INVITED SESSIONS
TS1: Novel Sensors and Materials
Session Chair: Aaron OHTA, Univ. of Hawaii, USA
Description: This session covers a range of novel sensors and materials for biomedical applications, such as wearable sensors and materials for flexible electronics.
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TS2: Emerging Science and Technology for Next Generation Medical Society
Session Chair: Chang-Soo LEE, Chungnam National Univ., Korea
Description: An interaction with biological molecules at nanoscale opens up novel science and engineering in a vast field of research and application. Interactions between artificial molecular assemblies and biomolecules can be understood both in the extracellular medium and inside the human cells. Its application to technology is expected to bring new ways to improve our life. This session highlights emerging issues for biomedical applications.
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TS3: Field Effect Based Sensor and its Bio-Applications
Session Chair: Chao-Sung LAI, Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan
Description: This session seeks papers that describes studies the sensors by the field effect platforms with novel materials, nano-structures, and integrated system and the biomedical applications. This session broadly encompasses the design, fabrication, and characterization of filed effect platforms, i.e. Field Effect Transistor, Thin-Film Transistor, NanoWire Transistor, and Light Addressable Potential System. In-vitro Diagnostics (IVD), electronic nose, and electronic tongue applications are welcome in this invited session.
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TS4-1 & TS4-2: Microfluidic System for Bio-Medical Applications [I] & [II]
Session Chair: Da-Jeng YAO, National Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan
Description: This session covers not only single cell analysis and tissue engineering, which would be very important field for the study of the relationship between sensing results and diseases, but also mobile diagnostics and personal healthcare, which would be one of potential hot topics and applications in the world.
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TS5: Electrostatic Interactions and Considerations in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications
Session Chair: Eun Ji CHUNG, Univ. of Southern California, USA
Description: Electrostatic interactions need to be considered to optimize drug release and drug interactions with charged, biological components. In addition, incorporating electrostatic interactions into materials can also be used as a strategy that affords properties that are reversible, highly tunable and dynamic, and as such, has become an exciting new direction in the field of engineered biomaterials. The reliance on specific, non-covalent interactions affords opportunities in developing materials with “smart” functionality and activity that can be tuned in response to disease or application. In this session, how electrostatic interactions can be used to control, augment, or tailor drug delivery will be considered. Their relevance in in vitro up through the clinical setting will be discussed.
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TS6: Human-Plus Augmented Sensing and Smart Carbon and Colloidal Materials for Enhanced Property
Session Chair: Hyun-Ho LEE, Myongji Univ., Korea
Description: Recently, there has been an early head-up for novel platform technology designed for augmented sensing property based on human sensory mechanism and enhanced physical property based carbon or colloidal smart materials. The augmented properties are expected to be implemented on futuristic applications including nano-biosensor, nano-medicine, and green chemistry. Hereby, in this session, fundamental platform technologies will be deeply discussed, and material issues behind the novel platforms will be elucidated in details. In addition, cooperative and integrative research boundaries can be induced and invented.
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TS7: Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Point-of-Care Biosensing Applications
Session Chair: Hyungsoon IM, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Univ., USA
Description: This session will cover recent developments of new integrated systems for point-of-care biosensing and clinical applications in various diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, malaria, and sepsis.
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TS8: Micro/Nanofluidic Bioanalysis/synthesis with New Technology
Session Chair: Liang ZHAO, Univ. of Science & Technology, Beijing, China
Description: This session focused on the recently emerged technologies which can be combined with micro/nanofluidic device for bioanalysis/synthesis. These new methods could provide promising advantages such as Label-free detection, superior sensitivity, and uniformly controlling of reaction kinetics, allowing researchers to develop new assays for studying cellular biology, immunology, and pharmaceutical development. Such new approaches involving but not limited to nanofluidic, 3D-printing, label-free analysis, and partitioned picolitre reaction.
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TS9: Extracellular Vesicles for Nanomedicine
Session Chair: Minh T.N. LE, City Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Description: This session features the emerging applications of natural extracellular vesicles (EVs) in nanomedicine, including the use of EVs as biomarkers, the isolation of EVs with endogenous therapeutic properties and the development of new drug carriers using EVs. We will discuss the following: the classification of EV types; standard methods to purify and characterize EVs; approaches to develop their applications in drug delivery, diagnosis and therapies.
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TS10: Microfluidics for Molecular and Cellular Applications
Session Chair: Mohammad A. QASAIMEH, New York Univ., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Description: Microfluidics is a leading technology for transforming and miniaturizing bioassays through leveraging unique phenomena at the micro-and nanoscale. The field of microfluidics is increasingly witnessing involvement of scientists, engineers, and clinicians, hence resulting in interdisciplinary collaborative efforts. Consequently, the field is continuously leading groundbreaking discoveries in basic sciences and offering progressive solutions to healthcare problems. This session highlights several advances of microfluidics in molecular and cellular applications, including exosome liquid biopsy methods, tissue-on-a-chip platforms, and single cell manipulation devices.
