Interview with Dr. Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer (Biomedical Sciences & Engineering)
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I am Dr. Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer. I came to KOC University in Fall 2013 under Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) scholarship. I did my PhD in Biomedical Sciences & Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Iskender Yilgor. My topic of research in PhD was “Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Biodegradable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications”. In simple words, tissue engineering involves development of artificial tissues and organs by using biomaterials. Biomaterials are materials of natural or synthetic origin that are used to direct, appendage or provide substitute to the functions of native tissues/organs and they are not toxic to biological systems. Results obtained from research which focused on a wide range of applications, it has been demonstrated that tissue engineering has tremendous potential for bone, skin, cartilage, liver, kidney, muscle and nerve regenerative medicine applications. During my PhD research, I worked on synthesis of bio-compatible materials and utilized these materials to fabricate scaffolds for skin and bone repair. Now, I am working as a post-doc researcher with Prof. Seda Kizilel and working on a very core issue of tissue engineering. The engineered scaffolds are lacking blood vessels, so we need to generate organized blood vessels network in these artificial tissues, specially in thick scaffolds for true clinical translation of engineered tissues and strategies.
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