NanoInteract.net: Conferences attended by NanoInteract personnel

Scientific Conferences at which NanoInteract research was presented

Society for Bioengineering 4^th International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (ICBN www.aiche.org/ICBN), July 22-24 2008, Dublin, Ireland.

BionanoInteraction –the Interactions between Engineered Nanoscale Particles and Living Matter

4th Nanobio-Europe (http://www.nanobio-europe2008.com/), June 09-13, 2008, Barcelona, Spain.

Bionanointeractions-A Rational Approach to the Interaction Between Nanoscale Materials and Living Matter?

EU FP7 Coordination Action NanoImpactNet Workshop on Standardization of materials and protocols

NanoInteract – dispersion, cell culture standards, protocols

Beilstein Bozen Symposium ("Systems Chemistry") May 26th - 30th, 2008, Bozen, Italy

Protein Interaction, Association and Fibrillation

Risk, Uncertainty and Decision Analysis for Nanomaterials: Environmental Risks and Benefits and Emerging Consumer Products, 27 April 2008 - 30 April 2008, Algarve, Portugal http://www.risk-trace.com/portugal2008/

Keynote: Nanoparticle interaction with Living Matter

Workshop on research projects on the safety of nanomaterials: reviewing the knowledge gaps

International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterization in Nanotechnologies, NIST, USA, 26-28 Feb ‘08

Irish activities in standards and dispersions

First International Workshop on Nanotechnology and Applications, (http://www.hcmlnt.edu.vn/) Vietnam, 15-17 Nov ‘07

Fundamental principles governing the interaction between living matter and nanoscale engineered materials

Workshop on BioInterfaces, (http://www.fp7.cz/dokums_raw/biointer_1607.pdf) EU Joint-Research Centre, ISPRA. 5-7 Dec ‘07

The nanoparticle-protein corona confers a biological identity to nanoparticles

ESF-EMBO Symposium “Probing interactions between nanoparticles / biomaterials and biological systems – alternative approaches to bio- and nano-safety”, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 3 – 8 November 2007

Rational bionanoscience – the key to nanotoxicity?

Ecotoxicological aspects of nanoparticle interactions with living materials.

Karel AC De Schamphelaere, Karen Van Hoecke and Colin R Janssen

Protein association at particle surfaces – potential for altered structure, stability, and function Sara Linse

Potential alternatives to in vivo toxicity testing – application to nanotoxicology

Nanotoxicology, nanobiology and nanomedicine: An overview of the issues and commonalities.

High-throughput identification of cellular uptake of nanoparticles using cytometry-related techniques

Polymer-coated inorganic nanocrystals with defined number of functional groups

Potential for proteomics approaches to probe particle-induced intracellular regulatory processes

Physicochemical probes of cell-nanoparticle interaction and nanoparticle uptake by cells

Microscopic techniques for quantification of nanoparticle uptake by cells

Potential of in-vitro toxicity tests to elucidate the cellular effects of nanoparticle exposure

Irish Toxicology Society Annual Meeting (http://www.nanotech.dit.ie/events/ist07.html), November 02, 2007, Dublin.

Keynote: The biological environment and impact of engineered hard, soft and biopolymer nanoparticles- an overview of nanoparticles

21st Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), ( http://ecis2007.unige.ch/) September 10-14, 2007, Geneva, Switzerland.

Interaction of polymeric nanoparticles with cells: understanding the factors affecting the intracellular localization and cellular processes
Anna Salvati, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson

2nd Nanotoxicology Conference, 19-21st April 2007, Venice, Italy. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/nanotoxconference

Oral presentation: Formation of amyloid fibrils in presence of nanoparticles: beta-2microglobulin fibrillation

Celia Cabaleiro-Lago, Iseult Lynch, Sara Linse and Kenneth A. Dawson

Nanoparticles: New Opportunities and Challenges for Colloid Scientists, 28 -30 March 2007, University of Warwick, United Kingdom (http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/NanoColloid07/)

Keynote: BioNanoInteraction; A rational approach to interactions between materials on the nano- and meso-scopic scale and living systems
Kenneth Dawson

Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium 2007, (http://www.colloid-oz.org.au/) February 4-5, 2007, Sydney, Australia.

Oral presentation: Nanoparticle-protein interactions: Consequences for protein conformation, stability and aggregation, and for nanotoxicity

Belgium Society for Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Annual Meeting – Toxicology and ecotoxicology of nanomaterials. Namur, Belgium, 28 November 2007

Ecotoxicology of nanoparticles: current knowledge and perspectives.

Karen Van Hoecke, Karel AC De Schamphelaere and Colin R Janssen

Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2008, July 26-31, 2008, Chicago, USA.

Poster presentation: Co-polymeric nanoparticles inhibit Abeta fibrillogenesis

Celia Cabaleiro-Lago, Fiona Quinlan-Pluck, Iseult Lynch, Sara Linse, and Kenneth Dawson

IIAS - 2007 –3rd International Symposium on Nano-Technology, Nano-Biomimicry and Biomimetic Engineering, Baden-Baden, Germany. July 24-28 2008.

