NEW FRONTIERS: INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR
NANOMEDICINE
The Athenaeum
Church Alley Liverpool L1 3DD
15-16 October 2012
Monday 15 October - day 1
1245-1345:
Arrival, Registration and Lunch – The Library
1345-1400:
Opening Address – Chris Musson, CEO, Liverpool Science Park - The Library
Session 1: Chair: Professor Tony Cass (Imperial College, London)
14.00 -14.15: Introduction
Professor Andrew Owen (University of Liverpool)
14.15 -14.45: Lecture 1
Professor Lajos (Lou) Balogh (Elsevier)
Commercialisation of nanomedicines
14.45-15.15: Lecture 2
Professor Cameron Alexander (University of Nottingham)
Synthetic polymers and the nanomedicine paradox
15.15-15.45: Break – The Library
Session 2: Chair: Professor Anna Maria Geretti (University of Liverpool)
15.45 -16.15: Lecture 3
Professor Gabriel Aeppli (London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL)
Nanotechnology for viral diagnostics
16.15 -16.45: Lecture 4
Dr Melissa Koay (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Virus-like particles as cargo-carrier systems
16.45 -17.15: Lecture 5
Professor Andrew Owen (University of Liverpool)
Application of solid drug nanoparticles to treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
infection
17.15 -17.30: Closing of day 1
Professor Anna Maria Geretti (University of Liverpool)
1730 - 1900 Reception
Welcome address – Max Steinberg, CEO, Liverpool Vision - The Newsroom
Followed by private dinner for Trustees and Speakers – The Athenaeum dining room
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Supported by:
Tuesday 16 October - day 2
09.15-09.30: Introduction – The Library
Professor Steve Rannard (University of Liverpool)
Session 3: Chair: Professor David Back (University of Liverpool)
09.30-10.00: Lecture 6
Professor Vicki Stone (Herriot Watt, Edinburgh)
Relating the route of exposure to nanomaterial toxicity using in vitro and in vivo models
10.00 -10.30: Lecture 7
Mr Henry Stemplewski (MHRA)
Nanomedicines: current and future applications and regulatory challenges
10.30 -11.00: Break – The Library
Session 4: Chair: Professor Steve Rannard (University of Liverpool)
11.00 -11.30: Lecture 8
Professor Giuseppe Battaglia (University of Sheffield)
Getting across biological barriers: tissue penetration, targeting and cellular endocytosis
11.30 -12.00: Lecture 9
Dr Guillaume Charras (London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL)
Cellular Rheology and Hydraulics: the cytoplasm of living cells as a poroelastic material
12.00 -12.30: Lecture 10
Mr Beat Loeffler (CLINAM)
CLINAM Foundation – A European and International Network for Nanomedicine
12.30 -13.30: Lunch – The Library
13.30-14.30: Panel discussion – The Library
Summary of activities, discussion, formulation of consensus; statement to research council
14.30: Close
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Supported by:

Doç. Dr. Gürer Güven BUDAK Nanobiyomed