Important Areas for Future Biomaterials Investments

ID：MPS/DMR/BMAT（7623）1237457 PI：Tirrell，大卫 ORG：加州理工学院标题：未来生物材料投资的重要领域智力优势：生物材料是材料研究界迅速崛起的组成部分。 该领域的研究涵盖了广泛的活动，包括开发用于（1）治疗和诊断剂的输送，（2）必须与其接触的生命系统兼容的医疗器械的构建，以及（3）组织工程和再生医学应用的支架。 生物材料领域的另一个方面涉及利用生物系统的模仿、启发或选择，以能够创建新的功能材料。 为了研讨会的目的，该领域的各个方面已被捕获在以下主题标题下：细胞-材料相互作用，分散系统，硬材料和复合材料，软材料，薄膜和界面。 应邀参加讲习班的人员将具有所有这些领域的专门知识。 研讨会将包括全体发言者和分组会议，专门讨论刚才列举的专题。 指导委员会将发布一份正式的讲习班报告。更广泛的影响：讲习班的结果将在一份报告中公布，该报告将广泛传播并张贴在一个可公开访问的网站上。 此外，将在一份主要期刊上发表该报告的缩短版，突出强调研讨会的最重要成果。 指导委员会还打算在报告发表后返回NSF总部，介绍他们的调查结果。 研讨会报告有望指导生物材料界（教育机构，商业组织和资助机构）将其资源用于最关键和最重要的生物材料研究挑战。 对于相关的供资机构，讲习班将有助于确定它们各自在生物材料领域的责任，并在这些机构继续进行投资时促进它们之间强有力和持久的沟通渠道。 研讨会的参与者将包括活跃的研究人员，他们在生物材料，职业阶段，机构，地理，性别和种族的专业领域方面具有不同的背景。 这些努力将有助于确保研讨会的结论代表整个生物材料界。 此外，将邀请几名研究生担任助理，使他们有机会观察研讨会，并与该领域的知名人士互动。 最后，欢迎政府机构代表和选定的工业界成员参加讲习班。

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 1237457 PI: Tirrell, David ORG: California Institute of TechnologyTitle: Important Areas for Future Biomaterials InvestmentsINTELLECTUAL MERIT: Biomaterials is a rapidly emerging component of the materials research community. Research in the area covers a broad range of activities that include the development of materials used for (1) delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, (2) construction of medical devices that must be compatible with the living systems with which they are in contact, and (3) scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. Another aspect of the biomaterials field involves exploiting mimicry of, inspiration by, or co-opting of biological systems to enable creation of novel functional materials. For the purposes of the workshop, the various aspects of the field have been captured under the following topic headings: Cell-Material Interactions, Disperse Systems, Hard Materials and Composites, Soft Materials, and Thin Films and Interfaces. Expertise in all of these areas will be represented among the invited workshop participants. The workshop will involve a mix of plenary speakers and breakout sessions devoted to the topics just enumerated. A formal workshop report will be issued by the steering committee.BROADER IMPACTS: The results of the workshop will be published in a report that will be widely disseminated and posted on a publicly accessible website. Additionally, a shortened version of the report, highlighting the most important results from the workshop, will be published in a leading journal. The steering committee also intends to return to NSF headquarters upon publication of the report to present their findings. The workshop report can be expected to guide the biomaterials community (educational institutions, commercial organizations, and funding agencies) in directing their resources toward the most critical and important biomaterials research challenges. For the relevant funding agencies, the workshop will help to identify their respective responsibilities in the biomaterials area and to foster robust and durable lines of communication among these agencies as they continue their ongoing investments. Workshop participants will include active researchers with diverse backgrounds in terms of topical area of expertise in biomaterials, career stage, institution, geography, gender, and ethnicity. These efforts will help ensure the conclusions of the workshop are representative of the biomaterials community, as a whole. Additionally, several graduate students will be invited to serve as assistants, allowing them the opportunity to observe the workshop and interact with prestigious members of the field. Finally, government agency representatives and selected members of industry will be welcome to attend the workshop.