MAURITIUS - AUGUST 4-7, 2018
ADVANCED POLYMERS
- Polymer Synthesis and Characterizations
- Polymer Properties
- Polymer Nanoparticles
- Hydrogels and Nanogels
- Advanced Polymer Applications
BIOMATERIALS
- Biomaterials Synthesis and Applications
- Biomaterials Properties
- Polymer based Implants
- Surface Coatings
- Hydrogels
- Blood Biocompatibility
NANOMEDICINE
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Biosensing
- Imaging
- Diagnostics
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Cell and Tissue Engineering
- 3D Bioprinting
Our PLENARY, KEYNOTE and invited Speakers
PROFESSOR STEVE ARMES
Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, UK
Talk Title: TBA
PROFESSOR KAZUHIKO ISHIHARA
Department of Materials Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
Talk Title: Functional polymeric nanoparticles for the in-cell nanomedicine
Professor SHIN-ICHI YUSA
Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Japan
Talk Title: TBA
PROFESSOR TOM P. DAVIS
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Australia and Department of Chemistry, University of Wawick, U.K
Talk Title: Breaking the Nanomedicine research impasse: there is a future beyond cell death assays
PROFESSOR JI JIAN
Department of Polymer Science Engineering, Zhejiang University
Talk Title: TBA
PROFESSOR GREG ANDERSON
Iron Metabolism Laboratory
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Talk Title: Biomedical applications of nanoparticle-encapsulated iron chelators
PROFESSOR NEIL CAMERON
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
School of Engineering, University of Warwick
Talk Title: Porous Polymer Scaffolds for 3D Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering
PROFESSOR MATTHEW GIBSON
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Talk Title: Designing New Biomaterials Inspired by Extremophiles
PROFESSOR MARIA VAMVAKAKI
Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Crete
Talk Title: TBA
Dr. MITSUHIRO EBARA
Smart Biomaterials Group, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
Talk Title: TBA
PROFESSOR RAVIN NARAIN
Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering | Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering | University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G6, Canada
Talk Title: Novel Biomaterials Formulations and Applications
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PHOEBE PHILLIPS
Pancreatic Cancer Translational Research Group, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
Talk Title: Nanomedicine as a therapy to target 'undruggable' genes in pancreatic cancer
DR. JOSHUA MCCARROLL
Tumour Biology and Targeting Program, Children's Cancer Institute, Sydney, Australia
Talk Title: Design and use of RNA based nano-drugs for the treatment of cancer
PROFESSOR GUOSONG CHEN
Department of Macromolecular Science Fudan University, China
Talk Title: Macromolecular Self-Assembly based on Carbohydrates and their Immunological Application
PROFESSOR PIYUSH KUMAR
Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
Talk Title: Tumor Hypoxia, Challenges, and Nanotheranostic Management of Solid Tumors
Dr. YOHEI KOTSUCHIBASHI
Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Japan
Talk Title: Dual temperature responsive block copolymers and the application to a nanoparticle -preparation kit
Dr. MICHAEL WHITTAKER
Australian Research Centre, Monash University, Australia
Talk Title: TBA
PROFESSOR YOSHIKO MIURA
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Talk Title: TBA
PROFESSOR KARSTEN KAUPT
Compiègne University of Technology
CNRS Institute Enzyme and Cell Engineering
Compiegne, France
Talk Title: Biomimicry at the molecular level: Molecularly imprinted polymers as synthetic antibody mimics for bioimaging and therapy
DR. XIAOJUAN HAO
CSIRO Manufacturing Division
Ian Wark Lab Bayview Avenue, Clayton VIC 3168 Australia
Talk Title: TBD
PROFESSOR JIANG CHANG
Chinese Academy of Sciences - Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Center, China
Talk Title: Study on injectable bioactive hydrogels for tissue regeneration
PROFESSOR XU-MING XIE
Department of Chemical Engineering
Tsinghua University，Beijing，China
Talk Title：Super tough and highly stretchable hydrogels based on multi-bond network strategy
PROFESSOR ANDREW LOWE
School of Molecular and Life Sciences
Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University, Australia
Talk Title: Controlled (Co)Polymerization of Arylacetylenes
PROFESSOR JIE ZHANG
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Talk Title: Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Assembled Materials Based on Block Copolymers and Polyoxometalates
PROFESSOR HALA ZREIQAT
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Unit, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Talk Title: Strategies for bone and tendon regeneration
PROFESSOR TAO TANG
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Talk Title: Synthesis and melt behavior of comb-like (co)polymers with high branching degree
PROFESSOR DONGMEI CUI
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Talk Title: Zinc hydride /B(C6F5)3 Catalyzed Hydrosilation Polymerization
PROFESSOR MARY B. CHAN-PARK
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Talk Title: Cationic nanoparticles for antibacterial effect
PROFESSOR JAYACHANDRAN KIZHAKKEDATHU
Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Talk Title: TBA
DR. MATÉ BIRO
EMBL Australia Group Leader
The University of New South Wales
Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
Talk Title: Engineering a coordinated T cell attack of solid tumours
PROFESSOR DAVID HAYNES
Deputy Head, School of Medicine
University of Adelaide
Talk Title: Optimising Surface Charge on Hydroxyapatite Coatings to Promote Mesenchymal Stem Cells
TBA