Multifunctional Nanoparticles and Their Potential Applications in Biological Applications.

Cellular Delivery of Therapeutic Macromolecules, (www.CDTM2008.cf.ac.uk) 22-25 June, 2008,

Spatio-temporal aspects of nanoparticle cell interactions: uptake and subcellular localization

Tiago dos Santos, Anna Salvati, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson

Nanoparticle interactions with neurons and macrophages

Mariana Bexiga, Juan Varela, Tiago Santos, Anna Salvati, Iseult Lynch, Jean-Marc Jacque, and Kenneth Dawson

8^th World Biomaterials Congress, (www.wbc2008.com), 28 May- 1^st June 2008, Amsterdam.

Particle-protein-cell Interaction for Orthopaedic Implant wear debris

John Gibbons, Dave FitzPatrick, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson and Kenneth Stanton

8^th World Biomaterials Congress, (www.wbc2008.com), 28 May- 1^st June 2008, Amsterdam.

A novel process to create nanostructures biphasic calcium phosphates in a single-step wet chemical synthesis with tailorable mechanical and biological properties.

Eilis McGrath, John Gibbons, Kenneth Dawson, Kenneth Stanton

SETAC Europe 18th Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 25-29 May 2008

Natural organic matter enhances the stability but reduces the bioavailability of CeO₂ nanoparticles.

Karen Van Hoecke, Karel AC De Schamphelaere, Paul Van der Meeren, Stéphane Lucas and Colin Janssen.

EMPA nanoECO conference – Nanoparticles in the environment: implications and applications

Monte Verità, Switzerland, 2-7 March 2008

Natural organic matter enhances the stability but reduces the bioavailability of CeO₂ nanoparticles.

Karen Van Hoecke, Karel AC De Schamphelaere, Paul Van der Meeren, Stéphane Lucas and Colin Janssen.

SPIE Photonics West BIOS, January 19-24, 2008, San Jose, CA, USA, SPIE.

Design of an amphiphilic polymer for nanoparticle coating and functionalization.

Uptake of colloidal polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules by living cells.

1st International workshop on Aquatic Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Vienna University, Vienna, 9 - 11 December 2007

Bioavailability of nanoparticles in the aqueous environment

ICONBS - 2007 International Conference on Bionano Science, Taipei, Taiwan.5-7 December, 2007. (http://www.tl.ntu.edu.tw/iconbs/)

Poly(maleic anhydride), Derivatives as Universal Functional Carriers for Bridging Hydrophobic Nanomaterials with Biomedical Systems.

Lin, C.-A. J., Sperling, R. A., Parak, W.

Eric Hellstand, Tommy Cedervall, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson, Sara Linse

Isothermal Titration Calorimetry investigation of albumin binding to copolymer nanoparticles

Stina Lindman, Eva Thulin, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson, Sara Linse

Particle-protein-cell Interaction for Orthopaedic Implant wear debris

John Gibbons, Martin Lundqvist, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson, Kenneth Stanton

Co-polymeric nanoparticles enhance fibrillation of β-2-microglobulin

Celia Cabaleiro-Lago, Fiona Quinlan-Pluck, Iseult Lynch, Sara Linse, and Kenneth Dawson

Detailed identification of the proteins bound to copolymer nanoparticles

Martin Lundqvist, Johannes Stigler, Giuliano Elia, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson

Characterisation techniques for nanoparticle dispersions

Iker Montes, Iseult Lynch and Kenneth Dawson

Nanoparticle uptake and distribution in cells – a flow cytometry and confocal study.

Tiago dos Santos, Anna Salvati, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson

20th International Symposium on Ceramics in Medicine, The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM), Nantes, France, 24-26 October 2007

Particle-protein-cell Interaction for Orthopaedic Implant wear debris

Kenneth Stanton, John Gibbons, Kenneth Dawson

11th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 26-30 June, 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Quantum dot applications in biotechnology: progress & challenges.

ESF Summer School in Nanomedicine 2007 (http://nanoschool.cardiff.ac.uk) 10-15 June 2007, Cardiff, UK.

Nanoparticle uptake and distribution in cells – a flow cytometry and confocal study.

Tiago dos Santos, Anna Salvati, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth Dawson

Polymer-coated inorganic nanocrystals with a defined number of functional groups.

2nd Nanotoxicology Conference, 19-21st April 2007, Venice, Italy. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/nanotoxconference

Characterization of the protein corona surrounding 6 and 9 nm silica nanoparticles in Human blood

Martin Lundqvist, Tommy Cedervall, Johannes Stigler, Iseult Lynch and Kenneth Dawson

Polymer-coated inorganic nanocrystals with a defined number of functional groups. Zhang, F., R. A. Sperling, Parak W.

Size determination of (bio-) conjugated water-soluble colloidal nanoparticles - a comparison of different techniques.