2007 Organic Thin Films Gordon Research Conference

2007 有机薄膜戈登研究会议

• 批准号: 7277931
• 负责人: Nicholas Alexander Kotov
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-15 至 2008-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7277931
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The funds are sought for the organization of a Gordon Research Conference "Organic Thin Films" with the focus on Biomedical Applications of Polymeric and Nanostructured Films. The conference will be organized by Prof. Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan, USA) and Prof. Martien Cohen-Stuart (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) and will take place on May 27-June 1, 2007, at the Centre Paul Langevin, Aussois, France. Fundamental studies and practical applications of organic and nanostructured thin films experienced nearly exponential growth in the recent years. The primary objective of the conference is to highlight the frontiers of the biomedical applications of thin films and the most recent achievements of the prominent researchers in the field. This topic was not covered in its entirety by any previous GRC conference within the last 5 years. The agenda of the conference will include the following sections: Nanostructured Biomedical Materials (two sessions), Advanced biosensors, Frontiers of Cell Interactions with Coatings, Understanding Biointerfaces, Engineering of Neural Interface, Interfacial Aspects of Tissue Engineering, and Drug Delivery. These topics represent the areas of most dynamic fundamental research and intense technology transfer activity. This gives us confidence that the conference will be of high interest to a variety of scientists in academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations. The funds requested from NIH will be used to offset the conference and/or travel expenses of participants with emphasis on students, postdocs, and recently appointed assistant professors from institutions in the USA. This segment of scientists is traditionally underrepresented at Gordon Conferences taking place at locations outside of the continental United States. The organizers of the conference strongly believe that the international experience and the ability to interact with top-notch colleagues from Europe are important for their career development. It also represents a sensible investment in the future of the biomedical and bioengineering research in this country and maximizes the impact of the NIH funds. Special provisions are made to increase diversity of the speakers and attendees. The proposed program drastically increases the participation of women scientists and makes substantial change in the ethnic diversity of GRC Conferences as compared to the previous GRC rounds. The USA co-Chair of the conference will engage national and Midwest professional minority organizations in addition to traditional media outlets in publicizing the conference and available funds to stimulate participation of younger scientists from underrepresented groups eligible for NIH support under this grant.

描述（由申请人提供）： 为组织戈登研究会议“有机薄膜”的组织寻求资金，重点是聚合物和纳米结构膜的生物医学应用。该会议将由尼古拉斯·科托夫（Nicholas Kotov）教授（美国密歇根大学）和玛特恩·科恩·斯图尔特（Martien Cohen-Stuart）教授（荷兰瓦格宁根大学）组织，并于2007年5月27日至6月1日在法国奥斯西斯（Aussois）的Paul Langevin中心举行。近年来，有机和纳米结构薄膜的基本研究和实际应用几乎呈指数级增长。会议的主要目的是突出薄膜生物医学应用的边界以及该领域著名研究人员的最新成就。在过去的5年中，任何先前的GRC会议都没有涵盖此主题。会议的议程将包括以下各节：纳米结构的生物医学材料（两次会议），高级生物传感器，与涂料的细胞相互作用的边界，了解生物界面，神经界面的工程，组织工程的界面方面以及药物输送。这些主题代表了最具动态的基础研究和强烈的技术转移活动的领域。这使我们有信心，会议将对学术界，工业，政府和非营利组织中的各种科学家引起人们的兴趣。 NIH要求的资金将用于抵消会议和/或参与者的旅行费用，重点是学生，博士后和最近任命的来自美国机构的助理教授。传统上，在美国大陆以外的地区举行的戈登会议上，这一科学家的人数不足。会议的组织者坚信，国际经验和与欧洲一流同事互动的能力对他们的职业发展至关重要。它还代表了该国生物医学和生物工程研究的未来的明智投资，并最大程度地提高了NIH资金的影响。制定了特殊规定，以增加演讲者和与会者的多样性。拟议的计划大大增加了女性科学家的参与，与以前的GRC回合相比，GRC会议的种族多样性发生了重大变化。美国会议的联合主席将与传统媒体媒体一起宣传会议和可用资金，以刺激该赠款中有资格获得NIH支持的年轻科学家的参与。