Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices

描述（由申请人提供）：本次研讨会的目的是汇集来自许多不同学科的科学家（材料科学家，化学家，生物学家，物理学家，生物工程师和临床医生）来展示他们在生物，生物启发材料和设备领域的工作。这些领域的领导人出席本次论坛，为在多学科环境中进行互动提供了重要的机会。因此，这次研讨会代表了材料研究与生物学、医学、制药、化学和工程的交叉。这些努力是为了将我们对生物系统的理解应用到生物医学工程和生物纳米技术的加工和材料设计中。因此，这是国际社会讨论生物材料、生物检测和生物纳米科学领域最新研究和开发活动的重要论坛。与往年一样，本次研讨会将特别强调生物医学工程的创新方法，我们预计，在这个高度跨学科的研究领域，强有力的、生动的互动将导致对新思想、机遇和未来挑战的讨论。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this symposium is to bring together scientists from many different disciplines (materials scientists, chemists, biologists, physicists, bioengineers, and clinicians) to present their work in the area of biological, bio-inspired materials and devices. The presence of these leaders in the field at this forum provides an important opportunity for interaction in a multidisciplinary environment. This symposium thus represents the intersection of materials research with biology, medicine, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and engineering. These efforts are directed toward application of our developing understanding of biological systems to processing and materials design for use in biomedical engineering and bionanotechnology. This therefore represents an important forum for the international community to discuss recent research and development activities in the areas of biomaterials, biodetection, and bionanoscience. As in previous years, this symposium will place special emphasis on the innovative approaches to biomedical engineering, and we anticipate that strong and lively interactions will lead to the discussion of new ideas, opportunities and future challenges in this highly inter-disciplinary research area. The symposium has a strong component stressing the fundamental understanding of how biomolecules behave. In addition, understanding the interface between mineral structure and biology, at the nanometer scale, plays a critical role for the future of bioengineering/biotechnology from which fields such as dental research, bone and tissue engineering will directly benefit. Understanding cellular response to surface morphology of materials and the control over mineralization of bones and teeth are important aspects of future bioengineering efforts. The combination of biological molecules with inorganic precursors, as is found in the ultrastructure of bone, can be mimicked in efforts to produce new biocompatible and mechanically strong composites. The medical community is interested in this topic because a more complete understanding of the mechanisms underlying biomineralization will play a big role in developing new materials for orthopaedics, prosthodontics, and dentistry.