The 3rd International Congress of NanoBiotechnology & Nanomedicine NanoBio 2009

June 22-24, 2009 | San Francisco Airport Crowne Plaza

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Conference Topics

Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
Nanodevices
Nanoelectronics
Nanobiotechnology
Nanomedicine
Nano Scale Characterization
Nano Tools
Nanoscale Medical Imaging
Medical Diagnostics
Nanoparticles Toxicology
Heath & Safety Implications
Intellectual Property
Commercialization
Venture Capital Investment
Technology Transfer
Capital Funding and Grants for Start-up Ventures

List of Invited Speakers

Featured Speaker
Nobel laureate Prof. Douglas D. Osheroff
Keynote Presentation: Tuesday June 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM
"How Advances In Science Are Made"

	Paul Alivisatos, Interim Director Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA, USA		Kenneth Aldrich, Chairman, CEO International Stem Cell Corporation, CA, USA
	Steven Conolly, Associate Professor, Department of Bio-Engineering- University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA		David Schaffer, Professor Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering The Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute Co-Director, Berkeley Stem Cell Center University of California - Berkeley, CA, USA
	Thomas Webster, Associate Professor of Engineering and Orthopaedics, Brown University, RI, USA		Christopher Murphy Professor Comparative Ophthalmology, School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, CA, USA
	Cattien Nguyen, Senior Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, CA, USA		Eugene Seymour, CEO, NanoViricides, West Haven, CT
	Amy Fink Partner Howrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA, USA		Marya Postner, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP
	Gang-yu Liu Professor Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA, USA		D.K Dhawan Professor, Biophysics Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA
	Zev Bryant Assistant Professor Stanford University Schools of Engineering and Medicine, CA, USA		Hulda Swai Principal Research Scientist, Council of Scientific Industrial Research, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
	Chris Ackerson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University, CO, USA		Shyni Varghese Assistant Professor University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

NanoBio 2009 Program

Monday June 22, 2009

8:00 AM-5:30 PM	Registration
9:00 AM-12:00 PM	Workshop 1: Introduction to Nanobiotech & Nanomedicine Thomas Webster, Associate Professor of Engineering and Orthopaedics, Brown University, RI, USA
9:00 AM-12:00 PM	Workshop 2: Introduction to Carbon Nanotubes Cattien Nguyen, Senior Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
9:00 AM-12:00 PM	Workshop 3: Nanoparticle Formulation: principles and applications Eugene Seymour, CEO, NanoViricides, West Haven, CT David Owen, CTO, Starpharma, Melbourne Australia Chris Ackerson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University, CO, USA
12:00 PM-2:00 PM	Lunch on your own
2:00 PM-5:00 PM	Workshop 4: Technology Transfer in Nanomedicine Kathleen McCowin, Licensing Officer, UC Berkeley Earl Weinstein, Assistant Director, Business Development and Licensing, UCLA Office of Intellectual Property Marya Postner, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP
2:00 PM-5:00 PM	Workshop 5: NanoSafety Workshop-with the EPA Jeff Wong, Chief Scientist of the Department of Toxic Substance Control and Cal-EPA
2:00 PM-5:00 PM	Workshop 6: Nanoparticle Formulation: principles and applications - continued Eugene Seymour, CEO, NanoViricides, West Haven, CT David Owen, CTO, Starpharma, Melbourne Australia Chris Ackerson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University, CO, USA To register online, click here.

General Session : Tuesday June 23, 2009

8:30 AM-9:00 AM T-G-1	Opening Remark from Lloyd L. Tran, Program Chair Director, California Institute of Nanotechnology President, International Association of Nanotechnology "The State of Nano Bio 2009: Building Infrastructures for the Next Frontier"

9:00 AM-9:30AM T-G-2	Anil Patri, Deputy Director, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory SAIC Frederick, Inc. National Cancer Institute at Frederick Frederick, MD 21701 “Resources for Clinical Translation of Nanomedicines”

9:30 AM -10:15 AM T-G-3	Keynote Speaker: Douglas D. Osheroff Nobel laureate in Physics 1996 Professor- Stanford University, CA, USA "How Advances In Science Are Made"

10:15 AM-10:30 AM	Morning Break

10:30 AM-11:00 AM T-G-4	Steven Conolly, Associate Professor, Department of Bio-Engineering- University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA “Magnetic Particle Imaging”

