Conference: Soft Materials, Polymers, and Biomaterials Workshop

在材料研究部材料研究部（DMR）的支持下，Margaret Gardel教授（芝加哥大学）、Nicholas Abbott教授（康奈尔大学）和Chinedum Osuji教授（宾夕法尼亚大学）正在组织一次研讨会，以确定仪器和基础设施方面的关键差距、基本需求和新兴机会，以使美国在未来十年乃至更长时间内保持在软材料、聚合物和生物材料研究的前沿。讲习班将包括由应邀专家和领导人组成的精选小组的演讲和小组讨论。研讨会将对在线参与开放，以便与更广泛的研究界和其他潜在的利益相关者进行接触。本次研讨会是由NSF材料研究部（DMR）赞助的“从原子到物质-加速材料开发连续体的仪器和基础设施”系列计划中的三个研讨会之一，以支持材料基因组计划（https://www.mgi.gov）。研讨会将邀请少数思想领袖参加，他们代表了来自学术界、工业界和政府部门的软材料、聚合物和生物材料界的广泛截面。与会者将确定当前仪器的局限性，新的机会，并为未来的基础设施和仪器制定路线图，以推进这些材料系统的知识状态。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。

With support from the Division of Materials Research Materials Research (DMR), Professors Margaret Gardel (University of Chicago), Nicholas Abbott (Cornell University), and Chinedum Osuji (University of Pennsylvania), are organizing a workshop to identify the critical gaps, essential needs, and emerging opportunities in instrumentation and infrastructure required to keep the United States at the forefront of Soft Materials, Polymers and Biomaterials research in the next decade and beyond. The workshop will consist of a mix of talks and panel discussion by a select group of invited experts and leaders. The workshop will be open for online participation to engage with the broader research community and other potential stakeholders. This workshop is one of three in a planned series entitled “From Atoms to Matter – Instrumentation and Infrastructure to Accelerate the Materials Development Continuum,” sponsored by the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) in support of Materials Genome Initiative (https://www.mgi.gov). The workshop will engage a modest number of thought-leaders, representing a broad cross-section of the soft materials, polymers, and biomaterials community from the academic, industrial, and governmental sectors. Participants will identify current limitations in instrumentations, new opportunities and frame a roadmap for the future infrastructure and instruments that will advance the state of knowledge in these materials systems.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.