213th ECS Meeting - Phoenix, AZ

May 18 - May 22, 2008

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

H7 - Carbon Nanotubes and Nanostructures: Medicine and Biology

Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures/Nanotechnology
 

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Hall 2 Lower Level, Phoenix Convention Center

Poster Session

Co-Chair(s): F. D'Souza and D. M. Guldi
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o   1079   Biocompatibility of Pristine Carbon Nanotubes S. Prylutska, I. Grynyuk, O. Matyshevska (Kyiv National Shevchenko University, Dept. of Biochemistry, Volodymyrska Str., 64, 01033 Kyiv, Ukraine), O. Remenyak (Kyiv National Shevchenko University, Dept. of Biophysics, Volodymyrska Str., 64, 01033 Kyiv, Ukraine), Y. I. Prylutskyy (Kyiv National Shevchenko University), A. Burlaka (R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, Vasylkivska Str., 45, 01022 Kyiv, Ukraine), U. Ritter and P. Scharff (Institute of Physics, Technical University of Ilmenau, D-98684 Ilmenau, Germany)
o   1080   Genotoxic Properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (MWNTs) Functionalized with Nylon-6 O. Ochoa-Olmos, O. Solis-González, E. V. Basiuk (Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnologico UNAM), R. Montero (Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas UNAM) and V. A. Basiuk (Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares UNAM)
 

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Room 212A, 200 Level, Phoenix Convention Center

Co-Chair(s): L. Wilson and T. Da Ross
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:20   1081   Delivery of siRNA by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Selective Gene Silencing R. B. Weisman, P. Cherukuri, L. Cognet, T. Leeuw (Rice University), G. Bartholomeusz, J. Kingston, R. Lemos, L. Gumbiner-Russo and G. Powis (Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)
10:40   1082   Water-Solubility, Antioxidant Activity and Cyctochrome C Binding of Four Families of Exohedral Adducts of C60 and C70 A. Hirsch (University of Erlangen)
11:00   1083   How We Can Change the Biological Effects of Pristine C60 L. B. Piotrovskiy (Institute of Experimental Medicine Russian Academy of Medical Sciences)
11:20   1084   The Biology of Fullerene Derivatives C. R. Kepley, S. R. Wilson, Z. Zhou and R. Lenk (Luna nanoWorks)
11:40   1085   Recent Advance in Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes T. Da Ros (University of Trieste)
 
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1086   Effects of Dendrimer-Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes On Mice Embryonic Stem Cells D. Cui (Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology), H. Zhang (Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care) and Z. Wang (Shanghai JiaoTong University)
14:20   1087   Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes as Vehicles for Radioimmunotherapy and their Pharmacokinetics C. H. Villa, M. McDevitt, F. Escorcia (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), D. Rey, C. Batt (Cornell University) and D. Scheinberg (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
14:40   1088   Gadonanotubes as Nanolabels for Cellular Magnetic Resonance Imaging L. A. Tran and L. Wilson (Rice University)
15:00   1089   Trimetasphere Metallofullerene MRI Contrast Agents with High Molecular Relaxivity D. R. MacFarland, S. R. Wilson, Z. Zhou, K. Walker and R. Lenk (Luna nanoWorks)
15:20   1090   In Vivo Testing of a Bone-Selective Fullerene: Preliminary Safety and Efficacy Testing I. R. Peralta (Rice University), C. Ambrose (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) and L. Wilson (Rice University)