N4M2022 follow up

[Nanoengineering for Mechanobiology]

Dear Mechanobiology enthusiast,

The recent edition of N4M, in March 2022, was a great success, with more than 110 scientists attending the conference and presenting amazing science. We would like to thank all the participants for having made their way to Camogli, in a moment that was still uncertain for many people.

As for the previous editions, we organised a special issue linked to the conference. For 2022 we partnered with Biomaterials Advances (  Elsevier, IF 7.3, https://www.journals.elsevier.com/biomaterials-advances). Some contributions have already been submitted. Please contact us if you plan to participate.

Two important events for the mechanobiology community were advertised during N4M2022 and it is our pleasure to broadcast the information again (see below).

Have a nice summer and stay tuned for the next events!

• The first international conference on the Ethics of Engineering Life in the Vatican/Rome (https://iceel.info ) from 26th to 27th of September 2022. The engineering of molecular and cellular systems for clinical applications capitalizes on the unique competences achieved worldwide within the past 10 years. Big leaps towards applying engineering principles to clinics and to restore body functions are provided by the development of gene-based and cell-based therapies. Successful attempts include the restoration of vision, the control of metabolic disorders, or the growth of tissues and organs for replacement. While in the long run such systems engineering approaches will help to cure pertinent diseases, methods to modify, edit, correct and/or complement the genome of patients can be also used to improve a person’s lifestyle, or be even misused in various ways. To address the ethical aspects of such attempts towards engineering life, the 1st International Conference Ethics of Engineering Life brings together stakeholders in developing and applying approaches to edit and control living systems, clinicians applying such procedures, ethicists, philosophers, communicators and artists, and other relevant representatives of our global society.
• The 4th International Symposium on Mechanobiology (ISMB, https://ausmb.org/Mechanobiology2022.html) organized by the Australian Society for Mechanobiology (AuSMB). The conference will take place at the Garvan Institute and Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney, Australia, from the 6th to the 9th of November 2022. This conference started in 2011 with the founding of the Society in Shanghai, China, and has occurred every three years also visiting Okayama (2014) and more recently Singapore (2017). This is the first time this conference is being held in Australia.