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Scientific Program

(May be subject to change)

Monday July 7, 2003

6:00 PM      Session 1: Plenary Session

Harold Craighead, Cornell University
Micro and Nanoscale Devices for Study of Biological Systems

Angela Belcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Carlo Montemagno, University of CA, Los Angeles

7:30 PM      Opening Reception

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

9:00 AM      Session 2: Bio-Nano Fabrication

Dan Morse, University of California, Santa Barbara
Biotechnology Offers New Routes to Nanostructural, Functional Inorganic Materials

Mehmet Sarikaya, University of Washington
GEPI: Genetically Engineered Proteins for Inorganics as Molecular Erectors in Nano- and Biotechnology

Dennis Bazylinski, Iowa State University
Nanoscale Engineering of Magnetic Particles by Magnetotactic Bacteria

Additional talks to be selected for the abstracts

1:30 PM      Session 3: Poster Session 

3:00 PM      Session 4: Functional Integration of Biostructures and
                    Micro/Nano Devices

Dotsevi Sogah, Cornell University
A Nanoscale Biosensor Based on Controlled Surface Array of an IgE-specific Receptor

Chris Chen, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Microengineering Tools to Study Cellular Mechanotransduction

Additional talks to be selected from the abstracts

Wednesday, July 9, 2003

9:00 AM     Session 5: Biorobotics

Viola Vogel, University of Washington
Molecular Mechanism of Shear-enhanced Bacterial Adhesion

Jene Golovchenko, Harvard University

Linda Turner, Rowland Institute at Harvard University
Putting Motile Bacteria to Work

Additional talks to be selected from the abstracts

1:30 PM      Session 6: Poster Session

3:00 PM      Session 7: Modeling, Simulation, and Device Engineering

Adam Arkin, University of California, Berkeley

Harvey Rubin, University of Pennsylvania
Regulation of Complex Genetic and Biochemical Networks in MTb

Jim Collins, Boston University
Engineered Gene Networks

Additional talks to be selected from the abstracts

7:00 PM       Conference Banquet

Thursday, July 10, 2003

9:00 AM      Session 8: Roundtable with Program Managers from Funding
                    Agencies

Confirmed Participants:
Stephen Lee, Army Research Laboratories
Benny Toomarian, NASA
Eleni Kousvalari, NIH

Additional roundtable invitations pending

12:00 PM     Conference Ends

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