NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES

AADR Fall 2008 Focused Mini-Symposium

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Henderson Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
911 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Registration Fee $200; Register online at www.aadronline.org

Wednesday, December 3
12:00-1:45 pm Poster Set-up (Henderson Room)
1:45-2:00 pm Opening Remarks

Brian Clarkson
(University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, CRSE)
2:00-2:45 pm “Unraveling Pathological Biomineralization at the Nanoscale”

Michael D. Ward, PhD

(New York University, Molecular Design Institute, Dept. of Chemistry)
3:00-3:45 pm “A Fantastic Voyage or a Miasma of Particles? Challenges and Opportunities in using Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery”

Mark Banaszak Holl

(University of Michigan, Chemistry Department)
4:00-4:45 pm “Micro- and NanoFluidics for Cellular Physiology Studies”

Shuichi Takayama

(University of Michigan, Dept of Biomedical Engineering)
5:00-5:30 pm Discussion
5:30-6:30 pm Posters (Henderson Room)

(Dinner — Michigan Room)
Thursday, December 4
7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast (Koessler Room)
8:00-8:45 am “Dendrimer-based Nanomedicine: From Chemistry to Translation”

R. Kannan

(Wayne State University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering)
9:00-9:30 am “Integrins as Targets for Nanopolymer Conjugated Drug Delivery”

Elliott Hill

(University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, Biologic and Materials Sciences)
9:45-10:15 am Coffee (Koessler Room)
10:15-10:45 am “Nanotargeted Chemotherapy — Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma”

Brent Ward

(University of Michigan, University Hospitals, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
11:00-11:30 am “Synthesis and Nano-interrogation of Apatite Crystals”

Brian Clarkson

(University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, CRSE)
11:30-12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm Closing Remarks

Christopher H. Fox
(Executive Director, IADR/AADR)