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Tatiana Segura

Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
534 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


"Segura lab word cloud 2024: hydrogels, wound, stroke" · 2024 Invited Talk DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany
"MAPing endogenous repair in the brain" · 2024 International Meeting or Conference World Biomaterials Conference, Daegu, Korea
Microporous annealed particle (map) scaffolds modulate macrophage polarity and wound regeneration. - Materials for Medical Devices Workshop · 2024 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
"Microgel Particle Assemblies in Repair and Regeneration" · 2023 Keynote/Named Lecture NC State,
"From Soft Microgel Assemblies to functional materials" · 2023 International Meeting or Conference Dresden Polymer Discussion,
"Segura lab word cloud 2024: hydrogels, wound, stroke" · 2024 Invited Talk DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany
"MAPing endogenous repair in the brain" · 2024 International Meeting or Conference World Biomaterials Conference, Daegu, Korea
Microporous annealed particle (map) scaffolds modulate macrophage polarity and wound regeneration. - Materials for Medical Devices Workshop · 2024 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
"Microgel Particle Assemblies in Repair and Regeneration" · 2023 Keynote/Named Lecture NC State,
"From Soft Microgel Assemblies to functional materials" · 2023 International Meeting or Conference Dresden Polymer Discussion,
"Microporous Annealed Particle (MAP) Scaffolds modulate polarity and wound regeneration" - Pinnell Center or Investigative Dermatology Annual Symposium · 2023 Invited Talk Duke University,
"MAPing our way to recovery after ischemic stroke" - Kaganov Symposium · 2023 Invited Talk Duke University,
"Microporous Annealed Particle (MAP) Scaffolds modulate macrophage polarity and wound regeneration" · 2023 Lecture Johns Hopkins University,
"Engineering #InjectablePorosity for Brain and Skin Repair" · 2023 Lecture Zurich
MAPing our way to functional recovery after ischemic stroke · 2023 International Meeting or Conference European Society for Biomaterials, Davos, Switzerland
"Design and Applications of Microporous Annealed Particle Scaffolds" · 2023 Invited Talk U Penn,
“MAPing Principles and Applications to Endogenous repair” - MRS · 2022 Lecture
“Design and Function of Granular Materials" - ETH Seminar · 2022 Invited Talk
“Biomaterial technologies towards brain injury and stroke recovery” - FAMU-FSU ChemE Seminar · 2022 Invited Talk
"Design and Applications of Microporous Annealed Particle Scaffolds" · 2022 Invited Talk Harvard Bioengineering Seminar,
“MAPing Principles, Properties and Applications to Tissue Regeneration” · 2022 Invited Talk SFB Hawaii meeting ,
“Design and Function of Granular Materials" - STEEM Gordon Conference · 2022 Lecture
“Modulating Immune Responses with MAP Scaffolds” · 2022 Invited Talk UCSD Seminar Bioengineering ,
“MAPing Principles and Applications to Endogenous repair” · 2022 Keynote/Named Lecture BMES,
“Biomaterial technologies towards brain injury and stroke recovery” - Vanderbilt Biomaterials Day · 2022 Keynote/Named Lecture
“Modulating Immune Responses with MAP Scaffolds” · 2022 Invited Talk University of North Dakota
"Biomaterials to unlock the regenerative capacity of tissues" - Ohio State Founder’s lecture BME seminar · 2021 Invited Talk
"Biomaterials to unlock the regenerative capacity of tissues" · 2021 Invited Talk Northeastern,
"Granular Biomaterials for endogenous repair" - UIUC Seminar · 2021 Invited Talk
"Biomaterials to unlock the regenerative capacity of tissues" · 2020 Invited Talk Maryland Department Seminar,
“Materials as drugs to promote endogenous regeneration” - Tissue Talks · 2020 Invited Talk Columbia University,
"Granular Biomaterials for endogenous repair" · 2020 Invited Talk Notre Dame ,
“Engineering Integrin Specific Materials for Tissue Repair” - Fall MRS · 2020 Invited Talk
“Engineering Materials to Increase Endogenous Plasticity after Stroke” · 2019 National Scientific Meeting SBE,
“Promoting Tissue Repair with Granular Materials” - Duke BME/Nature Conference, Engineering Biology · 2019 Invited Talk
“Materials as drugs to promote endogenous regeneration” - 6th International Symposium on Interface Biology of Implants (IBI) · 2019 International Meeting or Conference Rostock, Germany
“Granular Hydrogels for tissue Repair” · 2019 Invited Talk University of Miami ,
“Materials as drugs to promote endogenous regeneration” - OUTREACH NC Teacher workshop · 2019 Invited Talk
“Engineering Materials to Increase Endogenous Plasticity after Stroke” · 2019 Invited Talk University of Delaware ,
"Particle Hydrogels for Tissue Repair" - BMES Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference · 2019 Keynote/Named Lecture San Diego, CA.
“Engineering Integrin Specific Materials for Tissue Repair” - TERMIS-AM Orlando · 2019 Invited Talk
“Promoting Tissue Repair with Granular Materials” - Regenerative Medicine Workshop at Charleston · 2019 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
“Engineering materials to unlock the regenerative capacity of tissues” - Symposium on Photonics Science and Technology · 2019 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
“Materials as drugs to promote endogenous regeneration” - TEER Talk · 2019 Invited Talk Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
“Engineering Materials to Increase Endogenous Plasticity after Stroke” - 2nd Rock Stars of Regenerative Engineering · 2019 Lecture
“Biomaterials Strategies to Promote Brain Repair After Stroke” · 2019 Invited Talk 38. Wisconsin Departmental Seminar, Chemical and Biomolecular,
“Therapeutic Angiogenic Materials for Tissue Repair and Regeneration” · 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium 37. 2018 Experimental Biology Ray Fuller Lecture and Symposium,
“Particle Hydrogels for Endogenous Tissue Repair” - A Theodore von Kármán Discussion Conference Materials for Life Bioinspired and Biomimetic Hydrogels · 2018 International Meeting or Conference Germany
