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Lectures

Invited, Keynote & Plenary Lectures

  • "Advanced wound dressings with controlled release of analgesic drugs", The Israeli annual workshop of treating pressure ulcers, Herzliya, Israel, May 2022.

 

  • "Gelatin-Alginate Hydrogels as Bioadhesives, Drug Delivery Systems and Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering", Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, February 2022.

 

  • "Gelatin-Alginate Hydrogels as Bioadhesives, Drug Delivery Systems and Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering", Biomedical Engineering seminar, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, October 2021.

 

  • "Gelatin-Alginate Hydrogels as Bioadhesives, Drug Delivery Systems and Scaffolds or Tissue Engineering", Joint workshop of the Polymers for Advanced Technologies (PAT) and Israel Controlled Release Society (iCRS), Maalot Tarshiha, Israel, October 2021

 

  • "Natural Polymers in Biomedical Applications”, The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, (ISMBE), Haifa, Israel, February 2020.

 

  • "Hemostatic drug-eluting bioadhesives based on natural polymers for wound closure applications "Healing the Wounds" - The Annual Conference of the Israeli Wound Healing Society, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November 2019.

 

  • "Composite Gelatin-Alginate Hydrogels as Multifunctional Bioadhesive Materials", Advanced Functional Polymers for Medicine (AFPM), Aalto, Finland, June 2019.

 

  • "Innovation in Biomaterials": Gelatin is more than a candy, and soy-protein is more than food", The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Haifa, Israel, February 2019.

 

  • "Gelatin-Alginate Hydrogels as Bioadhesive Materials", The 3rd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (ICBBA) 2018, Haifa, Israel, November 20-22, 2018.

 

  • "Soy Protein as a New Biomaterial with Applications in Wound Healing", Advanced Treatments and Technologies in Wound Care (ATTWC), London, UK, October 15-16, 2018.

 

  • “Infection Prevention and Management”, Wound Care: From Innovations to Clinical Trials (WCICT) Edinburgh, UK, June 13-14, 2018.

 

  • “Composite Miltifunctional Hydrogels as Bioadhesive Materials”, The 4th International Symposium on “Nanotechnology from Academia to Industry” (NATI), Holon, Israel, May 2018.

 

  • "Multifunctional Bioadhesive Materials”, Biotechnology and Food Engineering Seminar, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology,  Haifa, Israel, May 2017.

 

  • "Composite Gelatin-Alginate Hydrogels as Bioadhesive Materials and Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration” Materials Science and Engineering Seminar, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, April 2017.

 

  • "Multifunctional Bioadhesives and Medical Sealants", The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering,  Haifa, Israel, March 2017.

 

  • "Multifunctional Bioadhesive Materials”, Materials & Interfaces Department Seminar, Weizmann Institute of Science.Rehovot, Israel, February 2017.

 

  • "Novel Biomaterials for Treatment of Pressure Ulcers", The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Wound Healing Ramat-Gan, Israel, February 2017.

 

  • “Multifunctional Bioadhesive Materials”, The 45th annual meeting of the Israeli Polymers and Plastics Society (IPPS), Ramat-Gan, Israel, January 2017.

 

  • "Drug-Eluting Implants: Release Mechanisms and Models", The 14th international Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering" (CMBBE).Tel-Aviv, Israel, September 2016.

 

  • "Highly Porous Drug-Eluting Structures: From Wound Dressings to Stents and Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration", The 3rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Biomedical Polymers and Polymeric Biomaterials (ISBPPB) ,Islin, New Jersey, August 2016.

 

  • "Smart Wound Dressings", The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Wound Healing, Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 2016.

 

  • "Smart Wound Dressings and Skin Substitutes", The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Wound Healing, Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 2016.

 

  • "Bioresorbable Polymers and Active Implants" – Tutorial H ,Materials Research Society (MRS) 2015 Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, December, 2015.

 

  • "Functional Bioadhesive Materials", Materials Research Society (MRS) 2015 Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, December, 2015.

 

  • "Novel Composite Tissue Adhesives", The 2nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Biomedical Polymers and Polymeric Biomaterials (ISBPPB) Orlando, Florida, July 2015.

