Bioengineering has led to important medical advances such as in the development of angioplasty, the heart-lung machine, artificial skin, kidney dialysis, monoclonal antibodies, the heart pacemaker and MRI. With the development of advanced biological tools, many biological events can be quantified and the human genome has been mapped. In the twenty-first century, in the further quest for treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering will play central roles, and are expected to drive the next phase of development of bioengineering for the improvement of health and quality of life.

This conference invites papers and posters dealing with synthetic biology, system biology, metabolic engineering, tissue and stem cell engineering, biomaterials, gene/drug delivery, bionanotechnology, biosensors and bioimaging.

Conference Topics

Bionanotechnology / Biosensor / Bioimaging
High Density Biochip
Novel Bionanotechnology Techniques
Cell-based Diagnosis

Biomaterials
Smart/Novel Biomaterials
Cell-material Interaction Studies
Inflammation Response
Hydrogels
Clinical Performance

Gene / Drug Delivery
Viral and Non-viral Deliveries
Drug/Protein/DNA/siRNA Delivery Techniques
Targeted Delivery
Gene Delivery Vector Design
Particulate Fabrication Techniques
Elucidation of Intracellular Pathways

Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell
Scaffold Development
Biophysical Techniques: In Vivo and In Vitro
Progenitor and Stem Cells for Tissue Regeneration
Bioreactor Design

Systems Biology / Metabolic Engineering / Synthetic Biology
Cell/Drug Interactions
Biodrug Synthesis
Bioprocessing
Metabolic Pathways