Giuseppe Tronci
University of Leeds, UK
Biography
Giuseppe Tronci is a Lecturer in Healthcare Materials at the University of Leeds with leading expertise in the chemistry of biopolymers, design of integrated biomimetic systems, and high-value manufacture of medical devices. He has established a bespoke platform for the fabrication of customised collagen materials with retained triple helix conformation and multiple integrated biofunctionalities. This work has led to the development of a University of Leeds patent-pending technology, whose applicability in wound healing has been successfully confirmed in diabetic mice.
Abstract
Abstract : Photoactive type I (atelo) collagen as building block of advanced wound dressings