Workshop on biomaterials and their interactions with biological and model membranes 2011 will be held at the hotel Magnolia****, Salou (Costa Dorada), Spain, 19-23 September 2011.

The general topic of the meeting is the interaction of synthetic polymers, nanoparticles, surfactants, proteins, small biomolecules with biological and model phospholipid membranes. Leading scientists and experts from biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and industry will participate in the meeting to give it a true multidisciplinary environment.

The meeting is planned in form of oral talks, posters and discussion pannels, where experts from different fields can share their knowledge interactively.

The field of biobased polymers in all the involved areas is still in its infancy. This is even true for the bacterial polyesters that, although developed a long time ago, are not yet produced in full scale mostly for economical reasons. Polylactides –the most successful among the biobased polymers– are produced at a very minor level of the total production of polymers. Biorelated polymers are bringing also an additional value, namely degradability. On the other hand, polymeric biomaterials and their potential in different fields, mainly biology and biomedicine, are in an advanced state, but yet expanding in scope and impact.

Thus, the aims of this Conference are to review the present state of research in the area of biobased/biorelated polymers, and to provide a forum for discussion of future progress and prospect. Chemistry, physics and application of biobased/biorelated polymers and polymeric biomaterials will be covered.

The Conference will be based on invited lectures, oral communications and poster papers. Major topics are:

• Polymers from renewable resources
• Green chemistry and sustainability of polymers
• Degradable and biodegradable polymers
• Polymers at the interfaces with life sciences
• Biocompatible polymers and polymeric biomaterials

The field of biobased polymers in all the involved areas is still in its infancy. This is even true for the bacterial polyesters that, although developed a long time ago, are not yet produced in full scale mostly for economical reasons. Polylactides –the most successful among the biobased polymers– are produced at a very minor level of the total production of polymers. Biorelated polymers are bringing also an additional value, namely degradability. On the other hand, polymeric biomaterials and their potential in different fields, mainly biology and biomedicine, are in an advanced state, but yet expanding in scope and impact.

Thus, the aims of this Conference are to review the present state of research in the area of biobased/biorelated polymers, and to provide a forum for discussion of future progress and prospect. Chemistry, physics and application of biobased/biorelated polymers and polymeric biomaterials will be covered.

The Conference will be based on invited lectures, oral communications and poster papers. Major topics are:

• Polymers from renewable resources
• Green chemistry and sustainability of polymers
• Degradable and biodegradable polymers
• Polymers at the interfaces with life sciences
• Biocompatible polymers and polymeric biomaterials

The International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (ICCMB 2009) is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world.

Innovation in Discovery, Diagnostics, and Delivery

Agenda Topics:
Protein Arrays and their Applications 
Protein Expression 
High Throughput Proteomics 
Bioinformatics 
Disease-Related Proteomics

Nanomaterials - namely materials showing unique size-dependent or mesoscopic properties - have attracted considerable attention during the past several years owing to their interesting chemistry, unique properties and potential applications in fields such as life-sciences, energy harvesting, telecommunication and others. The focus of the conference will be on the preparation and exploitation of nanomaterials.
World reknowned experts on various aspects of this very broad and rapidly emerging area have been invited. The program will be interesting for beginners and experts in the field as well as industries already active or interested in these materials.
Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
Synthesis methods for the preparation of nanomaterials (including up-scaling)
Modification of nanomaterials (e.g. surface functionalisation of colloidal nanoparticles)
Characterisation and exploitation of optical, electrochemical, catalytical and other properties
Nanomaterial-based devices
Application of nanomaterials in life-sciences
Self-assembly

Gordon research conference

For three decades this biennial meeting has brought prominent senior and younger scientists in all aspects of biology, medicine, physico-chemical and pharmaceutical fields to meet the common interests and goals of better drug therapy using novel strategies of drug delivery and drug carriers. The 2008 meeting will focus on several areas of drug delivery including protein and oligonucleotide/gene delivery, polymers and lipid particles, nano-materials, antibody drug-conjugates and cellular carriers, directed to various targets at multiple levels, as well as multimodal molecular imaging applied to monitoring delivery and therapeutic efficacy. This meeting will also include the approaches of chemical biology and nanotechnology to target and achieve enhanced delivery and therapeutic outcomes.