2010 Biointerface Science Gordon Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请申请为2010年9月5日至10日在瑞士Les diableet举行的2010戈登生物界面科学研究会议提供部分支持。会议的广泛和长期目标是加强我们对生物分子和表面之间相互作用的理解，以及材料界面上复杂大分子系统的行为，这些相互作用在生物学、生物技术、诊断和医学领域发挥着重要作用。大约160名科学家、工程师和医学科学家将参加，其中包括22名特邀演讲者和9名讨论领袖，他们的研究兴趣与生物界面科学有关。本次会议的具体目的是：1)让生物科学家和医学研究人员了解物理科学和工程领域的最新实验和理论发现；2)加快分子/细胞生物学和生物分子设计的新发展进入物理科学家和工程师领域的速度。总之，这种智力上的相互作用将引领分子设计、研究和开发的新方法，用于“生物分子接触表面”的大量设置，包括更好地理解生物系统中的界面现象，以及激发人类疾病的新治疗和诊断策略。2010年会议将在九个口头会议上强调生物界面现象的分子水平描述：生物界面的理论、计算和建模；支撑膜与膜蛋白；生物分子与晶体/矿物表面的相互作用单分子生物物理学；机械化学与生物粘附；微生物学/生物膜;Biolubrication;蛋白质和细胞与物质的界面研究电气化Biointerfaces。除了口头会议外，两次海报会议以及重要的非正式互动将有助于会议的目标。该申请的意义在于，该会议已迅速成为完全致力于生物界面科学的主要国际会议之一，而不是典型的成为大型会议的一小部分。与健康相关的应用程序是，这项基础研究将导致无数新的或改进的医疗保健技术，包括基因组学、蛋白质组学、临床诊断、生物传感器、再生医学和牙科的生物材料。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests partial support for the 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Biointerface Science to be held in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, September 5-10, 2010. The broad and long-term goal of the conference is to enhance our understanding of interactions between biomolecules and surfaces, and the behavior of complex macromolecular systems at materials interfaces, driven by the important role these interactions play in the fields of biology, biotechnology, diagnostics, and medicine. Approximately 160 scientists, engineers and medical scientists will participate, including 22 invited speakers and 9 discussion leaders, whose research interests are related to biointerface science. The specific aims of this meeting are 1) to expose biological scientists and medical researchers to the latest experimental and theoretical findings in the physical sciences and engineering; and 2) to accelerate the rate at which new developments in molecular/cellular biology and biomolecular design, are brought into the domain of physical scientists and engineers. Together, this intellectual interplay will lead new ways in which molecules are designed, studied, and exploited for the vast number of settings in which "biomolecules meet surfaces", including better understanding of interfacial phenomena in biological systems, and for inspiring new treatments and diagnostic strategies for human diseases. The 2010 conference will emphasize molecular-level descriptions of biointerfacial phenomena in nine oral sessions on the following aspects of biointerfaces: Theory, Computation and Modeling of Biointerfaces; Supported Membranes and Membrane Proteins; Interactions of Biomolecules with Crystal/Mineral Surfaces; Single Molecule Biophysics; Mechanochemistry and Biological Adhesion; Microbiology/Biofilms; Biolubrication; Interfaces of Proteins and Cells with Materials; Electrified Biointerfaces. In addition to oral sessions, two poster sessions as well as significant informal interactions will contribute to the goals of the conference. The significance of the application is that this conference has quickly become one of the main international conferences totally devoted to biointerface science, rather than the typical approach of being a small part of a larger conference. The health-relatedness of the application is that this fundamental research will lead to a myriad of new or improved healthcare technologies spanning genomics, proteomics, clinical diagnostics, biosensors, and biomaterials for regenerative medicine and dentistry. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The health-relatedness of the application is linked to enhanced understanding of experimental and theoretical aspects of biointerface science that will lead to a myriad of new or improved healthcare technologies spanning genomics, proteomics, clinical diagnostics, biosensors, and biomaterials for regenerative medicine and dentistry.