H7: Carbon Nanostructures in Medicine and Biology 2

Thursday, May 16, 2013: 14:00-17:40
Civic Ballroom North, Second Floor (Sheraton)
Chairs:
Tatiana Da Ros, PhD and Mohammad F Islam
14:00
Insights to Nano-Confinement and Its Effect on Relaxivity of Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents
Justin Law, Rice University; Cody Jeu, Rice University; Lon J. Wilson, Professor, Rice University Department of Chemistry
14:20
(Invited) Novel SWCNT-Based Immunoprobes for Spectrally Multiplexed Detection and Imaging in Biomedical Applications
Kathleen M. Beckingham, Ph.D., Rice University; Michael Trejo, Rice University; Saunab Ghosh, Ph.D., Rice University; Michael Vu, Ph.D., Rice University; Jason K. Streit, Rice University; R. Bruce Weisman, Ph.D., Rice University
14:40
Carbon Nanotube Based Electrodes for the Electrochemical Detection of Interactions Between Scyllo-Inositol and Amyloid-β
Vinci Wing Sze Hung, University of Toronto; Kagan Kerman, University of Toronto
15:00
Radiofrequency Electric-Field Interactions with Purified Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Applications in Non-Invasive Cancer Hyperthermia
Stuart James Corr, BEng, MEng, PhD, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Mustafa Raoof, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Brandon T Cisneros, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre; Matthew A. Cheney, Rice University Department of Chemistry; Lon J. Wilson, Professor, Rice University Department of Chemistry; Steven Curley, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre
15:20
Photodynamic and Photothermal Effects of Semiconducting and Metallic-Enriched Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Cancer Cell Killing
Hirotaka Nakatsuji, Kyoto university; Tatsuya Murakami, Kyoto university; Mami Inada, Kyoto university; Yoshinori Matoba, Kyoto university; Tomokazu Umeyama, Kyoto university; Masahiko Tsujimoto, Kyoto university; Seiji Isoda, Kyoto university; Mitsuru Hashida, Kyoto university; Hiroshi Imahori, PhD, Kyoto university
15:40
Coffee break
16:00
(Invited) Recent Development on Fullerene-Based Nano-PDT Drugs for Photo-Inactivation of Infectious Bacteria and Cancer Cells
Long Chiang, PhD, University of Massachusetts; Michael Hamblin, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
16:20
(Invited) Measuring Uptake Dynamics Of Multiple, Identifiable Carbon Nanotube Species Via High-Speed Confocal Raman Imaging Of Live Cells
Daniel A Heller, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Jeon Woong Kang, PhD, MIT; Niyom Lue, MIT; Ramachandra R Dasari, MIT
16:40
Development Of Human Mast Cell-Targeting Fullerenes
Sarala Pamujula, Joint school of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Anthony Dellinger, Joint school of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Zhiguo Zhou, NanoWorks division, Luna Innovations Incorporated; Marinella G Sandros, Joint school of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Christopher L Kepley, Joint school of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
17:20
Macroporous All-Carbon Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications
Gaurav Lalwani, MS, Stony Brook University; Andrea Trinward Kwaczala, MS, Stony Brook University; Shruti Kanakia, MS, Stony Brook University; Sunny C Patel, BS, Stony Brook University; Stefan Judex, PhD, Stony Brook University; Balaji Sitharaman, Ph.D., Stony Brook University
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