Bio-inspired Materials Science and Engineering–Biofabrication, Biomaterials and Biomacromolecules, (BMSE-3Bio2014) was held during May 11st-15th in Wuhan. Sponsored by the China-Germany Science Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Munich University of Technology held the conference together. Prof. Guang Yang, from the College of Life Science and Technology , HUST and Prof. Cordt Zollfrank from Munich University are the co-chairs of the conference.

    Prof. Qingming Luo, vice President of HUST attended the meeting and made a speech on behalf of the school. In his speech he reviewed the relationship of China and Germany, especially cooperations between HUST and the MUT; Then, Prof. Lesheng Chen, the deputy Director of the Center for Science spoke with Sino-German bilingual as an honored guest, systematically introduced the subsidized scope and focus of the Sino-German Science Center.

    41 outstanding researchers from more than 30 colleges and universities have been invited to this seminar, the majority of whom are from China and Germany, a small part from Canada, Australia, South Korea and the United States. Academician Deyue Yan from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Academician Jiang Lei from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences were invited to attend the meeting and present their reports. 14 scholars are from Germany, including Cordt Zollfrank from Technical University of Munich, Prof. Thomas Speck from Freiburg University, Prof. Frank A. Müller at the University of Jena, etc.

The main issues of this conference were: micro/nano biomaterials based on biological macromolecules and their applications in the field of biomedical and engineering, new ideas and new methods of biomimetic material design, bionic design and manufacture of micro/nano devices, advanced materials’ controllable release, and advanced energy materials. During the meeting, high level of academic reports sparked a heated discussion among participants, as many scholars expressed the will of cooperation with others.

In order to encourage more youth to actively participate in scientific research, the seminar collected more than 60 posters mainly from universities and research institute in Wuhan, which were displayed during the meeting. In addition, it has arranged visits to Germany Center in HUST, Wuhan National Optoelectronic Laboratory , Biolakes and so on.

This symposium provided participants with a high level of communication platform and a valuable opportunity to establish a new academic cooperation especially international cooperations between Germany and China. China and Germany’s researching level has been promoted in the field of biomimetic materials science and engineering.