 

  • "Novel Drug-Eluting Skin Substitutes and Wound Dressings" ,Journal of Wound Care – innovative Conference, Manchester, UK, March 2014.

 

  • "Novel hemostatic and Bioactive Soft Tissue Adhesives", The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Haifa, Israel, February 2014.

 

  • "Controlled Drug Release in Wound Healing Applications", The Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel, December 2013.

 

  • "Novel Wound Dressings and Skin Substitutes with Drug Delivery" The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Wound Healing, Tel-Aviv, Israel, October 2013.

 

  • "Therapeutic Scaffolds and Bioadhesives" Workshop on Biodegradable Polymers in Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, September 2013.

 

  • M. Zilberman, J. Elsner, M. Shemesh, Z. Peles, I. Berdicevsky, and Y. Ullmann "Novel Wound Dressings with Controlled Release of Antibiotics and pain Killers" The 15th European Burns Association Congress Vienna, Austria, August 2013.

 

  • "Soy-Protein as a Biomaterial for Tissue Regeneration and Drug Delivery Applications", The 2nd International Conference on Tissue Science and Regenerative Medicine, Raleigh, USA, August 2013.

 

  • "Active Wound Healing Through Drug-Eluting Novel Structures"  The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering Haifa, Israel, February 2013.

 

  • "Release Mechanisms of Antiproliferative Drugs from Novel Highly Porous Bioresorbable Stent Coatings" The 4th BIT's Annual International Congress of Cardiology – 2012, Guangzhou, China, December 2012.

 

  • "Active Wound Healing Through Drug-Eluting Composite Structures" The 5th Annual World Congress of Regenerative Medicine & Stem cell – 2012, Guangzhou, China, December 2012.

 

  • "Drug-Eluting Structures for various Tissue Regeneration Applications" The 1st International Conference on Tissue Science and Regenerative Medicine Chicago, USA, October 2012.

 

  • Meital Zilberman, Jonathan J. Elsner, Israela Berdicevsky, Dana Egozy and Yehuda Ullmann "The next generation wound dressings – biodegradable and drug-eluting" The 15th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) Meeting Cardiff, Wales, September 2012.

 

  • "Soy-Protein as a Bimaterial for Tissue Regeneration and Drug Delivery Applications" Meditech 2012 Conference, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May 2012.

 

  • "Smart Dressing Materials" Focused thematic scientific meetings, The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) Tel-Aviv, Israel, April 2012.

 

  • "The Next Generation Implants: Active and Biodegradable" Materials & Interfaces Department Seminar, Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot, Israel, September 2011.

 

  • "The Next Generation Implants: Active and Biodegradable" The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering Tel-Aviv, Israel, February 2011.

 

  • "Structuring of Fiber-Based Active Implants for Various Applications" The 76th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2011.

 

  • Jonathan.J. Elsner, Israela Berdicevsky, Yehuda Ullmann, Adaya. Shefy-Peleg, Dana Egozi and Meital Zilberman "Novel Antibiotic-Eluting Composite Structures for Wound Healing Applications: In-vitro and In-vivo Study" The 7th Annual Meeting of the Israeli Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (ICRS) Haifa, Israel, October 2010.

 

  • "Structuring of Fiber-Based Active Implants for Various Applications" (keynote). The 23th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials. Tampere, Finland, September 2010.

 

 

  • "Novel Antibiotic Eluting Wound Dressings: In-vitro and In-vivo Study and Engineering Aspects in the Dressing's Design" (keynote). The 23th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials. Tampere, Finland, September 2010.

 

  • "Novel Drug-Eluting Bioresorbable Coatings and Films for Various Biomedical Applications"(invited)Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission in the frames of FP6 program – Virtual Institute of Nanofilms (VINF), Haifa, May 2010.

 

  • "Novel Biodegradable Wound Dressings with Controlled Release of Antibiotics" (invited). The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, April 2010.

 

  • "Structuring of drug-eluting biodegradable implants for Various Biomedical Applications" (invited), Physics, Tel-Aviv, Israel, December 2009.

