Conference Support for 2003 ASME Symposium: Mechanics of Biological Materials; November 16-21, 2003; Washington, DC

2003 ASME 研讨会的会议支持：生物材料力学；

• 批准号: 0345373
• 负责人: Gang Bao
• 金额: $ 0.5万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-11-15 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0345373&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Support; 2003; ASME; Symposium

0345373BaoA Special Symposium: Mechanics of Biological Materials is to be conducted in Washington, DC in conjunction with the November 16-21, 2003 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Mechanical Congress and Exposition. The goals of the symposium are (a) to bring together researchers in applied mechanics, bioengineering, biophysics, biology, and biochemistry to facilitate interdisciplinary studies; (b) to discuss the cutting-edge research in this field and to identify critical issues and challenges in further developing cellular and molecular biomechanics; (c) to encourage researchers in applied mechanics to enter the field. Recent advances in cell and molecular biology, biotechnology and biomechanics, have introduced the need to study mechanics as related to cellular functions and molecular mechanisms in biological tissues and materials. Mechanical forces and deformations play an important role in all these aspects, and in regulating cell behavior and function, including cell proliferation, differentiation, and death (apoptosis). Biomechanics should provide a useful tool for modeling and quantitative analyses of biological responses, especially force-bearing, force-generating, and force-sensing functions in cells. Results from the symposium will contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms of mechanochemical coupling and how mechanical forces regulate cell behavior and function by deforming nucleic acids and proteins, influencing the transport of ions and other molecules, and altering receptor-ligand binding kinetic rates, and specificity. The symposium goals are to be attained in four technical sessions: (1) Mechanics of proteins and nucleic acids, (2) BioMEMS and bionanotechnology, (3) Cellular and subcellular biomechanics, (4) Biosensors and biomaterial systems. Financial support is being provided for 4 speakers, unassociated with ASME, who are leading researchers in the sciences (biophysicists; biochemists (2); materials) that produce the basic knowledge necessary to reach the goals of the meeting. The cutting-edge research and critical issues to be discussed during the meeting constitute the intellectual merit of the project and the multidisciplinary composition of the speakers and attendees and wide distribution of the proceedings of the symposium assures a broad impact from the activity.

0345373BaoA 特别研讨会：生物材料力学将于 2003 年 11 月 16 日至 21 日在华盛顿特区举行，同时举行美国机械工程师学会 (ASME) 国际机械大会暨博览会。研讨会的目标是（a）汇集应用力学、生物工程、生物物理学、生物学和生物化学领域的研究人员，以促进跨学科研究； (b) 讨论该领域的前沿研究并确定进一步发展细胞和分子生物力学的关键问题和挑战； (c) 鼓励应用力学研究人员进入该领域。细胞和分子生物学、生物技术和生物力学的最新进展提出了研究与生物组织和材料中的细胞功能和分子机制相关的力学的需要。机械力和变形在所有这些方面以及调节细胞行为和功能（包括细胞增殖、分化和死亡（细胞凋亡））中发挥着重要作用。生物力学应该为生物反应的建模和定量分析提供有用的工具，特别是细胞中的受力、力产生和力传感功能。研讨会的结果将有助于更好地理解机械化学耦合的机制，以及机械力如何通过使核酸和蛋白质变形、影响离子和其他分子的运输以及改变受体-配体结合动力学速率和特异性来调节细胞行为和功能。 研讨会目标将通过四个技术会议来实现：（1）蛋白质和核酸力学，（2）生物MEMS和生物纳米技术，（3）细胞和亚细胞生物力学，（4）生物传感器和生物材料系统。将为与 ASME 无关的 4 名发言者提供财政支持，他们是科学领域的领先研究人员（生物物理学家；生物化学家 (2)；材料），他们提供了实现会议目标所需的基础知识。 会议期间讨论的前沿研究和关键问题构成了该项目的智力价值，演讲者和与会者的多学科组成以及研讨会记录的广泛分发确保了活动的广泛影响。