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Bionanotechnology: Plenary Session I


Description:
The purpose of this session will be to feature leading scientists and engineers who will discuss recent directions of the field including nanotechnology to advance human health, understanding how cells work through bottom-up assembly of biological nanosystems ex-vivo, advances in imaging technologies, from microfabrication to nanofabrication etc. This is a session of invited papers only.

Sponsor:
Bionanotechnology


Chair:
J. Zach Hilt
University of Kentucky
Chemical & Materials Engineering
177 F. Paul Anderson Tower
Lexington, KY 40506
Email: hilt@engr.uky.edu

Co-chairs:
Julie Champion
Assistant Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone Number: 313-590-4377
Fax Number: 404-894-2866
Email: julie.champion@chbe.gatech.edu

Efrosini Kokkoli
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
421 Washington Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone Number: 612-626-1185
Email: kokkoli@umn.edu


Papers:
Understanding Adaptive Immunity: From Statistical Mechanics to Elite Controllers of HIV
Arup K. Chakraborty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Functionally Organized Hierarchical Nanobiomaterials
Jonathan S. Dordick, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
See more of this Group/Topical: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum