Turku Biomaterials Days 2024
With the support of Nordic POP, Åbo Akademi University, University of Turku, The BioCity Turku and Biomaterials and Medical Device Research Program are organizing the Turku Biomaterials Days 2024. "Turku Biomaterials Days" is annual event which has been arranged for over 20 years, and this year's topic is Nanomaterials for biomedical applications.
The 2024 topic will provide useful information on the latest developments and applications of nanomaterials across healthcare industry and science.
Thursday October 24th
Thursday October 24th
11.45 – 12.00 Registration
12.00 – 12.10 Opening remarks Prof. Pekka Vallittu
12.10 – 12.50 Dr. Erkka Frankberg (Tampere University, Finland) / Ductile glass at room temperature and high strain rates
12.50 – 13.30 Prof. Xu Zhang (Jiangsu University, China) / Exosomes in cancer diagnosis and therapy
13.30 – 14.00 Dr. Arto Hiltunen (University of Turku, Finland) / Nanoplastic pollution in the environment
14.00-14.30 Poster Session and Coffee Break
14.30-15.10 Prof. Min Zhou (Zhejiang University, China) / Microalgae-Based Drug Delivery System
15.10-15.40 Dr. Shiqi Wang (University of Helsinki, Finland) / Polysaccharide-conjugated amphiphilic polymers for intracellular drug delivery
15.40 – 16.10 Dr. Vimalkumar Balasubramanian/ Bayer Oy / Nanoparticles in medicine: Evolution or revolution?
16.10-16.15 Closing remarks
16.30 Get-together Reception with Live Music and Gala Dinner (Joki Cave)
Friday October 25th
Friday October 25th
9.00 – 9.40 Dr. Cindy Elschner (Institute Polymer Materials, Germany) / Sustainable composites based on hydrolytically active glass fibres and bio-based coatings for medical and technical applications
9.40 – 10.20 Prof. Gianluca Turco (University of Trieste, Italy) / Nanostructured biomaterials: the role of roughness in promoting oste-ointegration
10.20 – 10.50 Poster Session and Coffee Break
10.50 – 11.30 Prof. Gilles Subra (University of Montpellier, France) / Marrying sol-gel and peptide chemistry to design bioactive materials
11.30 – 12.00 Dr. Sybil Obuobi (The Arctic University of Tromsø, Norway) / Tailoring drug delivery and antimicrobial properties: The role of nucleic acid nanostructure design
12.00 Closing remarks
A special issue for Biomaterials Days 2024
As a part of the event, a special issue for Biomaterials Day 2024 will be set up. Thus we also welcome paper submissions to this journal (free): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/27511871
Registration link: https://konsta.utu.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=88&tap=19877
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