11:00 AM-11:30PM T-G-5	Vera G. Pomelova & Nikolay S. Osin Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Biomicroassay of State Research Center State R&D Institute of Bioengineering, Moscow, RUSSIA “NanoSize Phosphorescent Markers Based Microplate Microarray Technology for Serodiagnosis of Zoonotic Infections Transmitted by Ixodid Ticks”

11:30 AM-12:00 PM T-G-6	Kenneth Aldrich, Chairman, CEO International Stem Cell Corporation, CA, USA

12:00 PM- 12:30 PM T-G-7	David Owen, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Starpharma Holdings Ltd, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

12:30 PM- 1:30 PM	Lunch

TUESDAY	BREAKOUT SESSION - Track A
1:30 PM-2:00 PM T-A-1	Eugene Seymour NanoViricides, West Haven, CT, USA "Nanotechnology-based targeted anti-viral therapeutics"

2:00 PM-2:30 PM T-A-2	Stephan Schultes¹, Alexander Philipp², Manfred Ogris², Gerhard Winter¹, Ernst Wagner², Conrad Coester¹ ¹ Ludwig Maximilians University, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Munich, GERMANY ² Ludwig Maximilians University, Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Munich, GERMANY ”From Endosomal Escape with Sandwich Nanoparticles to RNA-Interference”

2:30 PM-3:00 PM T-A-3	Humphrey H. P. Yiu, Laurent Bouffier, Hong-Jun Niu, Matthew J. Rosseinsky Department of Chemistry, The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom “Novel Iron Oxide-Silica Nanocomposite Materials for Tissue-targeting Drug Delivery”

3:00 PM-3:15 PM	Afternoon Break

3:15 PM-3:45 PM T-A-4	Khin Yin Win and Han Ming Yong Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore, SINGAPORE "Fluorescent nanoparticles: the image-guided therapy tools"

3:45 PM-4:15 PM T-A-5	S. A. Ferreira¹, M. Vilanova², F. M. Gama¹ ¹IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, PORTUGAL ² ICBAS- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, PORTUGAL “Nanogel of Mannan as a Potential Vaccine Delivery System”

4:15 PM-4:45 PM T-A-6	Nadia Anikeeva¹, Yuri Sykulev¹, E. James Delikatny² and Anatoliy V. Popov² 1 Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA 2 University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA “Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Imaging Agents into Breast Cancer Cells and Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes”

4:45 PM-5:15 PM T-A-7	Erik Pierstorff Biotic Laboratories, Inc., Culver City, CA, USA "Polymer-based Thin Film Platform Technology for Therapeutic Delivery"

5:30 PM-7:00 PM	Poster Contest
	Job Opportunity Networking
	Reception
TUESDAY	BREAKOUT SESSION - Track B
1:30 PM-2:00 PM T-B-1	Christopher Murphy Comparative Ophthalmology, School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, CA, USA “The Modulation of Cell Behaviors by Nanoscale Topographic Cues”

2:00 PM-2:30 PM T-B-2	Chris Ackerson Colorado State University, department of Chemistry, Fort Collins, CO, USA “Magic Number Gold Clusters”

2:30 PM-3:00 PM T-B-3	Shyni Varghese University of California, San Diego, CA, USA “Molecular tailoring of matrix interfacial properties to control stem cell functions”

3:00 PM-3:15 PM	Afternoon Break

3:15 PM-3:45 PM T-B-4	Yuksel Ikiz Pamukkale University, Kinikli-Denizli, TURKEY “Filtration efficiencies of Pan/PVA electrospunned nano fibers”

3:45 PM-4:15 PM T-B-5	Zev Bryant Stanford University Schools of Engineering and Medicine, CA, USA "Physical Mechanisms of Biological Molecular Motors"

4:15 PM-4:45 PM T-B-6	Patricia Nadworny^1,2, JianFei Wang³, Robert E. Burrell^1,2 ¹Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA ²Department of Biomedical Engineering; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA ³Department of Surgery; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA “Anti-inflammatory/Pro-healing Properties of Nanosilver-Derived Solutions”

4:45 PM-5:15 PM T-B-7	Aline Cerf¹, Gábor Molnár², Christophe Thibault¹ and Christophe Vieu¹ ¹LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse University, 7 avenue du Colonel Roche 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, FRANCE ²Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry of the CNRS UPR8241, Toulouse, FRANCE “Towards High Sensitivity Detection of Single Nano-Objects”

5:15 PM-5:45 PM T-B-8	Evelyn Hu Jinton Corp. San Francisco, CA 94109 USA “Survey of nanotechnologies in neurostimulation”
5:30 PM-7:00 PM	Poster Contest
	Job Opportunity Networking
	Reception

General Session : Wednesday June 24, 2009

8:45 AM-9:00 AM W-G-1	Opening Remark from Lloyd L. Tran, Program Chair.

