2007 Organic Thin Films Gordon Research Conference

2007 有机薄膜戈登研究会议

• 批准号: 7277931
• 负责人: Nicholas Alexander Kotov
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-15 至 2008-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7277931
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The funds are sought for the organization of a Gordon Research Conference "Organic Thin Films" with the focus on Biomedical Applications of Polymeric and Nanostructured Films. The conference will be organized by Prof. Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan, USA) and Prof. Martien Cohen-Stuart (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) and will take place on May 27-June 1, 2007, at the Centre Paul Langevin, Aussois, France. Fundamental studies and practical applications of organic and nanostructured thin films experienced nearly exponential growth in the recent years. The primary objective of the conference is to highlight the frontiers of the biomedical applications of thin films and the most recent achievements of the prominent researchers in the field. This topic was not covered in its entirety by any previous GRC conference within the last 5 years. The agenda of the conference will include the following sections: Nanostructured Biomedical Materials (two sessions), Advanced biosensors, Frontiers of Cell Interactions with Coatings, Understanding Biointerfaces, Engineering of Neural Interface, Interfacial Aspects of Tissue Engineering, and Drug Delivery. These topics represent the areas of most dynamic fundamental research and intense technology transfer activity. This gives us confidence that the conference will be of high interest to a variety of scientists in academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations. The funds requested from NIH will be used to offset the conference and/or travel expenses of participants with emphasis on students, postdocs, and recently appointed assistant professors from institutions in the USA. This segment of scientists is traditionally underrepresented at Gordon Conferences taking place at locations outside of the continental United States. The organizers of the conference strongly believe that the international experience and the ability to interact with top-notch colleagues from Europe are important for their career development. It also represents a sensible investment in the future of the biomedical and bioengineering research in this country and maximizes the impact of the NIH funds. Special provisions are made to increase diversity of the speakers and attendees. The proposed program drastically increases the participation of women scientists and makes substantial change in the ethnic diversity of GRC Conferences as compared to the previous GRC rounds. The USA co-Chair of the conference will engage national and Midwest professional minority organizations in addition to traditional media outlets in publicizing the conference and available funds to stimulate participation of younger scientists from underrepresented groups eligible for NIH support under this grant.

描述（由申请人提供）： 这些资金用于组织戈登研究会议“有机薄膜”，重点是聚合物和纳米结构薄膜的生物医学应用。会议将由 Nicholas Kotov 教授（美国密歇根大学）和 Martien Cohen-Stuart 教授（荷兰瓦赫宁根大学）组织，将于 2007 年 5 月 27 日至 6 月 1 日在 Paul Langevin 中心举行。法国奥苏瓦。近年来，有机和纳米结构薄膜的基础研究和实际应用经历了近乎指数级的增长。会议的主要目的是突出薄膜生物医学应用的前沿以及该领域杰出研究人员的最新成就。过去 5 年内的任何 GRC 会议均未完整涵盖该主题。会议议程将包括以下部分：纳米结构生物医学材料（两个会议）、先进生物传感器、细胞与涂层相互作用的前沿、了解生物界面、神经界面工程、组织工程的界面方面和药物输送。这些主题代表了最具活力的基础研究和激烈的技术转让活动的领域。这让我们相信，学术界、工业界、政府和非营利组织的众多科学家都会对这次会议高度感兴趣。 NIH 请求的资金将用于抵消参与者的会议和/或旅行费用，重点是美国机构的学生、博士后和最近任命的助理教授。传统上，在美国大陆以外举行的戈登会议上，这部分科学家的代表性不足。会议组织者坚信，国际经验以及与欧洲顶尖同事互动的能力对于他们的职业发展非常重要。它还代表了对该国生物医学和生物工程研究未来的明智投资，并最大限度地发挥 NIH 基金的影响。制定了特殊规定以增加演讲者和与会者的多样性。与前几轮 GRC 相比，拟议的计划大大增加了女科学家的参与，并使 GRC 会议的种族多样性发生了重大变化。除了传统媒体之外，会议的美国联合主席还将与全国和中西部专业少数群体组织合作，宣传会议并提供资金，以刺激来自代表性不足群体的年轻科学家的参与，这些群体中有资格获得 NIH 资助。