美国佐治亚理工学院、埃默里大学教授Dr. Gang Bao讲座通知
应卢天健副校长和航天航空学院邀请，美国佐治亚理工学院、埃默里大学教授Dr. Gang Bao将来我校访问并开展学术交流。Gang Bao教授是生物工程领域的著名专家，在连续介质力学、分子生物学、分子力学和纳米药物等方面取得了杰出的成就，其报告题目和摘要为：
Developing Biomolecular Engineering for Nanomedicine
Gang Bao
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
The integration of biomolecular engineering, nanotechnology and biology is expected to produce major breakthroughs in molecular biology, bioengineering, biotechnology, medical diagnostics and therapeutics. Due to the size-compatibility of nano-scale structures with proteins and nucleic acids, the creation and use of nano-devices and nano-systems provides unprecedented opportunities in achieving a fundamental understanding of biological processes, and drastic improvements in disease detection, therapy, and prevention. Recent advances include the development of functional nanoparticles, activitable molecular probes, nano-structured materials and devices, and engineered nanomachines for biological and biomedical applications. These nano-scale engineering approaches and technologies have a great potential to the understanding, control, manipulation and modification of the behavior and function of biomolecules and cells, thus greatly impact on the studies of human health and diseases.
In this talk I will review the recent development of biomolecular engineering and nanomedicine, especially the novel properties and functions of molecular beacons, quantum-dot bio-conjugates, magnetic nanoparticle probes, peptide-based delivery, and other nanostructured probes for molecular targeting and imaging in living cells and animals. Examples will be given on the applications of bionanotechnology to basic biological studies such as living cell gene expression, and disease studies including cancer research, and the detection of viral infection. The new challenges in nanomedicine such as the deciphering of engineering design principles and fundamental biology of protein nanomachines will be discussed.
报告时间：2007年3月20日（星期二）下午4：00
报告地点：教一楼南208（强度与振动教育部重点实验室会议室）
届时，欢迎广大师生参加。
航天航空学院
2007年3月15日
