Technology Aperitif "Materials for Pharmaceutical Applications"

Organised by the CCMX Education and Research Units "Materials for the Life Sciences" (MatLife) &  "Surface, Coatings & Particles Engineering" (SPERU) in partnership with BioValley Basel.

In December 2005, the ETH Board established the Competence Centre for Materials Science and Technology in order to federate the strengths of ETH Zurich, EPFL, Empa, Paul Scherer Institute and CSEM. Our mission is to link the excellent academic research undertaken in the ETH Domain with the needs of industry.

We are delighted to invite you to our technology aperitif, an ideal opportunity to find out about our activities and latest developments. The speakers will divulge fascinating insights into various materials in order to stimulate your creativity in the field of pharmaceutical applications.

This event is organised in partnership with BioValley Basel and is aimed at researchers and marketing people from the industry, and researchers from academia.

Looking forward to meeting you in Basel on 26 August,


Prof. Marcus Textor - Director ?Materials for the Life Science
Prof. Heinrich Hofmann - Director ?Surface, Coatings & Particles Engineering?

Programme of the Event

• From 16h30    Registration
  
  
• 17h00    The Competence Centre for Materials Science and Technology ? a new partner for your scientific and technological collaboration - Dr. Niklaus Bühler - SPERU & MatLife industry liaison
  
  
• 17h20    Small stuff, big concerns (CNN 2006): are engineered nanomaterials at risk - Prof. Harald Krug - Empa
  
  
• 17h40    Tailoring synthetic and biohybrid polymers for applications in therapeutics, diagnostics and imaging - Prof. Harm-Anton Klok - EPFL
  
  
• 18h00    Online monitoring of osteogenesis for novel biosensor concepts - Dr. Katharina Maniura - Empa
  
  
• 18h20    Engineered Cell Environments - Prof. Viola Vogel ? ETH Zurich
  
  
• 18h40    Multifunctional nanoparticles for applications in medical research, diagnosis and therapy - Dr. Alke Fink - EPFL
  
  
• 19h00    Apero and networking

Participation is free of charge but we kindly ask you to register.

To register please return the registration form by mail, fax or email (nathalie.jongen@epfl.ch) by 18 August 2008.

For more information please contact:

Dr. Nathalie Jongen (SPERU)
Email
Tel: 021 693 4696
Fax: 021 693 3089

Dr. Géraldine Coullerez (MatLife)
Email
Tel: 044 633 6478

How to get to Ramada Plaza Basel

By car:
The trade-fair grounds have their own motorway exit ?MESSE?. There is a multi-storey car park with space for 1600 vehicles at Messeplatz.

By public transportation:
All three of Basel?s railway stations ? SBB (Switzerland), SNCF (France) and DB (Badischer Bahnhof, Germany) ? are within 10 minutes of the Ramada Plaza Basel which can be reached using tramway line n°2.