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM W-G-2	David Schaffer, Professor Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering The Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute Co-Director, Berkeley Stem Cell Center University of California - Berkeley, CA, USA "Engineering Bioactive Materials to Understand and Control Stem Cell Function"

9:30 AM -10:15 AM W-G-3	KEYNOTE: Paul Alivisatos, Interim Director Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA, USA

10:15 AM -10:30 AM	Morning Break

10:30 AM-11:00 AM W-G-4	Francesca Porta University of Milan, Milano, ITALY “Gold Particles Stabilization by Cape Aloe Active Components”

11:00 AM-11:30PM W-G-5	D.K Dhawan^{1, 2}, Pardeep Kumar¹ and Anshoo Malhotra² ¹Nuclear Medicine, CEAST, Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA ²Department of Biophysics, Panjab Unviersity, Chandigarh, INDIA “Development of Stable, Economically Viable and Reusable Macroaggregates of Albumin for Lung Cancer”

11:30 AM-12:00 PM W-G-6	Gang-yu Liu^1,2, Zhao Deng¹, Valentin Lulevich¹, Huanyuan Chen³, Tiffany Zink², and Futong Liu³ ¹Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA, USA ²Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, CA, USA ³Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California-Davis, CA, USA "Engineered Nanostructures for Cellular Biology Research"

12:00 PM- 12:30 PM W-G-7	Amy Fink Howrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA 90071 USA "Potential Insurance Coverage Issues Arising from Nanotechnology: Big Risks Could Come in Small Packages"

12:30 PM- 1:30 PM	Lunch

WEDNESDAY	BREAKOUT SESSION - Track A

1:30 PM-2:00 PM W-A-1	Mingjun Zhang Assoc. Prof. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA “Nanoparticles Secreted From Biological Systems”

2:00 PM-2:30 PM W-A-2	Nguyen TK Thanh The Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institute of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom “Tunable Shapes of Magnetic Nanoparticles: Fe-Pt, Fe-Pd and Fe-Pt-Pd Alloys”

2:30 PM-3:00 PM W-A-3	Sarah Cooper Founder and former CTO of TE-Bio, LLC, Division of Biophan Technologies, USA “NanoStructured high-efficiency thermoelectrics for medical implant power generation from the human body”

3:00 PM-3:30 PM W-A-4	Z. Arslan, S. Baytak, S. Agachan, E. Russell, I. Farah, W. Yu, A. J. Bednar Chemistry Department, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217 USA "In vivo stability and bioaccumulation pattern of CdSe nanoparticles on rats"

3:30 PM-3:45 PM	Afternoon Break

3:45 PM-4:15 PM W-A-5	Yen-Shan Liu University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Chemical Engineering, Lafayette, LA, USA “Fabrication and Use of a Nanocalorimeter for Thermal Screening of Highly Energetic Materials”

4:15 PM-4:45 PM W-A-6	Koji Kato,¹ Hideaki Tanaka,¹ Eiki Yamashita,¹ Tomoyuki Sumizawa,² Zhou Yong³, Yao Min³, Kenji Iwasaki,¹ Masato Yoshimura,¹ and Tomitake Tsukihara^1,4 ¹Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi, Kitakyushu 807-0871, Japan ³Faculty of Advanced Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan ⁴Department of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamighori, Akoh, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan “The Structure of Rat Liver Vault at 3.5 Angstrom Resolution”
4:45 PM-5:15 PM W-A-7	Nefertiti Patrick^1,2, Ayele Gugssa¹, Julius Grant¹, Arthur Thorpe¹, Gary Harris¹, Winston Anderson¹, Bradford Orr² ¹Howard University Howard Nanoscale Science and Engineering Facility Washington, DC ²University of Michigan Applied Physics Department Ann Arbor, Michigan “Cellular Encapsulation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Magnetic Responsiveness of Prostate Cancer Cells for Subsequent Death by Hyperthermia”
4:45 PM	Conference Adjourned

WEDNESDAY	BREAKOUT SESSION - Track B
1:30 PM-2:00 PM W-B-1	Rodion Belosludov, Hiroshi Mizuseki, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Institute for Materials Research, Sendai, Japan “Metal-Organic Framework Materials for Stereo-Selective Separation: Theoretical Study”

