McGill Chemical Society Seminar Series- (Bernard Belleau Memorial Lecture) Pieter Cullis: Design of lipid nanoparticles that enable gene therapies
Delivery of nucleic acid-based drugs into target cells in vivo has been a major challenge for enabling gene therapies. This barrier is now being overcome due in part to advances made in lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems. LNP systems enabled the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and there are now a host of LNP RNA vaccines and therapeutics in clinical development.
McGill Chemical Society Seminar Series- Leonard R. MacGillivray: Crystal Engineering the Covalent Bond: Organic Synthesis to MOFs to Medicine
Crystal engineering provides a means to control covalent bond formation through the deliberate organization of molecules in the solid state. By combining principles of supramolecular chemistry and crystallography, reactions such as photodimerizations and click-type cycloadditions can be designed to proceed with precision and predictability within molecular crystals.
McGill Seminar: Prof. Florent Allais- Integrating Green Chemistry, Biotechnology and Downstream Processing for Biomass Valorisation
The transition toward a sustainable bio-based economy requires the development of innovative processes capable of efficiently converting renewable resources into high-value chemicals and materials. In this seminar, Florent Allais (URD ABI – AgroParisTech, France) will present a selection of past and ongoing research projects dedicated to the valorisation of biomass and agro-industrial byproducts through integrated and sustainable processing strategies.