2014 PROGRAM
Monday, November 3, 2014 | |||||
Plenaries III and IV | |||||
8:30 | A View of Sustainable Nanotechnology from a Three-Year Member of the “Public” (Admittedly Scientifically Biased) | Clayton Teague | Former Director of the Federal National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) | ||
9:20 | The historical and technical overlaps of Green Chemistry and Nanotechnology | John Warner | Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, LLC | ||
10:10 | BREAK | ||||
Session 3A Nanotoxicology | Session Chair: Vince Castronova | ||||
Time | Title | Speaker | Institution | Co-Author | Co-Author |
10:30 | In vitro dosimetry of nanometrials: too complicated to consider, too important to ignore | Joel Cohen | Harvard School of Public Health | Glen DeLoid | Philip Demokritou |
10:50 | Mutiscale study of the structure and dynamics of nanoparticle corona | Feng Ding | Clemson University | ||
11:10 | Interactions between semiconductor nanocrystals and embryonic STEM cells | Zeev Rosenzweig | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Candace Kerr | Taeyjuana Curry |
11:30 | Development of an in vitro platform for epigenetics study of engineered nanomaterials | Xiaoyan Lu | Harvard School of Public Health | Isabelle Racine Miousse | Sandra V. Pirela |
11:50 | Attachment and interactions of graphene oxide with model biological membranes: implications for nanotoxicity | Kai Loon Chen | Johns Hopkins University | Xitong Liu | |
12:10 | Effect of fetal bovine serum on the cytotoxicity of ZnO nanoparticles in suspension and adherent cells | Catherine Anders | Boise State University | Alex Punnoose | Denise Wingett |
12:30 | LUNCH* | ||||
Plenary V | |||||
1:15 | Larry Bell | Musuem of Science, Boston | |||
2:00 | END OF SESSION | ||||
Session 3B Fate & Transport 1 | Session Chair: Navid Saleh | ||||
Time | Title | Speaker | Institution | Co-Author | Co-Author |
10:30 | Nanomaterial fate and transport: state of research | Navid B Saleh | University of Texas, Austin | ||
10:55 | Nanomaterial environmental fate and exposure research: journey from phenomena to mechanism (and back again!) | Greg Lowry | Carnegie Mellon University | ||
11:20 | Functionalized fullerenes in water: a closer look | Jae-Hong Kim | Yale University | Samuel D. Snow, Ki Chul Kim | Kyle J. Moor, Seung Soon Jang |
11:45 | Influence of carbon nanotubes on the environmental fate of polymer nanocomposites | Howard Fairbrother | Johns Hopkins University | David Goodwin | Ron Lankone |
12:05 | Stability of gold nanorods in aquatic environments | Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Abtahi | Virginia Tech | Catherine J. Murphy | Peter J. Vikesland |
12:30 | LUNCH* | ||||
Plenary V | |||||
1:15 | Larry Bell | Musuem of Science, Boston | |||
2:00 | END OF SESSION | ||||
Session 3C Society and Policy | Session Chair: Christopher Bosso | ||||
Time | Title | Speaker | Institution | Co-Author | Co-Author |
10:30 | Economic analysis of MWCNT lithium nickel cobalt oxide batteries manufacturing considering various levels of safety standards | Ali Hakimian | Northeastern University | Jacqueline A Isaacs | Thomas P Cullinane, Sagar Kamarthi, and K.M. Abraham |
10:55 | When is a test method ready for regulatory use? The role of validation in the acceptance of alternative testing strategies | Elizabeth Beryt | University of California, Los Angeles (UC CEIN) | ||
11:20 | A recent history of Federal Involvement in the regulation of nanotechnology research: A potential model for future scientific research | Brandi L. Schottel | National Science Foundation | Barbara Karn | |
11:45 | Straw man system for defining "good" and "bad" nano | Richard Reibstein | Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance | ||
