



Next February, researchers from around the world who advocate the use of nanoscale engineering, medicine and the life sciences to improve healthcare will convene at the Third Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology (NEMB 2014). Organizers of the conference are currently accepting abstracts from authors who would like to present technical papers and posters during the meeting.

The conference, to be held from Feb. 2 through 5 at the Westin-St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, follows a very successful event held last February. That meeting, NEMB 2013, drew nearly 400 attendees —a quarter of whom hailed from outside the United States. Countries represented at the 2013 Congress included Germany, Denmark, Israel, Britain, the Czech Republic, Iran, Libya and Singapore.

The 2014 Congress will focus on the integration of engineering, materials science and nanotechnology in addressing fundamental problems in biology and medicine and in developing devices, materials and methods for quantitative physiology and for the early detection and treatment of disease.

The NEMB 2014 technical program will be divided into nine tracks, covering the areas of bioengineering for imaging and diagnostics; nanoengineering for therapeutics and drug delivery; nano- and microfluidics in biology and medicine; nanoengineering for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering; manufacturing and materials for nanomedicine, biology and nanoengineering; biological nanomechanics: modeling and materials in physiology, disease and treatment; cellular and molecular machines; biomimetic, biosynthetic and bio-inspired materials and structures; and nanotechnology, disease, public health, and ethical issues.

Seven plenary speakers are scheduled to given presentations at the Congress in February, including Paul Alivisatos, the Samsung Distinguished Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Mina Bissell, Distinguished Scientist in the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's Life Sciences Division; and ASME Honorary Member and Fellow Arun Majumdar, director of energy initiatives at Google and Precourt Institute of Energy faculty member at Stanford University. Other plenary speakers include Stephen Quake, professor of bioengineering and applied physics at Stanford University; John Rogers, chair professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; ASME Fellow Mehmet Toner, professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; and Jennifer West, Fitzpatrick Family University Professor of Engineering at Duke University.

The deadline for submitting technical paper and poster abstracts for NEMB 2014 is Oct. 15. For information how to submit an abstract, visit www.asmeconferences.org/NEMB2014/Author/NewAbstract.cfm.

To learn more about the Third Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, visit the NEMB 2014 home page at www.asmeconferences.org/NEMB2014/index.cfm, or contact Christine Reilley, program manager, Emerging Technologies, by e-mail at reilleyc@asme.org.