WSU to host national nanoscience conference Oct. 14-17

Wayne State University will host Emerging Nanoscience Applications in Technology and Biomedicine, a national conference, Oct. 14 through Oct. 17. This event will feature a keynote address by Helmuth Mohwald from the Max Planck Institute, "From Interfaces to nanoparticle/Polyelectrolyte Hybrid Capsules and Back." Plenary sessions in four thematic areas will be led by internationally recognized experts in nanotechnology including:

• Super Molecular Assemblies - Dennis Discher from the University of Pennsylvania
• Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials - Mark Saltzman from Yale University
• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering - Lonnie Shea from Northwestern University
• Translational Nanomedicine - Chiming Wei from Johns Hopkins University

Registration will be open soon, and all Wayne State University full-time faculty and students will receive significant discounts to attend this conference. In addition, organizers are inviting members of the WSU community to an abstract for an oral or poster presentation for one of these four plenary sessions. Abstracts will be limited to 250 words and will be due June 18. For more information, please email research@wayne.edu.