NANOMOTORS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Foster collaboration and highlight the positive impact of these technologies on society, promoting scientific advances and innovative applications.
2nd-5th JUNE · MUSEO DE LA CIENCIA CosmoCaixa · BARCELONA
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Nanomotors International Conference
The Nanomotors International Conference: 20th Anniversary will be held June 2-5, 2024 in Barcelona. This event will gather high-profile plenary and invited speakers and world-class researchers specializing in nanomotors to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first publications in the field.
From the early days of artificial catalytic nanomotors, the expanding field of active matter has moved into new and exciting areas spanning physical length-scales, academic disciplines, and international boundaries.
This conference will feature invited talks, breakout sessions, and posters exploring leading-edge designs and applications of nanomotors. This year’s meeting will focus on biomedical applications and collective behaviour of self-propelled nanomotors, from both experimental and theoretical perspectives.
Nanomotors International will foster collaborations; highlight the positive impact of these technologies on society; promote scientific advances and innovative applications; and explore current and future challenges to bringing these technologies to the clinic and to the market.
FEES:
| Early bird registration | Regular registration | |
| Before/on 07/05 | After 07/05 | |
| Student (Phd students, Master’s students, and Undergraduate students) | 350€ | 400€ |
| Senior (Dr., Prof.) | 450€ | 550€ |
This event has limited capacity, and registrations will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Priority will be given to attendees who have an abstract accepted by the organization.
Important deadlines:
Abstract submission extended (closed): 15/04/2024
Abstract submission: 02/04/2024
Notification of acceptance: April
Registration open from: 23/04/2024
Deadline Early registration: 07/05/2024
Deadline registration: 20/05/2024 Closed
CHAIR:
Samuel Sánchez, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Peer Fischer, Heidelberg University and Max Planck Institute for Medical Research.
Samuel Sánchez, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Ayusman Sen, Pennsylvania State University
academic COMMITTEE:
Emma Fan, University of Texas
Juan Fraire, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Alberto Escarpa, Universidad de Alcalá
Jianguo Guan, Wuhan University of Technology
María Guix, University of Barcelona
Salvador Pané, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Tania Patiño, Eindhoven University of Technology
Jinyao Tang, University of Hong Kong
Katherine Villa Gómez, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Florencia Lezcano (IBEC)
IBEC Communication department
ORGANIZED BY:
WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
This event is part of a] project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. (Grant agreement No. 866348)
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF:
Keynote speakers:
Invited speakers:
invited session chair speakers:
Yingfeng Tu
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, China
Sunday, June 2
Sunday, June 2
| 17:30 | Pre-registration conference |
| 18:00 | Historical Talk by Wally Paxton and Samuel Sánchez |
| 19:00 | Documental “Nanobots, a fantastic voyage” |
Monday, June 3
Tuesday, June 4
Wednesday, June 5
Monday, June 3
| 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 10:00 | Opening ceremony: Ignasi López Verdeguer, Director of Partnerships with Research and Health Institutions, “la Caixa” Foundation. | ||
| 10:20 | Keynote talk: Bradley Nelson, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland | ||
| 10:50 | Invited talk: Light Induced Active Phase Transition and New Material Jinyao Tang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | ||
| 11:10 | Invited talk: Self-organization of micromotors in complex chemical media Raymond Kapral, University of Toronto, Canada | ||
| 11:30 | Coffee break + poster session | ||
| 12:30 | Keynote talk: Light-, chemically-, magnetically-driven active microparticles and microdroplets Metin Sitti, Max Planck Inst. Inte. Systems Stuttgart, Germany | ||
| 13:00 | Invited talk: Collagenase-based motors Brigitte Stadler, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus Denmark | ||
| 13:20 | Invited talk: Active Vesicles: From Understanding the Evolution of Biological Taxis to Directed Drug Delivery Giuseppe Battaglia, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain | ||
| 13:40 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:40 | Keynote talk: Enzyme Motors and Pumps: From Transport to Collective Behavior Ayusman Sen, Pennsylvania State University, USA | ||
| 15:10 | Invited talk: Synthetic Cells On The Move: Bottom-Up Engineering With Dna/Rna Nanotechnology Kerstin Goepfrich, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany | ||
| 15:30 | Invited talk: Materials for Magnetic Small-Scale Robots Salvador Pané, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich | ||
| 15:50 | Invited talk: An insider’s view of Nature journals Raghavendra Palankar, Nature Nanotech | ||
| 16:05 | Group picture | ||
| 16:05 | Coffee break + meet the editor | ||
| 16:30 | Parallel session 1 Room: AGORA Nanomotors for biomedicine 1 Chair: Juan Fraire, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain | Parallel session 2 | Parallel session 3 |
| 16:30 | Combining nanocarrier design and self-propulsion for delivery of nucleic acids Juan Fraire, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain | How to steer catalytic nanoswimmers? Mykola Tasinkevych, Nottingham Trent University, UK | Bioinspired materials for stealth microrobots Abdon Pena-Francesch, University of Michigan, USA |
