Published: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 11:45 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 17, 2014 at 12:02 a.m.

The University of Alabama on Oct. 23-24 will host a nanotechnology summit meant to foster collaboration and showcase the latest research and innovations.

The second NanoBio Summit will be at the Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus. Approximately 200 researchers from across the state are expected to attend. Registration for the summit has closed, according to UA spokesman Chris Bryant.

The two-day summit is a forum meant to bring together students, researchers and industry professionals from a range of scientific, engineering and medical fields while showcasing the latest findings, innovations, and uses of nanotechnology.

Roughly a dozen speakers from regional universities, state and federal agencies and the private sector are scheduled make 25-minute presentations on Oct. 23. The next day, speakers include UA officials and representatives from the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Commerce.

Themes for the sessions include nanobioscience, nanobiotechnology, biomedical engineering and nanomedicine; nanoegineering and nanomaterials; and collaboration, discovery and commercialization.

Andrew D. Penman, vice president of drug development for the Southern Research Institute, will be the afternoon keynote speaker on Oct. 23 and make a presentation titled "Drug Development A Perspective on Changing Times in the Industry."

The evening keynote speaker Oct. 23 is Richard M. Myers, president and science director of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, who will make the presentation "Using Genomics and Genetics to Understand Human Health and Disease."

Co-sponsors include Alabama State University, Tuskegee University, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, ICE (Institution of Civil Engineering) Publishing, VWR International, Eppendorf and Tescan USA.

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Nanotechnology summit at University of Alabama to draw hundreds of researchers