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SUMMARY:Positively disruptive. Nanotechnology and the future of biology an
 d medicine (from a physicist perspective) - Dr Sonia Antoranz Contera (OMS
  Institute of Nanoscience for Medicine)
DTSTART:20151118T170000Z
DTEND:20151118T180000Z
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CONTACT:Pascal Grobecker
DESCRIPTION:Nanotechnology will transform manufacturing\, energy productio
 n\, access to clean water\, pollution reduction and prevention\, and more 
 functional materials that are stronger\, lighter\, and cheaper. Two of the
  areas wherenanotechnology will make a substantial and more fundamental sc
 ientific and industrial impact are biology and medicine.\nBiology and nano
 technology  are starting to evolve and feed off each other\, in a virtuous
  cycle where scientists use nanotechnology to learn the fundamental proces
 ses of biology\, and in turn nanotechnology learns from biology how to con
 struct increasingly sophisticated bioinspired materials . In the end a com
 pletely new material science will emerge incorporating knowledge from both
  and physics is key in the whole process.\n\nThe potential of the field is
  slowed down by a  conservative establishment that is not interested in ra
 dical change. Progress in this field can only be achieved by a highly skil
 led and diverse group of women and men scientists who feel comfortable wor
 king across disciplines. The disruptive nature of many of the possible app
 lications of new technologies in biomedicine threatens the current industr
 ial and academic  models\, and this situation is worsened by the influence
  of big business interests. However the power to disrupt is seen as an opp
 ortunity for new\,  rapidly growing technological countries\, such as Sout
 h Korea and Singapore...
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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