NanoBioTech 2025

This polished downtown hotel overlooking the Elizabeth River is a 4-minute walk from the MacArthur Center mall and a 5-minute walk from Town Point Park. 

The upscale rooms and suites have desks and coffeemakers, plus Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs. Some add river views, kitchens, fireplaces and/or access to a club lounge. Room service is available. 

There's a refined steakhouse and an American restaurant. Other amenities include a piano lounge, an indoor pool and a spa, along with a fitness room, event space and a business center. Parking is available. 

Day Valet is $22 before taxes and fees and is paid for upon arrival at the front desk. 

235 E Main St. Norfolk, VA 23510

This conference highlights the advancements in (bio)nanotechnology made by researchers in both industry and academia, in addition to the materials and computational research that make these technologies possible.

The format includes plenary talks from invited speakers of international renown and oral presentations describing new research selected based on their originality and scientific quality. Two-minute snapshot oral presentations will precede the poster sessions.

• A highly focused conference lasting 2 days, single-track oral sessions
• World-renown plenary speakers
• Oral snapshot poster presentation of each poster
• Awards for oral and poster presentations
• The beautiful and relaxed setting

We are accepting abstracts from researchers at all career stages in the following areas:

• Diagnostics: Biosensors, Lab-on-a-Chip, Microfludics, Point of Care Diagnostics, Advanced Nano-Bio-Sensor Technologies, (Bio)Nanophotonics, MEMS and NEMS Devices, Nanotechnology Based Imaging Technologies.
• Therapeutics: Cell Repair Therapy, DNA Nanotechnology, Organ-on-a-chip, Nano Biopharmaceutics, Cellular Based Therapy, Medical Robots, 3D Printing of Organs and Tissues, Molecular Nanotechnology, Material-Tissue Interaction, Lipid Nanoparticles, Molecular Nanotechnology, Drug and Nanoparticle Delivery, Medicinal Nanochemistry, Nanobiomaterials, Nanobiomolecular Engineering Nanotechnology: Genetic Sequencing, Computational Nanotechnology, Molecular Electronics, Atoms and Molecular Computing, Nanoproteomics and Genomics, Mathematical Modelling, 3D/4D Printing, Innovative Imaging Approaches, Biomaterial Designing and Modification, Plasmonics, and Nanofabrication
• STEM Education: Educational Applications in STEM, Mentorship & Research Training, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM.

Abstract Requirements:

• Length: 200 words
• Additional Details: Title, Author Line, Author Affiliation, and Three keywords. 

Poster Presentation Guidelines

Dimensions: 

Maximum 36" × 48". The recommended poster format is a standard landscape poster.

Content:

• Title: The title of your poster should appear at the top with lettering of at least 42 pt font size. Below the title, place the names of authors and their affiliations.
• Text: Text should be readable from five feet away. Use a minimum font size of 17 pt. Keep the text brief.
• Figures: Each figure should have a brief caption. Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they are first mentioned in the poster. Make sure that the text and the visuals are well integrated.

The poster boards onsite will have a number that directly correlates with each poster in the conference program. Please place your poster on the assigned board.

Authors must print their poster and hang up and remove it before and after the poster session.

Oral & Spotlight Presentation Guidelines

Oral presentations are 15 minutes in length. 12 minutes for presentation time and three minutes for questions. Presenters are required to upload their PowerPoint files to the conference computer at least 15 minutes before the presentation section.

Spotlight presentations are 2-minute presentations with a static slide. Selected poster presenters will give spotlight presentations. Presenters are required to submit their PowerPoint slide to cbeinfo@odu.edu by Saturday, May 3. The PowerPoint slide must include your assigned poster number.

The Old Dominion University Research Center for Bioelectronics organizes the NanoBioTech Conference Series. As a not-for-profit organization, the conference runs with minimal cost, allocating all revenues from registrations and sponsoring to support the general organization, workshops, catering, and the expenses related to invitation of high-profile keynote speakers, grants reduced registration fees to outstanding students, achievement and presentations and poster awards.

Individual Sponsorship Options:

• Recruitment Material Distributed at the event- $500
• Acknowledgement on all conference material (excluding speaker and meal signage)- $250
• Inclusion in post conference messaging- $125

For more information on sponsoring options, please contact the conference administration at cbeinfo@odu.edu