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Nanotechnology at NIH: Basic Concepts, Current Research, and Medical Applications
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Open to the public
Location: Auditorium in Natcher Conference Center
Posters from DC-Baltimore Nano community will be displayed in the Atrium.
Atomic force microscopy workshop and vendor demo will be held in the afternoon in Room G1/G2 on the B-1 Level.
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions Richard Fisher, Ph.D., and Karen Peterson, Ph.D. Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force Michael Gottesman, M.D. Office of Intramural Research, NIH |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Nanoscale Behaviors: From Metals to Biology Mark Ratner, Ph.D. Northwestern University |
| 9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. | Nanoparticle Probes for Intracellular and Single-Molecule Imaging Shuming Nie, Ph.D. Emory University |
| 9:40 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. | Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D. Harvard University |
| 10:10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Nanomaterials for Studying Cell Adhesion Milan Mrksich, Ph.D. The University of Chicago |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Biology at the Nanoscale: Stepsize and Intersubunit Coordination of a Ring ATPase Carlos Bustamante, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12 noon | Nanotechnologies and Individualized Medicine for All Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| 12 noon - 12:15 p.m. | Questions and Answers and Discussion |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Overview of NIH Nanotechnology Programs Catherine Lewis, Ph.D. Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force |
| 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. | Overview of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology Denis Buxton, Ph.D. Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force |
| 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Nanomedicine Approaches for Heart and Lung Diseases Gang Bao, Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2:10 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Overview of the National Cancer Institute Alliance Piotr Grodzinski, Ph.D. Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force |
| 2:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | Nanosensors for Molecular Measurements Ralph Weissleder, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School |
| 2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. | Break |
| 3:10 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Overview of the Nanomedicine Roadmap Initiative Jeffery Schloss, Ph.D. Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force |
| 3:20 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. | Nanomedicine Center for Protein Folding Machinery Wah Chiu, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine |
| 3:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Overview of Environmental Health and Safety Sally Tinkle, Ph.D. Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force |
| 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Role of Toxicology and Safety in Development of Nanoplatforms for Imaging and Therapy Martin Philbert, Ph.D. University of Michigan |
| 4:30 p.m. | Concluding Remarks |