It is a pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract for the 227th ACS National Meeting Symposium entitled, "Biomacromolecule Interactions with Synthetic Surfaces", which will be held in Anaheim, CA (March 28, 2004-April 1, 2004). This one-day symposium is sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry and will feature two sessions, with ca. 16-20 oral presentations, bringing together chemists with specialization in organic, physical, biological and polymer chemistries to discuss the state-of-the-art in the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms by which various biological macromolecules interact with and adsorb onto synthetic substrates. The biomacromolecules may be composed of polynucleotides, peptides, proteins, or polysaccharides. Research on cell surface interactions would be appropriate if the focus is on the involvement of biomacromolecular components at the molecular level. Implications of these discussions are expected to be significant in areas broadly from marine biofouling to biomedical implant performance. Opportunities for oral presentations as well as posters remain; please visit the ACS website for abstract and preprint submission, http://oasys.acs.org/ With best regards from the co-organizers, J. Paul Armistead, Linda A. Chrisey and Karen L. Wooley Dr. J. Paul Armistead Program Officer ONR 331, Polymer Program 800 N. Quincy Street Arlington, VA 22217 703-696-4315 703-696-6887 fax armistj@onr.navy.mil Linda A. Chrisey, Ph.D. Office of Naval Research, Code 341 Program Officer for Environmental and Marine Biotechnology Research 800 N. Quincy Street Arlington, VA 22217-5660 Tel: 703-696-4504 Fax: 703-696-1212 Cell: 571-334-3745 -- Karen L. Wooley Professor Washington University in Saint Louis Department of Chemistry One Brookings Drive, CB 1134 Saint Louis, Missouri 63130 Tel. (314) 935-7136 Fax (314) 935-9844 or 4481 klwooley@artsci.wustl.edu http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~wooley Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry JPSA.Wooley@wuchem.wustl.edu, http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0887-624X/ Editorial Assistant: Dr. Christa Johnson, Tel. (314) 935-4108