Invited by Surface Engineering Division of NIMTE, Professor Mark Bradley, from School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh visited the Ningbo Institute of Materials technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on June 21. During his visit, Prof. Bradley delivered a lecture titled Polymer microarrays-Fabrication and biological application for cellular control and manipulation.

In his lecture, Prof. Bradley introduced a variety of approaches for at the preparation and high-content screening of polymer microarray platform and their application in a number of cell based screens. He showed how polymers have been identified and then developed for a myriad of applications, including control of stem cells fate, corneal bandages, bacterial capture and thermally responsive surfaces. The report was focused on three themes including: (1) The development and exploitation of polymer microarray technology for the identification and application of polymers for controlling and modulating cells; (2) The development of “smart” fluorescent reporters for clinical optical imaging; (3) In vivo catalytic chemistry.

Then accompanied by Professor Xuedong Wu, group leader of organic coatings, Professor Bradley took a short lab tour. He showed great interest in developing joint work with NIMTE in coming future. (Wenjie Zhao reports)