Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices

描述(由申请者提供)：本次研讨会的目的是聚集来自不同学科的科学家(材料科学家、化学家、生物学家、物理学家、生物工程师和临床医生)，介绍他们在生物、生物灵感材料和设备领域的工作。这些领导人出席本次论坛为在多学科环境中进行互动提供了一个重要机会。因此，这次研讨会代表了材料研究与生物学、医学、药学、化学和工程学的交叉。这些努力旨在将我们对生物系统的不断发展的理解应用于生物医学工程和生物纳米技术中使用的工艺和材料设计。因此，这是国际社会讨论生物材料、生物检测和生物无机学领域最新研究和开发活动的一个重要论坛。与往年一样，本次研讨会将特别强调生物医学工程的创新方法，我们预计强大而活跃的互动将导致对这一高度跨学科研究领域的新想法、机会和未来挑战的讨论。 研讨会有一个强有力的组成部分，强调对生物分子行为的基本理解。此外，在纳米尺度上了解矿物结构和生物之间的界面对于生物工程/生物技术的未来起着至关重要的作用，牙科研究、骨骼和组织工程等领域将直接受益于生物工程/生物技术。了解细胞对材料表面形态的反应以及对骨骼和牙齿矿化的控制是未来生物工程努力的重要方面。就像在骨骼的超微结构中所发现的那样，生物分子与无机前体的结合可以被模仿，以努力制造出新的生物相容性和机械强度高的复合材料。医学界之所以对这个话题感兴趣，是因为更全面地了解生物矿化的机制将在骨科、口腔修复和牙科新材料的开发中发挥重要作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this symposium is to bring together scientists from many different disciplines (materials scientists, chemists, biologists, physicists, bioengineers, and clinicians) to present their work in the area of biological, bio-inspired materials and devices. The presence of these leaders in the field at this forum provides an important opportunity for interaction in a multidisciplinary environment. This symposium thus represents the intersection of materials research with biology, medicine, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and engineering. These efforts are directed toward application of our developing understanding of biological systems to processing and materials design for use in biomedical engineering and bionanotechnology. This therefore represents an important forum for the international community to discuss recent research and development activities in the areas of biomaterials, biodetection, and bionanoscience. As in previous years, this symposium will place special emphasis on the innovative approaches to biomedical engineering, and we anticipate that strong and lively interactions will lead to the discussion of new ideas, opportunities and future challenges in this highly inter-disciplinary research area. The symposium has a strong component stressing the fundamental understanding of how biomolecules behave. In addition, understanding the interface between mineral structure and biology, at the nanometer scale, plays a critical role for the future of bioengineering/biotechnology from which fields such as dental research, bone and tissue engineering will directly benefit. Understanding cellular response to surface morphology of materials and the control over mineralization of bones and teeth are important aspects of future bioengineering efforts. The combination of biological molecules with inorganic precursors, as is found in the ultrastructure of bone, can be mimicked in efforts to produce new biocompatible and mechanically strong composites. The medical community is interested in this topic because a more complete understanding of the mechanisms underlying biomineralization will play a big role in developing new materials for orthopaedics, prosthodontics, and dentistry.