miércoles, 23 de julio de 2014

NIBIB to Host Second Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Symposium

NIBIB to Host Second Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Symposium

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Turning Discovery Into Health



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Contact

Margot Kern
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NIBIB to Host Second Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Symposium

What

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering will host its second Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Symposium on July 30, 2014 on the NIH campus. There will be ten exciting presentations from recent new investigators covering a wide breadth of NIBIB-funded research.

Who

  • Adam Cohen, Harvard, Engineering Microbial Rhodopsins as Optical Voltage Sensor
  • Quyen Nguyen, Univ. of California, San Diego, Testing Fluorescently Labeled Probes for Nerve Imaging during Surgery
  • Jan Grimm, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cerenkov-Emission Based Nanosensors to Detect Biologic Activities In Vivo
  • Omid Farokhzad, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Development of FcRN-Targeted Nanoparticles for Efficient Oral Delivery of Insulin
  • Peter Kochunov, Univ. of Maryland, SOLAR-Eclipse Computational Tools for Imaging Genetics
  • Shaochen Chen, Univ. of California, San Diego, A Microfabrication Platform for Direct Printing Vascularized Functional Tissue Constructs
  • Paul LaBarre, PATH, CaO-heated DNA Amplification Obviates Electricity Requirement at Point of Care
  • Thomas Royston, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, The Audible Human Project

Keynote lectures

  • Bruce Tromberg, Univ. of California, Irvine, Engineering Medical Optics From Benchtop to Bedside
  • Gilda Barabino, City College of New York, Interdisciplinarity, Collaboration and Career Progression

Speaker agenda

When

July 30, 20149:00AM-4:30PM

Where

Lister Hill Center Auditorium (Bldg. 38A), NIH Bethesda Campus
NIBIB’s mission is to improve health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies. The Institute is committed to integrating the physical and engineering sciences with the life sciences to advance basic research and medical care. NIBIB supports emerging technology research and development within its internal laboratories and through grants, collaborations, and training. More information is available at the NIBIB website:http://www.nibib.nih.gov.
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