Pro.f Yang Guang and Doctor candidate Huang Lin were invited to the Ninth World Biomaterials Congress
The Ninth World Biomaterials Congress was held in Chengdu on June 1 to 5, which was approved by the State Council, sponsored by The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE), Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSBM), hosted by Sichuan University, and Chengdu Municipal Government. Professor Yang Guang and Dr. Huang Lin were invited to attend the event, for giving the oral report ‘the Skin Tissue Repair Materials from Bacterial Cellulose by an Improved Method’ and the poster ‘A Novel 3D - network Nano-cellulose as the Extended-release Drug Carriers’, respectively.
World Biomaterials Congress is the highest level and the largest event in a global field of biological materials, which held every four years term. It is known as the ‘Olympics’ in the field biological materials. The Ninth World Biomaterials Congress was held for the first time in China since 32 years from the founder time, and also was the one of the largest scale and impact international meeting held in Chengdu, in recent years.
The theme of the Congress was ‘Innovative Biomaterials and Crossing Frontiers in Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine.’ It covered biomedical materials, medical implants, artificial organs, tissue engineering, the new methods to inspect and evaluate products, the progress of clinical research and applications, management, education, and ethics and other aspects.
This congress brought together a number of world-class top-biological materials experts, including Nicholas. Pei Pasi, Chairman of IUSBSE; the American Academy of Engineering, the U.S. Academy of Sciences, Academy of Engineering, School of Medicine, and Art Academy of Natural Sciences four Academy Mr. Qian Xu; and the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering and School of Medicine Academy William Bonfield; Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, Shi Changxu headed by more than 10 domestic Academy of Sciences, 110 experts acknowledged by IUSBSE, and a number of international top-level biological materials experts.
They arranged eight plenary lectures, one special public lecture, 87 symposia with keynote presentations, 976 oral presentations, and 1689 poster presentations. In addition, Instron Co., Ltd, Zimmer Co., Ltd, Bose Corporation, Agilent Technologies Co., Ltd. and the British Invibio Co., Ltd., including nearly 100 enterprises and units, were also exhibited in booth located in the General Assembly.
To inspire young scholars and students, 40 Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scholars and 50 excellent posters Award were also established.
