# Beyond Nano, Challenges and Opportunities In Drug Delivery

> **NIH NIH R13** · MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY · 2021 · $9,680

## Abstract

Abstract
The Beyond Nano, Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Delivery symposium is one of the Soft Materials and
Biomaterials symposium clusters of the 2021 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, to be held on April 18-23, 2021,
Seattle, Washington. The theme of the Beyond Nano, Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Delivery symposium
is the reflection on nano-/cancer-centric drug delivery research that has driven the field in past two decades and
the exploration of new opportunities in drug delivery technologies with a specific focus on a materials science
perspective. The MRS meeting is a unique forum for scientists at all levels, from eminent experts to young
scientists, in multiple disciplines related to materials science, including chemistry, engineering, and other applied
sciences. The MRS Soft Materials and Biomaterials symposia historically attracted the audience in the field of
drug delivery and tissue engineering with topics related to cutting-edge biomedical products. The objective of
this symposium is to provide a forum for investigators at all levels in allied disciplines including material scientists,
chemists, engineers, and pharmaceutical scientists and help them to share the lessons learned to date, discuss
the challenges and innovation in materials science in overcoming current bottlenecks in drug delivery, and
cultivate new opportunities that can benefit from the advances in nanomedicine. The organizing committee
consists of four experts in drug delivery field across the globe: Prof. Yoon Yeo of Purdue University (USA) chairs
the symposium, and Profs. Patrick Stayton of University of Washington (USA), Youqing Shen of Zhejiang
University (China), and Yosi Shamay (Israel) serve as co-chairs to plan, organize, and moderate activities of the
symposium. The committee has identified six thrust areas of fundamental and current interest in drug delivery
field: (i) Machine learning for drug delivery design; (ii) Nanomedicine; (iii) Bioinspired materials for drug delivery;
(iv) Local drug delivery; (v) Drug delivery for global health; and (vi) Biomaterials and drug delivery for
immunotherapy; and confirmed the participation of twenty-three leaders and rising stars as invited speakers.
We plan to achieve three Specific Aims through the Beyond Nano, Challenges and Opportunities in Drug
Delivery symposium: Aim 1. Critically reflect on the advances and challenges in core fields of drug delivery; Aim
2. Discuss the latest developments in materials science on emerging fields of drug delivery; Aim 3. Provide a
stimulating and dynamic convention to engage and inspire early-career scientists. The NIH symposium support
is being sought to support registration fees and travel expenses for invited speakers and young investigators,
prioritizing (i) early-career invited speakers, and (ii) graduate students, post-doctoral trainees, and young
investigators, including members of underrepresented minority groups.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10237745
- **Project number:** 1R13TR003724-01
- **Recipient organization:** MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY
- **Principal Investigator:** Yoon Yeo
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $9,680
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-04-01 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10237745

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10237745, Beyond Nano, Challenges and Opportunities In Drug Delivery (1R13TR003724-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10237745. Licensed CC0.

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