Program
| 8:30 am | Robert P. Blumenthal, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology
Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Opening Remarks |
|
| 8:40 am | Piotr Grodzinski, Ph.D., Director, Nanotechonology for Cancer Programs,
National Cancer Institute Title: NCI Alliance and Nanotechnology |
|
| 9:00 am | Michael Sheetz, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Biological
Sciences, Columbia University Title: The Case for Mechanics in Cancer: Oncogenes are Critical for Mechanosensing and Determining Tissue Shape |
|
| 9:40 am | Brainstorming Session on "Mechanical Biology: Cancer Metastasis, Stem Cell Differentiation and Immune Responses" Discussion Leader: Kuang Wang, Ph.D., Laboratory of Muscle Biology, National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases |
|
| 11:00 am | -MORNING BREAK/POSTERS- |
|
| 11:20 am | Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
and, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Title: Single-molecule and Super-resolution Imaging of Biomolecules and Cells |
|
| 12:00 pm | -LUNCH BREAK/POSTERS- |
|
| 1:00 pm | -POSTERS- |
|
| 2:00 pm | Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D., National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health Title: Mitochondria, Cell Cycle Control and Cancer |
|
| 2:40 pm | Jan Schnitzer, M.D., Scientific Director, Professor of Cellular & Molecular
Biology, Director of Vascular Biology & Angiogenesis Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Title: In Vivo Proteomic Imaging of Endothelial Caveolae: A Gateway for Nanoparticles Into Tissues and Solid Tumors |
|
| 3:20 pm | -AFTERNOON BREAK/POSTERS- |
|
| 3:40 pm | Brainstorming Session on "How Do We Get (Therapeutic) Stuff into Cells" Discussion Leader: Leonid Chernomordik, Ph.D., Section on Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health |
|
| 5:00 pm | -END OF MEETING- |
