California NanoSystems Institute
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Joint Symposium on Nano-scale Research
into Biosenors, Biomaterials, and Nanotoxicology


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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

8:00 - 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast - CNSI Lobby
Session One - CNSI Auditorium

Moderated by David Lundberg

8:30 - 8:40 Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Leonard H. Rome, Interim Director, CNSI
8:40 - 9:00 Introduction ASMeW Project
Professor Tetsuya Osaka, Executive Director, ASMeW
Introduction and Perspectives on ASMeW Project of Waseda Univ.
9:00 - 9:30 Professor Shuichi Shoji, Department of Electronic and Photonic Systems, Waseda Univ.
Micro/Nano Fabricated Device and Systems for Chemical and Biochemical Applications
9:30 - 10:00 Professor Bruce Dunn, Department of Material Science and Engineering, UCLA
Designing Bio-Hybrid Materials for Biosensor Applications
10:00 - 10:30 Professor Tetsuya Osaka, Executive Director, ASMeW, Department of   Applied Chemistry,Waseda Univ.
Highly Sensitive On-chip Sensor Devices for Medical Care
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:15 Professor Hiroshi Kawarada, Department of Electronic and Photonic Systems, Waseda Univ.
Carbon Based Electronics for Beyond CMOS Technology
11:15 - 11:45 Professor Fuyu Tamanoi, Department of Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Nanomachines for Targeted and On-Demand Release of Anticancer Drugs
11:45 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Session - CNSI Building Lobby Area

Moderated by Jacob Schmidt

14:00 - 14:30 Associate Professor Yoshikuni Edagawa,
Deputy Manager of the Executive Office of ASMeW, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Waseda Univ.
Multimodal Manipulating System for Individual Single Cells on Microtechnology
14:30 - 15:00 Lei Jin, Department of Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA
The atomic age for single-particle cryo-electron microscopy: 3.88Å cryoEM structure of cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus
15:00 - 15:30 Professor Haruko Takeyama, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda Univ.
Application of Nano-scale Engineered Biomagnetite to Biosensing
15:30 - 15:45 Break
15:45 - 16:45 Breakout Session 1
(CNSI & ASMeW Members) - Exec Conf Rooms
Themes: Sensor and Electronics

Thursday, March 6, 2008

8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast - CNSI Building Lobby Area
Session Two - CNSI Auditorium

Moderated by Fuyu Tamanoi

9:00 - 9:30 Professor Shimon Weiss, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Single molecule probing of dynamic conformation, molecular interactions and dynamic localizations in-vitro, in live cells and in organisms
9:30 - 10:00 Dr. Naoya Sawamura, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Waseda Univ.
Elucidation of the Signal Transduction Pathway Associated With Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia (DISC1) Protein Function
10:00 - 10:30 Dr. Hong Zhang, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Waseda Univ.
Risk Assessment of Engineered Nanoparticles on Health and the Environment
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 11:45 Dr. Andre Nel, CNSI, Division of NanoMedicine; Nanotoxicology; UCLA Medical Center
Nanotoxicolgy as a Scientific Platform
11:45 - 12:15 Tour of CNSI
12:15 - 14:00 Break for Lunch

Moderated by David Lundberg

14:00 - 14:30 Professor Toru Asahi, Manager of the Executive Office of ASMeW, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda Univ.
Chiral Recognition for Bio-related Materials
14:30 - 15:00 Associate Professor John Miao, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA
Radiation Dose Reduction and Image Enhancement in Biological and Medical Imaging through Equally-Sloped Tomography
15:00 - 15:30 Associate Professor Takahiro Shinada, Deputy Manager of the Executive Office of ASMeW, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Waseda Univ.
Functional Modification of Cells by Single-Ion Implantation
15:30 - 15:45 Break
15:45 - 16:15 Professor Susumu Minamisawa, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda Univ.
Prostaglandin E2 in the Ductus Arteriosus: A New Role for an Old Friend
16:15 - 17:15 Breakout Session Two
(CNSI & ASMeW Members) - Exec Conf Rooms
Themes: Biomaterials and Medicine
17:15 - 17:30 Closing Remarks