Center for Nanoscale
Materials and Biointegration (CNMB)
Director: Yogesh K.
Vohra, PhD
Established:
2006
The Center
for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration (CNMB) is an interdisciplinary
research and education center focusing on the use of nanotechnologies for
biomedical applications. Physically
located in Campbell Hall, the Center is housed within the Department of Physics
and is composed of investigators from five different UAB Schools, including the
Schools of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Business, Dentistry, Engineering,
and Medicine. Investigators represent
research expertise from a variety of fields, including physics, materials
science, biomaterials and biomedical engineering, cell biology, orthopedics, and
oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Center Research and Infrastructure
The CNMB
provides the infrastructure at UAB to enhance research in nanotechnologies and
biomaterials through communication, research coordination, resource sharing,
and support for the development of new initiatives. The ability to synthesize increasingly
smaller materials and structures has played a key role in the advancement of
materials research at UAB and their applications to numerous other fields, including
the biosciences and medicine. Six areas
of research guide the Center’s work: 1) nanostructured diamond and other
superhard materials,
2) nanostructured hydroxyapatite coatings for biomedical
implants, 3) polymeric biomaterials for vascular grafts and scaffolds for bone
tissue engineering, 4) nanoparticles for enhanced biomedical imaging and
biosensing, 5) dental and orthopedic implant applications, and 6) industrial
partnerships and commercialization.
Experimental facilities associated with the CNMB are located in Campbell
Hall, the Environmental Science Building (Southern Research Institute), the
Business and Engineering Complex, and the
Training
The CNMB trains
undergraduate and graduate students, high school teachers, and scientists newly
recruited to nanotechnologies in techniques, procedures, and materials
development unique to biointegration for human health. The Center also serves as a national resource
for scientific findings and evolving technologies in the field of nanotechnologies
and biomaterials. The undergraduate
training at CNMB is facilitated through a Summer Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The graduate training at CNMB is funded by a nanotechnology
predoctoral training grant by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
Bioengineering (NIBIB).
For
additional information:
Director: Yogesh K. Vohra, PhD
Email: ykvohra@uab.edu
Phone: 205-934-6662
Program Coordinator: Charita H. Cadenhead
Email: charita@uab.edu
Phone: 205-975-8076
Web site: http://www.uab.edu/cnmb/
Approved
by: Yogesh K. Vohra, PhD, Director
Date: December 6, 2007
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