
fellow at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London working on
molecular magnets. He was then a temporary lecturer in the Ecole
Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, studying organometallics and
spin-trapping systems via EPR and ENDOR. In 1999, he was appointed as a
CNRS Research Fellow in the Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée
de Paris (LCMCP), working with Pr J. Livage on silica biomineralization
and sol-gel bioencapsulation. Since 2005, after obtaining his
Habilitation from the Université Paris VI, he is leading the
"Bio-controlled Materials" group of the LCMCP and has extended
his research interest to the development of "green" sol-gel
chemistry, based on the use of biological systems, including biopolymers
and whole-cells, to design bio-functional nanohybrids and nanocomposites.
In 2007, he was appointed as a CNRS Research Director in the LCMCP.
Thibaud Coradin co-authored over 70 publications and 10 book chapters. He
gave 11 invited talks in international meetings. He has supervised about
20 PhD students and post-doctoral fellows. He has been involved in the
organization of several national and international meetings. He is a
member of the Editorial Advisory Board of <i>Current Medicinal
Chemistry</i> and a regular referee for <i>Chem. Commun</i>., <i>Chem.
Mater</i>., <i>J. Mater. Chem</i> et <i>Langmuir</i>.<br><br>
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