Emerging Technology and Best Practices Seminar Series

Nanotechnology in Medicine: From Diagnostics to Therapeutics

Friday, April 4, 2008
8:00AM-4:00PM, Cocktail Hour 4:00-5:00PM
The Photonics Center
8 Saint Mary's Street, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Agenda

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8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Welcome Andrei Ruckenstein, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Vice President for Research, Boston University
8:40 am	Linda K. Molnar, Ph.D., Program Officer, National Cancer Institute, Office of Technology and Industrial Relations	Bio Abstract
9:20 am	Bjorn Reinhard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University	Bio Abstract
9:45 am	Break
10:10 am	Michael Cima, Ph.D., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT	Bio Abstract
10:50 am	Mansoor Amiji, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University	Bio Abstract
11:30 am	Joyce Wong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Boston University	Bio Abstract
11:55 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	Mark Grinstaff, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Boston University	Bio Abstract
1:25 pm	Omid Farokhzad, M.D., Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School	Bio Abstract
2:05 pm	Break
2:20 pm	Vladimir P. Torchilin, Ph.D., D. Sc., Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University	Bio Abstract
3:00 pm	A CEO/Investor panel discussion on "The Art of Translating Fundamental Science into Products and Businesses." Guest experts will include Glenn Batchelder, Alan Crane, Doug Levinson, Ph.D., John McDonough, Linda K. Molnar, Ph.D., and Amir Nashat.	Bios
4:00 pm	Cocktail Reception and Poster Session	Poster Abstracts