5th European Symposium on Biopolymers

“Design, Production & Applications of Biopolymers in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Drug Delivery, Biotechnology and Nanomedicine”

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE AND SESSION TOPICS
This is the 5th bi-annual European symposium on biopolymers. These European based meetings, which are however fully international, join together scientists and engineers involved in studying the design, the mechanism of production and applications of biopolymers, exchanging brand new results and ideas. In this particular meeting the emphasis will be on not only on the design and production of biopolymers but also on its degradation mechanisms, as well as on applications on tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug delivery, different areas of biotechnology and nanomedicine.

The symposium session topics are:

• Biopolymers based on renewable resources
• Biochemical and molecular basis of biopolymer synthesis
• Biochemical and molecular basis of biopolymer degradation
• Biopolymers in biotechnology
• Biopolymers for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
• Biopolymers for controlled drug delivery
• Biopolymers for nanomedicine
• Advanced applications of biopolymers

The symposium hopes to reach many researchers in the field aiming at increasing the spectrum of research presented and especially encourage young researchers, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and young faculty members to present their work for constructive evaluation by their peers.

In addition, we are organizing this symposium back-to-back with a Workshop entitled Supercritical Fluid Processing of Biopolymers and Biomedical Materials to which we ask your attention. The workshop will have as main subtopics Polymer processing, Biomedical devices, Drug delivery, Particle formation, Impregnation, Polymerization and Sterilization. For more details on the Workshop, please click here

Prof. Rui L. Reis - 3B’s Research Group & IBB, University of Minho, Portugal

International Scientific Committee (to be completed):

• J. Carlos Rodriguez-Cabello (U. Valladolid, Spain)
• Utkan Demirci (HST, Harvard-MIT, USA)
• David Hulmes (CNRS, Lyon,France)
• Ali Khademhosseini (HST, Harvard-MIT, USA)
• James Kirkpatrick (JGU, Germany)
• Claudio Migliaresi (U. Trento, Italy)
• Antonella Motta (U. Trento, Italy)
• Auxiliadora Prieto (CIB-CSIC, Spain)
• Julio San Roman (CIB-CSIC, Spain)
• Harun Solak (PSI-LMN, Switzerland)
• Alexander Steinbüchel (U. Münster, Germany)
• Michel Vert (CNRS, U. Montpellier 1, France)
• Manfred Zinn (EMPA, Switzerland)
• Emo Chiellini (U. Pisa, Italy)
• Vasif Hasirci (METU, Ankara, Turkey)
• Erhan Piskin (Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey)
• Paul Hatton (Sheffield University, UK)
• Daniel Cohn (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)
• Paul Gatenholm (Chalmers University of Technology, Gotenburg, Sweden)
• David Kaplan (Tufts University, Boston, USA)
• Maria Helena Gil (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
• Margarida Casal (University of Minho, Portugal)
• Fanny Login (Novozymers, Denmark)
• M. N. Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India)
• Avi Domb (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)
• C. Picart (Université Montpellier, France)
• M. Shoichet (University of Toronto, Canada)
• E. Tognana (Fidia Advanced Biopolymers, Padova, Italy)
• A. Bernkop-Schnürch (Leopold-Franzens University, Austria)
• F. M. Goycoolea (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• G. D Prestwich (University of Utah, USA)
• D. J. Mooney (Harvard University, Boston, USA)
• Y. Tabata (Kyoto University, Japan)
• M. Rinaudo (Grenoble University, France)

U.Minho, Portugal
Rui L. Reis, Ariana Santos, Patrícia Malafaya, João F. Mano, Nuno M. Neves, Manuela E. Gomes, Alexandra P. Marques, Helena Azevedo, Natália A. Alves, Iva Pashkuleva, Isabel B. Leonor, Ana L. Oliveira, Ricardo M. Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Susana Silva, Ricardo Pires, João Oliveira, Miguel Oliveira

Hotel CS Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
November 18-20, 2009

Deadline: SEPTEMBER, 30

To proceed with your abstract submission, please click here

To register for the conference, please fill in the Registration Form attached below a nd return it to esbp2009@3bs.uminho.pt together with the proof/confirmation of payment for your registration fee.

Registration Fees:

Obs.:
1. Regular/Student Registration fees include: Conference(s) documentation, coffee-breaks, welcome cocktail(s), work lunches and gala dinner(s);
2. Accompanying Person fees include: Welcome Cocktail(s) and Gala Dinner(s)

Symposium Venue:

The 5th European Symposium on Biopolymers will take place in Funchal, Madeira. The conference will be held in the CS Madeira Atlantic Resort & Sea SPA (www.cs-madeira.com), one of the best resorts in Portugal, which presents excellent conference facilities. It is located on the southern coast of Madeira, just near to Funchal city downtown, in a spectacular oceanfront setting surrounded by lush, landscaped, subtropical gardens. Madeira is a well known and beautiful Island Resort with a very nice climate the whole year.


To be able to have access to the special rates we were able to negotiate with this magnificent hotel, please fill in the Hotel Booking Form attached below with all your details, including credit card details, so that we can forward it to the hotel and guarantee your reservation. Please sign the form, scan it and send us a PDF file to esbp2009@3bs.uminho.pt.