Graduate Student and Assistant Professor Support for Polymers in Medicine and Biology Workshop

材料研究部生物材料和聚合物项目授予弗吉尼亚理工学院的这一奖项是为了向研究生和初级教员提供部分支持，以参加由美国化学学会高分子化学部于2007年6月17日至20日在加州圣罗莎主办的“医学和生物学中的聚合物”研讨会。研讨会将由Buddy Ratner（华盛顿大学）、Kathryn Uhrich（罗格斯大学）和Judy Riffle（弗吉尼亚理工大学）共同主持。该计划将侧重于药物输送中的聚合物，以及作为药物，基因和蛋白质运输，组织工程，生物材料表面以及聚合物与细胞成分相互作用的载体。高分子材料遍及医疗植入物和装置、合成和天然组织支架、药物/基因/蛋白质递送载体、高分子“药物”、生物成像、诊断测定和人造器官和关节等领域。从大分子到纳米医学的潜在贡献的实现和实施，将需要来自不同学科的研究人员，包括化学，物理学，生物学，制药科学，医学，工程学和其他领域的相当协调一致的综合努力。计划的海报会议将为学生提供一个展示其研究成果并与该领域其他科学家互动的机会，讲习班将邀请28名讲师，其中包括9名妇女、3名助理教授和1名研究科学家（学术）。资金将用于支付助理教授，研究科学家和研究生的部分会议注册和差旅费。所有获得旅行资金的学生将在会议海报会议上展示他们的研究。此外，行业代表将在这些海报会议上提供其专业领域的最新发展。

This award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute by the Biomaterials and Polymer programs in the Division of Materials Research is to provide partial support to graduate and junior faculty members to attend the "Polymers in Medicine and Biology" Workshop sponsored by the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry on June 17-20, 2007 in Santa Rosa, California. The workshop will be co-chaired by Buddy Ratner (University of Washington), Kathryn Uhrich (Rutgers University) and Judy Riffle (Virginia Tech). The program will focus on polymers in drug delivery and as vehicles for drug, gene and protein trafficking, tissue engineering, biomaterial surfaces, and interactions of polymers with cellular components. Macromolecular materials pervade the fields of medical implants and devices, synthetic and natural tissue scaffolds, drug/gene/protein delivery vehicles, macromolecular "drugs", bioimaging, diagnostic assays and artificial organs and joints. Realization and implementation in the potential contributions from macromolecules to nanomedicine, will require considerable concerted, integrated efforts among researchers from different disciplines including chemistry, physics, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, engineering and other fields. Planned poster sessions will provide students with an opportunity to present their research and to interact with other scientists in the field.The workshop will include 28 invited lecturers, which include nine women, three Assistant Professors and one Research Scientist (academic). Funds will be used to partially defray conference registration and travel costs for Assistant Professors, Research Scientist and graduate students. All of the students receiving travel funds will be presenting their research in the conference poster sessions. In addition, industry representatives will be providing recent development in their areas of expertise at these poster sessions.