The Office of the Vice President for Research at Wayne State University invites the research community to attend the first Nano@Wayne Seminar* of this academic year on Tuesday, September 19 at 2:30 p.m. at the School of Medicine in the Green Lecture Hall — 3334 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Avenue.

Our Guest Speaker will be Dr. Donald Tomalia, recently appointed scientific director of the National Dendrimer and Nanotechnology Center located at Central Michigan University.

Dr. Tomalia will speak on Dendrimer-Based Nanomedicine: Its Impact on Biology, Pharma Delivery, MRI Imaging and Polyvalent/Target Therapies. An abstract of his talk is attached.

A reception will immediately follow Dr. Tomalia’s presentation.

Upcoming presentations in the lecture series include:

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 Delivery 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
Topic: Semiconductor Nanowires

Tuesday, November 21 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Clare Yu, University of California/Irvine
Topic: The Transportation System Inside a Living Cell

Tuesday, December 5 at 2:30 p.m. in the SOM (Room TBA):
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 SOM (Room TBA):
Speaker: Dr. Martin Philbert, University of Michigan
Topic: Toxicology of NanoBioMaterials

Tuesday, February 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the SOM (Room TBA):
Speaker: Dr. Paul Wooley, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Topic: Biological Responses to Nanoparticles – Does Size Really Matter?

Tuesday, February 20 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Erhard Rothe, Department of Chemical Engineering
Topic: Arrays of Nanobumps Created with Laser Light Applied to Micrometer-Sized Spheres

Tuesday, March 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Lindsey, North Carolina State University
Topic: TBA

Tuesday, March 20 at 2:30 p.m. in the SOM (Room TBA):
Speaker: Dr. J. Richard Spears, Department of Cardiology
Topic: Aqueous Oxygen Near the Homogeneous Nucleation Limit of Water: Stabilization with Submicron Capillaries

Tuesday, May 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Alex Benderskii, Department of Chemistry
Topic: Coherent Nonlinear Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Structure and Dynamics at Interfaces and Nanostructures