Biological Hybrid Materials for Life Sciences

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 1065676 PI: Wolf， Sandra ORG: Materials Research society标题：生物混合材料用于生命科学这次多学科研讨会的目标是通过一种方法将材料科学，生物学和化学之间的界面研究人员聚集在一起，该方法将传播该领域的最新进展与教育年轻学生和研究人员相结合，并扩大跨学科研究中未被充分代表的类别的参与。需要新技术来设计具有所需的灵敏度、灵活性和易于操作的设备，必要时还需要生物相容性。从众所周知的生物结构如硅藻和海绵二氧化硅，贝壳和骨头，以及具有分层组织和高机械强度的结构（如蜘蛛丝等有机纤维）开始，利用仿生纳米技术开发具有优越性能的新型纳米材料的设计原理。研讨会将涵盖具有新特性的生物启发和生物集成材料的研究，并将扩展到基于传统材料科学，化学和生物学学科相互联系的功能器件的合理设计和开发。更广泛的影响：研讨会的组织者组织这次活动是为了鼓励和促进代表性不足的群体、学生和博士后科学家的参与。这方面的具体计划包括：(1)举办学生和博士后讲座，(2)颁发最佳口头演讲和最佳海报演讲学生奖，(3)邀请年轻研究人员、女性和代表性不足的群体成员进行讲座和主持分会议，(4)通过提交有关研讨会的信息促进本科生的参与，以本科院校为目标，并以特别关注这些类别的研究人员的方式促进抽象的接受。

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 1065676 PI: Wolf, Sandra ORG: Materials Research SocietyTitle: Biological Hybrid Materials for Life SciencesINTELLECTUAL MERIT: The goal of this multidisciplinary symposium is to bring together researchers working at the interface between materials science, biology, and chemistry through an approach that integrates dissemination of latest advances in the field with educating young students and researchers and broadening participation of underrepresented categories in interdisciplinary research. New technologies are needed to design devices that have the required sensitivity, flexibility and ease of manipulation and, when necessary, biocompatibility. Starting from well-known biological structures such as diatom and sponge silica, seashells and bone, and structures with hierarchical organization and high mechanical strength (e.g. organic fibers like spider silk), principles for design of novel nanomaterials with superior properties are being developed using biomimetic nanotechnogy. The symposium will cover research on bioinspired and biointegrated materials with novel properties and will expand into the rational design and development of functional devices that are assembled based on the interconnections of traditional materials science, chemistry and biology disciplines.BROADER IMPACTS: The organizers of the symposium have organized the event to encourage and facilitate the participation of underrepresented groups, students, and postdoctoral scientists. Specific plans in this direction include: (1) a session for student and postdoctoral talks, (2) student award for best oral and best poster presentations, (3) inviting young researchers, females and members of underrepresented groups to present talks and chair sub-sessions, (4) promoting participation of undergraduate students by submitting information about the symposium, targeting undergraduate institutions, and facilitating abstract acceptance in a manner that gives special attention to these categories of researchers.