Training events and courses
CALIT
Leuven, 18 September 2008 - Biomaterials,
The first line of tolerability management in the living organism
With the increasing interest in adopting micro- and nanotechnologies in healthcare, the management of tolerability and preserved functionality of implanted systems in the body over long periods of time has acquired special importance. It is no longer a matter of making the right material choices; it requires a deeper understanding of fundamental biological processes and the ability to influence them at multiple levels and diverse pathways. The aim of this year’s nano-bio CALIT event is to present the current views, the progress made both in engineering new materials and in the promotion of active interaction with the living tissue and to discuss current and new directions for this research.
Program
| 18 September 2008 | |
| 09.00 | Welcome and Introduction to this year's event Herman Maes and Herc Neves, IMEC, Belgium |
| 09.15: | Materials in support of biological processes: a case study in bone regeneration Jan Schrooten, K.U. Leuven, Belgium Abstract & CV |
| 10.15: | Coffee break |
| 10.45 | Nanobiotechnological applications of S-layers Uwe Sleytr, University of Vienna, Austria Abstract & CV |
| 11.45 | Biosensors: an interfacial art for biocompatibility and biomonitoring stability Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary University of London, UK Abstract & CV |
| 12.45: | Lunch |
| 14.00: | Title 4 Etienne Schacht, Univerity of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium |
| 15.00 | Coffee break |
| 15.30 | Functionalized Nanodiamonds for Applications in Sustained Drug Elution Dean Ho, Northwestern University, USA Abstract & CV |
| 16.30: | Discussion |
| 17:30 | End of program |