10th Annual Wyss International Symposium: Next-Generation Diagnostics

哈佛大学Wyss生物启发工程研究所（Wyss Institute for biological Inspired Engineering）将聚焦于下一代诊断技术的年度国际研讨会，该研讨会将召集多达480名Wyss研究所庞大的合作者、学生、研究人员、教师和临床医生以及工业研究人员、学术机构和基金会成员，领导诊断技术的发展。通过邀请演讲者、讨论和思想交流，Wyss研究所研讨会希望突出这一新兴领域的最新发展，并解决对更准确、更快速和更低成本的诊断技术的需求，以应对发达国家和发展中国家医院、医生办公室、家庭和护理点的临床挑战。演讲将集中在翻译和加速发展和应用诊断技术的商业和临床应用。本次研讨会将使Wyss研究所能够汇集来自世界各地诊断领域的领先学术和工业研究人员，通过确定诊断技术进步和转化的挑战，讨论诊断领域的新兴努力，并寻找机会利用其教师和研究人员的专业知识与世界一流专家的专业知识促进合作；进一步履行其使命，帮助推进诊断技术的未来。Wyss计划在研讨会上举行三个主题会议，随后是由Wyss研究所教职员工和国家专家组成的炉边聊天式讨论。在前三次会议中，每位发言者有25分钟的发言时间，随后有5分钟的提问时间，大部分（如果不是全部的话）的发言将集中在该领域可能产生近期影响的工作要素上。特别感兴趣的是特邀演讲者对翻译技术的特殊挑战的见解，包括商业应用和临床应用的方法。通过炉边聊天和研讨会后一小群有影响力的人反思的机会，Wyss研究所将进一步提供探索新的国家和国际合作潜力的机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University will focus its annual international Symposium on Next Generation Diagnostics, convening up to 480 of the Wyss Institute's vast network of collaborators, students, researchers, faculty and clinicians alongside industrial researchers, and members of academic institutions and foundations leading the development of diagnostics technology. Through invited speakers, discussion and the exchange of ideas, the Wyss Institute Symposium looks to highlight the latest developments of this emerging field and address the need for more accurate, rapid, and lower cost diagnostic technologies to meet clinical challenges in hospitals, in physician's offices, at home, and at the point-of-care in both the developed and developing world. Presentations will focus on translation and accelerating the development and application of diagnostic technologies toward commercial and clinical applications. This Symposium will allow the Wyss Institute to bring together leading academic and industrial researchers in the field of diagnostics from around the world to discuss emerging efforts in the diagnostics field by identifying challenges to the advancement and translation of diagnostics technology, and looking for opportunities to leverage the expertise of its faculty and researchers with that of world class experts to promote collaboration; furthering its mission and helping to advance the future of diagnostics technology. The Wyss has planned for three themed sessions followed by a fireside chat styled discussion at the Symposium comprised of Wyss Institute faculty, staff, and national experts. During the first three sessions, speakers are allocated 25 minutes each, followed by 5 minutes for questions, and most if not all the presentations are to be focused on elements of work in this field that have the potential for near term impact. Of particular interest are insights from invited speakers on the particular challenges of translating technology including approaches toward both commercial applications and the clinic. Through a fireside chat and opportunities for reflection for a small group of influencers following the symposium, the Wyss Institute will further provide an opportunity to explore the potential for new national and international collaborations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.