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	2009 UW CNT Conference on Nanotechnology

June 10
8:20-8:35	Prof. François Baneyx, Introduction and Welcome
	Session 1 - Energy Chair; Christine Luscombe
8:35-9:20	Dr. Jun Liu, Chemical & Materials Sciences - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory "Multifunctional Materials from Self-Assembly for Energy Applications"
9:20-9:45	Prof. Guozhong Cao, Department of Material Science and Engineering - University of Washington "Engineering Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage"
9:45-9:55	5 minute - Student Presentations
9:55-10:20	Posters/break A
	Session 2 -Energy Chair; Christine Luscombe
10:20-11:05	Daniel J. Gaspar, Ph.D. , Materials Chemistry and Surface Research Group - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory "New materials for high-efficiency blue OLEDs"
11:05-11:30	Assoc Prof. David Ginger, Department of Chemistry - University of Washington "Probing Polymer Photovoltaics"
11:30-11:55	Asst. Prof. Munira Khalil, Department of Chemistry - University of Washington "A molecular perspective on ultrafast energy transfer in solution"
11:55-12:05	5 minute - Student Presentations
12:05-1:00	Lunch
1:00 1:15	Masahiro Takemura, NIMS International Affairs Office "Introduction of NIMS: Supporting programs for visiting to NIMS and using its facilities"
	Session 3 - Photonics/Spintronics Chair; Christine Luscombe
1:15-2:00	Asst. Prof. Byron Gates, Department of Chemistry – Simon Fraser University "Utilizing Surface Chemistry to Regulate Photothermal Processes"
2:00-2:25	Prof. Alex Jen, Department of Material Science and Engineering – University of Washington "New Frontier of Organic Electro-optics: From Molecular Engineering to Innovative Devices"
2:25-2:50	Assoc Prof. Lih Lin, Department of Electrical Engineering – University of Washington “Enhanced optical trapping and manipulation through nanostructures.”
2:50-3:00	5 minute - Student Presentations
3:00-3:25	Posters/break B
	Session 4 - Photonics/Spintronics Chair; Christine Luscombe
3:25-4:10	Dr. William Challener, Senior Researcher at Seagate Technologies "Plasmonic transducer for near field heat assisted magnetic recording"
4:10-4:35	Asst. Prof. Xiaosong Li, Department of Chemistry – University of Washington "Charge-Controlled Magnetism in Colloidal Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
4:35-4:45	5 minute - Student Presentations
4:45-6:00	Posters/reception C

June 11
8:20-8:35	Prof. François Baneyx, Introduction and Welcome
	Session 5 - Medical/Bio Chair; François Baneyx
8:35-9:20	Prof George Whitesides, Department of Chemistry – Harvard University "Paper Diagnostics"
9:20-9:45	Prof. Miqin Zhang, Department of Material Science and Engineering – University of Washington "Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Brain Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment"
9:45-9:55	5 minute - Student Presentations
9:55-10:20	Posters/break D
	Session 6 - Medical/Bio Chair; François Baneyx
10:20-11:05	Asst. Prof. Omid Farokhzad, Department of Anesthesia - Harvard Medical School 'Multifunctional nanoparticles for medical applications"
11:05-11:30	Assoc. Prof. Beth Traxler, Department of Microbiology – University of Washington "Engineering proteins for nanomaterial binding and assembly"
11:30-11:55	Prof. Jens Gundlach, Department of Physics - University of Washington "DNA Sequencing Using an Engineered Protein Nanopore"
11:55-12:05	5 minute - Student Presentations
12:05-1:00	Lunch
1:00-4:00	UW User Facilities tours

	*Program of UW/NIMS MolAT Forum*
	MolAT-Foundry, Probe Chair; Fumio Ohuchi
1:00 1:20	Prof. Fumio Ohuchi, Department of Material Science and Engineering - University of Washington "MolAT progarm and infrastructure for collaborations between UW and NIMS"
1:20-1:45	Prof. Toyohiro Chikyo, NIMS 2D Nano-Patterning Foundry "Landscape of materials design and high-throughput materials exploration"
1:45-2:10	Prof. Tomonobu Nakayama, Nano Functionality Integration G. MANA "Multiple-scanning-probe Technology for Materials Synaptronics"
2:10-2:35	Asst. Prof. Marco Rolandi, Department of Material Science and Engineering – University of Washington "Nanoengineering surfaces with scanning probes"
2:35-3:00	Asst. Prof. Markus Raschke, Department of Chemistry – University of Washington "Symmetry and spectroscopy on the nanoscale "
3:00-3:25	Prof. Naoki Ohashi, NIMS Optical Materials Center "Controlling of functions in oxides for optical ane electronic applications"
3:25-3:50	Break
	MolAT-Design Chair;Toyonobu Nakayama
3:50-4:30	Prof. James Gimzewski, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of California Los Angles "Nanoneuromorphic Networks"
4:30-4:55	Prof. Katsuhiko Ariga, Supermolecules Group MANA "Supramolecular Materials Created with Bottom-Up Nanotechnology"
4:55-5:20	Asst. Prof. Christine Luscombe, Department of Material Science and Engineering – University of Washington (Polymer) "Towards nanostructured devices for organic photovoltaics "
5:20-5:45	Dr. Masayuki Takeuchi, Macromolecule Group "Design of Receptors and Supramolecular Assemblies "
5:45-6:10	Assoc Prof. Hiroshi Fudouzi, NIMS Optronic Materials Center "Color chage of soft photonic crystal, a bio-inspired function "

	June 12 MolAT-Biomaterial Chair; Patrick Stayton
9:00-9:25	Prof. Nobutaka Hanagata, NIMS Bio-Organic Materials Facility "Gene expression profile of osteoblasts cultured on various surface structures "
9:25-9:50	Asst. Prof. Suzie Pun, Department of Bioengineering – University of Washington "Vectors for Non-viral Gene Delivery "
9:50-10:15	Dr. Toshiyuki Ikoma, NIMS Biomaterials Center Interfacial interaction phenomenon of protein/cell on calcium phosphate nanocrystals "
10:15-10:30	Break
10:40-11:05	Asst. Prof. Hong Shen, Department of Chemical Engineering – University of Washington "Engineering the immune responses"
11:05-11:30	Asst. Prof. Xiaohu Gao, Department of Material Science and Engineering – University of Washington "Multifunctional nanoparticles for bioimaging, detection and therapeutics"
11:30-11:55	Prof. Naoki Kishimoto, NIMS Quantum Beam Center "Ion Beam Engineering for Nano- and Bio-materials"
11:55-12:00	Fumio Ohuchi. Kenji Kitamura Closing remarks

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