Upcoming Symposium on Nanoparticles!

NANO_Symp (1)

Rapidly Emerging Nanomaterials: Insuring Human and Environmental Health

Fall 2013 ITEHP Symposium

Thursday, October 31, 2013, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens

REGISTER 

8:00-8:30: Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45: Welcome and Overview; Mark Wiesner, Ph.D. and Richard Di Giulio, Ph.D., Duke University

8:45-9:30: Nanomaterials and Human Health: The Good and the Bad; Andre Nel, M.D., University of California at Los Angeles

9:30-10:15: Dynamic Transformations of Manufactured Nanoparticles in Complex Environmental and Biological MediaJamie Lead, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

10:15-10:30: Break

10:30-11:00: Close Encounters of an Infectious Kind: The influence of Nanoparticles on PathogensTara Sabo-Attwood, Ph.D., University of Florida

11:00-11:30: Using Genetic and Microscopic Analysis to Understand Mechanisms of Silver Nanoparticle Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans; Joel Meyer, Ph.D., Duke University

11:30-12:00: Nanomaterials in the Real World – Nanomaterial Impacts in Ecosystems; Emily Bernhart, Ph.D. , Duke University

12:00-1:00       Lunch

1:00-1:30: Lysosomes as Targets for Nanoparticles – Cellular and Ecotoxicological ModelsAmy Ringwood, Ph.D., UNC-Charlotte

1:30-2:00: Nanomaterials as a Potential Cause of Lung DiseaseJames Bonner, Ph.D., North Carolina State University

2:00-2:30: Quantum Dots Applied to Improve Theranostics of Nanotherapeutics; Kam Leong, Ph.D., Duke University

2:30-3:00: Discussion and Closing Remarks; Mark Wiesner, Ph.D. and Richard Di Giulio, Ph.D., Duke University

Support for this Symposium is provided by:

Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT)Duke University Superfund Research Center, Duke Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP)

Duke University West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705

Doris Duke Center, Durham, NC