Content: Part 1 Fundamentals of porous silicon for biomedical applications: Porous silicon for biomedical applications: From conception to clinical use; Thermal stabilization of porous silicon for biomedical applications; Thermal properties of nanoporous silicon materials; Photochemical and non-thermal chemical modification of porous silicon for biomedical applications; Modifying porous silicon with self-assembled monolayers for biomedical applications; Protein-modified porous silicon films for biomedical applications; Biocompatibility of porous silicon for biomedical applications. Part 2 Porous silicon for bio-imaging and bio-sensing applications: Optical properties of porous silicon materials for biomedical applications; In vivo imaging assessment of porous silicon; Radiolabeled porous silicon for bio-imaging applications; Desorption/ionization on porous silicon (DIOS) for metabolite imaging; Porous silicon for bacteria detection; Nanoporous silicon biosensors for DNA sensing. Part 3 Porous silicon for drug delivery, cancer therapy and tissue engineering applications: Drug loading and characterization of porous silicon materials; Nanoporous silicon to enhance drug solubility; Multistage porous silicon for cancer therapy; Porous silicon for tumour targeting and imaging; Porous silicon - polymer composites for cell culture and tissue engineering applications; Porous silicon and related composites as functional tissue engineering scaffolds; Porous silicon scaffolds for stem cells growth and osteodifferentiation.