2104 Bioinspired Materials Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research Seminar

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请旨在寻求对2014年6月21-27日在美国缅因州纽里星期日河流度假村举行的戈登研究会议(GRC)和生物灵感材料研讨会(GRS)的支持。生物灵感材料这一新兴的跨学科领域专注于发展对自然生成材料的合成、定向自组装和分层组织的基本理解，并利用这种理解为不同的应用设计新的“生物灵感”人造材料。这次会议由菲利普·梅瑟史密斯(西北大学)主持，蒂莫西·戴明(加州大学洛杉矶分校)担任副主席，这将是一系列会议的第二次，这一系列会议源于两个认识：(1)生物灵感材料领域的研究呈爆炸式增长；(2)没有一个单独和独特的场所只关注 关于这一领域的研究成果的传播。生物灵感材料GRC的目标是提供一个尖端的科学计划，由一批杰出的特邀演讲者和讨论领袖发表演讲，他们将解决该领域的关键问题，并抓住这个新兴领域的兴奋。我们的目标是成为生物灵感材料研究人员的首选会议。这次会议的一个新特点将是第一次戈登生物启发材料研究研讨会(GRS)，该研讨会由初级研究人员构思和组织，将为学生和博士后研究员提供在GRC之前分别开会1.5天的机会。这一GRC的影响将包括促进新思想的跨学科受精，从而导致未来创造新的生物启发材料，以及培养由知名和年轻科学家、代表性不足的少数族裔研究人员和具有杰出高级研究人员的初级教员组成的有凝聚力的社区。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this application is to seek support for the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Seminar (GRS) on Bioinspired Materials to be held June 21-27, 2014 at Sunday River Resort, Newry, ME, USA. The emerging, interdisciplinary field of Bioinspired Materials focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of the synthesis, directed self-assembly and hierarchical organization of natural occurring materials, and uses this understanding to engineer new "bioinspired" artificial materials for diverse applications. This conference, chaired by Phillip Messersmith (Northwestern University) and vice-chaired by Timothy Deming (UCLA) will be the second in a series that was born from the twin realizations that: (1) there is an explosion of research in the field of Bioinspired Materials; and yet (2) there is no single and unique venue that solely focuses on the dissemination of research in this field. The objective of the GRC on Bioinspired Materials is to offer a cutting- edge scientific program delivered by a roster of distinguished invited speakers and discussion leaders who will address the key issues in the field and capture the excitement of this burgeoning field. We aim to become the conference of choice for researchers in bioinspired materials. A new feature of this conference will be the first Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Bioinspired Materials which was conceived and organized by junior researchers and will offer students and postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to convene separately for 1.5 days prior to the GRC. The impacts of this GRC will include the promotion of cross-disciplinary fertilization of new ideas leading to future creation of novel bioinspired materials, and the cultivation of a cohesive community of established and young scientists, underrepresented minority researchers, and junior faculty with prominent senior investigators.