Biosensing and Bioactuation Workshop

这个关于生物传感和生物激励的研讨会将汇集来自大学、政府实验室和行业的30-40名研究人员，他们是BIO、CISE、ENG和MPS研究人员社区中感兴趣的各种研究主题的专家，并且对生物系统和生物启发系统的跨学科研究有共同的兴趣。与会者将负责制定一个愿景，通过合作解决与实现革命性传感和驱动能力有关的基本挑战，利用分子生物学、生化过程以及微观和宏观生物系统作为灵感来源。这是一个为期两天的研讨会，将于2007年11月27日和28日在马里兰大学举行。在研讨会之前，参与者将在研讨会网站上发布一页的愿景声明，其中总结了他们对潜在的重大挑战生物传感和生物致动研究主题的个人观点。与会者都是各自领域的领导者，他们将利用研讨会上举行的小组工作会议，评估可能导致新见解和发现的潜在合作机会，并以此为基础，制定一份广泛分发的文件，在文件中，与会者为确定生物传感器和生物致动器研究的最新水平做出贡献，并提出前瞻性的展望，即随着更大的概念开发小组的利益，反映出未来十年将包括生物传感器和生物致动器研究重大挑战的主要研究计划领域的机会。

This workshop on Biosensing and Bioactuation will bring together 30-40 researchers from universities, government labs and industry who are experts in the diverse research topics of interest to those in the BIO, CISE, ENG and MPS researcher communities and who have a common interest in interdisciplinary research on biological systems and biologically inspired systems. Participants will be charged with formulating a vision for what might be possible through collaborations on the fundamental challenges pertaining to realizing revolutionary sensing and actuation capabilities that draw upon molecular biology, biochemical processes and both micro and macro biological systems for inspiration. This will be a two-day workshop, to be held at the University of Maryland on Nov. 27th and 28th, 2007. Prior to the workshop, participants will have posted a one-page vision statement that summarizes their individual perspectives of potential Grand Challenge Biosensing and Bioactuation research topics to the workshop web site. The participants, all leaders in their respective fields, will use the small group working sessions to be conducted at the workshop to assess potential opportunities for collaborations that could lead to new insights and discoveries, and with that as a foundation, to develop a document for broad distribution in which participants contribute to identification of the state-of-the-art of Biosensor and Bioactuator research, and provide a visionary look forward that, with the benefit of the larger group for concept development, reflects opportunities for major research program areas that will comprise Biosensor and Bioactuator Research Grand Challenges in the coming decade.