The Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Interest Group
Seminar Announcement
Dear BMIG members, We would like to inform you of an upcomingBMIG - BTEC seminar
Dr. Ronit Freeman
Associate professor, Applied Physical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, UNC - Chapel Hill Title: “Biomimetic Approaches for Viral Diagnostics” Date and Time: Friday, 28 January 2022,
10:40 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Dr. Ronit Freeman
This seminar will be delivered via Zoom and the meeting link will be sent upon registration. Click here to register!
Dr. Ronit Freeman leads a multidisciplinary team and conducts cross-functional research in the area of molecular self–assembly. She is trained in multiple fields such as computer science, chemistry and nanotechnology.
Dr. Freeman's unique entrepreneurial approach to research focuses on issues that can be solved using science and technology and directly benefit the society by commercialization of bench discoveries. Dr. Freeman's approach to planning research includes a detailed stakeholder analysis and a market landscape survey to identify the right set of questions; putting together a great team of interdisciplinary scientists and experts; and designing and discovering innovative scientific solutions to existing health problems. Most recently Dr. Freeman and her collaborators designed GlycoGrip, a COVID-19 test strip, that detects multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.