Mini-symposia Speakers & Topics

BIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Delivery for Bioimaging

• Samuel Achilefu, Washington University School of Medicine, U.S.A.
  Imaging Molecular Processes by Optical Methods
• Alexei Bogdanov, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  In Vivo Applications of “Sensing” Imaging Agents
• Zheng-Rong Lu, University of Utah, U.S.A.
  Biodegradable Macromolecular MRI Contrast Agents
• Karsten Maeder, Martin Luther University, Germany
  Monitoring Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering by ESR and NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging

Liposomes: Alive & Kicking

• Leaf Huang, University of North Carolina, U.S.A.
  Dendritic Cell Activation and Antigen Delivery by Cationic Lipids
• Raymond Schiffelers, University of Urtecht, The Netherlands
  Tumor Targeted Liposomes That Attack Tumor-associated Inflammation and Angiogenesis
• Stavroula Sofou, Polytechnic University, U.S.A.
• David H. Thompson, Purdue University, U.S.A.

Recent Delivery in Diabetes - Co-sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

• Bruce Buckingham, Stanford Medical Center, U.S.A.
• Julia Greenstein, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, U.S.A.
  The Diabetes Research Landscape - Obstacles and Opportunities
• Aaron Kowalski, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, U.S.A.
• David Scharp, Prodo Laboratories, Inc., U.S.A.
• W. Kenneth Ward, Legacy Clinical Research and Technology Center, U.S.A.
• Colin Weber, Emory University School of Medicine, U.S.A.
  A Clinically Relevant Microcapsule for Islet Transplantation

Stimuli Responsive Nanosystems

• You Han Bae, University of Utah, U.S.A.
  Tumor pH Responsive Nanosystems
• Tatiana K. Bronich, University of Nebraska Medical Center, U.S.A.
• Nobuhiro Nishiyama, University of Tokyo, Japan
  Stimuli-responsive Drug and Gene Nanocarriers Based on Supramolecular Assemblies
• Patrick S. Stayton, University of Washington, U.S.A.

VETERINARY

Gastroretention – Animal vs. Human- Presentations Generously Sponsored by Novartis Animal Health US, Inc.

• Keith Ellis, Consultant, New Zealand
  Large Animal Gastro-retention
• Marilyn Martinez, Food and Drug Administration-Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S.A.
  Factors Influencing the Gastric Transit of Solid Materials in Dogs
• Kazuko Sagawa, Pfizer Global Research and Development, U.S.A.
  Human Versus Veterinary Species Comparison in GI Physiology
• Clive Wilson, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
  Accidental Gastroretention in Man