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Interagency Nanotechnology Implications Grantees Workshop – EPA, NSF, NIH/NIEHS, NIOSH and DOE
Embassy Suites Hotel
4315 Swenson Street
Las Vegas, NV 89119
November 9 – 10, 2009
AGENDA (Other Nanomaterials)
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Draft Agenda (Metals and Carbon-Based)
| Day 1: Monday, November 9, 2009 | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. | Welcome Nora Savage, National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| 8:35 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. | Introduction Gail Bentkover, Director, Technology and Engineering Division (TED), NCER, EPA |
| 8:40 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. | Opening Remarks William Sanders III, Director, NCER, EPA |
| 8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. | EPA Las Vegas Research Overview |
| Session 1A: Other Nanomaterials Sensor | |
| 9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Nanocavity Sensor Array for the Isolation, Detection, and Quantitation of Engineered Nanoparticles Omowunmi Sadik, SUNY at Binghamton |
| Other Nanomaterials Life-Cycle Analysis | |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Comparative Life-Cycle Analysis of Nano- and Bulk-Materials in Photovoltaic Energy Generation Vasilis Fthenakis, Columbia University |
| 10:10 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. | The Life-Cycle of Nanomanufacturing Technologies Thomas Theis, University of Illinois |
| 10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Break |
| Session 2A: Other Nanomaterials Exposure | |
| 10:50 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Bioavailability, Environmental Transformation, and Detoxification of Core/Shell Nanomaterials Robert H. Hurt, Brown University |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | Impact of Physiochemical Properties on Skin Absorption of Manufactured Nanomaterials Xin-Rui Xia, North Carolina State University |
| 11:40 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Penetration and Translocation of Nanoparticles Through Skin Lisa deLouise, National Science Foundation (NSF), University of Rochester |
| 12:05 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) William (Allen) Robison, NIOSH (tent.) |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) |
| Session 3A: Other Nanomaterials Toxicity | |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. | Safety/Toxicity Assessment of Ceria (A Model Engineered NP) to the Brain Robert A. Yokel, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville |
| 2:25 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | Innate Immune Response of an Aquatic Vertebrate Model to Manufactured Nanoparticles Assessed Using Genomic Markers Rebecca Klaper, University of Wisconsin |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Genomics-Based Determination of Nanoparticle Toxicity: Structure-Function Analysis Alan T. Bakalinsky, Oregon State University, Rice University |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. | Aquatic Toxicity of Waste Stream Nanoparticles Terry Gordon, New York University |
| 3:40 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. | Effects of Ingested Nanoparticles on Gene Regulation in the Colon Philip J. Moos, University of Utah |
| 4:05 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. | Break |
| Session 4A: Other Nanomaterials Toxicity (cont.) | |
| 4:20 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Nanoparticle Toxicity in Zebrafish Gregory D. Mayer, University of Maine, McGill University |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. | A Rapid In Vivo System for Determining Toxicity of Manufactured Nanomaterials Robert L. Tanguay, Oregon State University |
| 5:10 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. | Determination of Manufactured Nanoparticle Toxicity Using Novel Rapid Screening Methods John Rowe (NSF), University of Dayton |
| 5:35 p.m. | Adjourn |
| Dinner | Lawry’s The Prime Rib (Time TBA) 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 893-2223 |
| Day 2: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. | Welcome and Announcements |
| 8:35 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Srikanth Nadadur, Program Administrator, NIEHS |
| Session 1A: Other Nanomaterials Toxicity (cont.) | |
| 8:50 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Nanoparticle Effects on Epithelial Cell Protein Expression and Function Frank Witzmann (NIH), Indiana University |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. | Neurotoxicity of Nanomaterials: Evaluation of Subcellular Redox State Gary Miller (NIEHS), Emory University |
| 9:40 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. | Systems Analysis of Nanoparticle Biocompatibility Brian Thrall (NIEHS), Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division |
| 10:05 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Nanoparticle Disruption of Cell Function Andrij Holian (NIEHS), University of Montana |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| Session 2A: Other Nanomaterials Toxicity (cont.) | |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. | Long Deposition of Highly Agglomerated Nanoparticles Peter McMurray (NSF), University of Minnesota |
| 11:10 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. | Long-Term Cardiovascular Effects of Inhaled Nanoparticles Lung Chi Chen (NIEHS), New York University |
| 11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | TBD |
| Other Nanomaterials Fate and Transport | |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:25 p.m. | Partitioning of Nanoparticles Into Organic Phases and Model Cells Jonathan Posner, Department of Energy (DOE), Arizona State University |
| 12:25 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | ORD Labs Presentation |
| Session 3A: Other Nanomaterials Fate and Transport | |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. | Development of an In Vitro Test and a Prototype Model To Predict Cellular Penetration of Nanoparticles Yongsheng Chen, Arizona State University–Main Campus, Technische Universität at Dresden, University of Georgia |
| 2:55 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | Agglomeration, Retention, and Transport Behavior of Manufactured Nanoparticles in Variably Saturated Porous Media Yan Jin, University of Delaware |
| 3:20 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Internalization and Fate of Individual Manufactured Nanomaterial Within Living Cells Galya Orr, Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. | TBD |
| 4:10 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. | Break |
| Session 4A: Other Nanomaterials Fate and Transport (cont.) | |
| 4:25 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | Experimental and Numerical Simulation of the Fate of Airborne Nanoparticles From Lead in a Manufacturing Process To Assess Worker Exposure Nick Stanley (NSF), University of Minnesota |
| 4:50 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Experimentally Validated Numerical Models of Nanomaterial Transport and Deposition in Replicas of Human Respiratory Systems Zhe Zhang (NSF), North Carolina State University |
| 5:15 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. | Methodology Development for Manufactured Nanomaterial Bioaccumulation Test Yongsheng Chen, Arizona State University–Main Campus, University of Delaware |
| 5:40 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. | Biological Fate and Electron Microscopy Detection of Nanoparticles During Wastewater Treatment Paul Westerhoff, Arizona State University–Main Campus |
| 6:05 p.m. | Adjourn |
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