Samir Mitragotri

Company: Harvard University

Job title: Professor of Bioengineeing

Bio:

Samir Mitragotri is the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. His research is focused on drug delivery and it has led to new technologies for delivering small molecules, proteins, nucleic acids and cells. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Inventors and American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is an author on over 400 publications and an inventor on over 300 patents/patent applications. He is also an elected fellow of AAAS, CRS, BMES, AIMBE, and AAPS. He received BS in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, India and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Seminars:

Panel Discussion: Bridging the Innovation-Impact Gap: What Will Define the Next Decade of Dermatology Drug Development? 1:30 pm

• How will new modalities (gene therapy, senotherapeutics, trispecifics) reshape pipelines? • What breakthroughs are needed to close the 80% treatment gap? • How can we institutionalize patient-centric, implementation-first drug design? • What changes are coming from FDA and EMA regarding animal testing, inclusion criteria, and biomarkers? • Who's responsible for driving system-wide adoption: industry,…Read more

day: Day Two PM

Transforming Skin Therapeutics through Next Generation Delivery Platforms 3:00 pm

Advancing transdermal penetration using ionic liquids to enable delivery of peptides and nucleic acids Sampling of dermal biomarkers for quantitative diagnosis of dermatological diseases Integrating nanoparticle and material platforms for precision topical delivery for treating dermatological disordersRead more

day: Day Two PM