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Symposium G:

Medical Applications of Nanotechnology

There is growing interest in the use of nanomaterials in medicine. Major advances include nanoscale platforms for early cancer detection, sensing or bio-imaging, and targeted and multifunctional therapeutics. This symposium will address the interplay between the materials and biological sciences for this promising research area.

Many of the important biological objects exist at the nanometer length scale. Indeed, the biological processes themselves may be conceived in terms of nanomachines functioning in a nanostructural environment and thus studied using techniques familiar to chemists, physicists, engineers and materials scientists alongside biologists. Nanotechnology can thus translate the molecular-based science that is being developed in almost every industry around (from electronics, magnetics and materials development to information technology to pharmaceuticals and more) to clinical advances that would facilitate major progress in biomedical applications.

This symposium will address such nanoscale platforms and their integration into medicine. This includes: nanostructures for targeted drug delivery, for in-vitro diagnostics and for in-vivo bio-imaging, biological methods for nanomaterials synthesis, multi-functional nanoscale tools, preparation of designed functional interfaces for specific interactions, and characterization of nanomaterials for medical applications.

Distinguished speakers will summarize the current state of the art, the evolution of the field, and address future barriers. Contributions are also solicited in the topics listed.

Hot topics to be covered by the symposium:

Nanotechnology for biomedical applications
Nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanoribbons for drug delivery
In-vitro diagnostics using nanodevices
Biological methods for nanomaterials synthesis, and vice versa
Multi-functional nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Interfacial surface functionalization and dynamics for biomedical applications
Nanomaterial synthesis and interactions for biomedical applications
Nanoparticles for in-vivo bio-imaging
Magnetic and SERS nanoparticles for cancer detection and therapy
Advanced characterization of nanomaterials for medical applications

Invited speakers (confirmed list):

Prof. Vinayak Dravid (Northwestern University)
Cheryl Wong Po Foo (Stanford University)
Dr. Ai Leen Koh (Imperial College London)
Dr. Andre Linhares (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Mr. Brian Morfitt (Principal, Frazier Healthcare)
Mario Diaz de la Rosa (Stanford University)

Full papers: Journal of Materials Science (Springer) will publish Special ICAM 2009 issue(s) containing full papers of abstracts presented in this symposium provided such manuscripts are reviewed according to the Journal standards. Authors are invited, not obliged, to submit full length manuscripts.

For instructions, please check Full Papers Publication.

Symposium organizers:

Robert Sinclair Stanford University 496 Lomita Mall Stanford, CA 94305-4034 U.S.A. Phone number: (650) 723-1102 Fax number: (650) 725-4034 E-mail: bobsinc@stanford.edu	Mark Welland U. of Cambridge Nanoscience Centre 11 J. J. Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0FF U.K. Phone number: +44 1223 760305 Fax number: +44 1223 760306 E-mail: mew10@eng.cam.ac.uk
Vinayak Dravid Northwestern University 2220 Campus Drive 1133 Cook Hall Evanston, IL 60208-3108 U.S.A. Phone number: (867) 467-1363 Fax number: (867) 467-6573 E-mail: v-dravid@northwestern.edu	Marcos Farina UFRJ Centro de Ciencias da Saude Bloco F, Sala F2-027 Cidade Universitaria 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Phone number: +21 2562 6393 Fax number: +21 2562 6480 E-mail: marcos.farina@pq.cnpq.br

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