Drug Delivery II

Thursday, November 11, 2010: 12:30 PM
151 G Room (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Description:
This session deals with the latest advances in drug delivery methods and related technologies. Specific topics of interest include (not limited to) novel materials and devices for drug delivery, targeting strategies, conjugation/loading/release of new therapeutics, and synergistic technologies with drug delivery (e.g., combined imaging and therapy). New theoretical findings and useful biological models (in vitro and in vivo; diseases) for drug delivery are also welcome.


Sponsor:
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science


Chair:
Debra. T Auguste
Email: auguste@seas.harvard.edu

Co-Chair:
Stavroula Sofou
Email: ssofou@poly.edu



12:30 PM
(639a) Investigating the Effect of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs On Material Biocompatibility by In Vivo Fluorescent Imaging
Tram T. Dang, Kaitlin M. Bratlie, Said R. Bogatyrev, Xiao Y. Chen, Robert Langer and Daniel Anderson


12:50 PM
(639b) Engineering Microbubbles for Focused Ultrasound Therapy
Jameel Feshitan, Shashank Sirsi, James Kwan, Yao-Sheng Tung, Elisa Konofagou and Mark A. Borden


1:10 PM


1:30 PM


1:50 PM


2:00 PM


See more of this Group/Topical: Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division