2016年9月23-26日，李保强副教授参加了4th Symposium on Innovative Polymers for Controlled Delivery（第四届新型高分子材料与控制释放国际会议， SIPCD 2016），并做了题为In vivo visualized degradation of injectable hydrogel by real-time fluorescence tracking（实时荧光追踪法评价可注射水凝胶的体内降解）Poster报告，并向Jan van Hest（Associate Editor of Bioconjugate Chemistry）、Harm Anton Klok（Associate Editor of Biomacromolecules ）、Zhiyuan Zhong（会议主席和Associate Editor of Biomacromolecules ）、William R. Wagner（Editor-in-Chief of Acta Biomaterialia）和Hsingwen Sung （Associate Editor of Biomaterials）等50余人报告了Poster内容以及课题组在壳聚糖与荧光纳米碳材料的研究概况。课题组王磊博士生、厉世能博士生、杜青博士生和董龙沛硕士生也分别在会议上上交流了关于荧光纳米碳点合成及其应用（High-yield synthesis of carbon nanodots for bioimaging and anti-oxidative stress）、硅纳米交联剂构建高强度壳聚糖水凝胶（Hyperbranched polysiloxane for highly stretchable and tough hydrogel by one-pot in situ polymerization）、骨植入金属材料的表面改性（Effect of surface chemistry and topological structure of modified titanium via hybrid method of sand blasting, acid-etching and mixed alkali treatment for cytological behavior）和具有高效肌酐吸附性能的生物质炭（Porous nitrogen-doped biochar derived from chitosan for absorption of creatinine）Poster报告。

会议议题涵盖生物医用高分子材料、药物控制释放、基因释放、纳米诊断、生物组织工程等领域。会议邀请包括10多个国际著名期刊如Science,Nano Today, Biomaterials, Journal of Controlled Release, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, ACS Nano, Biomacromolecules, Acta Biomaterialia, Bioconjugate Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Polymer Chemistry, Materials Horizons等的主编和副主编参加会议并做邀请报告。会议获得了国家自然科学基金委、苏州市政府、苏州工业园区、苏州生物纳米园、苏州大学、韩国 Samyang 公司、荷兰Elsevier公司、Journal of Controlled Release、Biomacromolecules等的赞助和支持。

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