First International Conference of Nanobiomedical Technology & Structural Biology

Organizers: Shuguang Zhang (MIT) & Xiaojun Zhao ( Sichuan University )

Dates: 2006, June 25-28

Location: Homeland Hotel, Chengdu , Sichuan , CHINA

181 Airport Road , Chengdu , 610225, China ,

velchinaguide.com/hotel/homeland-hotel-chengdu.htm

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Topics include: Nanobiotechnology, biotechnology, fractals, structural biology, membrane proteins, protein folding & self-assembly, molecular chirality, new tools for biology, 3D tissue cell culture, tumor biology, stem cell biology, gene therapy, China genome science, RNA technology, protein nucleation & conformational diseases, genome fabrication, neuroscience of music, mystery of the smell & more.

Alexander Rich (MIT, USA) Benoit Mandelbrot (Pacific Northwest Lab, USA)

Chunli Bai (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Carleton Gajdusek (University of Amsterdam)

Zihe Rao (Institute of Biophysics & Qinghua University, China) Anders Liljas (Lund University, Sweden)

Alan Fersht (Cambridge University, UK) Joel Janin (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

Eva Klein (Karolinska Institute, Sweden) George Klein (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

Andrew Marshall, (Nature Biotechnology) Meir Wilchek (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)

Horst Vogel (Swiss Institute of Technology, Switzerland) Martin Egli, (Vanderbilt University, USA)

Alan Windle (University of Cambridge, UK) Alexander Spirin (Russia Academy of Science, Russia)

Bengt Nordén (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) Tom Blundell (Cambridge University, UK)

Uwe Sleytr (University Nat. Res. & Appl. Life Sci., Austria) Joseph Jacobson (MIT Media Lab, USA)

Alexander Varshavsky (California Institute of Technology, USA) Ingemar Ernberg (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

Pamela Bjorkman (California Institute of Technology, USA) Maria Masucci (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

Fredrik Ullén (Karolinska Institute, Sweden) Susan Lindquist (Whitehead Institute/MIT, USA)

Kenji Yamamoto (International Medical Center, Japan) Reiko Kuroda (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Joel Schnur (Naval Research Laboratories, USA) Giovanni Giacommetti (University of Padova, Italy)

Angelo Vescovi (Stem Cell Research Institute, Milan, Italy) Luca Turin (Flexitral, Inc, UK)

Fabrizio Gelain (Stem Cell Research Institute, Milan, Italy) Thomas Schwartz (MIT, USA)

Jackie Ying (Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, Singapore) Natan Nelson (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Wolfram Saenger (Freie University of Berlin, Germany) Volker Erderman (Freie University of Berlin, Germany)

Michal Dadlez (Institute of Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences) Ferenc Hudecz (E?tv?s University, Hungary)

Stefan W?lfl (University of Heidelberg, Germany) Charlotte Hauser (Münich, Germany)

Duncan McRee (ActiveSight, San Diego, USA) Chih-chen Wang (Institute of Biophysics, China)

Ruteldge Ellis-Behnke (MIT, USA & Hong Kong University, China) Naurice Fox (MIT, USA)

Chen Wang (National Center for Nano Science ,China) WenRi Chang (Institute of Biophysics, China)

Boqing Qiang (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China) Xiaodong Su (Beijing University, China)

Yuquan Wei (Sichuan University, China) Huiming Yang (Institute of Genome Science, China)

Shuguang Zhang (MIT, USA, & Sichuan University, China) Xiaojun Zhao (Sichuan University, China)

After Dinner Talk:

Director of Archaeology of Chengdu. Ancient Mysteries of San Xingdui & Jing Sa (>3,500-year history). Chengdu has an ancient culture >3,500 years and Sichuan has ancient cultures ~5,000 year history.

Register: .org.cn/2006ChengduConference/register.asp Registration deadline: June 10, 2006

Total Participants are limited to 400. Registration fee & 5 nights (24-28 June) of hotel accommodation +3 meals/day, conference banquet, and local tour transportation. Industry, $1200 (Single occupancy), Academia & nonprofit organizations $700 (single occupancy), Postdocs $500 (double occupancy), Students $400 (double occupancy). Registration, food & conference banquet only $200. Additional Hotel rate: $130/night, suite (1 bedroom + living room); $70/night (single occupancy). For Hotel information and reservation, please contact: Tel.: +86-28-8293-6616, +86-28-8540-7455, Fax: +86-28-8293-6666, Website: velchinaguide.com/hotel/homeland-hotel-chengdu.htm. The hotel accepts Visa, MC, AMEX, Diners & JCB.

Conference Sponsors: Chengdu City government and Sichuan University. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support from China Ministry of Science & Technology, Sichuan Department of Science & Technology, Sichuan University Hua Xi Medical School; Fox Run Management, USA; Rigaku Corporation, Menicon Co. Ltd., Japan and 3DMatrix-Japan.

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