2008 Gordon Research Conference on Bioanalytical Sensors, to be held at Bryant University, Smithfield, RI June 29-July 4, 2008

生物分析传感器是将生物识别事件转换为可测量信号的检测/测量设备。在过去的20-30年里，生物分析传感器在医学、环境监测、工业和生物技术方面带来了经济和知识上的突破。近年来，传感器在国防和安全中的重要性也得到了认识。2008年全球生物分析传感器大会将汇集生物化学、生物学、化学、工程、材料科学、医学、分子生物学和物理学等领域的专家，讨论生物分析传感器的最新发展。本次会议的总体目标和长期目标是产生新的想法和合作，从而为未来的检测平台改进仪器和材料。2008年会议的具体主题将包括：分子识别；信号转导/平台开发（SPR，光纤，悬臂，磁性和电化学传感器）；支持/使能技术（微流体，纳米颗粒，MEMS）；以及真实世界的检测。每个一般专题领域至少有一次口头会议，共28次口头报告和2次海报会议。此外，我们将在GRC之前召开一次戈登-凯南研究生研究研讨会（GRS）；GRS由研究生和博士后组织和实施，GRC主席的指导有限。

Bioanalytical sensors are detection/measurement devices that transform a biological recognition event into a measurable signal. Over the last 20-30 years, bioanalytical sensors have led to both economic and intellectual breakthroughs in medicine, environmental monitoring, industry, and biotechnology. In more recent years, the importance of sensors in national defense and security has also been recognized.The 2008 GRC on Bioanalytical Sensors will bring together the experts in the fields of biochemistry, biology, chemistry, engineering, materials science, medicine, molecular biology, and physics to discuss the latest developments in bioanalytical sensing. The overall goal and long term objective of this conference is to generate new ideas and collaborations leading to improved instrumentation and materials for future detection platforms. Specific themes of the 2008 conference will include: molecular recognition; signal transduction/platform development (SPR, fiber optic, cantilever, magnetic-based, and electrochemical sensors); supporting/enabling technologies (microfluidics, nanoparticles, MEMS); and real-world detection. At least one oral session will be devoted to each general thematic area, with a total of 28 oral presentations and 2 poster sessions. In addition, we will convene a Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar (GRS) immediately preceding the GRC; the GRS is organized and conducted by graduate students and postdocs, with limited guidance from the GRC chairs.