Professor Fernando Patolsky

Professor Patolsky is Associate Professor at the department of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel. As a young and well-acknowledged scientist in the fields of biotechnology and nanobiotechnology, Fernando's research has focused on the development of molecular and biomolecular electronic and optical systems, aiming to establish fundamental principles for the construction of optical and electronic sensors and biosensors. These scientific activities represent a leading interdisciplinary effort to bridge chemistry, biology and materials science. He has published more than 70 papers and book chapters since 1998, with more than 5,100 citations, that focus on the synthesis of novel nanoscale materials, the creation of electrical and optoelectrical nanoscale devices and their applications.

Professor Ueli Aebi

Professor Aebi is Professor and Director of the M.E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland. A pioneer of nanobiology and nanomedicine, Ueli earned his Ph.D. in biophysics in 1977 from the University of Basel and continued his research at the University of California in Los Angeles, before joining the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. After his return to Basel in 1986, Ueli retained strong links with his colleagues in the United States and in 2005 co-founded the American Academy of Nanomedicine (now American Society for Nanomedicine).