BioDiscovery Symposium 2006

The convergence of research and innovation

BioDiscovery 2006 has come and gone, with almost 200 attendees and rave reviews. Now presentations from the day -- which featured a broad range of novel research -- are available for download.

For more information on how you can participate in or help sponsor future BioDiscovery events, please contact Andrew Elliott, at 805.893.5497, or email him at Elliott@engineering.ucsb.edu

Presentation Videos, Slides, and Discussion Forums Now Available Online

Erkki Ruoslahti, Vascular zip codes in drug and nanodevice targeting
Dennis Clegg, Interdisciplinary Research in Stem Cell Biology and Engineering
Kenneth Kosik, microRNAs: A Novel Class of Targets for Medical Intervention
Joel Rothman, Aging and age-related disease
Thomas Weimbs, New functions of polycystin-1, the protein affected in polycystic kidney disease
Michael Mahan, Cross-Protective Vaccines Against Emerging Infectious Agents
Norbert O. Reich, Biomarker discovery and medical diagnostics
Samir Mitragotri, Engineering Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery: Does Shape Matter?
Joseph A. Zasadzinski, Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery
Matthew Tirrell, Peptide Materials Engineering

The SBE's 2nd International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology is taking place September 5 – 7, 2006.