CAMD’s Fifth Annual Summer School Workshop

Nanotechnology in Biology, Biotechnology and Medicine

Day 1, Monday, May 31, 2004
08:00 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:30	Welcome and Introduction Dr. Josef Hormes, Director of CAMD, Dr. Claude Bouchard, Executive Director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center Dr. Kevin Smith, Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studies
09:30 – 10:45	Prof. Ryan M. Richards, International University Bremen, Germany, Synthetic Approaches to Metallic Nanomaterials
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30	Dr. Yunfeng Lu, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Self-assembly Approaches to Nanomaterials
12:30 – 01:30	Lunch & Networking
01:30 – 2:45	Dr. Vijay John, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Synthetic Approaches to Polymeric & Polymer-Metal Nanomaterials
02:45 – 03:00	Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:15	Dr. Richard Brotznian, V.P., R&D Nanophase Technologies Corp., Romeoville, IL, Industrial Scale Processes for Nanomaterials
Day 2, Tuesday, June 1, 2004
08:30 – 09:45	Dr. Bingqing Wei, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA Synthetic Approaches to Carbon Nanotubes
09: 45 – 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:15	Dr. Jina-Min Zuo, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Urbana, IL, Electron Microscopy Techniques for Characterization of Nanomaterials
11:15 – 12:30	Dr. Hartwig Modrow, Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Bonn, Germany, X-ray Techniques for Characterization of Nanomaterials
12:30 – 01:30	Lunch & Networking
01:30 – 02:45	Dr. Phillip Sprunger, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques for Characterization of Nanomaterials
02:45 – 03:00	Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:15	Dr. Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, Ph.D., Dept. of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, Synthetic Approaches to Nanomaterials from Bio-molecules
Day 3, Wednesday, June 2, 2004
08:30 – 09:45	Dr. Rebekah A. Drezek, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University, Houston, TX, Nanotechnology in Measurement and Imaging of Biological Processes
09:45 – 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:15	Dr. Daniel D. Chiu, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Washington Seattle, WA, Single Molecule Detection in Nanotechnology and Biology
11:15 – 12:30	Dr. Kenneth Klabunde, Dept. of Chemistry, Kanasa State University, Manhattan, KS, Nanotechnology in Biological Agent Decontamination
12:30 – 01:30	Lunch & Networking
01:30 – 04:30	Visits to CAMD and PBRC
Day 4, Thursday, June 3, 2004
08:30 – 09:45	Dr. T. J. Thomas, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, Nanotechnology in Non Viral Gene Delivery
09:45 – 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:15	Dr. Mehmet Sarikaya, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington Seattle, WA, Biomimetic Nanostructures Engineered Proteins for Materials Assembly and Formation
11:15 – 12:30	Dr. Carola Leuschner, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, Nanotechnology in Cancer Drug Delivery
12:30 – 01:30	Lunch & Networking
01:30 – 02:45	Dr. Axel Rosengart, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Advanced Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Nanotechnology for Biohazard Detoxification
02:45 – 03:00	Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:15	Dr. Gregory M. Lanza, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Cardiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Nanotechnology in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Day 5, Friday, June 4, 2004
	NANOTECHNOLOGY DAY!
07:30 – 08:00	Registration
08:15 – 08:30	Mary Bergeron, Baton Rouge Technology Council, Welcoming Remarks
	Adam Knapp, Office of the Governor, Reading of Proclamation
08:30 – 09:45	Mr. Peter Hebbert, Lux Capital, New York, NY, Nano-biomedical technology: Hype, Hope, and the Next Small Thing
09:45 – 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:15	Dr. Anna M. Waldron, Director of Education Nano-biotechnology Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Nano-biotechnology Education for the Future
	Ms. Lai Cao, Physics Instructor, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Making Nanoparticles at Home and in the Classroom
11:15 – 12:30	Dr. Steven Edwards, Business Communications Company, Inc., Christina, TN, Nano-biomedical-technology: Financial, Legal, Operational, Political, Clinical, Ethical, and Societal Challenges to Implementation
12:30 – 01:30	Lunch & Networking
	Showcase of Nanoresearch at LSU. Poster presentation located in main hallway.