Molecular imprinting technology (MIT) is an important methodology for the preparation of biomimetic molecular recognition materials. It has been widely used in the fields of affinity separation, sample treatment, chemical sensing, disease diagnosis, and so on. In recent years, the MIT technology has demonstrated unique strengths in challenging biomedical applications such as precise disease diagnosis, targeted drug delivery, cancer therapy and viral inhibition, showing an emerging direction with great potential and application value.
In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the MIT technology and promote the development of MIT for biomedical applications, our university (NJU), collaborated with the Society for Molecular Imprinting (SMI) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), successfully held the 2022 International Symposium on Molecular Imprinting Technology for Biomedical Applications (Biomed MIT 2022, online event) from September 26 to 28, 2022. The honorary chairmen of this event were Professor Günter Wulff and Professor Klaus Mosbach, and the President was Professor Zhen Liu.
Worldwide leading and well-established scholars from more than 10 countries such as China, the United States, UK, Canada, France, Italy, Sweden and Singapore in the MIT and related fields delivered plenary lectures, keynote lectures and invited talks. The meeting also set up a Youth Forum and a Free Discussion Forum. The symposium attracted nearly 1,000 participants from all over the world, and exchanged and discussed the latest developments and core issues in this field. The Youth Forum awarded 6 Best Oral Presentation Awards, and two Ph. D students from our school won the first and second prizes respectively.
The Free Discussion Forum held a lively discussion on the core scientific issues and bottlenecks of the MIT technology. Dr. Mike Whitecombe, President of the International Society of Molecular Imprinting, Professor Börje Sellergren and Professor Karsten Haupt, Vice President of the International Society of Molecular Imprinting, and many other leading scientists in the MIT field gave high evaluation on this symposium.
