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Preliminary Agenda / Subject to change

Thursday
November 19th

08:15 - 08:30


SYMPOSIUM OPENING
CNSI Auditorium


Introduction and Welcoming Remarks:
Paul S Weiss
Director of the California NanoSystems Institute
Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences
Professor of Biological Chemistry





First Session:
Topic: Magnetic and Light Control of Nanotherapy
Chair: Aydogan Ozcan/ Fuyu Tamanoi 

08:30 – 9:00

Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann, Photonics and Optoelectronics Group; Physics Department; Ludwig-Maximilians University   
Nanoplasmonics with Biomolecules


09:00 – 9:30

Haruo Kasai, Division of Basic Medical Sciences; Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine; Graduate School of Medicine; The University of Tokyo  
Two Photon Uncaging Microscope to Study Cerebral Synapses in Vitro and in Vivo


09:30 –10:00

Jinwoo Cheon, NanoMedical National Core Research Center; Department of Chemistry; Yonsei University  
High Performance Magnetic Nanopaticles for Biomedical Studies


10:00 –10:30

Christian Plank, Institute of Experimental Oncology Therapy Research; Technical University of Munich 
Nanomagnetic Delivery of Innovative Therapeutics

10:30 –10:45

Coffee Break
10:45

Second Session:
Topic: Tissue Regeneration /Cell Therapy /Cancer Therapy
Chair: Tatiana Segura

10:45 –11:15

Adam Z Stieg, Scientific Director, Nano and Pico Characterization Lab, CNSI, UCLA 
Beyond Topography: AFM as a Platform for Method Development in Biomedical Detection and Diagnostics


11:15 –11:45

Heinrich Leonhardt, Professor for Molecular Human Biology, Bio Center, Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians University
Visualization and Manipulation of the Invisible with Biological Nanotools


11:45 –12:15

Tim Deming, Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering; Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, UCLA, Member CNSI 
Synthetic Block Copolypeptide Hydrogels for Central Nervous System Therapies

12:15 –12:45

Chris Denny, Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Co-Director, Gene Expression Core Shared Resource, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Member CNSI
Polymerized Liposomal Nanoparticles as Potential Targeting Vehicles 


12:45 –14:30

Lunch and Poster Session
14:30

Third Session: 
Topic: Imaging & Diagnostics   
Chair: Jacob Schmidt 


14:30 –15:00

Takanori Ichiki, Associate Professor Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo
Combined Platforms for Optical and Electrical Cell Analysis Based on Microchip Technology

15:00 –15:30

Arion Xenofon Chatziioannou, Associate Professor, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Member CNSI
PET Imaging


15:30 –16:00

Jin-Suck Suh, Professor, Nanomedical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine
MR Molecular Imaging for Personalized Medicine


16:00 –16:30

Shimon Weiss, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physiology; Director, Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy Lab at UCLA, Member CNSI  
Multiscale Optical (Single) Molecular Imaging and Spectroscopy


16:30 –17:00

Hyo-IL Jung, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Yonsei University
Microfluidic Device for Blood Cell Separation and Analysis

Friday 
November 20th


Fourth Session:
Topic: Nanoparticles and Nanotherapy
Chair: Lily Wu

09:00 –09:30

Kazunori Kataoka, Director, Center for BioNano Integration
Professor, Department of Materials Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Supra-molecular Structures as Nanocarriers in Gene and Drug Delivery - Challenge to Smart Molecular Therapy


09:30 –09:50

Jeffrey I Zink, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Member CNSI 
Multifunctional Mechanized Nanoparticles for Imaging and Drug Delivery


09:50 –10:10 

Fuyu Tamanoi, Professor and Vice Chair, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics; David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Research Director, CNSI
Cancer Therapy Using Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles


10:10 –10:40

Prof. Dr. Joachim Rδdler, Department of Physics, Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians University  
Soft-Matter NanoSystems for Gene Delivery


10:40 –10:55

Coffee Break


10:55 –11:25

Leonard H. Rome, Professor of Biological Chemistry
Associate Director, California NanoSystems Institute
Senior Associate Dean for Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, CNSI, UCLA
Engineering Vault Nanoparticles as Therapeutic Delivery Vehicles


11:25 –11:55

Chae-Ok Yun, Professor, Institute for Cancer Research, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University
Exploiting Nanoconjugate for Systemic Adenovirus-mediated Cancer Gene Therapy


11:55 –12:25

Andre Nel,  Head, Division of NanoMedicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Director, Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN), Member CNSI
New Products Come Out of the Safe Design of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles


12:25 –13:30

Lunch


13:30

Fifth Session:
Topic: Biosensors / Biomanipulations
Chair: Edward RB McCabe III 

13:30 –14:00

Kyhung-Hwa Yoo, Professor, Applied Nano-Bio Physics, Yonsei University
Capacitance-Based Real Time Monitoring of Cellular Activities


14:00 –14:30

Paul Weiss, Director, California NanoSystems Institute, Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences, Professor of Biological Chemistry   
Controlling the Placement and Environments of Molecules at All Scales:
New Strategies and Chemistries


14:30 –15:00

Masao Washizu, Professor, Department of Bioengineering,
Graduate School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo  
Micro-orifice Based Cell Fusion-principle, Fabrication, and the Observation of Post-fusion Behavior


15:00 –15:30

Coffee Break
15:30 –16:00

Yong Chen, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, Member CNSI
Biomolecular Nanopatterning by Nanoprinting Lithography


16:00 –16:30

Yuji Miyahara, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering, Biomaterials Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) The University of Tokyo
Detection of Biomolecular Recognition Using Bio-transitors


16:30 –17:00

Bahram Jalali, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, Member CNSI
Serial Time Encode Microscopy: High Speed Imaging for Detection of Rare Cells

17:00 –17:10

Closing Remarks: Fuyu Tamanoi, For the Organizing Committee
17:10 –19:00

Reception
CNSI Lobby