Conference: On Bio-, Micro-, and Nanosystems, to be held on July 7-10, 2003, in New York City

该奖项的目的是支持参加2003年7月7日至10日在纽约市广场酒店举行的生物、微和纳米系统会议的与会者的旅费。这次会议的主要目标是将致力于科学和工程的物理和生命科学家聚集在合成纳米系统和自然纳米系统之间的界面上。这次会议的主题领域位于学科之间的一组智力接口上，因此将涵盖通常由现有专业学会主办的会议不是重点的主题。因此，这次会议将促进通常不在一起的科学家群体之间的互动和思想和信息的交流。这次会议是美国微生物学会(ASM)和电气电子工程师学会(IEEE)的医学和生物工程学会(EMBS)共同努力的成果。会议将有大约30个口头和大量的海报演示。有16位已确认的特邀演讲者(由ASM和IEEE-EMBS提供的特邀演讲者支助)涵盖了广泛的科学领域，并确保在科学和工程领域任职人数不足的群体参加。其余的口头报告和所有海报报告将从2003年4月4日提交的摘要中挑选出来。估计有来自政府机构、学术机构和工业界的约500人参加，他们代表了广泛的工程和科学学科。会议网页可在以下网址找到：http://www.asmusa.org/mtgsrc/biomicronano.htm

The purpose of this award is to support travel of participants to a conference on Bio, Micro- and Nanosystems, to be held on July 7-10, 2003 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The main objective of this conference is to bring together physical and life scientists working on science and engineering at the interface between synthetic and natural nanoscale systems. The topical areas of this conference reside at a set of intellectual interfaces between disciplines, and therefore will cover topics that are not the focus of conferences usually sponsored by existing professional societies. Thus, this meeting will foster interactions and exchange of ideas and information among groups of scientists who do not normally meet together. The conference is a collaborative effort between the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The conference will feature approximately 30 oral and numerous poster presentations. There are sixteen confirmed invited speakers (invited speaker support provided by ASM and IEEE-EMBS) that cover a broad range of scientific fields and ensures the participation of groups underrepresented in science and engineering. The remaining oral presentations and all poster presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts that were due April 4, 2003. The estimated participation is about 500 people from government agencies, academic institutions and industry representing a wide variety of engineering and scientific disciplines. The conference web page may be found at: http://www.asmusa.org/mtgsrc/biomicronano.htm