International Conference "New frontiers of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine"
Start Date
10th Jul 2014 9:00am
End Date
11th Jul 2014 1:00pm
Duration
1 day and 4 hours
Description
Organized by
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana. Tirana, Albania
Faculty of Geology and Mining, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Tecnologie dei Materiali (DSCTM), CNR, Roma, Italy
Istituto di Cristallografia (IC) - CNR, Bari Italy.
Centre d'Investigaciò en Nanociéncia I Nanotecnologia (CN2), Barcelona, Spain
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova, Italy
Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF)-CNR, Bologna, Italy
Università degli di Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy
Physical Sciences and Engineering Division. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
OPAL (Organization for Promoting Crystallography in Albania), Tirana, Albania
Invited speakers
Prof. Luigi Ambrosio, Director of DSCTM, CNR, Italy Polymer based nano-structures for tissue regeneration
Dr. Roberto Zamboni, Director ISOF-CNR, Italy Silk: a natural biomaterial enabling advanced optoelectronic and photonic devices for living technologies
Dr. Michele Saviano, Director IC-CNR, Bari, Italy, and President of AIC Molecular targeting in nanomedicine
Dr. Dritan Siliqi, IC-CNR, Italy Synergic use of Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) with crystallography for the study of bio-materials
Dr. Cinzia Giannini, IC-CNR, Italy Exploiting high brilliance synchrotron-like micro-focused beams in a table-top facilities to study nano- and bio-materials
Prof. Arben Merkoci, ICN2, Spain Nanobiosensing and actuating in lab-on-chip and paper-based lateral flow platforms
Prof. Salvador Alegret, UAB, Spain Bioanalitical Nanotechnology. An example of technoscientific convergence
Prof. Víctor F. Puntes, ICN2, Spain Nanocrystals as reagents: building next generation of nanoparticles
Dr. Teresa Pellegrino, IIT, Italy Development of magnetic nanomaterials for intelligent drug delivery and cancer therapy
Prof. Enzo di Fabrizio, KAUST, Saudi Arabia Nanostructures for photonics and sensors in medicine
Prof. Gianluca M. Farinola, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy Nanostructures silica from diatoms microalgea: smart materials for biology and medicine
Dr. Lucia Curri, IPCF-CNR, Italy Inorganic nanoparticles and nanocrystals active in the NIR region for biological applications
