Mark Grinstaff
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry at Boston University and College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Boston University
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Mark W. Grinstaff is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry at Boston University and a College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Fellow.
Mark received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois under the mentorship of Professor Kenneth S. Suslick and was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology withProfessor Harry B. Gray. Mark’s awards include the ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award, NSF Career Award, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, and Edward M. Kennedy Award for Health Care Innovation. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, 200 issued patents or patent applications, and has given more than 275 oral presentations. His students and fellows have given more than 125 oral presentations and 350 posters. He is a co-founder of four companies that are commercializing his ideas and he has three medical products being sold and used in the clinic. His current research activities include new macromolecule and amphiphile syntheses, self-assembly chemistry, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and imaging.
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This slug slime-inspired glue can patch up bloody pig hearts and gooey rat livers
July 27, 2017
The Verge quoting Mark Grinstaff, College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences “A new class of tissue glues can seal a punctured pig heart, new research says…” Expert quote: “It’s an elegant piece of work.” View full article.
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Hydrogel fulfils burning desire for dissolvable bandage
July 25, 2016
Chemistry World Mark Grinstaff, College of Engineering A hydrogel-based dressing that sticks to wounds but can be painlessly washed away could help burns victims make a faster and less traumatic recovery, say the US-based scientists behind the new material… Expert quote: “It is known that secondary to the burn injury, burn dressing changes are reported […]
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Light-activated hydrogel might one day repair degraded cartilage in arthritic joints
March 14, 2016
The Biological SCENE Mark Grinstaff, College of Engineering A collaborative chemistry and orthopedics team has developed a technique that, if verified in animal and human tests, might one day be a therapy for osteoarthritis… View full article referencing expert Mark Grinstaff
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Two-Step Delivery Method Ups Cancer Drug’s Concentration In Tumors
January 20, 2016
Chemical & Engineering News Mark Grinstaff, College of Engineering Researchers report that cancer therapies involving drugs such as Taxol (paclitaxel) might be made more effective if clinicians did the two-step when administering them… View full article referencing expert Mark Grinstaff
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New MIT microscope takes near real-time videos on a nanoscale
January 8, 2016
Boston Globe (subscription required) Mark Grinstaff, College of Engineering Progress in science is often linked to better ways of seeing: Stronger telescopes bring more stars into view, microscopes made bacteria vivid, new genomic techniques tease out once-hidden forms of life… Expert quote: “Right now, it’s old-fashioned photography, you take a picture, then take another five minutes […]
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Synthetic Polysaccharide Stabilizes Proteins
July 9, 2014
Chemical & Engineering News Mark Grinstaff, College of Engineering Chemists have synthesized a novel class of carbohydrate polymers that could help retain the function of enzymes and protein drugs during storage (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, DOI: 10.1021/ja5036804). View full article referencing expert Mark Grinstaff
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Mark Grinstaff named as inaugural ENG Professor of Translational Research
June 11, 2014
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Polymer lubricant may stave off knee surgery
April 16, 2013
Chemistry World Mark Grinstaff, College of Arts & Sciences A synthetic polymer could make a better replacement lubricant for joint cartilage in people with arthritis, US researchers claim… Expert quote: “Instead of having molecular weights of 1–200,000, we could get up to 2.5 million. When the polymers get that large, the rheological properties change – […]
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Massachusetts innovators named to top inventors list
January 8, 2013
Examiner.com James Collins, College of Engineering Barbara Gilchrest, School of Medicine Mark Grinstaff, College of Arts & Sciences Theodore Moustakas, College of Engineering Honored for their “exceptional achievements” in creating inventions that have made a “tangible impact on (the) quality of life,” 12 Massachusetts-based academic leaders have been added to a list of the 101 […]
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BU researchers find new drug delivery model
February 6, 2012
Mass High Tech Mark Grinstaff, College of Engineering Boston University biomedical engineer and chemist Mark Grinstaff and his research team have developed a potentially new form of drug delivery using water-resistant materials that may contribute to longer-lasting drug release, according to an article published in Medical News Today… View article
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