Nano Health Roster
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Social and ethical implications of nanotechnology; public understanding of nanotechnology; precautionary approaches; regulation cell mechanics, mechanics of tissues and soft materials, 3D microscopy,micro and nanomechanics Thin film materials, molecular adhesion in biological materials, tissue assembly in cell suspensions Modeling and simulation of mechanical properties of nanomaterials, nanomechanics of biological systems, mechanical principles of hierarchical materials, size effects, thin films, nanostructured materials, nanomechanics of cell and vesicle adhesion Nanomaterials and their biological and environmental applications/implications; carbon nanomaterials, nanotoxicology, interfacial phenomena, liquid crystals and supramolecular assembly, material chemistry approaches for safe nanomaterial formulation, nanoparticle cell delivery Nanotoxicology, cellular interactions with nanomaterials, nanomaterials for targeted cancer therapy, biocompatibility of nanomaterials Nanomaterial interactions with ion channels and effects on neuronal signaling The polymer/medicine interface; nanoparticles as novel therapeutic delivery systems, small-diameter vascular grafts with better compliance; novel bioadhesive polymers for oral delivery, liquid crystals as smart sensors 3D cell culture and in vitro micro-tissues for testing the toxicity and therapeutic potential of nano-materials. Nanophotonics, active electronic nanomaterials, and neuroenginering and neurotechnology including new approaches to interfacing the brain by nanoscale implantable devices |
Nanomaterial components in biofuel cells, photovoltaics, batteries; cellular scaffolds; genetically engineered machines; self-assembly of molecular solids Nanomaterial effects in evolutionary, ecological and environmental genomics; Drosophila population genetics, ecotoxicology; mitochondrial genetics and aging; oxidative stress. Nanomaterialdistribution in tisue and effects on pregnancy outcomes Chemical characteristics of cellular boundary layers (micro and nano proportions); sensor development (micro and nano); electrochemistry; electrophysiology; imaging; nanotoxicity; molecular and ionic transport Nanomaterials synthesis, self-assembly, magnetic nanoparticles, nanocrystal arrays for information storage and fuel cell catalysts, functional nanoparticles for target-specific diagnostics/therapeutics. Nanoscale assembly and dynamics of the cytoskeletal protein filaments F-actin and microtubules, integrin mediated adhesion and migration of neutrophils and T-cells, molecular mechanisms of bacterial adhesion Nanoparticle-based technologies for biomarker/protein identification and separation, biocompatible nanoparticles for bacterial lysis, new encapsulation procedures for drugs and chemical agents, transport through soft matter, disease diagnostics applications using microfluids and nanofluidics platform Tissue engineering, implants, nanomaterial synthesis, protein and cell interactions with nanomaterials, foreign body response of nanomaterials, nanotoxicity, nanomedicine Toxic effects of nanomaterials and catalytic metals, cancer cell-targeting application
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