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Center for Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (CAPN)

NSF I/UCRC Planning Workshop

December 4, 2009
Purdue University
Burton Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship

Full Agenda

7:45 am	Participant Registration
7:45 – 8:15 am	COFFEE, BAGELS, AND SOCIAL TIME
8:15 – 9:00 am	Welcoming remarks Tim Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue John A. Schneider, Assistant Vice President for Industry Research, Purdue Michael Bragg, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering, Illinois Jozef Kokini, Associate Dean of Research, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, Illinois Rashid Bashir, Director, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Illinois
9:00 – 9:30 am	Vision and Capabilities of the Center Brian T. Cunningham, University of Illinois (UIUC) Richard Linton, Purdue University
9:30 – 10:30 am	Project Presentations – NANOTECHNOLOGY Joeseph Irudayaraj, Purdue Nanoscale Platforms for Detection of Pathogens and Analytes Kaustubh Bhalerao, UIUC Synthetic Biology: Opportunities at the Nano-Bio Interface Cagri Savran, Purdue (chair) Diffraction-based Chemical and Biological Sensors Logan Liu, UIUC VLSI Nanophotonic Peptide Sensor Array for Ultrasensitive Pesticide Sensing and Molecular Drug Screening Brian Cunningham, UIUC Photonic Crystal Fluorescence Enhancement for High Sensitivity DNA and Protein Detection
10:30 – 10:45 am	BREAK
10:45 – 11:45 am	Project Presentations - PHARMACEUTICAL Kinam Park, Purdue Nanofabrication Using Hydrogel Templates Paul Hergenrother, UIUC The Use of Photonic Crystal Biosensors to Identify Inhibitors of Protein-DNA and Protein-Protein Interactions Jo Davisson, Purdue (chair) Biomolecular Labeling and Quantification Employing SERS Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue FLASS (First Line of Alert Sensor System): A complementary sensing System approach for food safety and disease diagnosis Steve Sligar, UIUC Lipid Bilayer Nanodiscs for Drug Discovery and Therapeutic Delivery
11:45 am – 12:30 pm	Project Presentations – AGRICULTURE Arun Bhunia, Purdue Biosensor Technologies for Foodborne Pathogens and Toxins Rashid Bashir, UIUC Microfluidic Biochips for Label Free Detection of Biomolecules and Cells Bruce Applegate, Purdue Microbial Detection using Bacteriophage Graciela Padue, UIUC Starch-based Multicomponent Nanocomposites Yuan Yao, Purdue Dendrimer-like Carbohydrate Polymers: Biosynthesis, Structure, and Functionalization for Food Safety and Nutrition
12:30 – 1:30 pm	Poster Session and BOX LUNCH (Provided for all participants)
1:45 – 2:45 pm	TOUR of BIRCK NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER Tim Sands
3:00– 3:30 pm	Intellectual Property Issues Lesley Millar, OTM, Illinois John Gortat, OTM, Purdue
3::30 – 4:30 pm	Industry Discussion, Feedback, and Example Projects Moderated by Richard Linton and Brian Cunningham Industry Questions Industry Needs? What Capabilities help to fit Needs? Potential Industry Projects?
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm	LIFE Form Review and Discussion Irfan Ahmad, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Illinois

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