Professor Markus Buehler will co-chair the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2013 Global Congress on Nano-engineering for Medicine and Biology, which will be held Feb. 4-6 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston. The conference, co-chaired by Buehler and Professor Mehmet Toner of Harvard and MIT’s Health Sciences and Technology Program, will focus on the integration of engineering, materials science and nanotechnology to address challenges in biology and medicine, including development of devices, materials and methods for detecting and treating disease.