Event
Bioengineering Seminar Series: Herbert Geller
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
11:00 a.m.
2108 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
Professor J. Helim Aranda-Espinoza
(301) 405-8250
helim@umd.edu
Repairing Spinal Cord Injury: Strategies and Challenges
Presented by Herbert Geller
National Institutes of Health
Recovery of function after major injury to the mammalian spinal cord is limited, primarily due to the inability of severed axons to regenerate through the injured area. This seminar will outline the major factors that impede regeneration, and present several strategies for promoting regeneration. These strategies are based on advances in understanding the cell biology of spinal cord injury as well as application of novel molecular biological and nanoscale biomaterials approaches.
