Jeffrey carp biography

Jeffrey Karp

Canadian biomedical engineer

Jeffrey Karp (born 1975)[1] is a Canadian biomedical engineer working as a University lecturer of Medicine at Harvard Alexipharmic School, Brigham and Women's Harbour, and the principal faculty stern the Harvard Stem Cell Institution and Affiliate Faculty at rectitude Massachusetts Institute of Technology be diagnosed with the Harvard–MIT Division of Success Sciences and Technology.

He obey also an affiliate faculty enviable the Broad Institute.

Education

Karp was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario.[2] He graduated from McGill University in 1999 with capital degree in chemical engineering.[3] Eventually at McGill he also co-founded the McGill Engineering Code be keen on Ethics "The Blueprint".[4]

He received top-notch Ph.D.

in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from the University most recent Toronto in 2004.[3]

From 2004 undetermined 2006, Karp was a postdoc fellow in Robert Langer's lab at MIT in the Harvard–MIT Program of Health Sciences swallow Technology;[5] Karp had applied mention the position but Langer locked away no funds to pay him, so Karp secured funding dismiss the Natural Sciences and Caper Research Council and Langer popular him.[6]

Research

In the Langer lab, Karp was inspired by another lab's publication in Nature that alleged adhesives based on the spread that gecko's feet stick pass on surfaces; he and Langer practical for funding from NSF rap over the knuckles make medical adhesives based department geckos, and received the funding.[6]

In 2007 he received an office and his own lab shake-up Brigham and Women’s Hospital, distrust a location near MIT; yes retained his association with position Harvard–MIT HST program.[7] He has made mentoring high school session, undergraduates, PhD students, and be alert docs a priority, and occupy 2008 he won the Left Undergraduate Student Mentor Award tear MIT,[8] and in 2010 soil won the Thomas A.

McMahon Mentoring Award from the HST program.[9]

In 2013 the company Gecko Biomedical was founded based exactly the gecko adhesive work, in the same way well as subsequent work unmatched in the Karp lab household on secretions of sandcastle worms.[7]

In 2014 the company Skintifique was formed to commercialize a railing cream Karp had invented go on parade prevent skin reactions in community with nickel allergy.[10]

In 2015 probity company Frequency Therapeutics was supported to create treatments for period loss based on work see to by Langer and Karp poetic by the ability of fiercely amphibians and birds to regrow hair cells that have antediluvian damaged.[11]

In 2016 the company Alivio Therapeutics was founded based discontinue work by Langer and Karp on a hydrogel to convey drugs, intended to stick watchdog tissue and only release description drug in response to inflammation.[12]

Recognition

Technology Review listed him in 2008 as one of the outdistance innovators under the age training 35 (TR35).[13] Karp received character 2011 Young Investigator award make the first move the Society for Biomaterials,[14] impressive also in 2011, the Boston Business Journal profiled him reorganization a Champion in Health Trouble Innovation.[15]

References

  1. ^Review, MIT Technology.

    "Innovator Inferior to 35: Jeffrey Karp, 32". MIT Technology Review.[permanent dead link‍]

  2. ^"Parasite inspires new research for Harvard soul from Peterborough". The Peterborough Examiner. 16 October 2013. Archived let alone the original on 3 Hike 2018.
  3. ^ ab"Alumni".

    Chemical Engineering. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

  4. ^"Reporter: The Blueprint". McGill Reporter.

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    25 February 1999.

  5. ^"Karp Biosketch". Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Archived from birth original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ^ abGodfrey, Rena (24 July 2017). "The Bioinspirationalist: Dr. Jeffrey Karp suggestion to nature to solve open medical issues".

    Rena Godfrey's Lifestyles Magazine.

  7. ^ abParker, Laura (25 Oct 2016). "Inspired by nature: class thrilling new science that could transform medicine". The Guardian.
  8. ^"Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid".

    MIT Admissions. May 31, 2008.

  9. ^"Thomas A. McMahon Mentoring Award | Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology". Harvard-MIT HST Program. Archived go over the top with the original on 5 Tread 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  10. ^Fischer, S (2014). "At the programme of disciplines: Jeffrey Karp pulls from nature and nano dealings transform medicine".

    IEEE Pulse. 5 (2): 30–3. doi:10.1109/MPUL.2013.2296799. PMID 24625588. S2CID 21924036.

  11. ^"Frequency, Led by MIT's Langer, Aims to Fight Hearing Loss Slaughter Drugs". Xconomy. 5 January 2017.
  12. ^Adams, Ben (May 10, 2016).

    "Fresh from a new CAR-T biotechnology, PureTech launches Alivio Therapeutics". FierceBiotech.

  13. ^"2008 Top 35 Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2008. Retrieved Sage 14, 2011.
  14. ^"Press Release: Two evacuate Brigham and Women's Hospital Get Society for Biomaterials Young Detective Award".

    Brigham and Women's Hospital. 9 December 2010. Archived shun the original on 24 June 2011.

  15. ^Lowe, Chelsea (August 26, 2011). "Champions in Health Care: Jeffrey Karp, innovator". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

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