2012 Institute for NanoBioTechnology Symposium Agenda
Cancer: The Big Picture
Friday, May 4
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
David H. Koch Cancer Research Building
Baltimore, MD 21205
- 9 a.m. – Welcome ~ Peter Searson, INBT director
- 9:05 – “Challenges in Pathology,” Keynote Speaker, Ralph Hruban, MD, Professor, Director of The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Director of the Division of Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology, and Deputy Director for Research and Programs of the Department of Pathology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- 9:40 – “Micro/Nano Technologies for Better Molecular Diagnostics.” Jeff Tza Huei Wang, PhD, Associate Professor, in the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Oncology at Johns Hopkins University
- 10:05 – “Nanoparticle-based drug delivery for cancer,” Justin Hanes, PhD, the Lewis J. Ort Family Professor and Director of the Center for Nanomedicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a primary appointment in Ophthalmology and joint appointments in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Environmental Health Sciences, Neurosurgery and Oncology
- 10:30 – Break
- 10:40 – “Physical confinement alters tumor cell adhesion and migration phenotypes,” Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Masson-Argawal Faculty Scholar
- 11:05 – “Cancer Epidemiology,” Elizabeth Platz, ScD, MPH, Professor, Martin D. Abeloff, MD Scholar in Cancer Prevention; Head, Cancer Epidemiology Area of Concentration; Director, Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, & Control Training Program
- 11:30 – “Nanoparticle engineering for delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics,” Hai-Quan Mao, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute at Johns Hopkins University
- 11:55 Adjourn/Concluding remarks
- Noon-1:30 – Break
- 1:30- 3:30 – Research Poster Session, Owens Lobby, hallway, room 111
