Aug 21 2009
The University of Kentucky Center for Biomedical Engineering and the UK College of Engineering Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering will host a symposium on "Advances in Bioactive Materials and Interfaces for Therapeutics and Diagnostics" from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Lexington Downtown Hotel and Conference Center, 369 W. Vine St.
Keynoting the symposium will be Dr. James M. Anderson, a professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Anderson has received numerous awards, including the Elsevier Biomaterials Gold Medal for the most accumulated significant contributions to biomedical science by an individual from 1980 to 2005. In 2003, Anderson was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Oral and poster presentations from graduate and undergraduate students will follow Anderson's keynote address. Prizes of $175 and $75 will be awarded to students for first and second place in the oral and poster presentations.