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Bishakh Rout is a self-professed highly motivated PhD researcher in Chemical Engineering at McGill University. He is studying the surface modification of biomaterials and the application of hydragels in contact lens technology! Get ready for a fast-paced 25-minute interview -- the shortest Abstract interview yet, and the first of many shorter-form interviews, for all you busy bees out there!

Tune in for Answers to Questions Like...

How does one deliver medication through the eyeball?

What is a hydrogel and what are its applications in biomaterials?

What similarities/differences do we find between surface and embedded biomaterials?

What kinds of interactions and influences do these biomaterials have on the body?

and many more!



Topics & Concepts

Contact Lenses

Nanotechnology & Nanocarriers

Drug Delivery

Polymers

Crabs & Cyrosin

Vitamins & Phytochemicals: Curcumin, Quercitin, Leutine

Timolol (Beta-Blocker)

Hydragels

Gaseous Coating

Biomaterials: Surface vs. Embedded

Inflammation

Rejection

Performance

Proteins

Recommended Readings (See Below)



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A Sampling of Bishakh's Publications

Work describing plasma polymer thin coatings on hydrogels - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ppap.202000191

Work on nanocarriers for drug/therapeutic delivery - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-07444-w

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1572100017304404

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927776516300029

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