"Design Hydrogel Biomaterials for Brain Repair: Looks Really Do Matter" - Gordon Conference Signal Transduction from Engineered Extracellular Matrices · 2018 National Scientific Meeting
"Particle Hydrogels for Tissue Repair" - Gordon conference Drug Delivery and Molecular Therapeutics · 2018 Lecture
“Granular Hydrogels for tissue Repair” · 2018 Invited Talk BMES Atlanta ,
“Granular Hydrogels for tissue Repair” - MRS fall meeting · 2018 Invited Talk
“Biomaterials Strategies to Promote Brain Repair After Stroke” - Biomimetics and Mechanobiology Symposium · 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium UNAM, Mexico-City,
“Therapeutic Angiogenic Materials for Tissue Repair and Regeneration” · 2018 Invited Talk Department of Chemical Engineering and Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia
"Particle Hydrogels for Tissue Repair" - Regenerative Engineering Symposium · 2018 Keynote/Named Lecture Pittsburg, PA.
“Particle Hydrogels for Endogenous Tissue Repair” · 2018 Invited Talk Department of Bioengineering , UC Berkeley
"Particle Hydrogels for Tissue Repair" - Pinnell Center Seminar Series · 2018 Invited Talk Department of Dermatology , Duke University
"Design Hydrogel Biomaterials for Brain Repair: Looks Really Do Matter" · 2018 Invited Talk Department of Biomedical Engineering , Cornell University
"Repairing the stroked brain: overcoming barriers to repair using hydrogel biomaterials" · 2018 Invited Talk University of Toronto
"Engineering materials for brain repair" · 2018 Keynote/Named Lecture AIMBE, Arlington, DC
"Engineering materials for brain repair" · 2017 Invited Talk University of Texas Austin
"Repairing the stroked brain: overcoming barriers to repair using hydrogel biomaterials" · 2017 Invited Talk Society for Biomaterials Minneapolis,
"Building injectable microporosity through the assembly of particle building blocks" - AICHE Leaders in Biomaterials Symposium · 2017 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Particle hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue repair" · 2016 Invited Talk Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces,
"Injectable microporous hydrogels" - BCUBE Department Seminar · 2016 Invited Talk Dresden, Germany
"Building injectable microporosity through the assembly of particle building blocks" - BioX Symposium · 2016 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Sanford University,
“Building Injectable Microporosity Through the Assembly of Particle Building Blocks” - BioE Seminar Series · 2016 Invited Talk Duke University,
"Engineering materials for brain repair" - Engineering Life Conference · 2015 International Meeting or Conference Dresden, Germany
"Overview of Research at the Segura Lab" · 2015 Invited Talk Leibnitz Institute for Polymer Science,
"VEGF hotspots induce revascularization of the stroke cavity" · 2014 National Scientific Meeting Society for Biomaterials,
"HYPER for in situ Cell Manipulation" · 2014 National Scientific Meeting Materials Research Society,
"Looks matter: VEGF signaling from Biomaterials" · 2013 National Scientific Meeting North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO),
"2D vs 3D Gene Transfer" · 2013 National Scientific Meeting Materials Research Society Fall meeting,
"Looks matter: VEGF presentation guides endothelial cell phenotype and angiogenesis" · 2013 Lecture Gordon Conference Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering,
"Chemoselective patterning as a toll to study vessel sprouting" - American Chemical Society spring meeting · 2013 National Scientific Meeting
“Hydrogels for Stem cell Transplantation and stroke treatment” · 2012 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Nagoya University-UCLA Symposium,
“Protein and siRNA delivery with protein nanocapsules” · 2012 Invited Talk Elli Lily,
“Design of Cell Instructive Scaffolds” · 2012 International Meeting or Conference SHPE,
“Bionanotechnology to Guide Vessel Sprouting” - 6th International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology · 2012 International Meeting or Conference
“Hydrogels for Stem cell Transplantation” · 2012 International Meeting or Conference Materials Research Society ,
“Bionanotechnology to Design Cell Instructive Scaffolds” · 2012 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium AICHE Bionanotechnology Plenary Session ,
“Cell Instructive Scaffolds to Guide Angiogenesis” · 2012 National Scientific Meeting Society for Biomaterials New Orleans ,
"Hydrogel Scaffolds for Gene Delivery and Stem Cell Transplantation" - Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series · 2011 Invited Talk UCLA, Los Angles, CA
"Hydrogel Scaffolds for Gene Delivery and Stem Cell Transplantation" · 2011 Invited Talk Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
"Hydrogel Scaffolds for Gene Delivery and Stem Cell Transplantation" - Novartis Seminar’s Program · 2011 Invited Talk Boston, MA.
"Controlled Release from Hydrogel Scaffolds" · 2011 Invited Talk University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
"Hydrogel Scaffolds for Gene Delivery and Stem Cell Transplantation" · 2011 Invited Talk Department of Polymer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Engineering Cell‑Demanded Release into Hydrogel Scaffolds" · 2010 Invited Talk University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
"Biomaterials for Cell Demanded and efficient Gene Transfer" · 2010 Invited Talk University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan
"Gene Transfer in Three Dimensions" - Outstanding Young Investigator Award Presentation · 2009 Other American Society for Gene Therapy,
"Biomaterials for Cell‑Demanded Gene Transfer" · 2008 Invited Talk Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
"Materials for Cell‑triggered and Efficient Gene Transfer" · 2007 International Meeting or Conference American Academy of Nanomedicine,
"Substrate‑Mediated DNA Delivery: an approach to control and enhance non‑viral gene transfer" · 2004 International Meeting or Conference American Association for Dental Research,
"Ingenieria de Tejidos" · 2002 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Summer Neuroscience Program Mentor - Summer Neuroscience Program · 2023 Projects & Field Work

