Breakfast and Coffee
IMM Atrium

Introduction and Welcome: The Alliance for NanoHealth
Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., President,  Alliance for NanoHealth

ANH Investigators Meeting 2010 - A Showcase for Scientific Achievements in NanoHealth
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, PhD., Assistant Director, Alliance for NanoHealth

ANH Pre-Center Grants (Chair: Paolo  Decuzzi, Ph.D.)

• Center for Nanovectored Therapeutics (CNT) – James Tour, Ph.D. (Rice University)
• Rational Design of Particulate Systems for the Imaging and Hyperthermia Treatment of an Inflamed Endothelium - Paolo  Decuzzi, Ph.D. (The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston)
• Center for Nanotechnology Applications in Tissue Engineering of Vascular Graft - Changyi (Johnny) Chen, M.D., Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
• Cell Mediated Targeted Delivery of Nanoparticles for Anti-Tumor Effect- Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D. (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)
• Theranostics –Multifunctional Targeted Nanocarriers for Minimally Invasive Intervention- Chun Li, Ph.D. (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)

11:00 am

Refreshments Break
IMM Atrium

11:20 am

Patient Advocate Response

• Anne Meyn

11:40 am

ANH Seed Grants – Part 1 (Chair: Jim Klostergaard, Ph.D.)

• Development of asymmetric liposomes for  targeted delivery of siRNA – Sundararajah Thevananther, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
• Bimodally targeted, magnetically-responsive nanoparticles as drug carriers – Jim Klostergaard, Ph.D. (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)
• Gold Nanoshell-mediated Delivery of Small Therapeutic Nucleic Acid Molecules for Systemic Treatment of Human Lung Cancer – Lin Ji, Ph.D. (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)

12:40 pm

Lunch and Poster Exhibition (All ANH-supported projects)
IMM Atrium

1:45 pm

ANH Seed Grants – Part 2 (Chair: Marina Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D.)

• Dual Mode Gadolinium Nanoparticle for MR imaging – Twice is Nice – Vikas Kundra, M.D., Ph.D. (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)
• Design and Develop Magnetic Nanostructures for Multiplexing MRI Diagnostics – Li Sun, Ph.D. (University of Houston)
• Engineered Gold Nanoparticles for the Detection of Solid Cancers: Investigation of Shape-Dependent Biological Dynamics  – Paul Ruchhoeft Ph.D. (University of Houston)
• Nanoparticle Based Molecular Imaging of Cerebraamyloid Angiopathy, A Major Risk Factor for Stroke – Jason Eriksen, Ph.D. (University of Houston)
•  Selective laser ablation of tumor cells targeted with gold  nanorods – Alexander Oraevsky, Ph.D. (Fairway Medical Technologies)
• Integrating amine-functionalized gold nanoparticle conjugated microRNAs into cancer prognostic and therapeutic strategies targeted at drug resistant Multiple Myeloma (MM) – Preethi Gunaratne, Ph.D. (University of Houston)

3:45 pm

Refreshments Break
IMM Atrium

4:00 pm

ANH Seed Grants – Part 3 (Chair: Joan Nichols, Ph.D.)

• Self-assembling Multidomain Peptide Nanofibers: Applications in Cell Scaffolding and Drug Delivery – Jeffrey Hartgerink, Ph.D.(Rice University)
• Nano-engineered, Multi-channel Scaffolds for Axon Regeneration – Jiming Bao, Ph.D. (University of Houston)
• 3-dimensional Multisensing Probes for Neural Recording & Brain-Machine Interfaces – John C. Wolfe, Ph.D. (University of Houston)
• Nano-Therapeutics to Enhance Wound Healing - Joan Nichols, Ph.D. (The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston)
• Design of Nanofabricated Piezoelectric Sensors for the Structural Health Monitoring of Total Hip Prostheses – Gangbing Song, Ph.D. (University of Houston)
• Advancing Clinical Proteomics Using DNA Nanotechnologies – Walter Hittelman, Ph.D. (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)

6:00 pm

Final Review of Poster Exhibition and ANH Sponsored Cocktail Reception
IMM Atrium

7:00 pm

Closing Remarks and Poster Exhibition Awards

• Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., President, Alliance for NanoHealth