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TS11: Molecular Engineering in Medicine
Session Chair: Tae Hyeon YOO, Ajou Univ., Korea
Description: Designing and engineering new molecules ranging from small chemicals to macromolecules, including both natural and synthetic polymers, has played in essential roles in not only developing novel therapeutics but also expanding the scope of medicine. This session covers recent representative works of molecule engineering in medicine which encompasses various research topics of molecular design, organic synthesis, microfluidics, protein engineering, and bioconjugation.
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TS12: Clinical Diagnostics and Treatment
Session Chair: Kin Fong LEI, Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan
Description: Based on the mature development of microfabrication and microfluidics technology, micro systems became a powerful tool for various clinical analysis in recent years. A lot of demonstrations related to biomedical applications have been reported because of their advantages associated with miniaturization, automation, sensitivity, and specificity. The invited session recruited 5 experts to share their recent developments on clinical diagnostics and treatment using microfluidic technology.
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TS13: Biomaterials and Biosensors in Biomedical Application
Session Chair: Yu-Jui FAN, Taipei Medical Univ., Taiwan
Description: In recent years, a great deal of focus has been aimed to engineer biomaterial-based cues, both at the micro/nano scales, and biosensors with applied perspectives for target applications in different bio- and non-bio sectors of the modern world. The key scientific advancements in biomedical area, have presented next generation concepts related to biomaterials. Use of property designed and structured materials, allows for the development of well-defined sensing prototype that supports a series of directed events. For these reasons, we are pleased to launch the invited session and the issue is focused on “biomaterials and biosensors in biomedical application”.
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TS14: Devices and Systems for Medical Applications
Session Chair: Yunlong ZI, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Description: Progress of medical treatment relies on the advances of related devices and systems. In the past several decades, the general trend of development of devices and systems has followed the general trend of minimization which enables more functionality and more powerful calculation abilities, especially for medical applications. Recently, the other revolutionary development is the remote communication technology, which facilitate the advancement of the Internet of Things and Big Data, inspiring the wearable and implantable devices and systems. This session covers the updated research outcomes of devices and systems for medical applications, with highlights on novel functions and wearable/implantable features.
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TS15: Smart Sensors for Healthcare Applications
Session Chair: Zong-Hong LIN, National Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan
Description: Smart sensors with various advantages in comparison to conventional sensors have triggered increasing research efforts from both industry and academia. Many intelligent or medical sensors have shown their capabilities to continually analyze different activities and help to predict diseases before serious conditions happen. And active/self-powered sensors with no external input power, are mini-sized and lightweight. The development of these smart sensors has pushed their feasible applications in a wide range of fields. This session will attempt to cover the recent achievements of smart sensors, which include physical/chemical sensors, biosensors, microfluidics for medical & biological applications, and self-powered sensors/systems.
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TS16: From DNA to Smart Materials for Biosensing Applications
Session Chair: Jung Heon LEE, Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea
Description: In this session, we discuss novel strategies to use small molecules, like DNA and peptides, and smart materials for diverse levels of biosensing applications.
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TS17: Microsystems Technology
Session Chair: Siyuan HE, Ryerson Univ., Canada
Description: This session includes papers describing MEMS devices such as micromirrors, micro fluidic chips, biochips and gas sensors including their fabrication and characterization as well as control.
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TS18: Advances in Bio/Nano Medicine: Nanoagents and Sensing Platforms
Session Chair: Haewook HAN, Pohang Univ. of Science & Technology, Korea; Jin-Woo KIM, Univ. of Arkansas, USA
Description: This session will focus on the recent advances in the design, fabrication and characterization of theranostic nanoagents as well as imaging and sensing platforms in bio/nano medicine.
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TS19: Biomedical Devices with Nanotechnology
Session Chair: Yong Bin CHOY, Seoul National Univ., Korea, Chun Gwon PARK, Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea
Description: Biomedical devices have been actively studied towards the goal into clinical applications in the era of sensors, diagnostics, therapies, etc. Recently, biomedical devices are featured with nanotechnology to enhance performances and provide with multi-functionalities. This session will introduce the recent highlights of biomedical devices equipped with state-of-the-art nanotechnologies.
