Russian-American Workshop on Emerging Trends in Bioelectronics. To be held at St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 27-29, 2011.

生物电子学正在成为美国和俄罗斯科学的重点之一，重点是将纳米科学和纳米技术应用于各种生物医学应用，包括心脏病和癌症治疗。该讲习班的目的是汇集美国和俄罗斯在生物电子学研究和开发生物医学应用前沿的主要科学家和工程师。 研讨会的地点是俄罗斯科学院纳米技术研究和教育中心在圣彼得堡学术大学，成立于1997年由诺贝尔奖赢家博士Zhores我。拟议讲习班的学术价值在于交流研究和技术挑战，讨论生物电子学的新思想和新趋势，确定新的新兴领域和短期和长期研究需求，以及建立新的国际合作。研讨会的主题将涉及生物电子学研究的未来方向，回顾生物电子学在癌症研究、诊断和治疗中的趋势，太赫兹生物诊断技术，生物电子器件，生物电磁学，神经工程，使用磁性纳米颗粒的生物传感器，高分辨率视网膜假体，以及用于通信和控制的脑机接口。生物电子科学和技术的快速发展迫使信息交流和知识交流的需要。该讲习班将提供对两国的科学和技术产生影响的各种想法和方法的交流。这个高级研讨会将是一个特殊的论坛，聚集了来自两国的一些最具创造力的头脑和领先的专家。它将回顾生物电子领域最新和令人兴奋的突破，促进意见交流，确定未来趋势和方向，市场拉动并确定必要的战略和基础设施需求。它将有助于建立未来的研究生和本科生交流计划，以培养新一代的生物电子科学家和工程师。研讨会的会议记录将通过两国大学的网站广泛传播，并提供给学生，博士后助理和年轻的教师。 将特别强调美国参与者的多样性。

Bioelectronics is emerging as one of the priority thrusts of the American and Russian science, with emphasis on applying nanoscience and nanotechnology for a variety of biomedical applications, including cardio and cancer treatment. The objective of the Workshop is to bring together leading American and Russian scientists and engineers who are at the frontiers of bioelectronics research and development for biomedical applications. The venue for the Workshop is the Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg Academic University that was founded in 1997 by the NobelPrize Winner Dr. Zhores I. Alferov, Director of the Ioffe Institute, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Rector of the Academic University.Intellectual merit of the proposed workshop is in the exchange of research and technological challenges and discussions of new ideas and emerging trends in bioelectronics, in identifying of new emerging areas and short and long research needs, and in establishing new international collaborations. The workshop topics will touch upon future directions for bioelectronics research, review of bioelectronics trends in cancer research, diagnostics and treatment, THz bio-diagnostics technology, bioelectronics devices, bioelectromagnetics, neural engineering, biosensors using magnetic nanoparticles, high-resolution retinal prosthesis, and brain-computer interfaces for communication and control.Broader Impact: Rapid growth of bioelectronics science and technology compels the need for information exchange and intellectual discourse. This workshop will provide cross-pollination of ideas and methodologies that will make an impact on science and technology in both countries. This advanced workshop will be a special forum to gather some of the most creative minds and leading experts from both countries. It will review the most recent and exciting breakthroughs in the bioelectronics fields, facilitate the exchange views, establish future trends and directions, the market pulls and determine the necessary strategies and infrastructure needs. It will help establish future exchange programs for graduate and undergraduate students for training the new generation of bioelectronics scientists and engineers.The Proceedings of the Workshop will be widely disseminated via the University web sites in both countries and made available to students, postdoctoral associates, and young faculty. Special emphasis will be provided to have diversity among the US participants.