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Nanotechnology Research at NIH Intramural Programs

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Open to the public

Location: Balcony B in Natcher Conference Center
Posters from DC-Baltimore Nano community will be displayed in Rooms A, B and C1/C2 on the B-1 Level.

8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Kuan Wang, Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force
8:40 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.	Quantitative Characterization of Nanomedicine Delivery Systems by Electron Microscopy Richard Leapman, Ph.D. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), NIH
9:05 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Multifunctional Lipid-based Nanocapsules and Triggered Chemotherapy Robert Blumenthal, Ph.D. National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH
9:30 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.	Bridging the Nano Gap: 3D Electron Microscopy of Cells and Viruses at Molecular Resolution Sriram Subramaniam, Ph.D. National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH
9:55 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.	Single Molecule Studies on the Mechanism of Myosin V: A Molecular Motor James Sellers, Ph.D. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH
10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.	Break
10:40 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.	From Nano - Particles to Microfabrication for MRI of Cell Tracking Alan Koretsky, Ph.D. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS), NIH
11:05 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Nanomechancis of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Coupling Elasticity and Signal Transduction Kuan Wang, Ph.D. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH
11:30 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.	Microscopy Studies of the Integration of Actin Dynamics with Adhesion in Cell Migration Clare Waterman, Ph.D. National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute (NHLBI), NIH
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	* Lab Tours
* To register, please email Dr. Jeff Forbes (NIAMS) at forbesj@mail.nih.gov.