Talk Title: Gene therapy from the nano to the macro scale for Regenerative Applications

Prof. Sally-Ann Cryan is a pharmacist and is Professor of Drug Delivery & Pharmacoengineering in the School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Her Drug Delivery & Advanced Materials team works extensively with industry, clinicians, surgeons and national research centres to develop drug delivery and bioengineering strategies to meet unmet clinical needs. This work includes the development of specialised drug delivery platforms and tools for drug development with a particular focus on three areas: (i) delivery of gene-based therapeutics (ii) respiratory drug delivery and (iii) bioengineering of therapeutics with advanced medical materials for regenerative medicine applications. She has >150 publications/presentations in peer-reviewed/professional journals (>6,500 citations) and has trained over 120 scientists and healthcare professional within her group, many of whom have gone on to leadership roles in healthcare and academic settings and in the pharma and biopharma sectors.