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Top8: The Convergence of Bio-Info-Nano-Technologies

Monday 23 August 2004

Organiser

Alain Costes (Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France)

Overview

At this time there is a widespread agreement that the Convergence of biotechnology, information technology, and nanotechnology will be a key driver for technological innovation, economic growth, and improvement on our quality of life.
Examples of on-going research are: bio-informatics, bio-chips, nano-sensors, bio-electronics, molecular nano-electronics, nano-bio-technology, bio-info-nano-medications, nano-robotics, bio-mimetic systems, nano-imaging, etc.
Examples of application domains impacted by the convergence are: aeronautics, space, food processes, medicine, medical imaging, oncology, diagnoses, sensors and environment, embedded systems, defense, etc.
The large benefits expected from the Convergence will only be obtained if the induced scientific and technologic challenges are taken up. This topical day will explore the opportunities offered by the Convergence, as well the difficulties that come across.

Programme

13h30 - 15h

Nanobiochips : an example of hybridization between miniaturization technologies and life sciences - Cristophe Vieu (LAAS-CNRS, France)  

Analysis of complex biological data sets arising from DNA-microarrays studies- Joerg Hoheisel (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany)

Genomic Information along the Genome: Modeling, Statistical Analysis and Evolutionary Implications - Christian Gautier, V. Navratil, C. Melo de Lima ( CNRS / U. Lyon1 and INRIA, France)

15h30 - 17h30

Nanotechniques and quantum resources available to compute with one molecule - Christian Joachim (CEMES-CNRS, France)

Integrating single molecular biological motor with nanoscale silicon devices - Carlo Montemagno (UCLA, USA)  

Panel: Bio-Info-Nano-Technologies: The convergence of 21st Century Technologies?