 

  • "Structuring of drug-eluting biodegradable implants for Various Biomedical Applications" (invited), Chemistry, Tel-Aviv, Israel, December 2009.

 

  • "Novel Drug-Eluting Fiber Structures for Various Biomedical Applications" (invited). The 37th Annual Conference of the Israel Polymer and plastics Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 2008.

 

  • "Drug-Eluting Fiber Structures for Various Biomedical Applications" (invited). Center for Biomaterials & Advanced Technologies, Medical Device Group, Johnson & Johnson, NJ, USA, October 2008.

 

  • "Novel Drug-Eluting Fibers for Various Biomedical Applications" (invited). The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 2008.

 

  • "Materials in Medicine: Process-Structure-Property Effects in Biodegradable Drug-Eluting Implants" (invited). The 16th Annual Conference of the Israel Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE Israel), Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 2008.

 

  • "Drug-Eluting Bioresorbable Structures for Various Medical Applications: Process-Structure-Property Effects" (invited). The Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel, February 2008.

 

  • "Structure and Properties of Novel Gentamicin-Eluting Bioresorbable Fibers for Wound Healing Applications" (invited). IMEC - The 13th Israel Materials Engineering Conference, Haifa, Israel, December 2007.

 

  • "Novel Drug and Protein Eluting Fibers for Various Biomedical Applications" (invited). Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Haifa, Israel, June 2007.

 

 

  • "Drug-Eluting Bioresorbable Medical Devices" (invited). Bio-Medical Engineering Forum (BMEF) of Shiluvim Alumni, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 2006.

 

  • "Novel Drug and Protein Eluting Fibers for Various Biomedical applications" (invited). Materials Science and  Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 2006.

 

  • "Novel Composite Fiber Structures to provide Drug/Protein Delivery for Medical Implants and Tissue Regeneration" (invited). Chemical Engineering, Haifa, Israel, June 7, 2006.

 

  • "Drug-Eluting Bioresorbable Stents for Various Applications" (invited).Forum of the Electrochemistry, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May 2006.

 

  • "Drug-Eluting Bioresorbable Medical Devices: Microstructure, Release Profile and Mechanical Properties" (invited). Materials Engineering, Tel Aviv, Israel, January 2006.

 

  • "Bioresorbable Medical Support Devices with Drug Delivery" (invited). Biomedical Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel, January 2006.

 

  • "Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Stents and Their Components" (invited). The 30th Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2005.

 

  • "Biodegradable Stents with Controlled Drug Delivery" (invited). BIOACADEMY ISRAEL, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2005.

 

  • "Bioresorbable Medical Support Devices with Controlled Drug Delivery" (invited). Materials Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, June 2004.

 

  • "Bioresorbable Stents with Drug Delivery" (invited).Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 2004.

 

  • "New Bioresorbable Medical Support Devices: Mechanical Properties, Degradation and Drug Release" (invited). The 12th Annual Conference of the Israel Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE Israel), Herzelia, Israel, March 2004

 

  • “Drug Loaded Bioresorbable Films and Multifunctional Medical Support Devices” (invited). Biotechnology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, May 2003.

 

  • “Bioresorbable Polymers for Application in Tissue Engineering” (invited). The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, January 2003.

 

  • “Structure and Properties of Bioresorbable Films and Support Structures Loaded with Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs” (invited). Materials Science and Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, December 2002.

 

  • “An Expandable Bioresorbable Medical Support Device Containing Anti-Inflammatory Drugs” (invited). International Symposium on Biological Polyesters, Munster, Germany, September 2002.

 

  • “Drug Loaded Bioresorbable Films and Support structures” (invited). Series in Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics, Medical Physics and Medical Sciences, Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 2002.

 

  • “Electrically Conductive Polymer Blends Containing Polyaniline” (invited) Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar, The University of Texas at Arlington. Arlington, Texas, March 2000.

 

  • “Polyaniline Containing Binary and Ternary Polymer Blends: Melt Processable Conductive Systems” (invited) The Annual Conference of the Israel Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE Israel), Herzelia, Israel, December 1998.

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