Nanobiophysics: fundamental and applied aspects. New information about recent problems and progress achieved in this field (Information about 5th International conference “Nanobiophysics: Fundamental and Applied Aspects” – NBP2017)

Abstract

Among new branches of natural sciences, which are currently emerging, development of a novel field of nanobiophysics was impulsed by the advent of nanoscience in qualitatively new direction interfacing bionanoobjects and nanomaterials. To shape this field in Ukraine, a new series of biennial international conferences “Nanobiophysics: fundamental and applied aspects” was established in 2009 by biophysicists of B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kharkov) and Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev). After the lapse of eight years the 5^th NBP-2017 conference has demonstrated significant advances in this realm of science, overviewed in the present report. About 90 scientists from 9 countries took part in the conference. They presented more than 40 lectures and about 50 poster contributions. Researchers from biophysical departments of seven academic institutes and universities of Kharkov reported remarkable achievements in studies of bionanohybrids of biopolymers and biologically active compounds with inorganic nanomaterials, conducted by varied experimental techniques and computer simulations. Biophysicists from a number of Kiev academic institutes reported experimental and theoretical characterization of biomolecular nanosystems promising for nanotechnology and biomedical applications. Impressive achievements in biophysical studies at the nano level were presented in the invited lectures of leading specialists from Estonia, France, Latvia, Slovakia, South Korea, and the People's Republic of China. The conference provided a platform for meetings of participants of international projects in the field and fruitful discussion of further international collaboration.