Objectives:
Some of the most important dielectrics are lipid bilayers, which form the membranes of biological cells. The purpose of the biodielectrics subcommittee is to provide members of the DEIS with information on the electric properties of biological cell membranes and on bioengineering applications of electrical membrane effects. Topics include measurements of electrical properties of natural and artificial lipid bilayer membranes, studies on electrical conduction and breakdown of biomembranes, and applications of stimulated electrical membrane effects, such as electroporation and intracellular electromanipulation in bioengineering. This will be achieved by arranging special sessions on biodielectrics at DEIS meetings, organizing workshops on this topic, generating review articles, and the publishing of special issues in the Journals of the DEIS.
Past Achievements:
“Dielectric Properties and Electrical Breakdown of Biological Membranes” was the topic of a one-day workshop at the Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena on October 20, in Cancun, Mexico. The IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Office of Naval Research supported the workshop, which was organized and chaired by Karl H. Schoenbach (Old Dominion University). As a follow-up to this workshop, James Weaver (MIT) and Karl H. Schoenbach have guest-edited a special issue on “Dielectric Properties and Electrical Breakdown of Biological Membranes” in the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. The special issue, which will be published at the time of the 2003 CEIDP, contains 6 invited and 3 contributed papers on this topic.
Current and Future Activities:
A one-day workshop on Biodielectrics will be held at the 2003 CEIDP in Albuquerque,
NM. This workshop is being organized by Mike Arnold. Invited speakers include:
J.C. Weaver (MIT), T. Vernier (U. Southern California), K.H. Schoenbach (Old
Dominion U.) and S. Beebe (Eastern Virginia Medical School), Z.A. Schelly
(U. Texas, Arlington), M. Sato and T. Oshima (Gunma U., Japan), R.C. Lee (U.
Chicago), K.V.I.S. Kaler (U. Calgary, R. Joshi (Old Dominion U.), and M. Gundersen
(U. Southern California).
List of Members*
Mike Arnold
IRL Communications & Sensors
P.O. Box 31-310
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
Tel: 64-4-569-0233
m.Arnold@irl.cri.nz
Yuri Feldman
Department of Applied Physics
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
91904 Jerusalem, Israel
yurig@vms.huji.ac.il
R A Fouracre
Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng.
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow G1 1XW UK
t.fouracre@eee.strath.ac.uk
Allen Garner
Center For Bioelectrics
Old Dominion University
231 Kaufman Hall
Norfolk, VA 23529 USA
agarner@odu.edu
Reimund Gerhard-Multhaupt
Dept of Physics
University of Potsdam
Am Neuen Palais 10
D-14469 Potsdam, Germany
rgm@rx.uni-potsdam.de
Ron Gilgenbach
Bioelectromagnetism Lab
Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences Dept
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104 USA
Tel: 734-763-1261
Fax: 734-763-4540
rongilg@umich.edu
D. Randy James
Oak Ridge National Lab
P.O. Box 2008
4500 S MS-6122
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6122 USA
Tel: 865-574-6213
Fax: 865-574-6210
jamesdr@ornl.gov
Tom Johnson
USU HS/PMB
4301 Jones Bridge Rd
Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
Tel: 301-319-6953
tjohnson@usuhs.mil
Sunao Katsuki
Dept Electrical & Computer Eng
Kumamoto University
Kurokami 2-39-1
Kumamoto, Japan 860-8555
katsuki@eecs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
T. John Lewis
School of Informatics
University of Wales, Bangor
Gwynedd LL57 1UT. UK
lewis@informatics.bangor.ac.uk
John Mathes
Honeywell FMIT/New Mexico
Box 5250
Albuquerque, NM USA
jmathes@kcp.com
Angelica Ottova
Department of Physiology
Biomedical & Physical Sciences Bldg
East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Tel: 517-355-6475 ext 1347
Fax: 517-355-5125
ottova@msu.edu
Dietmar Rabussay
1119 Sorrento Valley Rd
San Diego, CA 92075 USA
dietmarr@genetronics.com
Clive W Reed
116 Woodhaven Dr
Scotia, NY 12302 USA
reedcw@nycap.rr.com
Karl H. Schoenbach
Center For Bioelectrics
Old Dominion University
231 Kaufman Hall
Norfolk, VA 23529 USA
Tel: 757-683-4625
Fax: 757-683-3220
schoenbach@ece.odu.edu
Raji Sundararajan
Arizona State University
7001 E Williams Field Rd, Bldg 50
Mesa, AZ 83212 USA
Tel: 480-727-1507
Fax: 480-727-1723
raji@asu.edu
H T Tien
Physiology (BPSB)
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
tien@msu.edu
Vincento Tucci
Dept of Information & Electrical Eng
University of Salerno
Vio Point don Melillo
Fisciano, Italy
vtucci@unisa.it