Programme | Chalmers

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16

10:15–10:45 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

10:45–11:00 Welcome note by Bo Albinsson, Fredrik Höök and Gavin Jeffries

Session 1 - Chair: Gavin Jeffries

11:00–12:00 DAVID BOLINSKY, e.mersion studios, LLC
"A nanoscopic world of human health"

12–13 LUNCH

Session 2 - Chair: Fredrik Höök

13:00–13:40 JANOS VÖRÖS, ETH Zürich
"What does the fox say (about nanotechnology for diagnostics)"

13:40–14:20 BJÖRN HÖGBERG, Karolinska Institute

"DNA nanostructures - a new tool for biomedicine"

14:20–14:40 Short local presentation (TBA)

14:40–15:00 COFFEE (with cake)

Session 3 - Chair: Gavin Jeffries

15:00–15:40 LARS MAEGDEFESSEL, Karolinska Institute
“Micro managing cardiovascular disease”

15:40–16:20 CHRISTELLE PRINZ, Lund University
"Nanowires for neural implants"

16:20–17:00 STEFAN GESCHWINDNER, AstraZeneca
"Realising the potential of nanotechnology in drug discovery: when small can indeed become beautiful"

17:00–19:00 POSTER SESSION WITH MINGLE

THURSDAY DECEMBER 17

8:30–9:00 COFFEE (with sandwich)

Session 1 - Chair: Hudson Pace

9:00–9:40 KAJ BLENNOW, Göteborg University
"Fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease - recent developments"

9:40–10:20 CATERINA MINELLI, National Physics Laboratory, UK
"Quantative surface analysis in support of medical applications of nanoparticles"

10:20–10:40 COFFEE (plain)

Session 2 - Chair: Gavin Jeffries

10:40–11:20 OWE ORWAR, Karolinska Institutet
"Precision antibody therapeutics addressing the full human proteome"

11:20–11:40 Short local presentation: ELIN ESBJÖRNER, Chalmers
“Probing misfolded proteins and protein aggregation in the living cell – applications to neurodegenerative disease”

11:40-12:00 Short local presentation: JOHN FLETCHER, Chalmers
“Imaging Mass Spectrometry for Biochemical Microscopy”

12:00–13:00 LUNCH

Session 3 - Chair: Fredrik Höök

13:00–13:40 NILS LYCKE, Göteborg University
"Will oral vaccines be possible with the new nanotechnology?"

13:40–14:20 PETER JÖNSSON, Lund University
”How intermolecular interactions in the contact between immune cells initiate T-cell activation”

14:20–14:40 COFFEE (with cake)

Session 4 - Gavin Jeffries and Hudson Pace

14:40–15:20 PANEL DISCUSSION