| 16:45 | Programmable Multifunctional Microrobots Sambeeta Das, University of Delaware, USA | Self-propulsion at the nanoscale: Exploiting Molecular Energy Relaxation Mechanisms Carles Calero, University of Barcelona, Spain | Tuning organic nanogels “à la carte” for a new generation of smart nanomotors David Esporrín Ubieto, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain |
| 17:00 | Immune cell-based micromotors for active therapy Zhiguang Wu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China | Interactions in Active Colloids Karnika Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India | Micrometer-sized magnetic robots with piconewton-scale springs as on-board sensors and actuators Haifeng Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| 17:15 | Swarms of enzyme-powered nanomotors enhance the diffusion of macromolecules in viscous media, Noelia Ruiz González, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain | Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of catalytic Janus particles self-organization, Andrés Arango-Restrepo, University of Barcelona (UB), Spain | Liquid Crystalline Materials and their Application in Small-scale Soft Robotics Hamed Shahsavan, University of Waterloo |
| 17:30 | Engineering Gated Nanoparticles as Chemical Communication Systems, Antoni Llopis Llorente, Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Spain | Impact of an inhomogeneous concentration field on the transport and self-assembly of active particles, Juan David Torrenegra-Rico, University of Barcelona (UB), Spain | Amyloid Peptide Nanotube based Nanomotors (Amylobots) for Complex Navigational Behaviour, Dibyendu Das, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), India |
| 17:45 | – | Symmetrical catalytic colloids display Janus like motion Stephen Ebbens, University of Sheffield, UK | Communication Between Liposomal Nanomotors Based on Enzyme-Cascades Yu-Ching Tseng, The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| 18:00 | – | Invited Short Talk: Phoresis Kernel Theory for Passive and Active Spheres, Amir Nourhani, University of Akron | – |
| 18:15 | End | ||
| 18:30 | Planetarium at the museum | ||
| 20:00 | Conference dinner at the Venue (inside the museum) | ||
Tuesday, June 4
| 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:30 | Keynote talk: Microelectronic morphogenesis: From microrobots to microelectronic life Oliver Schmidt, University of Chemnitz, Germany | ||
| 10:00 | Invited talk: Rotary FoF1-ATPase-propelled Supramolecular Colloidal Motor Qiang He, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China | ||
| 10:20 | Invited talk: Tailoring Functionality And Control In Living Robots Across Scales Maria Guix, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain | ||
| 10:40 | Invited talk: Hydrodynamic description of swarming enzymatic nanomotors Igor Aronson, Pen State University, USA | ||
| 11:00 | Coffee break + poster session | ||
| 12:00 | Keynote talk: Microrobots Go In-Vivo: Our Journey from Test Tubes to Live Animals Joseph Wang, University California San Diego, USA | ||
| 12:30 | Invited talk: Driving micro/nanomotors and pumps by ion-exchange Maria Jose Esplandiu, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain | ||
| 12:50 | Invited talk: Nano and microrobots for biofilm eradication and microplastics remediation Martin Pumera, CEITEC, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic | ||
| 13:10 | Keynote talk: Peer Fischer, Heidelberg University and Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany | ||
| 13:40 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:40 | Keynote talk: Magnetic miniature robots for endoluminal intervention: from individual and modular designs to microswarm Li Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong | ||
| 15:10 | Invited talk: Engineering Photoactive Micromotors for Targeted Functions Katherine Villa Gómez, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Spain | ||
| 15:30 | Invited talk: Self-propelled magnetic nanomotors Ambarish Ghosh, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India | ||
| 15:50 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:20 | Parallel session 4 Room: PI Nanomotors for biomedicine 2 Chair: Yingfeng Tu, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, China | Parallel session 5 Room: TAU Light-based Control 1 Chair: Stefano Palagi, The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa | Parallel session 6 Room: DELTA Biomimetic systems Chair: Loai Abdelmohsen, Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) and Claudia Contini, Imperial College London |
| 16:20 | Active therapy based on the byproducts of micro/nanomotors Yingfeng Tu, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, China | Towards cell-inspired microrobots powered by catalytic micromotors Stefano Palagi, The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa | Exploiting Dynamicity to Induce Motility: Motion of Membranized Coacervate Motors, Loai Abdelmohsen, Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) |
| 16:35 | Modularized microrobot for targeted cell delivery in bile duct Lin Su, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China | Motion manipulation of photocatalytic nanomotors induced by an external magnetic field Yufen Chen, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain | How spontaneous curvature induces the morphogenesis of dendrimersome vesicles? Nina Kostina, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain |
