Smart Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Surfaces

October 23, 2008 – 2:51 am

On offer is an opportunity to learn about the many exciting new and highly functionalised materials that have found their way into medical devices and drug delivery, and most importantly, to explore new potential applications for them.

The Smart Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Surfaces Workshop is organised by the Institute of Nanotechnology and takes place on 6 November 2008 at TWI, Cambridge, UK.

This workshop will provide an overview from researchers of many of these high-performance materials who will emphasise their potential applications to meet a range of clinical needs. There will also be sessions devoted to overcoming some of the challenges to moving these innovative new materials from the laboratory to the clinic and market and the protection of intellectual property.

The speakers include:

“Smart” Materials in Biomedicine
Prof. Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary College – University of London

Nano Composites and Nanostructured Coatings
Prof. David Grant, University of Nottingham

Advanced and Functionalised Polymers for Medicine
Prof. Alexander Seifalian, UCL

Membrane Materials for Sensing and Separation
Prof. Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary College – University of London

Advanced Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Prof. Alexander Seifalian, UCL

Highly-functionalised Surfaces for Medical Application using Cold Plasma
Richard Moore, Institute of Nanotechnology

Moving Research Breakthroughs to the Market: A Commercialisation Case Study on Nanostructured Surfaces for Cell Culture
Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Technology for Industry

Intellectual Property Protection
Mewburn Ellis LLP

The Course Leader is Professor Mehdi Tavakoli, Consultant and Technology Manager of the Advanced Material and Processes Group at TWI Ltd and Programme Manager, Health Technologies KTN.

For more details, e-mail: Gemma McCulloch

Annie Ellerton