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NANOMEDICINE ROADMAP INITIATIVE - Project Launch Meeting - NIH, Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD USA - Tuesday, May 4, 2004

Agenda
8:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions
8:15 a.m. The NIH Roadmap and Nanomedicine Development Centers
9:00 a.m. Session I:  A Multidisciplinary Approach to Nanomedicine

An example of a collaborative Nanomedicine team approach; understanding design principles for reverse engineering.

Speakers:
    Steve Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University
    Peter Agre, M.D., Johns Hopkins University
    Hagan Bayley, Ph.D., University of Oxford, UK
    Eric Jakobsson, Ph.D., NIGMS, University of Illinois
10:15 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Session II:  Targets for Nanomedicine Research

An open, moderated discussion of additional examples of scientific areas for nanomedicine.

Speakers:
    Carlo Montemagno, Ph.D., UCLA
    James Baker, M.D., University of Michigan
12 noon Lunch
1:15 p.m. Session III:  Creating Nanomedicine Research Teams

A moderated discussion of strategies to establish Nanomedicine research teams.

Panel members:
    Chih-Ming Ho, Ph.D., CMISE/UCLA
    Ueli Aebi, Ph.D., Biozentrum, University of Basel
    Stuart Schreiber, Ph.D., HHMI, Harvard University
    David Thomassen, Ph.D., US Department of Energy
    Denice D. Denton, Ph.D., University of Washington
2:30 p.m. Session IV:  Innovative Strategies for NIH Funding of Nanomedicine

Application Process and Timeline
New NIH funding authorities for Nanomedicine
Final Discussion
4:00 p.m. Adjournment

 

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