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TS20: Nanomaterials for Medicine
Session Chair: Won Jong KIM, Pohang Univ., Korea
Description: Since the advent of nanotechnology, there has been a tremendous growth in this field of nano-bio-technology. Many products introduced into the market are based on nano-bio-technology and are useful to environment monitoring, rapid diagnostics, diseases monitoring, diseases management, and personalized health care. This session will cover the most recent developments in the field of Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine. We will share complete overview on the state of the art in these fields and on the research carried out and the latest results. Recent advances, difficulties and breakthroughs as well as emerging and future trends of the converging fields of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Medicine will be discussed.
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TS21: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Drug Delivery (NND)
Session Chair: Yong-kyu LEE, Korea National Univ., Korea, Dong-Wook HAN, Pusan National Univ., Korea
Description: Nanoscale functional biomaterials with outstanding therapeutic activity have been widely developed for diverse biomedical applications. In particular, these smart nanomaterials can offer greater benefits including site specific active targeting, In situ stimuli responsive cumulative drug release with simultaneous biomedical imaging. This session aim to discuss the emerging material-based technologies for various biomedical applications including stimuli responsive biomedical imaging, tissue engineering and drug delivery.
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TS22: Smart Biomaterials for Bio/Nano-Applications
Session Chair: Jae Young LEE, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea
Description: Functional biomaterials that can exhibit high performances have been widely developed to actively affect biological systems. In particular, bio/nano-applications have received great benefits from such advances in various smart biomaterials. This session will include emerging material-based technologies for various bio/nano-applications, such as imaging, tissue engineering, and drug delivery applications.
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TS23: Stem cell stimulating biomaterials for regenerative medicine
Session Chair: Soo-Hong LEE, Dongguk Univ., Korea
Description: The traditional concept of regenerative medicine aims to focus on producing an artificial tissue made from the stem cells and biocompatible 3D scaffolds. However, artificial tissue therapy including stem cells is very challenging to achieve the final goal of their own purpose because they have to satisfy all of the requirement proposed by FDA and also spend time and cost tremendously a lot. Rather than the traditional concept, thus, simple concept using the implantable biomaterials would be getting more attraction as long as the biomaterials are able to help tissue regeneration following stem cells stimulation. It has been reported that so many emerging techniques for biomaterials modification chemically and physically indeed regulates stem cells followed by enhanced tissue regeneration. The proposed session will broadly deal with recent researches about the many types of biomaterials approach stimulating stem cells for tissue regeneration.
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TS24: Micro- and Nanoplatforms for Biomedical Applications
Session Chair: Kyunghoon KIM, Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea
Description: Living systems have sophisticated arsenal of biological molecules such as membrane proteins, ion channels, and pumps. The complex nature of biological organisms complicates our understanding of their cellular functions and biophysical phenomena. Micro- and Nanotechnologies provide unique opportunities for detection and quantification of various biomolecules, cells and cellular organisms, but also enable interfacing between man-made devices and biological systems. This session will be focused primarily on understanding of complex cell behavior and new strategies for emerging biomedical applications such as delivery of drug molecules, DNA extraction, cell therapy and biosensing.
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TS25: Emerging Technologies for Modeling and Diagnosis of Disease States of Human Organs
Session Chair: Hong Nam KIM, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea
Description: Recapitulating of disease states using an in vitro model and early detection of them using the new devices are the emerging fields in recent bioengineering. Although conventional in vitro models have revolutionized the fundamental biology and medicine, they often could not demonstrate in vivo-like functions due to the limited innate cellular properties, poor cell-cell interactions, and uncontrolled microenvironmental factors. Furthermore, the early detection of the disease state of human tissue have been quite limited due to the low sensitivity and selectivity to the target biomarkers. This session will highlight emerging technologies that can mimic tissue physiology and diagnose the disease states of human tissue using the engineering techniques.
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TS26: IEEE-NANOMED&GROM Joint Session: Functional organ mimetics for drug discovery
Session Chair: Joo Han KANG, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea, Tae-Eun PARK, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea
Description: Global R&D Center for Organ Mimetics (GROM) at UNIST was established in 2018 supported by National Research Fund to lead and facilitate the advancement of organ mimetic platform development for drug discovery. With their global partner institutes; ‘University of Basel’ and ‘Wake Forest Institute for regeneration medicine’, GROM operates the interdisciplinary and international projects. This session will introduce the recent technologies in organ mimetics developed in GROM and fundamental technologies and applications related to enhanced drug discovery.
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TS27: Multidisciplinary approaches for nanomedicine
Session Chair: Hoon SEONWOO, Sunchon National Univ., Korea
Description: Nowadays, biomedical engineering field shows brilliant growing. One of main driving forces of their development is the active collaboration studies between distinct disciplines. The studies, called multidisciplinary studies, give rise a new chance for new observations and insights. Herein, we will talk about medicines with various perspectives, such as bio-/nano-materials, metabolomics, biomechanics, and mathematical modeling. These talks will give you wider viewpoints and new chances for creative researches.
