Important Areas for Future Biomaterials Investments

未来生物材料投资的重要领域

• 批准号: 1237457
• 负责人: David Tirrell
• 金额: $ 16.5万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-15 至 2013-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1237457&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Important; Areas; Future; Biomaterials; Investments

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.

ID：MPS/DMR/BMAT（7623）1237457 PI：TIRRELL，DAVID ORG：加利福尼亚技术研究所：未来生物材料的重要领域InvestmentsIntellectIntellectual retit：生物材料是材料研究界的快速出现的组成部分。 该地区的研究涵盖了广泛的活动，包括开发用于（1）提供治疗和诊断剂的材料，（2）建造必须与与之接触的生活系统兼容的医疗设备，以及（3）用于组织工程和再生药物应用程序的支架。 生物材料领域的另一个方面涉及利用生物系统的启发，或选择生物系统来创建新型功能材料。 出于研讨会的目的，该领域的各个方面已在以下主题标题下捕获：细胞材料相互作用，分散系统，硬材料和复合材料，软材料以及薄膜和界面。 在所有这些领域的专业知识将在受邀的研讨会参与者中代表。 研讨会将涉及全体扬声器和专门列举主题的突破性会议。 指导委员会将发布一份正式的研讨会报告。Broader的影响：研讨会的结果将在一份报告中发布，该报告将被广泛传播并发布在公共访问网站上。 此外，该报告的缩短版本将在领先的期刊上发表，重点介绍了研讨会的最重要结果。 指导委员会还打算在报告发表报告后返回NSF总部。 可以预期，该研讨会报告将指导生物材料社区（教育机构，商业组织和资金机构）将其资源引导到最关键，最重要的生物材料研究挑战。 对于相关的资助机构，研讨会将有助于确定其在生物材料领域的各自责任，并在继续进行持续的投资时促进这些机构之间强大而持久的沟通线路。 研讨会参与者将在生物材料，职业阶段，机构，地理，性别和种族的专业知识方面包括具有不同背景的活跃研究人员。 这些努力将有助于确保研讨会的结论是整个生物材料社区的代表。 此外，还将邀请几名研究生担任助手，使他们有机会观察研讨会并与该领域的著名成员互动。 最后，将欢迎政府机构代表和选定的工业成员参加研讨会。