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Cancer Nanotechnology Symposia

Nanotechnology: Visualizing and Targeting Cancer
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, CA

Meeting Schedule
March 3, 2004

8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m.   Welcome
Geoffrey M. Wahl, Ph.D.
Professor
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
8:35 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.   Opening Remarks
Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D.
Special Expert on Nanotechnology
National Cancer Institute
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
The Ohio State University
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.   Cancer Biology Researcher Keynote

Systems Biology and Cancer
Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D.
President
Institute for Systems Biology
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.   Nanotechnology Researcher Keynote

Nanomedicine for Cancer
James R. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Director
Center for Biologic Nanotechnology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
10:45 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.   Break

Session 1: Advanced Technology To Reveal the Molecular Complexity of Cancer

11:05 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.   The Complex Nature of the Cancer Genome

Joe W. Gray, Ph.D.
Director
Life Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
11:30 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.   NanoSystems Biology

James R. Heath, Ph.D.
Professor
California Institute of Technology
11:55 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.   Deciphering Protein Patterns From Cancer Tissue for Discovery of Unique Sets of Biomarkers to Aid Diagnosis and Predict Clinical Outcomes

Richard M. Caprioli, Ph.D.
Director
Mass Spectrometry Research Center
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
12:20 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.   Roundtable Discussion
Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D.
Special Expert on Nanotechnology
National Cancer Institute
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
The Ohio State University
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.   Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.   NCI Technology Funding Opportunities

Session 2: Targeting Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics

1:45 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.   Integrated Microfluidics and Nanotools for Biomedicine
Abraham Lee, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine
2:10 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.   Virus-Based Nanoparticles:
Biomolecular Sensors for Targeting Cancer

Marianne Manchester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
2:35 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   Towards Multifunctional Nanoparticles
Sangeeta N. Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego
3:00 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.   Roundtable Discussion
Anna D. Barker, Ph.D.
Deputy Director for Advanced Technologies and Strategic Partnerships
National Cancer Institute
3:25 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   Closing
   

 



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