2:00 PM-2:30 PM W-B-2	Boitumelo Semete¹, Laetitia Booysen ^1,2, Yolandy Lemmer^1,3, Lonji Kalombo¹, L Katata¹, Paul Chelule¹, Hulda. S Swai¹ ¹Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Polymers and Bioceramics, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa ²Department of Pharmaceutics, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa ³Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa "Potential of improving the treatment of Tuberculosis through nanomedicine"
2:30 PM-3:00 PM W-B-3	Paresh Ray Jackson State University, Dept. of Chemistry, Jackson, MS, USA “Gold Nanomaterial Based NSET Optical Ruler for Biological Application: Promises and Challenges”

3:00 PM-3:30 PM W-B-4	Marcato, PD¹, Melo, P.S.², Ferreira I.F.², Rossi-Bergmann, B³, Pinto, E.F.³, Durán N.¹ ¹Chemistry Institute, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, P.O.Box 6154, Campinas-SP, CEP 13083-970, Brazil ²Metropolitam Integrated Faculty of Campinas, Campus Swift, Brazil ³Biophysical Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil “Nanostructured Polymer and Lipid Carriers for Sunscreen Formulation: Preparation, Characterization and Application”

3:30 PM-3:45 PM	Afternoon Breaks

3:45 PM-4:15 PM W-B-5	Jonathan Varsanik^1,2, William Teynor², J. LeBlanc², Heather Clark², and Jonathan Bernstein² ¹ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139, USA²Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 555 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139, USA “Fabrication of nanofluidic Sensor Chip with Sub-wavelength Plasmonic Readout for Optical Tags”

4:15 PM-4:45 PM W-B-6	Ye Hu University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA “The Next Generation of Proteomic Nanochips in Biomarker Discovery”

4:45 PM-5:15 PM W-B-7	Moon-Young Yoon Dept. of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea “Selection of DNA Aptamers that Bind High Affinity to Anthrax Heptameric PA63”

5:15 PM	Conference Adjourned

List of Poster Presentation Presenters

Cui Haixin¹, Jiang Jianfang¹, Wu Donglai², Yang Tao²
¹Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
² Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang province, China
“Disinfection Efficiency of Nano-Cu2+/TiO2 on Avian Influenza Virus”

Patrick Goodwill, Gary Lee, Greig Scott, Pascal Stang, Steve Conolly
Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
“Direct Imaging of SPIOs in Mice using Magnetic Particle Imaging: Instrument Construction and 3d Imaging”

Yiota Gregoriou & David T. Cramb
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
“An Investigation of the Uptake Kinetics and Distribution of Quantum Dots in Chicken Embryonic Tissues”

Rakesh. K. Gupta
G.G.M Science College, Department of Electronics, Jammu Tawi, India
“Nanoelectronics: I-V Characteristics of DNA- Single-Electron Transistor different temperature Level.”

Patricio Haberle
UTFSM, Valparaiso, Chile
“Synthesis of C nanostructured material”

Jin Jiefu and W. T. Wong
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
“Lanthanide-doped Upconverting Nano-phosphors for NIR Live Cell Imaging”

Chalette Lambert¹ Stephen Carper²
¹Dept of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
²Dept of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, N.V., USA
“Heat Shock Protein 27 Inhibits the Denaturation of Cytochrome C Bound to Gold Nanoparticles”

Andrew Lee
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA
“Controlling cell behaviors at the nanoscale level with virus particles”

G.C. Lee, P. Goodwill, K. Phuong, B. Inglis, B. Hargreaves, and S. Conolly
UCSF/UCB Joint Bioengineering Graduate Group, Dept. of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley; Henry J. Wheeler, Jr.
Brain Imaging Center, UC Berkeley; Dept. of Radiology, Stanford University, USA
“Development of a Tissue Susceptibility Matched Pyrolytic Graphite Foam For Improved Frequency Selective Fat Suppression in Breast MRI”

Shenshen Li,¹ Xin-Quan Xin²
¹Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry, East Lansing, MI, USA;
²Nanjing University, Coordination Chemistry Institute, State Key Lab of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China
"Low Temperature Solid State Syntheses Of Manganese Oxide Nanomaterials With Controlled Valence States, Crystal Structures and Morphologies"

