2009 Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium
NANOSCIENCE FOR NEUROSCIENCE & NEUROSURGERY
Featuring Johns Hopkins Faculty Experts and a Research Poster Session.
Agenda
Speakers: Mountcastle Auditorium, Main Level, PreClinical Teaching Building
9:00-9:05 Welcome
Peter Searson – Joseph R. and Lynn C. Reynolds Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology
9:05-9:25 Novel Approaches to Understand Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric Diseases
Ted Dawson – Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neuroscience; Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
9:25-9:45 Future Applications of Nanotechnology for the Treatment of Brain Tumors
Alessandro Olivi – Professor, Neurosurgery and Oncology; Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
9:45-10:05 Engineered Nanofiber Matrices to Promote Neural Stem Cell Differentiation and Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Hai-Quan Mao – Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute; Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
10:05-10:25 Multi-color MR imaging of Nanoparticle Drug Delivery and Release Using Sugars, Proteins and Other Organic DiaCEST MR Contrast Agents
Michael McMahon – Assistant Professor, Radiology/MR Division; F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
10:25-10:40 15 minute break, refreshments sponsored by GE
10:40-11:00 Overview of the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
John Griffin – Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Service Professor, Depts. of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pathology; Director, Brain Science Institute
11:00-11:20 Surface Manipulation to Guide Vascular Differentiation and Assembly
Sharon Gerecht – Assistant Professor, Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Institute for NanoBioTechnology; Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
11:20–11:40 Nanoparticles in the Brain: Toxic Endpoints?
Tomas Guilarte – Professor, Molecular Neurotoxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
11:40-12:00 Mircofluidic Tools to Study Astroglial Regulation by Neurons
Jeffrey Rothstein – Professor, Neurology, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Director, Robert Packard Center for ALS Research
Poster Session: Turner Concourse, Lower Level of Turner Building
1:30-2:30 Poster Session A (Even-numbered posters)
2:30-3:30 Poster Session B (Odd-numbered posters)
3:30 Adjourn
Speakers
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John W. Griffin, MD
Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Service Professor
Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pathology
Director, Brain Science Institute -
Michael T. McMahon, PhD
Assistant Professor
Radiology Department/MR Division, Johns Hopkins University
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Ted Dawson, MD, PhD
Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine -
Hai-Quan Mao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute, Johns Hopkins University
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Tomas Guilarte, PhD
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Jeffrey Rothstein, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
Director, Robert Packard Center for ALS Research
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Sharon Gerecht, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University
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Alessandro Olivi, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology
Chair, Dept. Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Location and Time
9 a.m. - noon
Mountcastle Auditorium
Preclinical Teaching Building (PCTB)
School of Medicine
Poster Session
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Turner Concourse
School of Medicine
Contact
Sponsorship
The NanoBio Symposium is made possible by Gold Sponsors:
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