2008 Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium
Hosted by the Institute for NanoBioTechnology
The second annual Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium will be held May 1-2, 2008 at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Workshop: 2-5 p.m.
"Nanotechnology for Cancer"
Owens Auditorium
Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
Friday, May 2, 2008
Symposium: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Turner Auditorium
Hopkins School of Medicine
Poster Session: 2-4:30 p.m.
Turner Auditorium Concourse
SEE AGENDA FOR DETAILS
The Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium gathers experts involved in the study, training, research, development and commercialization of nanotechnology. Participants have the opportunity to hear about leading-edge technologies and recent scientific breakthroughs from experts using nanoscale solutions to solve problems in health care and medicine.
Nearly 400 people attended the 2007 NanoBio Symposium, and more than 100 posters were displayed. Due to the enthusiastic response, the 2008 event has been expanded to two days and includes a Thursday afternoon workshop with the theme “Nanotechnology for Cancer.”
Workshop
INBT-affiliated Johns Hopkins faculty who plan to present at the Nanotechnology for Cancer workshop include Justin Hanes and Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, associate professors in the schools of Engineering and Medicine; Anirban Maitra, associate professor in the School of Medicine; Kenneth Kinzler, Martin Pomper and Jonathan Schneck, professors in the School of Medicine; and Peter Searson and Denis Wirtz, professors in the School of Engineering. Luis Diaz, assistant professor of oncology at the Kimmel Cancer Center, will present a talk on clinical cancer.
Speakers and Poster Session
On Friday morning, attendees will have the opportunity to hear talks by some of the world’s leading experts in nanobiotechnology. Friday afternoon’s poster session will feature a display of research projects representing departments from across the Johns Hopkins University, as well as from government and industrial entities.Academic and clinical faculty, staff, students, representatives from government, business, industry, and the general public are invited to attend this enriching two-day event. Attendees also are invited to present posters, subject to INBT approval.
Invited speakers include:
- Donald E. Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Vascular Biology Program, Children's Hospital (profile)
- Andrew D. Maynard, Ph.D.
Chief Science Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
(profile)
- Paras N. Prasad, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair of Chemistry
Director, Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
(profile)
- Jeffery A. Schloss, Ph.D.
Co-chair, Trans-NIH NANO Task Force
Program Director, Technology Development Coordination
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (profile)
- Jennifer L. West, Ph.D. Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering Rice University (profile)
Registration is required. JHU affiliated faculty, fellows, staff, and students may attend the symposium at NO COST. Non-JHU affiliated registrants pay a minimal fee. Registrants may also submit a poster, subject to approval by INBT.