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TS28: Regenerative Medicine using Nano-Technology
Session Chair: Jun SiK LEE, Chosun Univ., Korea
Description: Regenerative medicine provides the opportunities to solve the permanent solution of the treatment of injury and disease, and this field encompasses many disciplines from science and technology fields. Living systems are engineered to subatomic physical and chemical tolerances, and micro- and nanoscale technology has emerged as a key tool to reach the advanced regenerative medicine. In particular, nano-technology can offer the artificial environment to living systems to improve the efficiency of regeneration of tissues and organs or to reveal the important clues of mechanism. This session will be focused on nano-technology-based regenerative medicine, and it would be meaningful for development of new potential applications in regenerative medicine.
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TS29: Intelligent Micro/Nanomaterial for Biomedical Application
Session Chair: Hak-Joon SUNG, Yonsei Univ., Korea Su Ryon SHIN, Harvard Medical School, USA
Description: Recent advances in the rational design and synthesis of intelligent micro/nano biomaterials for various biomedical and biological applications have led to the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases or abnormal physical conditions without strong immune rejection in the body. Polymeric and metallic biomaterials are substances that are engineered to be suitable for interaction with a biological system for tissue/organ remodeling and regeneration. This session highlights recent advances in the field of nano/micro biomaterials design and the state of the art in fabrication technologies for developing various biomedical devices such as nanovesicles, smart coating systems, biomimetic tissue constructs, controlled drug delivery platforms, and biosensing systems.
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TS30: Nanotechnologies for Medical application
Session Chair: Wonbong LIM, Chosun Univ., Korea
Description: This session will highlight emerging nanotechnologies that can apply to the treatment of various systemic disease and cancer. These approaches will provide novel insights into developing new strategies for various applications on regenerative medicine and drug delivery for acceleration of treatment of disease.
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TS31: Externally triggered or Image guided therapy usingNanoparticles
Session Chair: Hyuncheol KIM, Sogang Univ., Korea
Description: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and sonodynamic therapy (SDT) are emerging and innovative technology using nanoparticles. External energies such as laser or ultrasound can trigger the nanoparticles inside the body, and the energies can excite specific portions of our organ. The excited nanoparticles can release reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the tissue and evoke immunogenic cell death. In this session, several innovative technologies using nanoparticles in the field of externally triggered or image guided therapy will be introduced.
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TS32: Emerging Nanotechnology for Biomedical Imaging
Session Chair: Myungsun KIM, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Korea
Description: Nanotechnology-based biomedical imaging has gained great interest in the scientific fields for non-invasive deep tissue imaging with high-resolution. In particular, biomedical imaging lies at the basis of the research for clinical decisions, and high precision and sensitive imaging in early time are required for the promising imaging technology. The convergent of nanotechnology and biomedical imaging play an increasingly important role in providing essential factors, and it can be used for innovative diagnosis and therapy. In this session, we will cover the emerging nanotechnology in the field of biomedical imaging, and we will discuss about the state of the art in this field.
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TS33: Biofabrication and 3D Tissue Modeling
Session Chair: Jinah JANG, Pohang univ., Korea Sungjune JUNG, Pohang univ., Korea
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Young researcher session 1: Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Biological and Biomedical Applications
Session Chair: Jungho AHN, Seoul National Univ., Korea
Description: Micro- and nanoscale environments including molecules, biophysical cues, and interactions between cell-cell, cell-extracellular matrix, and cell-substrates play important roles to engineer the complex and functional biological systems. This session will emphasize emerging micro- and nanotechnologies that can control functions of biological systems. These approaches will provide novel insights into developing new strategies for engineering functions of living systems for various applications such as microfluidics, organ-on-a-chip, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and drug screening and delivery for improving human life.
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Young researcher session 2: Two- and Three-Dimensional Multifunctional Biomaterials for Micro- and Nanosystems
Session Chair: Jungho AHN, Seoul National Univ., Korea Sunho PARK, Chonnam National Univ., Korea
Description: Biomaterials are essential tools in the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and its applications have gradually increased. Biomaterials with two and three-dimensional scale have become an attractive alternative for the investigation of cell biology, the development of smart devices, and the applications of tissue regeneration. This session will deal with the various approaches of achieving the applications of two and three-dimensional scale for development of new biomaterials with micro- and nanosystems, and it show promise in advancing the field including tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug delivery and biosensing for improving human life.
Additional Invited Session Organizers
NOTE: Session Details will be available soon!
Young Keun AHN, Chonnam National Univ., Korea
Jinah JANG, Pohang Univ. of Science & Technology, Korea
Jessie Sungyun JEON, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Korea