Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Bumgardner gives invited talk to Czech Academy of Sciences
Joel D. Bumgardner, PhD, Professor Biomedical Engineering, gave an invited talk entitled
"Chitosan Nanofibers: Electrospinning & the Promise for Guided Bone Regeneration"
at the Institute of Physiology of Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic
14 May 2025. Talk was part of 2.5 week research visit to Dr. Lucie Bačáková Biomaterials
and Tissue Engineering Lab, with UofM-UTHSC Joint BME Program graduate students, Alex
Bryan and Nikken Malboeuf, investigating novel chitosan-based membranes for wound
healing and skin regeneration. Project is supported by joint funding from the Czech
Academy of Sciences and the University of Memphis.
