Part I Cell-based Therapeutics.- Neural regeneration.- Three dimensional hydrogel photopatterning.- Self- Assembled Peptides for tissue engineering.- Advanced bioassays for analysis of cell function.- Multicellular Biochips for Sensing.- Microelectromechanical systems and neurosurgery.- Part II Drug delivery.- Nanoporous polymer replicas for sensing drug delivery.- Nanoporous inorganic biocapsules.- Ultrasonic drug delivery.- Bioadhesive microsystems for oral drug delivery.- Targeting nanostructures.- Quantum Dot Technology.- Nanoshells for Drug Delivery.- Oncological Nanosystems.- Part III Molecular Surface Engineering for the Biological Interface.- Controlling cell-cell and cell-surface interactions.- Molecular surface engineering.- Life on a chip: Microfluidic cell culture tools for cell biology studies.- Bioresponsive surfaces.- Supported lipid bilayers as mimics for cell surfaces and as tools in biotechnology.