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 SOM Green Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Donald Tomalia, Central Michigan University
Topic: Dendrimer-Based Nanomedicine: Its Impact on Biology, Pharma Delivery, MRI Imaging and Polyvalent/Targeted Therapies

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 Veterans Administration Hospital Auditorium located at 4646 John R:
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 Veterans Administration Hospital Auditorium located at 4646 John R:
Speaker: Dr. Martin Philbert, University of Michigan
Topic: Toxicology of NanoBioMaterials

Tuesday, February 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the SOM Green Auditorium:
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 Green Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. J. Richard Spears, Department of Cardiology
Topic: Aqueous Oxygen Near the Homogeneous Nucleation Limit of Water: Stabilization with Submicron Capillaries

Tuesday, April 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. David Oupicky, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Topic: TBA

Tuesday, April 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium:
Speaker: Dr. Jayanth Panyam, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Topic: TBA

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

Neuroscience Colloquia Series

The College of Liberal Arts and Science hosts a monthly neuroscience colloquia series. Dr. Paul Walker, professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology in WSU’s School of Medicine, will present “Serotonin Control Mechanisms of Basal Ganglia Function Following Dopamine Depletion,” on Wednesday, November 15 from 4 to 5:00 p.m. in 1167 Biological Sciences Building. All WSU faculty and students are invited to attend. Information about future colloquia talks can be found at: http://www.clas.wayne.edu/unit-inner.asp?WebPageID=839.

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Annual Conference

The Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System (MDCSS), a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program member, is hosting The North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Annual Conference at the Detroit Marriott at Renaissance Center, June 5th-7th in 2007. The Call for Abstracts is attached. The deadline for receipt of abstracts by the coordinating company, Venue West is December 8, 2006. Only registered conference participants can present abstracts by poster or oral session. Dr. John Graff is the local Chair of the event. Additional information concerning the conference may be obtained at the NAACCR web-site - http://www.naaccr.org/ .