A symposium entitled "Nanostructured Materials for Future Therapy" will be held at the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Salt Lake City on March 22-26, 2009.

This symposium will address recent developments in the synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of nanostructured materials for biomedical applications. Four specific focus areas for this symposium are: (1) Novel polymeric systems with controlled cellular responses; (2) Novel nanoparticulate systems with therapeutic potential; (3) Interfacing tissues with bioactive surfaces; and (4) Innovative measurement tools.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

(1) Novel polymeric systems with controlled cellular responses: Helen Lu: Columbia; Joel Schneider: University of Delaware; Meijer, E.W., Eindhoven University of Technology.

(2) Novel nanoparticulate systems with therapeutic potentials: Alexander V. Kabanov: University of Nebraska; Kam W Leong: Duke; Karen Wooley: University of Washington.

(3) Interfacing tissues with bioactive surfaces: Buddy D. Ratner, University of Washington, Christopher Ober: Cornell; Gabriel Lopez: University of New Mexico; Abby Morgan: Virginia Tech.

(4) Innovative measurement tools: Matthew Becker, NIST; Matt Kipper: Colorado State University; Christine Ortiz: MIT.

We cordially invite you to submit Oral or Poster presentations in research areas listed above or on related topics. The deadline for abstract/preprint submission is Oct 22.

Organizers (alphabetical order):

Xinqiao Jia, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 201 DuPont Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, Tel: 302-831-6553, Fax: 302-831-4545, Email: xjia@udel.edu.

Sheng Lin-Gibson, Polymers Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8543 Tel: 301-975-6765, Fax: 301-975-4977, email: slgibson@nist.gov.

Yoon Yeo, Purdue University, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (courtesy), 575 Stadium Mall Drive G22, West Lafayette, IN 47907, Tel: 765-496-9608, Fax: 765-494-6545, E-mail: yyeo@purdue.edu.