| 16:50 | Glucose-Powered Gated Nanomotors for Enhancing Anticancer Efficacy via Deep Drug Penetration into Tumors Alba García Fernández, Instituto Interuniversitario de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Spain | Ultrafast Light-activated Polymeric Nanomotors Jianhong Wang, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, The Netherlands | The minimal chemotactic cell Barbara Borges Fernandes, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain |
| 17:05 | Nitric Oxide-Propelled Nanomotors Induce Pyroptosis for Cancer Therapy Mingchen Sun, Institute for Molecules and Materials, The Netherlands | Micropumps and Micromotors from Smart Ionogels of Light-triggered Release Dezhou Cao, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China | Collective Self-Caging Of Active Filaments In Virtual Confinement Leila Abbaspour, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Germany |
| 17:20 | Urease-Powered Nanobots For Radionuclide Bladder Cancer Therapy Meritxell Serra-Casablancas, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain | Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Meet Light-Driven Nanomotors Víctor de la Asunción Nadal, University of Alcalá, Spain | Mechanisms of self-propulsion of catalytic Janus particles for cell-inspired microrobots Gaia Petrucci, The BioRobotics Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy |
| 17:35 | – | Photoactive Ru-based polymeric colloidal system for non-equilibrium assembly and micromotors Majid Basharat, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain | Bottom-Up Approaches to Designing Dynamic Behaviours in Artificial Cells Claudia Contini, Imperial College London |
| 17:50 | End | ||
| 20:00 | Social event: Cocktail at Hotel Barceló Raval Rooftop | ||
Wednesday, June 5
| 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:30 | Parallel session 7 Room: AGORA Control 2 Chair: Anna Bakenecker, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Individualized and Cell-Based Medical Engineering | Parallel session 8 Room: TAU Biosensing and environmental applications Chair: Alberto Escarpa, Universidad de Alcalá & Chemical Research Institute “Andres M. del Rio” |
| 09:30 | Magnetic-enzymatic nanomotors depicting a collective swarming behavior and directional navigation abilities, Anna Bakenecker, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Individualized and Cell-Based Medical Engineering | Micromotors for smart bioassays: towards disruptive diagnosis. Alberto Escarpa, Universidad de Alcalá & Chemical Research Institute “Andres M. del Rio” |
| 09:45 | Magnetically Induced Thermal Effects For A Programmed Disassembly Of Protein Cages On Nanocomposites With Magnetotactic Behavior Verónica Salgueiriño, CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Spain | Engineering light-driven micro-nanomotors for on-demand and local pH sensing applications Dhruv Pratap Singh, Department of Physics, IIT Bhilai, India |
| 10:00 | Chemical Micromotors Move Faster at Oil-Water Interfaces Jiayu Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China | Fighting Bacteria With Micromotors Beatriz Jurado, Universidad de Alcala, Spain |
| 10:15 | Nanorod-colloid propellers: from bidirectional transport to energetic efficiency Pietro Tierno, University of Barcelona, Spain | COFBOTs: Covalent Organic Framework-Based Microrobots for Versatile Biomedical and Environmental Applications Andrea Veciana, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 10:30 | Ultrasound-powered micro- and nanorobots Amirreza Aghakhani, University of Stuttgart, Germany | CoffeeBots: Magnetic Coffee Ground-Based Micromotors for Water Treatment Jeffrey Moran, George Mason University, USA |
| 10:45 | Built-In Metal Organic Frameworks Into Tubular Micromotors With Multiple Propulsion Modes Enrique Solano Rodríguez, Universidad de Alcala, Spain | Towards Efficient Environmental Remediation: Light-Driven Hybrid Nano/Microrobots for Emerging Pollutant Degradation Bahareh Khezri, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA), Spain |
| 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 | Keynote Speaker: Nanomotors as active matter: a reflection on the conceptual developments Ramin Golestanian, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany | |
| 12:00 | Invited talk: Colloidal Metamachines Jeremy Palacci, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria | |
| 12:20 | Invited talk: Utilizing Sperm as Vectors for Gynaecological Cancer Treatment Mariana Medina, CIC Nanogune, Spain | |
| 12:40 | Invited talk: Microfluidic tools for the bioinspired synthesis of artificial functional materials Josep Puigmartí, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 | Keynote talk: Electric Robotization from nanoscale to decimeters: Innovation Through Science-Driven Design Emma Fan, University of Texas, USA | |
| 14:30 | Invited talk: Phagocytic synthetic cells: non-living predators to fight bacteria César Rodriguez, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain | |
| 14:50 | Invited talk: Synthetic DNA-based swimmers: harnessing programmable molecular patterning to control motion dynamics Tania Patiño, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands | |
| 15:10 | Invited talk: Emerging morphologies and effective interactions in active colloids Ignacio Pagonabarraga, University of Barcelona, Spain | |
| 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | Keynote talk: Engineering with biomolecular motors Henry Hess, Columbia University, New York, USA | |
| 16:30 | Awards Ceremony | |
| 16:50 | Concluding remarks | |
Registration (CLOSED)
CONFERENCE CANCELLATION POLICY
Registrations cancelled before 2nd May 2024 are eligible for a refund of the registration fees paid, except from 120€ related to administration costs incurred.
Registrations cancelled after 2nd May 2024 are no longer eligible for a refund.
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