International Symposium Support for the Biomaterial Interfaces Division of the AVS; San Jose, CA

ID：MPS/DMR/BMAT（7623）0942877 PI：Zauscher，Stefan ORG：杜克大学AVSINTELLECTUAL MERIT生物材料接口部国际研讨会支持：该项目的目标是帮助支持美国真空学会生物材料接口（BI）部的计划。2009年11月9日至13日在圣何塞举行的第56届国际研讨会。AVS是一个致力于表面科学各个方面的国际协会，有10个部门，其中BI部门是最年轻和发展最快的部门之一。生物医学部的成立是为了解决缺乏跨学科科学论坛的问题，该论坛从基础科学的角度关注生物学与人工表面的交叉。AVS国际研讨会上的BI计划反映了这一原始使命，因此受到迫切需要增加对生物分子和表面之间相互作用的理解，材料界面处复杂大分子系统的行为的基本原理的激励，这是由生物医学研究的快速增长以及这些相互作用在生物学，生物技术，诊断，牙科和医学。 今年的BID技术会议的主题是集中在表征和控制与材料，表面和结构的生物相互作用的进展和创新，从宏观到纳米级的几个缩放制度。该计划的设计保持了其高度重视的传统，汇集了世界知名的科学家，生物工程师和临床医生，他们都寻求在生物界面研究和技术的背景下了解以材料为中心的问题。研讨会的一个重要目标是聚集一批演讲者和参与者，包括广泛认可的思想领袖以及年轻，积极，和充满活力的调查人员已经注意到他们的工作的新奇和质量。发言人和会议主席将代表学术和商业研究工作，包括诊断和成像专家，生物工程师，以及基本表面和材料科学家，他们都在生物材料界面科学的广泛领域工作。这一群体将同样代表在这些领域工作的研究人员的性别多样性特点。为了支持提供一个国际和多样化的论坛，该项目为四名受邀的年轻研究人员和三名处于生物界面科学领域职业生涯早期阶段的妇女提供旅行和注册支持。此外，NSF资助将为八名研究生研究海报参与者提供注册支持。研讨会的另一个目标是促进初级科学家/教师与该领域著名的高级和国际研究人员之间的互动。吸引学生和博士后研究人员的一个机制是通过海报比赛。在这里，将招募一个高级研究人员小组，让学生/博士后参与讨论，并判断他们的研究的科学价值和原创性

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 0942877 PI: Zauscher, Stefan ORG: Duke UniversityTitle: International Symposium Support for the Biomaterial Interfaces Division of the AVSINTELLECTUAL MERIT: The goal of this project is to help support the program of the Biomaterial Interfaces (BI) Division at the American Vacuum Society?s 56th International Symposium in San Jose, Nov. 09-13, 2009. The AVS is an international society dedicated to all aspects of Surface Science and has 10 Divisions, of which the BI Division is one of the youngest and fastest growing. The BI Division was organized to redress the lack of an interdisciplinary scientific forum that focused on the intersection of biology with artificial surfaces from a fundamental scientific perspective. The BI program at the AVS International Symposium reflects this original mission, and is hence motivated by the rationale that there is an urgent need to increase the understanding of interactions between biomolecules and surfaces, the behavior of complex macromolecular systems at materials interfaces, driven by the rapid growth in biomedical research and the role these interactions play in the fields of biology, biotechnology, diagnostics, dentistry and medicine. The general theme of this year's BID technical conference is centered on progress and innovations in characterization and control of biological interactions with materials, surfaces, and structures, across several scaling regimes from the macroscopic to the nanoscopic. The program design maintains its highly regarded tradition of bringing together world renowned scientists, bioengineers, and clinicians all seeking to understand materials-centered issues in the context of bio-interfacial research and technology.BROADER IMPACTS: An important objective of the symposium is to gather a group of presenters and participants comprising widely acknowledged thought-leaders as well as younger, aggressive, and vibrant investigators already notable for the novelty and quality of their work. Speakers and session chairs will represent both academic and commercial research efforts, comprising diagnostic and imaging experts, bioengineers, and basic surface and materials scientists all working in the broad field of biomaterial interface science. This group will similarly represent the gender diversity characteristic of researchers working in these areas. In support of the effort to provide an international and diverse forum this project provides support for travel and registration for four invited young investigators and three women in the early stages of their careers in the field of Biointerface Science. Furthermore, NSF funding will provide registration support for eight graduate student research poster participants. Another objective for the symposium is to facilitate interactions between junior scientists/faculty with prominent senior and international investigators in the field. One mechanism to engage students and postdoctoral researchers is through the poster competition. Here, a panel of senior investigators will be recruited to engage students/postdocs in discussion, and to judge the scientific merit and originality of their research