I'm finally back to action on Tribe. Between moving to a new apartment and having limited Internet access, and then attending the five-day "Imaging and Imagining Nanoscience & Engineering" conference in South Carolina, it has been a long time since I made a post here.

A lot has been going on for CRN. Inspired by the research collaboration with ASU that we reported, we have decided to explore the possibility of similar collaborations with other universities. If you know of a college professor and/or bright students who might like to work on such a project, please let me know.

We've been in touch recently with the State of the World Forum worldforum.org/ and may at some point work together on issues of common interest. Also, I have been asked to appear on a panel discussion organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Alliance for Aging Research. The tentative topic is: "How public debate over the environmental, military, and economic impacts of advanced nanotechnology may hinder or disrupt the availability of aging ameliorative nanomedicine."

If you take a look at our blog crnano.typepad.com/crnblog/ you can read more about these activities, along with other news about CRN, and also a report on the nanotech conference I attended in South Carolina.