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Symposium OO: Structure-Function Design Strategies for Bio-enabled Materials Systems

• 2012 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit

• April 9 - April 13, 2012
• Moscone West Convention Center | Marriott Marquis - San Francisco, California-
• Meeting Chairs: Lara A. Estroff, Jun Liu, Kornelius Nielsch, Kazumi Wada

Structure-Function Design Strategies for Bio-enabled Materials Systems

Biological systems continue to inspire the design and function of many modern advanced materials.  Recently, bio-enabled strategies in which biological components are incorporated into otherwise abiological systems, have proven powerful approaches to obtaining intricate hierarchical structures with unique properties that are not otherwise accessible.  The challenges involved in these strategies include successfully interfacing nonbiological materials with biomacromolecules, cellular components, or cellular mimics to achieve the desired function.  Successful realization of these bio-inspired or bio-enabled hybrid materials often stems from specific associations between heterogeneous components that enable unique synergistic behavior such as controlled precipitation events, precise pattern formation, or molecular recognition-based assembly.  Recent successful examples include peptide-driven nucleation of inorganic particles, spontaneous organization of organic and inorganic components to form nanocomposites, and self-assembled monolayers or bilayers to promote cellular activity on a material surface. This symposium will explore the latest discoveries and advances in the design, processing, characterization, and applications of bio-enabled materials systems.

Session topics will include:

• Peptide, oligonucleotide, or virus-mediated assembly or precipitation
• Peptide or oliogonucleotide-based aptamers for specific targeting
• 3D cellular mimics as therapeutic or diagnostic vehicles
• 2D ligand-functionalized SAMS or bilayers
• Hierarchically structured biomaterials

Invited speakers include:

Markus Buehler (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Ashutosh Chilkoti (Duke Univ.), Oleg Gang (Brookhaven National Lab), Dan Luo (Cornell Univ.), Hiroshi Matsui (City Univ. of New York), Nathaniel Rosi (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Carl Simon (National Inst. of Standards and Technology), Vladimir Tsukruk (Georgia Inst. of Technology), Rein Ulijn (Univ. of Strathclyde, United Kingdom), Tiffany Walsh (Univ. of Warwick, United Kingdom).

Symposium Organizers

Valeria Tohver Milam
Georgia Institute of Technology
771 Ferst Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0245
Tel 404-894-2845, Fax 404-385-3734
valeria.milam@mse.gatech.edu  

Harry Bermudez
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel 413-489-1859
bermudez@polysci.umass.edu  

Rajesh Naik
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL/RXBN
2941 Hobson Way
WPAFB, OH 45433
Tel 937-255-9717
rajesh.naik@wpafb.af.mil 

Marc Knecht
University of Miami
Dept. of Chemistry
1301 Memorial Dr.
Coral Gables, FL 33124
Tel 305-284-2174
mrknec2@email.uky.edu