BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250904T084138EDT-4602jRNGk4@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250904T124138Z DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nBacteriophages (bacterial viruses\, also known as phages) have seen a resurgence in their application following the emergenc e of antimicrobial resistant superbugs that pose a serious risk to human h ealth and our food supplies. Phages offer numerous advantages over convent ional small molecule antibiotics\, most notably highly selective bacteria- killing action and low cyto and immunotoxicity towards humans. What makes these biological nanoparticles especially powerful as bioengineering tools is the diversity in shape and size\, self-propagating capacity\, geometri cal consistency\, and ease of surface modifications with atomic precision\ , in addition to tunable specific recognition. In my talk\, I will demonst rate why phages are excellent building blocks for the creation of multifun ctional bioactive biomaterials and biointerfaces. I will provide an overvi ew of the challenges and promises of bacteriophages as for bioengineering in the context of the research from my lab on phage-built materials\, incl uding phage-built gel materials and bioassays\, aimed at addressing challe nges in biomedical engineering and food safety.\n\nBio:\n\nI am an associa te professor in chemical and biomedical engineering and the Canada Researc h Chair in Bacteriophage Bioengineering. I obtained my PhD from ºÚÁÏÉç Uni versity with Dr. Nathalie Tufenkji (Tier 1 CRC in biocolloids) and Dr. The o van de Ven (Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Chemistry) and completed m y postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent System s in Stuttgart\, Germany with Dr. Metin Sitti as a CIHR fellow. I obtained over 12 scholarships/fellowships and awards during my doctoral and postdo ctoral training. I joined the Chemical Engineering Department at McMaster University in July 2016. I am an associate member of the School of Biomedi cal Engineering\, Institute for Infectious Disease Research\, David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery\, Farncombe Institute for Digestive Healt h\, and the Centre of Excellence for Protective Equipment and Materials. I am also an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineer ing. My research program focuses on responding to two global biological th reats by using bacteriophages (bacterial viruses)\, namely antibiotic-resi stant bacterial infections and airborne viral infections. Technologies dev eloped by my team at McMaster have gained recognition from academia\, indu stry\, Health Canada\, and public media. For the past 2.5 years\, and in r esponse to the COVID-19 pandemic\, we have laid the foundation of a unique research platform on bio-aerosols\, funded by a CIHR project grant. As pa rt of this research\, we collaborate closely with the Canadian Standards A ssociation (CSA) and served a members of the CSA standard development comm ittee Z94.4.1 for developing the first Canadian standard for respirators. I am also a member of the Canadian Committee on Indoor Air Quality (CCIAQ) .\n DTSTART:20220920T170000Z DTEND:20220920T183000Z LOCATION:Room 10\, Maass Chemistry Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\ , 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Chemical Society Seminar: Zeinab Hossenidoust - Putting bacteriopha ges to work through phage-built platforms URL:/chemistry/channels/event/chemical-society-seminar -zeinab-hossenidoust-putting-bacteriophages-work-through-phage-built-34011 7 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR