This symposium will broadly cover the vibrant research field of the design and development of novel nanomaterials that can integrate therapeutic (e.g. drug/gene/radioisotope delivery, radiation, thermal/dynamic therapy, etc.) and diagnostic (e.g. noninvasive imaging, in vivo/ex vivo sensing, etc.) capabilities, in response to various cues in the biological/physiological environment (e.g. pH, redox potential, enzymes, glucose, oxygen level, biomimicry, etc.), as well as certain physical stimuli (e.g. temperature, magnetic field, ultrasound, radiation, self-assembly/disassembly, etc.).

Despite significant advances in biomedical approaches, many critical questions still remain: How to realize accurate prognosis to guide personalized/precision treatment? How to achieve desirable therapeutic efficacy while minimizing adverse systematic toxicity? How to spatiotemporally monitor drug fate and drug response for precision medicine? How to facilitate clinical translation? By harnessing the modular structure and bioresponsive properties of functional nanomaterials, nanotheranostics hold tremendous potential to provide accurate diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities, and has been a flourishing field over the last 2 decades. This 3-day symposium on “Bioresponsive Nanotheranostics” will gather the brightest minds with academic, industrial, and clinical backgrounds from various international institutes to share cutting-edge research and inspirational opinions, which will foster/catalyze exciting opportunities for (international) interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaborations.

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