Novancia

2016 SNO Conference Program


Saturday, November 12, 2016
  8:30 to 10:15
  Plenary VI-Sustainable Nano in Asia Lerwen Liu    
  SNO Award Lecture-The utility of alternative test strategies and tiered risk assessment approaches Andre Nel    
  Break 10:15 to 10:30      
5a Saturday, 10:30 to 12:50 Food/agriculture
  Phyto-toxicological Effects of Copper Nanoparticles in Bell Pepper (Capsicum annum) plants Swati Rawat, University of Texas at El Paso Jose Peralta Videa, University of Texas at El Paso Jorge Gardea Torresday, University of Texas at El Paso
  Molecular Dynamic Screening for Nano Trojan Horses Nick Geitner, Duke University Mark Wiesner, Duke University  
  Nanoscale micronutrients suppress plant disease and increase crop yield Jason C. White, CT Agricultural Experiment Station Wade Elmer, CT Agricultural Experiment Station  
  Metabolomics to Assess the Impacts of Nanopesticides on Crops Arturo A Keller, UCSB Lijuan Zhao, UCSB  
  Detection and Dissolution of Needle-like Hydroxyapatite Nanomaterials in Infant Formula Jared Schoepf, Arizona State University Yuqiang Bi, Arizona State University Justin Kidd, Arizona State University
  Characterizing the Physicochemical Properties of Bulk Cerium Oxide, Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles and Ionic Cerium Following Their Uptake by Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Weilan Zhang,  Texas A&M University Xingmao Ma,  Texas A&M University  
  Trans-generational effects of nano-TiO2 with different surface properties on basil (Ocimum basilicum) Wenjuan Tan, The University of Texas at El Paso Jose R. Peralta-Videa,  The University of Texas at El Paso Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey, The University of Texas at El Paso
  Mixed-valence composite nano copper-silica gel as efficient fungicide/bactericide for crop protection Swadeshmukul Santra, University of Central Florida    
5b Saturday, 10:30 to 12:50 Env/biol
  Positively charged nanoparticles lead to artifacts in a Caenorhabditis elegans toxicity assay Shannon K Hanna, National Institute of Standards and Technology Antonio R Montoro Bustos, National Institute of Standards and Technology Alexander W Peterson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  Interactions of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles with Model Cell Membranes: QCM-D Measurements and Theoretical Analysis Peng Yi, Florida Atlantic University Wenyu Gu,  Johns Hopkins University Xitong Liu, Johns Hopkins University
  Development of a fish liver microtissue model to characterize the toxicity of aromatic hydrocarbons and nanoparticle-based dispersants. April Rodd,  Brown University Robert Hurt, School of Engineering, Brown University Agnes Kane, Brown University
  Quantifying the Toxicity of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles to Duckweed Growth in Presence of Dissolved Organic Matter Devin A. Rippner, University of California, Davis Peter G. Green, University of California, Davis Sanjai J. Parikh, University of California, Davis
  Acute Impact of graphene and graphene oxide on wastewater treatment processes Debora F. Rodrigues, University of Houston Hang Nguyen, University of Houston Farid Ahmed, University of Houston
  12:50 pm - 1:30 pm Box Lunch (provided)
  1:30 am -2:30 pm Panel Discussion, Kyle Douderick (Moderator) 
  Bringing Sustainable Systems Together
  Conference Ends 2:30pm