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From: Tess Mercer <>
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Call for Papers
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:06:54 +0000
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Call for Papers - 
Nanobiology:  Research, Theory, and Current
Applications                  

Nanotechnology, as a general topic, covers a very wide array of
different disciplines and areas of research.  However, in the realm of
biological and biomolecular applications and developments, there are a
number of current examples, including some commercial applications,
which are reshaping the approach to which previously difficult, or even
"unsolvable" procedures can now be resolved, or greatly improved upon.

It is specifically in the realm of theoretical, near term, or currently
available technologies, and how they are affected by application of
"nanobiological" processes, that will be reviewed in this section of the
journal.   By definition, a nanobiological process could be described,
in this context, as any process which utilizes the contrived
manipulation of individual biomolecules or biomolecular structures to
fulfill a desired task, create an object, a material or application of a
material, or as an intermediate step in fulfilling a multi staged series
of assembly or construction tasks involving biomolecular materials.

This definition could also be expanded to include the methodologies of
visualization or detection of nanoscale activities in a biomolecular
environment, or in the development of instrumentation and processes
related to these tasks.

Also, there are other tangential aspects of nanobiological processes
which are also relevant, and deserve attention. Particularly in the
areas of potential nanoscale computing or information processing
applications which may utilize or incorporate biological components or
processes, there has been considerable interest and research activities.

For more information, please contact Tess Mercer at ,
telephone: (415) 202-9969, Fax: (415) 202-9975.


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