Important Areas for Future Biomaterials Investments

ID：MPS/dmr/bmat(7623)1237457 PI：Tirrell，David ORG：加利福尼亚理工学院标题：未来生物材料投资的重要领域国际优点：生物材料是材料研究界迅速崛起的组成部分。该领域的研究涵盖广泛的活动，包括开发用于(1)治疗和诊断试剂的输送，(2)必须与其接触的生命系统相兼容的医疗设备的建造，以及(3)用于组织工程和再生医学应用的支架。生物材料领域的另一个方面涉及利用生物系统的模仿、灵感或增选来创造新的功能材料。为了研讨会的目的，该领域的各个方面都集中在下列主题下：细胞-材料相互作用、分散系统、硬材料和复合材料、软材料以及薄膜和界面。所有这些领域的专门知识都将在受邀的讲习班与会者中派代表参加。研讨会将包括全体演讲者和专门讨论刚才列举的专题的分组会议。指导委员会将发布一份正式的研讨会报告。BROADER的影响：研讨会的结果将在一份报告中公布，该报告将广泛传播并张贴在公众可访问的网站上。此外，该报告的简短版本将在一份主要期刊上发表，其中重点介绍了研讨会取得的最重要成果。指导委员会还打算在报告发表后返回国家科学基金会总部，介绍他们的调查结果。研讨会报告有望指导生物材料社区(教育机构、商业组织和资助机构)将其资源用于最关键和重要的生物材料研究挑战。对于相关供资机构来说，讲习班将有助于确定它们在生物材料领域各自的责任，并在这些机构继续进行投资时促进它们之间强有力和持久的沟通渠道。研讨会参与者将包括在生物材料、职业阶段、机构、地理、性别和种族方面具有不同专业知识领域的活跃研究人员。这些努力将有助于确保研讨会的结论能够代表整个生物材料界。此外，将邀请几名研究生担任助理，使他们有机会观察研讨会并与该领域的知名成员互动。最后，欢迎政府机构代表和选定的业界人士出席工作坊。

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 1237457 PI: Tirrell, David ORG: California Institute of TechnologyTitle: Important Areas for Future Biomaterials InvestmentsINTELLECTUAL MERIT: Biomaterials is a rapidly emerging component of the materials research community. Research in the area covers a broad range of activities that include the development of materials used for (1) delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, (2) construction of medical devices that must be compatible with the living systems with which they are in contact, and (3) scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. Another aspect of the biomaterials field involves exploiting mimicry of, inspiration by, or co-opting of biological systems to enable creation of novel functional materials. For the purposes of the workshop, the various aspects of the field have been captured under the following topic headings: Cell-Material Interactions, Disperse Systems, Hard Materials and Composites, Soft Materials, and Thin Films and Interfaces. Expertise in all of these areas will be represented among the invited workshop participants. The workshop will involve a mix of plenary speakers and breakout sessions devoted to the topics just enumerated. A formal workshop report will be issued by the steering committee.BROADER IMPACTS: The results of the workshop will be published in a report that will be widely disseminated and posted on a publicly accessible website. Additionally, a shortened version of the report, highlighting the most important results from the workshop, will be published in a leading journal. The steering committee also intends to return to NSF headquarters upon publication of the report to present their findings. The workshop report can be expected to guide the biomaterials community (educational institutions, commercial organizations, and funding agencies) in directing their resources toward the most critical and important biomaterials research challenges. For the relevant funding agencies, the workshop will help to identify their respective responsibilities in the biomaterials area and to foster robust and durable lines of communication among these agencies as they continue their ongoing investments. Workshop participants will include active researchers with diverse backgrounds in terms of topical area of expertise in biomaterials, career stage, institution, geography, gender, and ethnicity. These efforts will help ensure the conclusions of the workshop are representative of the biomaterials community, as a whole. Additionally, several graduate students will be invited to serve as assistants, allowing them the opportunity to observe the workshop and interact with prestigious members of the field. Finally, government agency representatives and selected members of industry will be welcome to attend the workshop.