ODRL Symposium
~ Functional Polymer and Its Application to Bioscience and Biotechnology ~

Organized by Organ Development Research Laboratory (ODRL), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

Sponsored by Tsukuba Chemical Engineering Society
Supported by Science Academy of Tsukuba

Date: November 30 (Mon.)
Venue: AIST Tsukuba Center, Central 5, #1 Building, Room #2101

Program (tentative) 13:30 Opening Remarks Toshiyuki Kanamori (ODRL, AIST) 13:40 Applications of pH-responsive Polymers in Drug Delivery Allan S. Hoffman (Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington) 14:20 Smart Stimuli-sensitive Nanogels for Biomedical Applications Tae Gwan Park (Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) 15:00 Coffee Break 15:20 'Smart' Aliphatic Polyesters -Design of Temperature-responsive, Pliable, and Biodegradable Scaffolds Mitsuhiro Ebara (Biomaterials Center, National Institute for materials Science) 15:50 Radical-Containing Nanoparticles, RNP, for Ischemia Reprefusion Injury Yukio Nagasaki (Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science) 16:20 Mirostructure Control of Cell Laden Hydrogels by Microfluidic Devices Shinji Sugiura (ODRL, AIST) 16:50 Photoresponsive Polymer Materials for Control of Cell Bioassay Systems Kimio Sumaru (ODRL, AIST) 18:00 Get-together at AIST Restaurant