California NanoSystems Institute
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September 9 - 11, 2007


Sunday, September 9, 2007
16:30 - 17:30 Registration
Poster setup for Industry &UC Student Participants
17:30 - 19:30 Opening Reception
Poster Session for Industry &UC Nanotox Students
Announcements &Workshop Overview
Monday, September 10, 2007
07:00 - 07:50 Continental Breakfast
07:50 - 08:00 Welcome and Introductions
Eric Hoek, UCLA CNSI
08:00 - 08:50 Plenary Lecture 1
Darrell Velegol, Penn State University
Aquatic Interfacial Forces and Nano-colloidal Interactions
09:00 - 12:00 Breakout Session 1, CNSI Lecture Hall
Theme: Nanoparticle Interfacial Interactions
Objective: Establish/define paradigms for investigating and interpreting NP interfacial interactions with cells and cellular constituents
09:00 - 09:20 Fred Klaessig, Degussa of North America
The Particle-Lung Mixing Zone from a Physical Chemist Viewpoint
09:25 - 09:45 Menachem Elimelech, Yale University
Interaction of Carbon Nanotubes with Bacterial Cells
10:00 - 11:00 Interactive discussion in small groups lead by Facilitators
CNSI Interactive Room, 5th floor
11:00 - 11:30 Break / Transcription into PowerPoint by Scribes
11:30 - 12:00 Presentations by small group Recorders
CNSI Lecture Hall
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Plenary Lecture 2
Vincent Rotello, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Surface Functionalization and Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles
14:00 - 17:00 Breakout Session 2
Theme: Cellular Uptake and Bioavailability of Nanoparticles
Objective: Establish/define paradigms for investigating and interpreting NP uptake and bioavailability
14:00 - 14:20 Nobuyuki Kambe, Nanogram Corporation
Laser-Made Nanoparticles Linked with Organic Molecules
14:00 - 14:20 Fuyu Tamanoi, University of California Los Angeles
Cellular uptake of mesoporous silica nanoparticles and their use as a delivery vehicle for anticancer drugs
15:00 - 16:00 Interactive discussion in small groups lead by Facilitators
CNSI Interactive Room, 5th floor
16:00 - 16:30 Break / Transcription into PowerPoint by Scribes
16:30 - 17:00 Presentations by small group Recorders
CNSI Lecture Hall
17:00 - 18:00 Break
18:00 - 19:00 Social Hour - UCLA Faculty Center
19:00 - 21:00 Banquet Dinner - UCLA Faculty Center
20:00 - 21:00 Keynote Lecture
Patrick Soon-Shiong, Abraxis Bio-Science
The Role of Biomarkers and Biologically Interactive Delivery Systems (Receptor Mediated Transcytosis) in the Future of Chemotherapy
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
07:00 - 07:50 Continental Breakfast
07:00 - 08:00 Welcome and Introduction
Eric Hoek, University of California Los Angeles
08:00 - 08:50 Plenary Lecture 4
André Nel, University of California Los Angeles
Predictive Toxicological Paradigms for the Assessment of Nanoparticle Toxicity
09:00 - 12:00 Breakout Session 3
Theme: Nanoparticle Reactions Leading to Toxicity
Objective: Establish/define paradigms for investigating and interpreting NP reactions leading to toxicity
09:00 - 09:20 Rochelle Wagner, Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Nanotoxicity Studies: Perspective from a Unique Industrial Company
09:25 - 09:45 Ben Gilbert, University of California Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Aspects of Nanoparticles Reactivity, Stability and Toxicity
10:00 - 11:00 Interactive discussion in small groups lead by Facilitators
CNSI Interactive Room, 5th floor
11:00 - 11:30 Break / Transcription into PowerPoint by Scribes
11:30 - 12:00 Presentations by small group Recorders
CNSI Lecture Hall
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Plenary Lecture 5
Michael Thompson, FEI Company
Probing bio-nanoparticle interfaces with advanced microscopy tools
14:00 - 16:30 Breakout Session 4
Theme: New Methods for Probing the Bio-nano Interface
Objective: Establish/define paradigms for investigating and interpreting new methods for probing the bio-nano interface
14:00 - 14:30 Ken Bradley, University of California Los Angeles
High Throughput Screening to Probe Bio-Nanomaterial Interfaces
14:30 - 15:30 Interactive discussion in small groups lead by Facilitators
CNSI Interactive Room, 5th floor
15:30 - 16:00 Break / Transcription into PowerPoint by Scribes
16:00 - 16:30 Presentations by small group Recorders
CNSI Lecture Hall