Agenda

Wednesday October 31st, 2007

 CNSI-CNBI Executive Meeting

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

 Nanomaterials-Nanodetection
7:45-8:25 am Breakfast and Registration
Introduction- Fuyu Tamanoi, Chair, Program Committee
Welcoming Remarks
8:30-8:35 am Roberto Peccei, Vice Chancellor for Research, UCLA
8:35-8:45 am Leonard H. Rome, Interim Director, CNSI
8:45-9:00 am UCLA Chancellor, Gene Block
9:00-9:30 am

President Komiyama, University of Tokyo
"University of Tokyo's Approach to Knowledge Structuring and Global Networking"
9:30-9:35 am Break
9:35-10:05 am Tony Chan, Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation
10:05-10:45 am

Keynote Speech: Jan E. Schnitzer, Scientific Director, Professor of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Director of Vascular Biology & Angiogenesis Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
"Using nanotechnology for vascular proteomic mapping and targeted penetration into specific organs and tumors in vivo"
Introduction by Luisa Iruela-Arispe
10:45-10:55 am Coffee Break
Session 1: Nanomaterials Chair, Heather Maynard
10:55-11:20 am

Talk 1: Takuzo Aida, CNBI, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
"Functional nanomaterials"
11:20-11:45 am

Talk 2: Shimon Weiss, CNSI, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Single molecule probing of dynamic conformation, molecular interactions and dynamic localizations in-vitro, in live cells and in organisms"
11:45-12:15 pm

Talk 3: Yuji Miyahara, CNBI, Department of Materials Engineering, Biomaterials Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
"Biomolecular recognition"
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch - CNSI Building
Poster Session
2:00-2:40 pm Keynote Speech: Thomas Earnest, Senior Scientist, Structural Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
"Structural Proteomics of Complex Biological Systems"
Introduction by John Miao
Session 2: Nanodevices, Microscopic Methods Chair, Harold Monbouquette
2:40-3:05 pm Talk 4: Hiroyuki Fujita, CNBI, Institute of Industrial Science
"MEMS for bio-molecular handling"
3:05-3:30 pm Talk 5: Jim Gimzewski, CNSI, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"AFM and Nanomedicine"
3:30-3:45pm Coffee Break
Session 3: Nanodetection and Nanomaterials/Cell Interaction Chair, Jacob Schmidt
3:45-4:10 pm Talk 6: Takashi Funatsu, CNBI, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry
"Single-molecule analyses of functions of biomolecules by nano- and micro-devices"
4:10-4:35 pm Talk 7: Hong Zhou, CNSI, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
"Seeing biological nano-machineries by cryo-electron microscopy"
4:35-5:00 pm Talk 8: Jun Miyake, CNBI, Department of Bioengineering; Research Institute for Cell Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
"Nano surgery"
5:00-5:25 pm Talk 9: Andre Nel, CNSI, Division of NanoMedicine; Nanotoxicology; UCLAMedical Center
"Predictive Toxicological Paradigms for the Assessment of Nanoparticle Toxicity"

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

 Nanotherapy-Nanomedicine
8:00-8:30 am Breakfast
8:30-9:00 am Barbara B. Mittleman, Director, Public-Private Partnership Program, NIH
"Public-Private Partnerships and the NIH"
9:00-9:40 am Keynote Speech: Piotr Grodzinski, Director, Nanotechnology for Cancer programs at Nanotechnology Alliance of National Cancer Institute
"The Workings of NCI Nanotechnology Alliance for Cancer- an Opportunity for a New Class of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Solutions Based on Nanotechnology"

Introduction by Fuyu Tamanoi
9:40-10:10 am Masayuki Takahashi, MEXT Nanobio in Japan
"Japanese government policy on Nanotechnology"
10:10-10:25 am Coffee Break
Session 4: Nanomanipulation Chair, Ren Sun
10:25-10:50 am Talk 10: Yoichiro Matsumoto, CNBI, Dean, School of Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering
"Ultrasound gene transfer"
10:50-11:15 am Talk 11: Mike Teitell, CNSI, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pathology "Nanodetection"
11:15-11:40 am Talk 12: Takehiko Kitamori, CNBI, Department of Applied Chemistry
"Extended-Nano chemical systems on chip for bio and clinical application"
11:40-1:00pm Lunch-CNSI Building
Sponsored by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Poster Session
Session 5: Nanotherapy Chair, Lily Wu
1:00-1:25pm Talk 13: Leonard H. Rome, Interim Director, CNSI; Senior Associate Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine
"Vault nanocapsule"
1:25-1:50 pm Talk 14: Kazunori Kataoka, Director, CNBI, Department of Materials Engineering and Division of Clinical Biotechnology
"Nanodelivery"
1:50-2:15 pm Talk 15: Jeff Zink, CNSI, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Nanovalve and controlled release"
2:15-2:20 pm Virginia Cox, UC Discovery, Research Development Officer
2:20-2:30 pm Break
Session 6: Panel Discussion, Industrial Perspective on NanoBiology Moderated by Kang Wang
2:30-4:00 pm Bridging the Gap - Bringing NanoBiology to the Healthcare Industry
  • Nic Everett, Chief Scientist, Drug Discovery at Abraxis BioScience
  • Hiromichi Kimura, Professor, Pharmaco-Business Innovation,Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • David Martin, CEO of AvidBiotics
  • Shozo Fujita, Dr. of Medical Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Nanotechnology Research Center Fujitsu Laboratories Limited
  • Eric Ting, Founder and Senior Biologics Consultant, Bone Biologics
  • Kazunori Okuyama, Technical Advisor, Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd
4:00-4:10 pm Coffee Break
Session 7: Nanomedicine Chair, Kathy Sakamoto
4:10-4:35 pm Talk 16: Yasuhiro Horiike, CNBI, Project Manager, Center for NanoBio Integration; Fellow, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
"Healthcare chip"
4:35-5:00 pm Talk 17: Ed McCabe, CNSI, Director, Mattel Children's Hospital; Executive Chair, Department of Pediatrics
"Personalized Medicine: Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Bio-Nano Devices"
5:00-5:25 pm Talk 18: Ung-il Chung, CNBI, Department of Bioengineering
"Regenerative medicine"
  Closing Remarks - Leonard H. Rome, Interim Director, CNSI;
Kazunori Kataoka, Director, CNBI, Department of Materials Engineering and Division of Clinical Biotechnology