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Engineering and Information Sciences

Scientific Advisory Board

Controlled release drug delivery

cover AFM Engineers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed a new silk-based microneedle system able to deliver precise amounts of drug over time and without need for refrigeration. An italian researcher,Fiorenzo Omenetto, is the senior author of the paper published in Advanced Functional Material.

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International Conference Diagnostic Technologies

November 28-30, 2nd International Conference Frontiers in Diagnostic Technologies Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Rome, Italy. 2nd International Conference Frontiers in Diagnostic Technologies for plasmas, fusion research, astrophysics, nuclear particle physics, accelerators, laser, medical equipments and industrial applications.
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Test for Diabetics

testingfordiabetics Engineers at Brown University have designed a biologic device that can measure glucose concentration in human saliva. An italian researcher, Domenico Pacifici, is the lead author of the paper published in Nanoletters, a journal of the American Chemical Society.

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eChallenges e-2011 Conference

October 26-28, Florence, Italy. The eChallenges e-2011 Conference provides a prestigious, international forum to share success stories and lessons learnt from applied Information and Communications Technology (ICT) related research at European level (FP6 & FP7) as well as Regional, National and Commercial initiatives. International cooperation and discussion of commercialisation, exploitation & interoperability issues are key aspects of the programme.

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NanotechItaly 2011

nanotechitaly2 NanotechItaly 2011, November 23-25 Venice, is an International Conference jointly organised by AIRI/Nanotec IT,Veneto Nanotech, the National Research Council (CNR) and the Italian Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Federchimica, Politecnico of Torino (Latemar Research) and Assobiotec-Federchimica, to highlight, with the contribution of the most important Italian players in the field and renowned experts from abroad, situation and perspectives of nanotechnology.

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Postdoctoral positions

Two postdoctoral positions are available at the European Center for Theoretical studies (ECT)in Nuclear Physics and related areas. The ECT invites applications for two years positions starting in the fall of 2012.