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Suggested Citation:"Conference Program." National Research Council. 2005. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems: Conference Focus Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11317.
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The 2nd Annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference

Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California

November 18–21, 2004

AGENDA

Thursday, November 18 (Hyatt Newporter)

5:30 p.m.

Registration opens (Plaza Arbor)

6:00–7:00 p.m.

Buffet Dinner (Plaza Arbor/Plaza 1 & 2)

7:00–9:00 p.m.

Tutorial Plenary Sessions (Plaza 1 & 2)

 

Theory and Error Correction

Peter Wolynes, Professor

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of California at San Diego

 

Overview of Cell Biology

Thomas D. Pollard, Eugene Higgins Professor

Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Yale University

9:00–11:00 p.m.

Informal Discussions/Reception (Plaza Arbor)

Suggested Citation:"Conference Program." National Research Council. 2005. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems: Conference Focus Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11317.
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Friday, November 19 (Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies)

7:15 and 7:45 a.m.

Bus pick-up from the Hyatt Newporter to the Beckman Center

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Dining Room)

8:30–9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks (Auditorium)

 

Wm. A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering

Richard N. Foster, Board Member, W.M. Keck Foundation

Cherry Murray, Chair, Nano Steering Committee

9:00–10:00 a.m.

Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research Report Release (Auditorium)

10:00–10:30 a.m.

Task to Focus Groups (Auditorium)

10:30–11:00 a.m.

Break (Atrium)

11:00–12:30 p.m.

Focus Groups (Breakout Rooms)

 

1.

Multiply RNA/DNA.

(Laguna – 2nd floor)

 

2.

Synthetic self-replicator.

(Emerald Bay – 2nd floor)

 

3.

Detect disease in vivo.

(Balboa – 1st floor)

 

4.

Cell-chip interface.

(Newport – 1st floor)

 

5.

Sequence protein

(Irvine Cove – molecule. 2nd floor)

 

6.

Glucose sensor.

(Crystal Cove – 1st floor)

 

7.

Biological factory.

(Back Bay – 2nd floor)

 

8.

Electrolysis of sea water.

(Lido – 2nd floor)

 

9.

Human on a chip.

(Board Room – 1st floor)

 

10.

In vitro power source.

(Harbour – 2nd floor)

Suggested Citation:"Conference Program." National Research Council. 2005. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems: Conference Focus Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11317.
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12:30–2:00 p.m.

Lunch Buffet/Networking (Dining Room)

2:00–4:00 p.m.

Poster Session I (first group of posters)/Networking

(3:00–4:00 p.m.—Refreshments in Dining Room and Palm Court 2)

4:00–6:00 p.m.

Focus Groups (Breakout Rooms)

6:00–7:00 p.m.

Reception/Networking

7:00–9:00 p.m.

Dinner and Communication Awards Presentation (Atrium)

9:00 p.m.

Buses depart Beckman Center for Hyatt Newporter

9:30–11:00 p.m.

Informal Discussions/Hospitality Room Hyatt Newporter—Garden 3

Saturday, November 20 (Beckman Center)

7:15 and 7:45 a.m.

Bus pick-up from the Hyatt Newporter to the Beckman Center

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Dining Room)

8:00–10:30 a.m.

Focus Groups (Breakout Rooms)

(Break refreshments will be available at 10:00 a.m. in Huntington Room, Palm Court 2 and Bay View 2)

10:30–12:00 p.m.

Focus Group Report-Outs (Each group gives an 8 minute debrief) (Auditorium)

12:00–2:00 p.m.

Lunch Buffet/Networking (Dining Room)

Suggested Citation:"Conference Program." National Research Council. 2005. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems: Conference Focus Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11317.
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2:00–4:00 p.m.

Poster Session II (second group of posters)/Networking

(3:00–4:00 p.m.—Refreshments in Dining Room and Palm Court 2)

4:00–6:00 p.m.

Focus Groups (Breakout Rooms)

6:00–7:00 p.m.

Reception/Networking

7:00–9:00 p.m.

Dinner and Speaker (Atrium)

 

Mark S. Humayun, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California

Associate Director of Research, Doheny Retina Institute

9:00 p.m.

Buses depart Beckman Center for Hyatt Newporter

9:30–11:00 p.m.

Informal Discussions/Hospitality Room Hyatt Newporter—Garden 1

Sunday, November 21 (Beckman Center)

7:15 and 7:45 a.m.

Bus pick-up from the Hyatt Newporter to the Beckman Center

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Dining Room)

8:30–10:15 a.m.

Focus Group Report-Outs (Auditorium) (15 minutes per group)

10:15–10:45 a.m.

Break (Atrium)

10:45–12:00 p.m.

Focus Group Report-Outs—continued (Auditorium)

Suggested Citation:"Conference Program." National Research Council. 2005. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems: Conference Focus Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11317.
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12:00–1:00 p.m.

Lunch

12:00 and 1:00 p.m.

Buses depart for Hyatt Newporter and John Wayne Airport

Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California

November 18–21, 2004

FOCUS GROUP TOPICS

  1. Build a nano or micro system that can effectively multiply and isolate RNA or DNA in a picoliter-volume, low-concentration sample solution.

  2. Build a synthetic self-replicator.

  3. Build a system that will detect disease in vivo and report back results.

  4. Build a cell-chip interface to sense response to drug leads and toxins.

  5. Sequence a single molecule of protein.

  6. Build a glucose sensor to circulate (implant) in vivo in humans and regulate insulin.

  7. Use biological systems to build a factory to synthesize products.

  8. Design and grow a bacterial or cellular factory to perform electrolysis of sea water to create hydrogen gas.

  9. Build a human on a chip.

  10. Grow a biological in vitro power source on a microchip.

Suggested Citation:"Conference Program." National Research Council. 2005. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems: Conference Focus Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11317.
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Last November, the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative held the Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical Systems conference at which researchers from science, engineering and medicine discussed recent developments in nanotechnology, directions for future research, and possible biomedical applications. The centerpiece of the conference was breakout sessions in which ten focus groups of researchers from different fields spent eight hours developing research plans to solve various problems in the field of nanotechnology. Among the challenges were:

  • Building a nanosystem that can isolate, sequence and identify RNA or DNA
  • Developing a system to detect disease in vivo
  • Sequencing a single molecule of protein
  • Creating a biological system that will create a local hydrogen fuel source, and
  • Growing a biological in vivo power source.

Representatives from public and private funding organizations, government, industry, and the science media also participated in the focus groups. This book provides a summary of the conference focus groups. For more information about the conference, visit Keck Futures Initiative.

The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative was launched in 2003 to stimulate new modes of scientific inquiry and break down the conceptual and institutional barriers to interdisciplinary research. The National Academies and the W.M. Keck Foundation believe considerable scientific progress and social benefit will be achieved by providing a counterbalance to the tendency to isolate research within academic fields. The Futures Initiative is designed to enable researchers from different disciplines to focus on new questions upon which they can base entirely new research, and to encourage better communication between scientists as well as between the scientific community and the public.

Funded by a $40 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative is a 15-year effort to catalyze interdisciplinary inquiry and to enhance communication among researchers, funding agencies, universities, and the general public–with the object of stimulating interdisciplinary research at the most exciting frontiers. The Futures Initiative builds on three pillars of vital and sustained research: interdisciplinary encounters that counterbalance specialization and isolation; the identification and exploration of new research topics; and communication that bridges languages, cultures, habits of thought, and institutions. Toward these goals, the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative incorporates three core activities each year: Futures conferences, Futures grants, and National Academies Communication Awards.

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