Nicole F. Steinmetz^1,2, Marianne E. Mertens^1,3, Rebecca E. Taurog⁴, John E. Johnson⁴, Ulrich Commandeur³, Rainer Fischer^3,5,6, and Marianne Manchester^1,2,6
¹Department of Cell Biology,
²Center of Integrative Molecular Biology, and
⁴Department of Molecular Biology,
The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA;
³Institute for Biology VII (Molecular Biotechnology), RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1
⁵Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Forckenbeckstrasse 6, 52074 Aachen, Germany
“Potato virus X as a novel platform for potential biomedical applications”

Nefertiti Patrick
Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
“Cellular encapsulation and magnetic response of iron oxide nanoparticles for death of prostate cancer cells by hyperthermia”

Arghya Paul and Satya Prakash
McGill University, Montreal, CANADA
“Efficient Gene Delivery to Mouse Brain Neuroblast Cells using Recombinant Viral Particles”

Daniel Pesantez
College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, University at Albany
“Minimally-invasive metabolic microsensor for prospective allograph viability testing”

Stephan Schultes¹, Martin Eichhorn², Gerhard Winter¹, Conrad Coester¹
¹Ludwig Maximilians University, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Munich, GERMANY
²Ludwig Maximilians University, Walter Brendel Center of Experimental Medicine, Munich, GERMANY
“Simulated in-vivo Endothelial Cell Adhesion of Cationic Polysaccharide-gelatin Nanoparticles"

Alexander V. Shtemenko¹, Dina E. Yegorova¹, Natalia I. Shtemenko²
¹Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Ukrainian State Chemical Technological University, Gagarina av.8, Dnipropetrovs’k 49005, Ukraine
² Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Dnipropetrovs’k National University, Dnipropetrovs’k, Ukraine.
“Preparation of Nanoliposomes and Solid Nanoparticles Including Rhenium Cluster Compounds”

Ian Robinson¹, Cameron Alexander², Le T. Lu¹, Le D. Tung¹, David G Fernig^4,5, and Nguyen TK Thanh^1,4,5,6
¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UNITED KINGDOM
² School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UNITED KINGDOM
³ Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Crown Street, L69 7ZD, UNITED KINGDOM
⁴ School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UNITED KINGDOM
⁵Liverpool Institute of Nanoscale Science, Engineering & Technology (LINSET), University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UNITED KINGDOM
⁶The Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4Bs, UNITED KINGDOM
“One-pot synthesis of monodisperse water soluble 'dual-responsive' magnetic nanoparticles”

Diane Ung¹, Le D. Tung², Gabriel Caruntu³, Dimitrios Delaportas⁴, Ioannis Alexandrou⁴, Ian A. Prior^5,6, and Nguyen T.K. Thanh^1,6,7
¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UNITED KINGDOM
² Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Crown Street, L69 7ZD, UNITED KINGDOM
³Advanced Materials Research Institute, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
⁴Department of Electrical Engineering & Electronics, University ofLiverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GJ, UNITED KINGDOM
⁵Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UNITED KINGDOM
⁶Liverpool Institute of Nanoscale Science, Engineering & Technology (LINSET), University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UNITED KINGDOM
⁷The Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4Bs, UNITED KINGDOM
“A versatile approach for producing water stable magnetic nanoparticles: ligand exchange”

Le T. Lu¹, Ian Robinson¹, Le D. Tung², Bien Tan¹, James Long³, Andrew I Cooper¹, David G. Fernig^4,5, and Nguyen T.K. Thanh^1,3,5,6
¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UNITED KINGDOM
² Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Crown Street, L69 7ZD, UNITED KINGDOM
³ Iota Nanosolutions Ltd, Liverpool, Crown Street, L69 7ZB, UNITED KINGDOM
⁴ School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UNITED KINGDOM
⁵ Liverpool Institute of Nanoscale Science, Engineering & Technology (LINSET), University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UNITED KINGDOM
⁶ The Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4Bs, UNITED KINGDOM
“ Size and shape control of water soluble magnetic cobalt nanoparticles synthesis”

Vaijayanthimala.V, Yan-Kai Tzeng, Chung-Leung Li and Huan-Cheng Chang
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 106, R.O.C.
Molecular Science and Technology program, Taiwan International Graduate Program,
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 106, R.O.C.
Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, R.O.C.
Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, 128 Academia Road Section 2, Nankang,
Taipei, 115, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Genomics Research Center, 128 Academia Road Section 2, Nankang, Taipei, 115,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
“Biocompatibility of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds and their mechanism of cellular uptake”

Piyush Verma, Ben Almquist, Nick Melosh
Dept of Materials Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
“Biomimetic metallic electrodes for intracellular electrical measurements”