Preliminary Program subject to change
T8015 (22b) Micro- and Nanodevices for Targeted Therapeutics I
OverviewThis session will include papers applying micro- and nanoscale devices for application in targeted therapeutics.
Primary SponsorTopical 8: Bionanotechnology (T8)
Co-Sponsor(s)Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (15)

Chair

Samir Mitragotri
Assistant Professor
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA unknown
Phone Number: unknown
Email: samir@engineering.ucsb.edu

CoChair

J. Zach Hilt
University of Kentucky
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Lexington, KY 40506
Phone Number: 859 257-9844
Fax Number: (859) 323-1929
Email: hilt@engr.uky.edu
Polymer Core/Gold Nanoshell Composite Nanoparticles for Targeted Therapeutics: Monitoring Their Response to Different Media and Laser Irradiation
Brian G. Prevo, Guohui Wu and Joseph A. Zasadzinski, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites for Therapeutic and Imaging Applications
Donald E. Owens III, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Mail Code C0400, Austin, TX 78712, Jackson K. Eby, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Mail Code C0400, Austin, TX 78712 and Nicholas A. Peppas, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0400, Austin, TX 78712
Functional Block Copolymer Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery and Imaging
Marian E. Gindy and Robert K. Prud'homme, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, A-217 Engineering Quadrangle, Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544
Development of Improved Retinal Prosthesis, Using Local Release Polymer Coatings and Sustained Release Dendrimer-Drug Nanodevices
Bharath Rajaguru, Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, Rangaramanujam M. Kannan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 and Raymond Iezzi, Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
Functionalized Liposomes for Targeting Colorectal Cancer
Ashish Garg1, Eman Haidari2 and Efrosini Kokkoli1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (2)Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Emerging Nanotechnologies for Therapeutic Applications
Rangaramanujam M. Kannan, Wayne State University, 1121 Engineering, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202

Topical 8: Bionanotechnology