Sally Louise McArthur, the professor in Biomedical Engineering at the faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences of Swinburne University of Technology, visited Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences(SIBET) on April 21st, 2011.

Professor McArthur first visited the SIBET exhibition to learn about the construction process of SIBET, main research directions, the current development and next development stages. Subsequently, Professor McArthur presented a report entitled "Contact lenses to proteomics: can surface modification enhance performance?" The report mainly introduced the surface modification technology which succeeds to make materials own the anti-protein adsorption function and related applications in the field of implantable medical device and proteomics. Finally, Professor McArthur discussed with young researchers about the report mentioned above and the research methods related.

Researchers from Medical Imaging Dept., Medical Laser Dept., and Biologics Department took part in this academic activity.

Prof. Sally McArthur gained PhD in Optometry at University of New South Wales, and currently leads the Biointerface Engineering Group within the Industrial Research Institute Swinburne (IRIS).The research couples materials, surface engineering, physical science, analytical chemistry and biochemistry to create novel interfaces capable of eliciting specific physical and biological responses.