1. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences: 18 academic members in theme Dedicated web pages with up-to-date research in Materials and Nanoscience in FHMS Regular meetings of Theme members –Discuss upcoming research calls and bids (EU FP7 and EPSRC have specific calls and initiatives in Smart Materials, Fuels and Nanotechnology) Materials and Nanoscience Theme Dr Sub Reddy (Theme Coordinator) s.reddy@surrey.ac.uk

2. Hot topics Nanotechnology for harvesting energy –Nanocatalysts (e.g. alkaline anion exchange membranes for fuel cells) Exposure scenarios to nanoparticles –Drug delivery / terrorist attacks

3. Hot topics Biomimetic gels and polymers for molecular recognition/biosensors Nanomedicine: fighting cancer using polymer-drug conjugates PolymerDrug Degradable linker Targeting units Other modifiers (solubility, pharmacokinetics, etc) Molecularly Imprinting Polymers… selective protein recognition

4. Energy Bob Slade John Varcoe Peter Slater Nanomedicine/ Biomimetic gels and polymers Mark Baker Gabriel Cavalli John Hay Sub Reddy Dmitry Stetsenko Ian Hamerton Global Threats to Security / Exposure Scenarios /Biomedical Sensing Brendan Howlin Johnjoe McFadden Angela Namor John Hay Mike Hughes Shirley Price Sub Reddy Nanotoxicology Shirley Price Geoff Hunt Researchers

5. Synergies with CNSI’s Research Thrust Groups Energy Efficient Technologies Nanobiotechnology: Biomedical Sensing, Diagnosis and Therapy Environment and Nanotoxicology