Invitation Letter

On behalf of the organizing committee of the 1st Russian – Hellenic Symposium on Polymeric Biomaterials and Bionanomaterials: Recent Advances Safety and Toxicology Issues, we are privileged to invite you to grace with your presence and participation the works of the Symposium, which is to be held in Heraklion, in the beautiful island of Crete, in May 2010.

Crete is an island with numerous coves, bays, peninsulas, and sandy beaches along the beautifully blue Mediterranean Sea. After all, it's among the finest in the world and has established Crete as one of Europe's most popular holiday destinations. And, of course, the island's historic importance in today's world as Knossos, Phaistos and Gortys, is evidenced by the tens of thousands of visitors to these sites each year. Located almost in the centre of Crete, Heraklion has since the early years played a significant part in the history of the island.

The theme of the Symposium concerns one of the most progressing directions of science and technology. BioNanoToxicology Issues lie at the interface of many disciplines, ranging from biology to chemistry, toxicology, computational science chemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology
The Symposium is a continuation of a long term co-operation between Russian and Hellenic scientists in this field that has been ongoing for the last 20 years, in the frame of the bilateral scientific state programs.

The International Advisory Board of the Symposium is chaired by the president of the D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, P. D. Sarkisov, and the Rector of the University of Crete, world-wide known Professor of Ophthalmology Ioannis Palikaris and the Vice Rector of M. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, A.R. Khokhlov.

It is anticipated that scientists from the Russian Academy of Science, the most prominent Universities as well as Technological Institutes and Companies and distinguished field specialists coming form many countries will attend the symposium. Reduced registration rates will be provided, in order to enable more young scientists to attend the Symposium.

At this symposium the attendee will have the chance to meet important representatives of research in the field, discuss with them and exchange ideas. This will accomplish the aim of the symposium, which is the generation of new and vigorous interactions between the different aforementioned disciplines, which will have enormous positive effects in our societies.

We would like to ask you to publicize the first Russian-Hellenic conference on Polymeric Biomaterials and Bio-nanomaterials: Recent Advances Safety and Toxicology Issues, in your Organizations and Institutes in Russia and Greece.

We invite you all to participate to our Symposium. Crete will welcome you with its smiling Cretan sun, the sounds of the Cretan lyre, the scents of orange blossom and jasmine, a slice of cool red watermelon and a glass of iced raki.