12:05 | Integrating life cycle assessment into nano EHS risk management: An analysis of current research | William Walker | Northeastern University | Christopher Bosso | Matthew Eckelman |
12:30 | LUNCH* | ||||
Plenary V | |||||
1:15 | Larry Bell | Musuem of Science, Boston | |||
2:00 | END OF SESSION | ||||
Session 4A Nano-Bio Interactions | Session Chair: Tom Webster | ||||
Time | Title | Speaker | Institution | Co-Author | Co-Author |
2:00 | Biodegradable microporous bacterial cellulose scaffolds and its biomimetic composites for bone and cartilage tissue regeneration | Pelagie Favi | Northeastern University | Madhu Dhar | Nancy Neilsen and Roberto Benson |
2:20 | Analysis of cardiac repolarization as a tool for the noninvasive assessment of cardiovascular system exposure to carbon and metallic nanotubes | Joseph Starobin | University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) | Jenora Waterman | Shyam Aravamudhan |
2:40 | High throughput optofluidic Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) interrogation: proof of concept via lectin detection of cancerous cells | Marjorie R. Willner | Virginia Tech | Jonathan Simpson | Peter J. Vikesland |
3:00 | Transport of polymeric nanomedicine in the environment | Mustafa Akbulut | Texas A&M | I-Cheng Chen | Ming Zhang |
3:20 | BREAK | ||||
3:50 | Biokinetics and pulmonary effects of barium sulfate nanoparticles in rats | Nagarjun V. Konduru | Harvard School of Public Health | Joseph D. Brain | Ramon M. Molina |
4:10 | Biokinetics and pulmonary effects of nanoceria and cerium chloride in rats | Ramon M. Molina | Harvard School of Public Health | Nagarjun V. Konduru | Joseph D. Brain |
4:30 | END OF SESSION | ||||
5:00 | POSTER SESSION | ||||
Session 4B Fate/Transport 2 | Session Chairs: Navid Saleh & Geoffrey Bothun | ||||
Time | Title | Speaker | Institution | Co-Author | Co-Author |
2:00 | Direct views of the nano-bio interface | Franz Geiger | Northwestern University | ||
2:20 | The inoculum effect moderates silver nanoparticle inhibition of biofilm formation | Robert D. Tilton | Carnegie Mellon University | ||
2:40 | Emerging patterns for engineered nanomaterials in the environment | Kendra Garner | UCSB | Arturo Keller | |
3:00 | Beyond binding: The complexity of nanoparticle-biomembrane interactions | Geoffrey D. Bothun | University of Rhode Island | ||
3:20 | BREAK | ||||
3:50 | Disinfection by-product formation catalyzed by silver nanoparticles in wastewater effluent | Jacob Metch | Virginia Tech | Peter Vikesland | Amy Pruden |
4:10 | Metallic nanoparticles when hybridized to multiwalled carbon nanotubes alter aggregation kinetics in aqueous environment | Navid B Saleh | University of Texas, Austin | Tara Sabo-Attwood | Xinyu Huang |
4:30 | END OF SESSION | ||||
5:00 | POSTER SESSION | ||||
Session 4C Legal and Regulatory Aspects | Session Chair: William Rogers | ||||
Time | Title | Speaker | Institution | Co-Author | Co-Author |
2:00 | Welcome and introduction to afternoon session | William S. Rogers, Esq. | Prince Lobel Tye, LLP | ||
2:10 | Big challenges love small dimensions | Wendel Wohleben | BASF | ||
2:30 | Panel Discussion – Nanomaterial Workplace Risk Management | David L. Dahlstrom, New Era Sciences, LLC | |||
Martin Barrie, Oak Ridge Associated Universities | |||||
Donna Heidel, Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. | |||||
3:20 | BREAK | ||||
3:50 | Big legal ssues Confront the Small World of Nanotechnology | John R. Bashaw, Esq. | Reid & Riege, P.C. | William S. Rogers, Esq. | |
4:00 | Panel Discussion - Insurance for Nanotechnology: The Day After (A Mass Nano Tort) | Joseph S. Sano, Esq., Prince Lobel Typ LLP | |||
Edward Flanagan, William Gallagher Associates | |||||
Mark Silvestri, CNA Financial Group, Inc. | |||||
4:50 | END OF SESSION | ||||
5:00 | POSTER SESSION | ||||
7:30 | SNO Governance Board Meeting and Dinner |