CNST Nanotechnology Workshop 2015
May 7-8, 2015
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Poster Presenters
Poster Winners
Group A
#1: Phuong Le: Dynamic, Single-Molecule Imaging of the Breast Cancer Microenvironment of Metastasis
#2: Enrique Daza: A Nanotechnology Approach for Efficient Crude Oil Spill Treatment via Entrapment, Dispersal, and Removal using Carboscavenger
#3: Bara Saadah, Kareem Al-Qadi: DDSCAT Spectroscopy of Various Metal Nanostructures
Honorable Mention: Rachel Hatano: Cardiomyocytes from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Towards the Fabrication of a Cardiac Patch
Honorable Mention: Matthew Leslie: Oncogenic RAS Modulates Glutamine’s Contribution to Mitochondrial Redox Homeostasis
Group B
#1: Yue Zhuo: Dynamic Label-free Live-Cell Imaging With Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscopy (PCEM)
#2: Santosh Misra: Pro-Nifuroxazide-NPs for Cancer Specific Trigerable Anti-cancer Therapy via STAT-3 Pathway
#3: Ritu Raman: Optogenetic Skeletal Muscle Powered 3D Printed Biological Machines
Honorable Mention: Zainab Rahil: Studying Cell Adhesion Using DNA Nanotechnology
Honorable Mention: Claire McGhee: Developing Cancer Biomarker Assay Using DNA Functionalized Gold Nanorod PC-SERS Detection
Poster Display Information
Posters are invited from graduate students, postdocs, faculty, relevant departments, local tech community, and industry. General themes include Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials, Nanomanufacturing, Nanomedicine, and Bionanotechnology.
All posters should be put up on Thursday, May 7, between 7:30-10:00 a.m. and taken down on Friday, May 8 by 4:00 p.m. We will recycle posters left after 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 8.
Each poster should have a representative on hand to explain the research on Thursday, May 7 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Posters should remain on display at least through Friday, May 8 at 1:00 p.m. for the networking poster session.
Poster Size
Maximum display area: 4 feet x 4 feet. Easels and mounting supplies will be available at the registration table.
Submitting Posters
All poster titles should be submitted through the workshop registration website by Friday, May 1. Late registrations will be accepted on a limited basis.
Awards
On Thursday, May 7, posters will be judged for awards. Award recipients will be announced and recognized at the concluding session on May 8 from 2:45-3:15 p.m.
Poster Information
Include the following on each poster:
Poster Title
Presenter Name(s)
Job Title(s)
Department/Company Affiliation
Email Address
Faculty Advisor(s)
Project Sponsors(s)
Contact Information
For questions and clarifications please call 217-244-1353 or email nanotechnology@illinois.edu.
Questions about the workshop?
Please contact:
Carrie Kouadio, Program Coordinator, CNST, ckouadio@illinois.edu
Irfan Ahmad, Executive Director, CNST, and Organizing Committee Co-Chair, isahmad@illinois.edu.
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Sponsored by
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)
- NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) in Cellular and Molecular Mechanics and BioNanotechnology (CMMB)
- NIH/NCI Midwest Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center (M-CNTC)
- Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS)
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL)
- Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
- Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL)
- nanoBIO Node
- nano@illinois Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
- nano@illinois Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- Nanoscale Science and Technology Resources for Community Teaching (NanoSTRuCT)
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Organizing Committee
- Brian Cunningham, Bioengineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chair
- Irfan Ahmad, CNST/Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Co-Chair
- Rashid Bashir, Bioengineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering/CNST/, Co-Chair
- John Rogers, Materials Research Lab/Materials Science and Engineeering
- Sameh Tawfick, Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Lizanne Destefano, I-STEM/Educational Psychology
- Carrie Kouadio, CNST/Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems
- Laura Miller, IGERT/M-CNTC
- Andrew Smith, Bioengineering
- Wenjuan Zhu, Electrical and Computer Engineering