Chair: Julie Gold, Chalmers University of Technology, SE. Scope: The conference programme will cover: engineering surfaces and bioactive interfaces; probe characterisation and nanomanipulation of surfaces and bioentities; cell-surface interactions; tissue engineering; drug delivery, nanomedicine and clinical applications; biosensing interfaces and lab on a Chip (microfluidics). Grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and travel costs. Deadline for applications and abstract submissions: 29 March 2009