FL - 9thInternational Conference
Medical Applications of Novel Biomaterials
and Nano-biotechnology
Advisory Board
Invited Lectures
Medical Applications of Novel Biomaterials
and Nano-biotechnology
Advisory Board
Invited Lectures
A great deal of attention has been focused recently on designing very new biomaterials with enhanced control over interactions with cells and tissue, as well as possessing capabilities to dynamically respond to micro environmental stimuli. These advances promise unprecedented opportunities and new perspectives in medicine. Through the synergistic approach of applied chemistry and physics, materials processing science, electronics, biochemistry and medicine, this Conference, that follows the eight ones on biomaterials held from 1982 to 2008 in the frames of CIMTEC, aims at enlighten how the deeper insight into biological events and its interplay with nanotechnology may support the development of a generation of novel materials, micro-nano-devices and molecular level approaches suited to solve relevant biomedical problems. Special areas of interest include, but are not limited to: new or creatively engineered materials for implants and prostheses, and their characterisation and selection criteria; novel patterning and processing technologies; engineered biomaterials that elicit specific cellular responses; multiscale cell engineering for functional tissues; new drug and gene delivery systems; materials for medical diagnostics; progress in implant prostheses; enabling technologies for analysing biomaterials properties and cell-biomaterial and blood-biomaterial interactions.
Session Topics
- Bioactive and biodegradable ceramics and glasses
- Polymers, biodegradable polymers
- Hydrogels and hydrocolloids
- Nanophase and nanostructured biomaterials, thin films and coatings, fibres etc.
- Biomimetic materials, self organised biomaterials, biological materials
- Nanobiocomposites, hybrid nanocomposites, in-situ biomaterials
- Smart nanoparticles for imaging and theraphy, Q-dots
- Smart ad adaptive biomaterials, e.g.SMAs and SMPs, electroactive polymers, smart optical fibres
- Surface analysis and chemical characterisation
- Property characterisation and structure/property relationships
- Surface modification for biocompatibility
- Theory, modeling and numerical simulations
FL-2 Enabling Tools
- Nanobiosensors
- BioMEMS/NEMS
- Lab-on-a-chip
- Microfluidics
- AFM, optical tweezers and molecular probes and devices
- DNA, RNA technologies
- Self assembly, bioinspired processes
- Micro and nanolithography
- Theory, modelling and numerical simulation of processes and devices
FL-3 Medical Diagnosis Applications
- Chip sensor devices
- Internal diagnostics: molecular probes and markers
- New materials for biosensing and imaging
- Implantable microdevices for diagnosis , imaging and minimally invasive surgery
FL-4 Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering
- Bio-artificial skin
- Cardiovascular tissues
- Bio-artificial organs
- Nervous system
- Musculoskeletal: bone, cartilage, tendon, muscle
- Cell bioengineering by multiscale manipulation
- Nanoscale processing of scaffolds and substrates
- Real time monitoring of tissues during growth and in-vivo repair
- Biofunctionality, biocompatibility and toxicological issues
FL-5 New Therapeutics and Intelligent Delivery Systems
- Developments in polymer therapeutics
- Advances in system responsive materials for delivery systems such as smart and biodegradable polymers and gels, molecularly imprinted polymer networks, smart nanotubes, biodegradable porous ceramics and bioglasses
- Design of delivery systems; drug targeting, and targeting and imaging agents to site/specific delivery
- Progress in imprinted recognition release systems and implantable micro/nano delivery devices
- In-vitro and in-vivo studies and models for drug transport and absorption, metabolysm and retention mechanisms
- Biocompatibility and safety issues
FL-6 Progress in Implant Prostheses
- Selection criteria for materials
- Modelling of tissue/implant systems
- Micromechanics of tissue/implant interface
- Models of macromechanical behaviour of prostheses
- Computer aided design of prostheses
- Biofluid mechanics
- Molecular biomechanics and simulation
- Biomaterials degradation (interface and systemic effects; swelling and leaching, corrosion and dissolution, friction and wear, etc.)
- Biological mechanisms of implant failure
- In-vitro test methods
- In-vivo implant models
- Lifetime testing and simulation
- Case studies of clinical experience