Ohio State to host first worldwide biomed/nanotech ...( conferences on subtopics like DNA chips...)

conferences on subtopics like DNA chips or micro-sized sensors, but this is the first time all topics, and people from all the different disciplines and research sectors will come together," said Ferrari. "It's only natural that we come together now, when these fields are experiencing a surge in innovation, funding, and public interest."

The conference will feature a blend of art and science with a showing of the murals of Italian artist Bruno d'Arcevia, who takes the inspiration for his grand Renaissance-style paintings from the life's work of biomedical researchers such as Ferrari.

Ohio State is the appropriate focal point for this historic meeting, Ferrari said, because the university, the city of Columbus, and the state of Ohio have invested heavily in the development of micro- and nanotechnology. He pointed to the founding of the Science and Technology Campus Corporation (SCITECH) at Ohio State. SCITECH is a business incubator that will house start-up companies including iMEDD, Inc., which was co-founded by Ferrari to commercialize his developments in biomedical nanotechnology.

Ferrari has asked the National Science Foundation to support holding the conference in Ohio for the next four years -- in Columbus for 2000 and 2001, in Cincinnati for 2002, and in Cleveland for 2003.

"When people hear 'microelectronics,' they think of Silicon Valley," Ferrari Said. "Ten years from now, when people hear 'nanotechnology,' we want them to thi
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Contact: Mauro Ferrari
Ferrari.5@osu.edu
614-292-4756
Ohio State University
22-Aug-2000

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