Nano@Wayne

All Nano@Wayne Seminars are held at the Welcome Center Auditorium located at 42 West Warren Avenue at 2:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, September 19 at 2:30 p.m. in the Scott Hall Green Hall:
Speaker: Dr. Donald Tomalia, Central Michigan University

Tuesday, October 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Adi Eisenberg, McGill University/Montreal, Quebec
Topic: Block Copolymer Self-Assembly with Applications to Drug Deliver and Cellular Internalization Studies

Tuesday, October 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Brian Korgel, University of Texas/Austin

Tuesday, December 5 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Gregory Lanza, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Topic: Molecular Imaging and Drug Delivery

Tuesday, January 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Martin Philbert, University of Michigan

Symposium on Nanotechnology in Science and Society

In conjunction with the first meeting of its External Advisory Board, the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences (M-NIMBS) will hold a Symposium on Nanotechnology in Science and Society. This Symposium will offer a comprehensive look at the role of Nanotechnology in science, in the human environment, and in society as a whole. The symposium will be held in three sessions–an afternoon and an evening session on Friday, September 8, 2006, and a Saturday morning session on September 9, 2006.

The Friday, September 8, afternoon session will be held from 2:00–5:15 P.M. in the Biomedical Sciences Research Building Auditorium (BSRB) at the University of Michigan. It will be a scientific session on nanomaterials and techniques with presentations by world–famous experts in Materials Science, including Professor Michael Sailor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California–San Diego, CA; Professor Samuel Stupp, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; and Professor Michael Roukes, Kavli Nanosciences Institute, Caltech, Pasadena, CA. The keynote speaker, Professor Mostafa El–Sayed, Laser Dynamic Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, will present “Why Gold Nanoparticles Are More Precious Than Pretty Gold: Properties and Applications in Making Nano–Motors & in Cancer Diagnostics and Laser Selective Photo–Thermal Therapy.”

The Friday, September 8, evening session will be held from 7:00–8:35 P.M. in the Biomedical Sciences Research Building Auditorium (BSRB). There will be three presentations on the potential toxicology of nanoparticles, such as nanoscale mechanisms of nanoparticle interactions with cell membranes. Presenters include Professor Mark Banaszak Holl, Departments of Chemistry, Applied Physics, Biophysics, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan; Professor Barbara Baird, NanoBiotechnology Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and Professor Gregory Lanza, Cardiology, Medical School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

The Saturday, September 9, session will be held from 9:00–10:30 A.M. in the Biomedical Sciences Research Building Auditorium, where there will be a public session concerning the role of Nanotechnology in society. Discussions will range from the impact of science fiction on the public’s understanding of Nanotechnology to the role of Nanotechnology in economic development in the industrialized world. This session will include a talk by Professor Eric Rabkin, Department of English Language & Literature, University of Michigan, who will address Nanotechnology’s perception in science vs. science fiction. In addition, the discussion will include a panel of experts from business and industry addressing the impact of Nanotechnology on these two fields. Panelists include Steve Swanson, B.S., Chairman & CEO, Nanocerox, Ann Arbor, MI; Panel member TBA; and Youseph Yazdi, Ph.D., Corporate Director, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ. The forum will be moderated by James R. Baker, Jr., M.D., Director, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences.

For more information, visit http://nano.med.umich.edu/about/symposiumProg.html