Biological Materials Science Symposium; February 2009, San Francisco, CA

ID：MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623)0855598 PI：Roeder，Ryan ORG：圣母大学标题：生物材料科学研讨会INTELCTUCTUAL PROCESS：矿物、金属和材料学会年会(2009年4月)上的生物材料科学研讨会为研究人员探索材料科学和生物学的交叉提供了场所。材料科学和工程有望在生物医学的可预见的未来发挥重要作用。相反，生物学指出材料科学植根于固态物理和化学，从逻辑上讲，生物学是材料科学的下一个伟大前沿。BMS研讨会与其他相关研讨会的不同之处在于，强调生物材料研究优先于生物材料和仿生材料的开发，以及材料科学和工程学原理在生物材料研究中的应用。拟议的为期五天的研讨会计划周密，为讨论生物衍生材料在更广泛的生物材料领域中的作用提供了一个重要场所，这不仅包括生物衍生材料，还包括可能不是生物起源的仿生、生物启发和生物兼容材料。来自世界各地的杰出主旨演讲者和其他特邀演讲者被邀请在八个专题会议的每一次会议上强调生物材料领域的最新进展和新出现的趋势。更广泛的影响：这次研讨会的一个特别突出的特点是它致力于让学生参与，他们参加研讨会的旅行将部分得到这个奖项的支持，他们将参加学生海报竞赛，最佳演讲将因此而获奖。这些学生不仅是研讨会的积极参与者，还将有充分的机会会见一系列国际生物材料研究人员，并了解他们的工作。更广泛的会议的会议专门为强调妇女和外地代表人数不足的少数群体的机会而设计。

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 0855598 PI: Roeder, Ryan ORG: Notre Dame UniversityTitle: Biological Materials Science SymposiumINTELLECTUAL MERIT: The Biological Materials Science Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (April 2009) provides a venue for researchers exploring the intersection of materials science and biology. Materials science and engineering is expected to play a highly significant role in the foreseeable future of biomedicine. Conversely, noting that materials science finds its roots in solid state physics and chemistry, biology is logically the next great frontier for materials science. The BMS Symposium is different from other related symposia in emphasizing the primacy of the study of biological materials to the development of biomaterials and biomimetic materials, as well as the application of materials science and engineering principles to the study of biological materials. The well-planed program of the proposed five-day symposium provides an important venue for discussion of the role of biologically-derived materials in the broader field of biomaterials, which encompasses not only bioderived materials but also biomimetic, bioinspired, and biocompatible materials that may not be of biological origin. Outstanding keynote and other invited speakers from around the world have been asked to highlight recent advances and emerging trends in the biomaterials field in each of eight topical sessions. BROADER IMPACTS: A particularly strong feature of this symposium is its commitment to the involvement of students, whose travel to the symposium will be supported in part by this award and who will participate in a student poster contest for which prizes will be given to the best presentations. These students will not only be active symposium participants but will have ample opportunity to meet an international array of biomaterials researchers and learn of their work. Sessions of the broader meeting are specifically designed to highlight the opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities in the field.