Preliminary Program subject to change
T8011 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 8: Bionanotechnology (T8)

Chair

Jennifer Fiegel
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering / Division of Pharmaceutics
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone Number: 319-335-8830
Email: jennifer-fiegel@uiowa.edu

CoChair

Cory Berkland
Professor
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering/ Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kansas
2030 Becker Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone Number: 785-864-1455
Fax Number: 785-864-1454
Email: berkland@ku.edu
Development of Quantum Dot Encoded Silica Beads for Use in An Ultra-Miniaturized Microarray Platform
Gerson R. Aguirre1, Alexander Couzis2, Charles Maldarelli3, Nikhil D. Kalyankar2 and Lane Gilchrist2, (1)Chemistry Department, City College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 160 Convent Ave., New York, NY 10031, (2)Chemical Engineering, City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Steinman Hall, 140th St @ Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, (3)Chemical Engineering Department and Benjamin Levich Institute, City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Steinman Hall, 140th St @ Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
Optimal Spacing of Zinc Selenide Quantum Dots for Biological Sensing Applications
Bing C. Mei and T. J. Mountziaris, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Towards An in Vitro Model of Anti-Therapeutic Resistance: Cellular Drug Efflux Pump Systems in Supported Lipid Bilayer/nanostructure Hybrid Structures
Bin He, Department of Chemical Engineering, City College of New York (of CUNY), T308 Steinman Hall, 140th St at Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031 and Lane Gilchrist, Chemical Engineering, City College of New York (of CUNY), T306 Steinman Hall, 140th St at Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
Break
Enzyme Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Use in Biotechnology
Pu Zhang, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 143 Schrenk Hall, Rolla, MO 65409 and David B. Henthorn, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 143 Schrenk Hall, Rolla, MO 65409-1230
Probing Biological Samples Using Cryo-Tem
Ashish Jha and Arijit Bose, Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881
Development of Encapsulated siRNA Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery
Gunilla B. Jacobson-Andrews1, Rajesh Shinde2, Robyn P. Hickerson3, Roger L. Kaspar3, Christopher H. Contag2 and Richard N. Zare1, (1)Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive #121, Stanford, CA 94305, (2) Departments of Pediatrics, Radiology and Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive #121, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)TransDerm Inc, 2161 Delaware Ave. Suite D, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Topical 8: Bionanotechnology