Preliminary Program subject to change
T2007 Advances in Drug Delivery I
OverviewDrug delivery is a key area of research for the production of effective medicines. This session will focus on recent advances as well as state of the art in the field.
Primary SponsorTopical 2: Discover, Development and Delivery of Medicines (T2)
Co-Sponsor(s)Pharmaceuticals (See also Topical 2) (15b), Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d)

Chair

Tao L. Lowe
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Bioengineering, and Material Sciences and Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
500 University Dr.
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone Number: (717) 531-8602
Fax Number: (717) 531-4464
Email: tlowe@psu.edu

CoChair

Sandro R. P. Da Rocha
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences
Wayne State University
1133ENG - 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive
http://chem1.eng.wayne.edu/~sdr/
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone Number: 313-577-4669
Fax Number: 313-577-3810
Email: sdr@eng.wayne.edu
Therapeutic Proteins and Degradable Polymersomes
David A. Christian, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 220 South 33rd Street, Room 112 Towne Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391 and Dennis E. Discher, Chemical & Biomoleular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 220 South 33rd Street, Room 112 Towne Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391
Nanoparticles Targeting Intercellular Cell Adhesion Molecules
Na Zhang1, Lianjun Shi1 and Cory Berkland2, (1)Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 2030 Becker Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047, (2)Chemical and Petroleum Engineering/ Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2030 Becker Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047
Integrin Antagonist C16y Peptide Encapsulating Pla & Pla-Peo Nanoparticle Treatment of Choroidal Neovascularization in Rodents
Hyuncheol Kim, Michelle Thill, Lourdes Ponce, Nufayl Khan and Karl G. Csaky, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10/Rm 10B11, 9000 Rockville Pk, Bethesda, MD 20892
Subconjunctivally Implantable Hydrogels for Prolong Release of Therapeutic Proteins
Gauri Misra, Surgery, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, Ravi S. J. Singh, Ophthalmology, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, Thomas W. Gardner, Ophthalmology and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 and Tao L. Lowe, Surgery, Bioengineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033
Break
Bioerodible Scaffolds for Implantable Microfluidic Probes in Convection Enhanced Neural Drug Delivery
Conor P. Foley1, Keith B. Neeves1, W. Mark Saltzman2 and William L. Olbricht1, (1)School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, (2)Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 15 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06520
Low Frequency Sonophoresis: Ultrastructural Basis for Stratum Corneum Permeability Assessed Using Quantum-Dots
Sumit Paliwal, Univ. of California-Santa Barbara, Dept. of Chemical Engg., UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, Gopinathan K. Menon, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 and Samir Mitragotri, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Effect of Microneedle Design on Pain in Human Subjects
Harvinder S. Gill, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 315 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, Donald Denson, Center for Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 3B South Emory University Hospital, 1364 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 and Mark R. Prausnitz, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100

Topical 2: Discovery, Development and Delivery of Medicines