'Smart Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Surfaces'

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Course Leader

Prof. Mehdi Tavakoli

Course Speakers

Prof. Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary - University of London

Prof. David Grant, University of Nottingham

Prof. Alexander Seifalian

Richard Moore, Institute of Nanotechnology

Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Technology for Industry

Jeremy Webster, Mewburn Ellis LLP

Who should attend?

Medical professionals
Academics
Industry researchers
Clinicians
and others interested in gaining knowledge of this rapidly developing area of nanomedicine

A great deal of the progress in modern medical technology is based upon advances in medical materials. Over the past few years many exciting new and highly functionalised materials have found their way into medical devices and drug delivery. These include, amongst others:

hard-wearing coatings for bearing surfaces of orthopaedic implants
surface treatments to improve biocompatibility or fixation in medical implants
diamond-like hard coatings for scalpels, instruments and other uses
novel medical alloys, e.g. shape-memory materials
advanced medical ceramics
advanced medical polymers
anti-bacterial coatings for catheters and other medical devices
highly-functionalised medical textiles, e.g. anti-soiling, anti-bacterial
nanopatterned and nanocontoured surfaces to influence cell growth or adhesion
advanced scaffold materials for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering
biosensing surfaces and materials
nanoparticulate delivery systems for drugs
highly functionalised membranes for filtration
MEMs surfaces for man-machine interface devices

This workshop will provide an overview from leading researchers of many of these high-performance materials with an emphasis on their potential application to meet a wide range of clinical needs. It will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, industry developers, regulators and others involved in medical innovation aimed at producing new generations of medical devices and drug delivery systems to meet increasing clinical challenges.

There will also be a session devoted to overcoming some of the obstacles and challenges to moving these innovative new materials from the laboratory to the clinic and market, and to the protection of intellectual property.

The workshop will encourage active participation and will include discussion sessions and the opportunity for networking.

For further information please telephone Gemma McCulloch at the Institute of Nanotechnology: +44 (0)1786 458075,
or email: gemma.mcculloch@nano.org.uk