Category: Events

Harnessing Nanotechnologies for Innovative Ovarian Cancer Care Date: 11/14/2014 Time: 3:25 pm – 4:30 pm Location: 121 Snell Library Speaker: Cesar M. Castro, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Harnessing Nanotechnologies for Innovative Ovarian Cancer Care In the US, ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic cancer….

Engineering Biomedical Function in Supramolecular Nanomaterial Date: 11/07/2014 Time: 3:25 pm – 4:30 pm Location: 121 Snell Library Speaker: Hicham Fenniri, Professor, Department of Chemical Eng., Northeastern University Engineering Biomedical Function in Supramolecular Nanomaterial Organic chemistry offers tremendous opportunities for the synthesis of small molecules with the ability to spontaneously self-organize into well-defined supramolecular architectures…

Silk Peptides and Proteins for Nanomaterials and Medicine Date: 10/28/2014 Time: 4:35 pm – 5:35 pm Location: 121 Snell Library Speaker: Dr. David L. Kaplan, Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University Silk Peptides and Proteins for Nanomaterials and Medicine    Silks are high molecular weight, amphiphilic, block copolymers.  We exploit these features in…

Polymeric Nanoparticles for Sustained Intraocular Drug Delivery Date: 10/17/2014 Time: 3:25 am – 4:30 am Location: 121 Snell Library Speaker: Justin Hanes, Ph.D. , Professor and Director of the Center for Nanomedicine, Johns Hopkins University Polymeric Nanoparticles for Sustained Intraocular Drug Delivery  Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) are major causes of…

Cancer Nanotechnology: From Expansile Nanoparticles for Treatment to SiN Nanopores for Diagnosis Date: 10/10/2014 Time: 3:25 pm – 4:30 pm Location: 121 Snell Library Speaker: Mark W. Grinstaff, Ph.D. , Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry at Boston University Cancer Nanotechnology: From Expansile Nanoparticles for Treatment to SiN Nanopores for Diagnosis Nanoparticle drug delivery systems afford…

Nucleic acid delivery systems for RNA therapy and gene editing Date: 09/26/2014 Time: 3:25 pm – 4:30 pm Location: 121 Snell Library Speaker: Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D., Samuel A. Goldblith Professor of Applied Biology, The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT Nucleic acid delivery systems for RNA therapy and gene editing High throughput, combinatorial…

Therapy and Measurement in Single Compartments Date: 09/19/2014 Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Location: 121 Snell Library Speaker: Dr. Micheal Cima, Faculty Director of the Lemelson-MIT Program Department of Materials Science and Engineering Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Therapy and Measurement in Single Compartments Compartments such as the bladder, peritoneum, and brain are…

Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy for Single Live Cell Research Date: 08/05/2014 Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location: 206 EG Speaker: Sang-Joon Cho, Ph.D., Chief Scientist of R&D, Park SYSTEMS Corporation Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy for Single Live Cell Research Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a powerful measurement technique for nanoscale science and technology. While…

Global Licensing & Business Development in the Drug Development Arena Date: 04/09/2014 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Lori Badura, Ph.D., Director, Search and Evaluation, EMD Serono An overview of the drug development process and the ways in which business development professionals facilitate new product development through  acquisitions, collaborations, alliances,…

Small Business Funding Opportunities at NINDS Date: 04/02/2014 Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Stephanie Fertig, PhD, Research Project Manager, NIH/NINDS There are numerous funding opportunities at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for small businesses and those working with small businesses. This talk will discuss some…