International Workshop on "Nanoparticles and their applications in medicine(NAM-2012)" at IIT, Kharagpur

1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE (NAM-2012)

BACKGROUND

Recent years have witnessed unprecedented growth of research and applications in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The use of nanotechnology in medicine and more specifically drug delivery is increasingly gaining popularity. The biomedical applications of nanoparticles as efficient drug delivery carriers have attracted great attention in the last decade.

As part of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, School of Medical Science and Technology (SMST), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, in collaboration with Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CRNN), University of Calcutta, India, World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies (WABT), Paris, France, International Council for Engineering and Technology (ICET), Paris, UNESCO, France and NanoScience Technology Center & Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC), University of Central Florida, USA is organizing the 1st International Workshop on Nanoparticles and their Applications in Medicine (NAM – 2012) on 3-4 January, 2012.

NAM–2012 aims to provide an overview on recent advances and challenges in the development of nanoparticles and their applications in health care. Faculty members, clinical researchers, scientists, technologists and students from various national and international Institutes/Universities are expected to participate in the workshop. This workshop will consist of a number of talks by key experts and well known speakers on developments and therapeutic applications of nanoparticles in medicine. Arrangements will be made for live demonstration of nanoparticle characterization tools. A panel discussion with a goal to review the current state of technology and associated R&D challenges in this emerging field is also proposed. Translating nanoparticle research into medicine for improved patient care and the role of commercialization will be discussed. A specific goal of the workshop is to define a set of proposed research directions and motivate joint research proposals with Europe and USA.

SPEAKERS

1.W.Selvamurthy,Chief ControllerR&D for Life Sciences and International Cooperation,DRDO,Govt. of IndiaProgram.

2.Sanku Mallick, North Dakota State University, USA

3.Sudipta Seal, University of Central Florida; USA

4.Kewal K. Jain, Jain PharmaBiotech, Basel, Switzerland

5.Ueli Aebi, M.E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland

6.Amarnath Maitra,University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

7.Gopal K. Khuller,, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

8.Jayesh R. Bellare,Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

9.Arup Mukherjee, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

10.Tarakdas Basu , University of Kalyani, Kolkata, India

11.Anjan Dasgupta ,University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

12.Arnab Chattopadhyay, Institute of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, India

13.Panchanan Pramanik , Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

THEMES

·         Development of nanoparticles for clinical applications

·         Nanoparticles and drug delivery systems

·         Nanoparticles and health: pros and cons

·         Nanoparticles and alternative medicine

REGISTRATION FEE DETAILS                      

		By 10th November	After 10th November
Faculty / Scientist	Indian	Rs. 3500	Rs. 4000
	Foreign National / NRI	US$ 100	USS 120
Post Doctoral Fellow	Indian	Rs. 3000	Rs. 3500
	Foreign National / NRI	US$  80	US$ 100
PhD Scholar	Indian	Rs. 2500	Rs. 3000
	Foreign National / NRI	US$ 60	US$ 80
Student	Indian	Rs. 2000	Rs. 2500
	Foreign National / NRI	US$ 40	US$ 60

 *On spot registration (subject to availability) will be at additional fees of 20%

Note: Registration closes on 15th December 2011.

CONVENER:

Dr. Koel Chaudhury

Associate Professor

School of Medical Science and Technology (SMST)

IIT Kharagpur – 721302, India

Email: iwnam2012@gmail.com; Phone No: 03222-283572,

Mob.: 094343 41334 / 095315 17992

Fax No: 03222-282221

FOR DETAILs, PLEASE REFER http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/nam2012/speaker%20new.htm