SYMPOSIUM I
NANOSTRUCTURED BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

This symposium will gather scientists from various fields, including physicists, chemists, engineers and of several biological sciences to address the manipulation and characterization of biological materials at the molecular level. With the multidisciplinary character of the symposium, contributions associated with the basic physicochemical properties of biomaterials and biomimetic systems are expected to be combined with examples of potential applications of nanostructured biological materials.

Topics:

Nanostructured films containing biologically-relevant materials;
Biomimetic systems;
Nanostructured biosensors;
Biomaterials for implants;
Experimental techniques and theoretical methods for molecular-level characterization;
Drug design and delivery;
Biohybrid composites;
Bioinspired nanodevices and innovative materials.

Chair

Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr.
chu@if.sc.usp.br
Universidade de São Paulo

Co-chairs

Mariano Venanzi
venanzi@stc.uniroma2.it
Universita di Roma Tor Vergata – Italy

Valdir Soldi
vsoldi@qmc.ufsc.br
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Scientific Committee

Tânia C. Pasa, UFSC
Nelson Duran, Unicamp
Márcia R. Pereira, DQ-UFRN
Mário J. Politi – IQ- USP
Rosangela Itri – IF – USP
Maria Elisabete D. Zaniquelli – FFCLRP – USP
Amando Ito – FFCLRP - USP
Silvia S. Guterres - UFRGS
Nadya P. Silveira - UFRGS

Invited Speakers

Redouane Borsali - CNRS, Bordeaux, France
Hernan Chaimovich - IQ, Universidade de São Paulo
Pietro Ciancaglini - FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto
Janos H. Fendler – Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
Henrique L. Gomes - Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Alberto Pasquarelli - University of Ulm, Germany
Robert Pecora - Stanford University, USA Bruno
Samori - Universita di Bologna, Italy
Enrico Traversa - Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Maria Elena Vela - Universidad de La Plata, Argentina

Papers from this Symposium will be published in a Special Issue of Materials Science and Engineering C, of Elsevier.

To be considered for this special issue, the authors should select "Nano meets Bio" when reaching the "Article Type" step in the submission process. The deadline for submission is 30 November, 2006.

1) Go to http://ees.elsevier.com/msec/
2) Follow Instructions for Authors
3) Be sure to select "Nano meets bio" for your submission category

All papers will be fully reviewed in the usual way. Symposia chairs will be the guest editors of the special issue.