Symposium SM4-Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials

For many years specifically designed materials have been used to affect cell adhesion, proliferation and morphology. These materials are of great importance for many biomedical and biotechnological applications like implants, artificial organs, advanced medical systems, bio fuel cells. Recent studies have shown the need to develop material platforms which are able to communicate effectively with cells to control and program cell response. This requires development of new nanomaterials and high sensitive analytical systems for localized and time-resolved observation of interfacial phenomena on a molecular level. In addition a better understanding of the signal delivered by the nanomaterial and of the corresponding transduction by the biosystem is required.

This symposium will discuss recent advancements and trends in material design, surface engineering and signal transduction to find design rules for the realization of functional bio-interfaces.

Topics will include:

Biomimetic and biocompatible materials
Functional biomaterials
Cell-nanomaterials interactions
Biointerface Engineering
Nano and micropatterning for biomedical application
Modelling of cell-nanomaterial interaction
Micro and nanosystems for biosensing
Cell chip interface
Bioelectronics
Bio-fuel cell
Drug delivery system
Artificial organ
Characterizing biointerfaces (in situ, in vivo and in vitro)

Invited Speakers:

SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_0 (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_1 (University of Twente, Netherlands)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_2 (Indiana University, USA)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_3 (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_4 (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_5 (University of Missouri, USA)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_6 (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_7 (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, France)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_8 (Osaka University, Japan)
SM4_Engineering Biointerfaces with Nanomaterials_9 (University of Utah, USA)