Fifth Annual Nanomedicine Meeting Program

Tentative

June 20-21, 2007
Ron Eydt Village, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Nanoforum Symposium
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Luncheon: Trends in European Research Sponsored by ERA-CAN, location TBD
1:30 - 2:30 pm	Break & Exhibitor Session Exhibit hall, Ron Eydt Village
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Nanomedicine Opening Remarks Bruce Sells, CFBS, Eric Marcotte & Rémi Quirion, CIHR
	Symposium #1: Targeted Nano-Delivery Systems Chair: Marianna Foldvari, University of Waterloo
2:45 - 3:30 pm	Keynote Address David Needham. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
3:30 - 4:00 pm	Shape matters: control of carrier shape for substrate release and importance of conformation in DNA targeting Anne Petitjean, Queens University, Kingston, ON
4:00 - 4:30 pm	Break
4:30 - 5:00 pm	Shirley X.Y. Wu, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
5:00 - 5:20 pm	Gemini surfactant nanoparticles for topical in vivo gene delivery Shawn Wettig, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
5:20 - 5:40 pm	Kevin Letchford, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
5:40 - 6:00 pm	Outreach presentation Delara Karkan, Health Canada, Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate
6:00 - 7:00 pm	Cocktail Reception & Poster Session Sponsored by ERA-CAN, Exhibit Hall, Ron Eydt Village
7:00 pm	Nanomedicine Dinner Location TBD

Thursday, June 21, 2007
8:00 - 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
	Symposium #2: Diagnostic and Imaging Applications of Nanotechnology Chair: Christopher Yip, University of Toronto
9:00 - 9:45 am	Keynote Address Shuming Nie, Emory University School of Medicine
9:45 - 10:15 am	Heterogeneous deposition of phospholipid monolayers on metal nanostructures Anatoli Ianoul, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
10:15 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 - 11:15 am	Gonzalo Cosa, McGill University, Montreal, QC
11:15 - 11:35 am	James Shaw, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Ontario, ON
11:35 - 11:55 am	Jody Swift, Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, QC
11:55 - 12:15 pm	Outreach Presentation Nicole Buckley, Canadian Space Agency, Life and Physical Sciences
12:15 - 2:15 pm	Lunch & Poster Session
	Symposium #3: Nanotoxicology and Potential Health Effects Chairs: Françoise Winnik, Université de Montreal; Warren Chan, University of Toronto
2:15 - 3:00 pm	Keynote Address: Nanoparticle Toxicology: Into the Respiratory Tract, Across the Skin, and Beyond? Günter Oberdörster, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Dusica Maysinger, McGill University, Montreal, QC
3:30 - 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm	Baljit Singh, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
4:30 - 4:50 pm	Tanya Hauck, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
4:50 - 5:10 pm	Shane Journeay, PhD Candidate, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
5:10 - 5:30 pm	Outreach Presentation Speaker TBD, European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)
5:30 pm	Nanomedicine Closing Remarks