Collagen Biografts for Tunable Drug Delivery

Rucha Joshi, PhD, is a faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Davis, focusing on engineering education research and instructional innovation in biomedical engineering. Prior to joining UC Davis, she was post-doctoral fellow in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, working on multiple educational projects in enhancing teaching, learning, outreach, and diversity of engineers. Prior to receiving her PhD from Purdue, she received an MS in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University and a BS in Biotechnology Engineering from Shivaji University, India. Dr. Joshi has received several scholarships and awards for thought leadership, entrepreneurship and community engagement, including the Ross Fellowship for outstanding PhD applicants, and the Burton D. Morgan Fellowship for entrepreneurial students at Purdue. She was honored by the late president of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for her invention of "Low calorie biscuits from banana peel pulp" and for her STEM popularization efforts. She authored a book summarizing her life experiences in inspiring Indian students towards STEM pursuits that won a literary award from Maharashtra State Government.

Introduction.- Creating Tunable Collagen Matrices - An Approach Inspired by In-Vivo Collagen Synthesis and Self-Assembly.- Application of Collagen Fibril Biografts for Enhancing Local Vascularization in an In-Vivo Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) Model.- Appendix A: Type I Collagen Based Drug Delivery Formats.- Appendix B: State-of-the-Art Methods of Tuning Collagen Based Molecular Release.