Preliminary Program subject to change
TH001 Nanotechnology for Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Industries
OverviewThis session seeks papers focusing on nanotechnologies for drug delivery, drug discovery/development, and drug manufacturing. Examples of specific topics include nanoparticles/emulsions for drug delivery, nanoengineering cell-based drug assays, patch clamp chips for drug screening/discovery, and process monitoring of active nanopharmaceuticals manufacturing.
Primary SponsorTopical H – Biological Applications of Nanotechnology (Bionanotechnology) (TH)
Co-Sponsor(s)Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22)

Chair

Henry Y. Wang
Professor
University of Michigan
3324 G.G. Brown
2300 Hayward
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone Number: 734 763-5659
Fax Number: 734 763-0459
Email: hywang@umich.edu

CoChair

Shuichi Takayama
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Email: takayama@umich.edu
Doxorubicin-Loaded Transferrin-Targeted Polymeric Micelles Rapidly Enter Cancer Cells and Accumulate near the Cell Nucleus
Samuel K. Lai, Jie Fu, Stan T. Man and Justin Hanes, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 221 Maryland Hall, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Temperature-Sensitive Polymer-Gold Nanocomposites as Intelligent Therapeutic Systems
Donald E. Owens III, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0400, Austin, TX 78712 and Nicholas A. Peppas, Department of Chemical Engineering, CPE 3.466, 1 University Station, Code C0400, Austin, TX 78712
Stability of Gadolinium Binding to Nanotemplate Engineering Chelator as Mri Contrast Agents
R. D. White1, Donghua Zhu1, Natthida Weerapreeyakul2, Khaetthareeya Sutthanut3 and Michael Jay1, (1)Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0082, (2)Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen, Thailand, (3)Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen
The Design of Potent Nanoscale Anthrax Toxin Inhibitors
Kunal Gujraty1, Amit Joshi1, Saleem Basha1, Jeremy Mogridge2 and Ravi S. Kane1, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, (2)Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S1A8, Canada
Polymersome Encapsulated Hemoglobin (Peh): a Novel Type of Oxygen Carrier
Dian R. Arifin and Andre F. Palmer, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 181 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
In Situ Monitoring of Phase Transition of a Temperature and pH Responsive Copolymer
Lei Wan1, Harender S. Bisht2, David Oupicky2 and Guangzhao Mao1, (1)Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, (2)Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202
Drug Encapsulation in Polymer Carriers Using Confined Impinging Jets and Vortex Mixers
Walid S. Saad, Princeton University, A215 Eng Quad dept of Chem Eng, Olden St, Princeton, NJ 08544 and Robert K. Prudhomme, Princeton University, Dept of Chemical Eng Olden St, Princeton, NJ 08544
Chemistry on a Single Protein, Vcam-1, during Forced Unfolding
Nishant Bhasin, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 220 South 33rd Street, Room 112 Towne Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391 and Dennis Discher, Chemical Engg., University of Pennsylvania, 220 South 33rd Street, Room 112 Towne Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391

Topical H – Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology (Bionanotechnology)