Service to Duke


Faculty Engineering Council (FEC) (Department) · 2022 Committee Service
Department Staff Hiring Committee (Department) · 2021 - 2022 Committee Service
BME Chair, Distinguished Seminar Series (Department) · 2021 Committee Service
BME Chair, Alumni Seminar Series (Department) · 2021 Committee Service
Pratt Dean Search Committee (Department) · 2021 - 2021 Committee Service
Faculty Engineering Council (FEC) (Department) · 2022 Committee Service
Department Staff Hiring Committee (Department) · 2021 - 2022 Committee Service
BME Chair, Distinguished Seminar Series (Department) · 2021 Committee Service
BME Chair, Alumni Seminar Series (Department) · 2021 Committee Service
Pratt Dean Search Committee (Department) · 2021 - 2021 Committee Service
BME Ad hoc Faculty Promotion Committee (Department) · 2021 - 2021 Committee Service
BME Chair, DEI Committee (Department) · 2021 Committee Service
BME Chair, DST Faculty Search Committee (Department) · 2021 - 2022 Committee Service
BME Chair, Ad hoc Faculty Promotion Committee (Department) · 2020 - 2020 Committee Service
BME Chair, Faculty Search Committee (Department) · 2020 - 2021 Committee Service
Pratt 2039 Committee (School) · 2020 - 2020 Committee Service
Masters Affair Committee (Department) · 2018 - 2022 Committee Service

Academic & Administrative Activities


PATENTS GRANTED

  1. Tatiana Segura, Lonnie D. Shea, Controlled surface-associated delivery of genes and oligonucleotides, (US-6890556-B1), priority date 2001-02-14, grant date 2005-05-10.
  2. Tatiana Segura, Lonnie D. Shea, Angela Kaye Pannier, Zain Bengali, Jae-Hyung Jang, Peter Chung, Brian C. Anderson, Controlled surface-associated delivery of genes and oligonucleotides (US-7029697-B2), priority date 2001-02-14, grant date 2006-04-18.
  3. Tatiana Segura, Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Triblock copolymers for cytoplasmic delivery of gene-based drugs, (US9505867B2) priority date 2005-05-31, grant date 2016-11-29.
  4. Tatiana Segura, Quinn Ng, Multivalent clustering targeting strategy for drug carriers, (US-8263133-B2), priority date 2009-02-18, grant date 2012-09-11.
  5. Yunfeng Lu, Tatiana Segura, Suwei Zhu, Jing Wen, Enzyme responsive nanocapsules for protein delivery, (US-9993440-B2), priority date 2011-09-02, grant date 2018-06-12.
  6. Heather D. Maynard, Tatiana Segura, Gregory Grover, Jonathan Lam, Method of creating hydrogels through oxime bond formation, (US-10201613-B2) priority date 2012-09-07, grant date 2019-02-12.
  7. Donald R. Griffin, Westbrook Weaver, Tatiana Segura, Dino Di Carlo, Philip Scumpia, Controllable self-annealing microgel particles for biomedical applications, (US-10912860-B2) priority date 2014-07-17, grant date 2021-02-09.
  8. Tatiana Segura, Donald Griffin, Philip Scumpia, Hydrogel for engineered immune response to D-chirality peptides, (US-10849988-B2) priority date 2016-04-08, grant date 2020-12-01