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Encapsulation And Culture Of Plant Protoplasts In Hydrogel Microspheres Using Droplet Microfluidics, Matthew Grasso
Encapsulation And Culture Of Plant Protoplasts In Hydrogel Microspheres Using Droplet Microfluidics, Matthew Grasso
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Plant morphogenesis requires the coordinated growth between cells and their neighbors. This coordination is regulated by internal and external signals that are both physical and chemical. It is understood that both mechanical and molecular signals are involved in the regulation of plant morphogenesis however, how mechanical signals induce molecular signals and vice versa is not. This is due to a lack of research tools for manipulating and measuring the mechanical environment of growing plant cells. Such tools would ideally provide individual plant cells with mechanically tunable physical microenvironments. This may allow changes in the cells physical environment to be linked …
A Study Of The Physicochemical Properties Of Dense And Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles That Impact Protein Adsorption From Biological Fluids, Alden Michael Clemments
A Study Of The Physicochemical Properties Of Dense And Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles That Impact Protein Adsorption From Biological Fluids, Alden Michael Clemments
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
At the intersection of materials chemistry and biology, biomaterials have been successfully employed in an array of medical applications. From diagnostic tools to targeted drug delivery, the modular physical and chemical properties of these materials provide numerous applications. For example, porous nanoparticles have been widely integrated as vehicles to carry chemotherapeutics to localized tumor sites. By encapsulating these cytotoxic compounds within a porous framework, the commonly associated adverse side effects of conventional chemotherapeutics, such as Doxorubicin, have been greatly reduced. One such material, mesoporous silica, has received widespread attention due to its excellent biocompatibility, high surface area to mass ratio, …