77th Prague Meeting on Macromolecules:
PMM 77PMM  IMC
IUPAC

Polymers in Medicine 2012

In honour of the 65th birthday of Professor Karel Ulbrich

Prague • Czech Republic • July 8 - 12, 2012

Aims & Scope

The 77th Prague Meetings on Macromolecules: Polymers in Medicine will focus on the latest innovative development in drug delivery systems. Meeting brings together multi-disciplinary researchers from both academia and industry in the areas of pharmaceutics, polymer and materials science, imaging, cell and molecular biology, genetic, and medicineProf. Karel Ulbrich.

Prague Meetings on Macromolecules: Polymers in Medicine 2012 will be dedicated to Professor Karel Ulbrich (Prague, Czech Republic), a leading scientist in the field of polymer drug delivery in the Czech Republic. The polymer conjugates of doxorubicin based on N-(2-hydroxypropyl)metharylamide copolymers, known a PK1 and PK2, developed in cooperation of  Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and University of Keele were the first polymer drug conjugates entering the clinical trial. Prof. Ulbrich as scientist, teacher, academic visionary and entrepreneur tirelessly worked for internationalization of the field of drug delivery systems.

Honorary Microsymposium Chairman

Jindřich Kopeček (U.S.A.)

Microsymposium Chairmen

Tomáš Etrych & Vladimír Šubr (CZ)

Conference Topics

  • Polymers for Nanomedicine
  • Stimuliresponsive polymers
  • Polymers for Advanced Drug Delivery
  • Polymers for Biomedical Applications
  • Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering

International Advisory Board

Vert M. (France)
Ghandehari H. (USA)
Veronese F. (Italy)
Ying Y. J. (Singapore)
Maeda H. (Japan)
Schacht E. (Belgium)
Feijen J. (The Netherlands)
Wagner E. (Germany)
Seymour L.W. (UK)
Storm G. (The Netherlands)
Lacík I. (Slovakia)
Duncan R. (UK)
Urtti A. (Finland)
Torchilin V. (USA)

Local Organising and Programme Committee

M. Pechar, P. Chytil, M. Hrubý

F. Rypáček
Director of the Institute

E. Grisová, M. Rodová
Secretariat for Scientific Meetings


J. Jůza, J. Kaprálek
Technical Managers

Contact

email:
etrych
subr

web: http://www.imc.cas.cz/sympo/77pmm