Utah’s Micro(nano)-Bio news:

A big "Thank You" to all who attended the successful nanoUtah 07 conference held October 26, 2007 in the Rice Eccles Stadium Tower, and congratulations to our 2007 nanoUtah student poster winners:

 

1st Place- Quentin Aten, BYU

"Out-of-Plane Cellular Manipulator: A MEMS Microinjector"

 

2nd Place- Gregory M. Dittami, UofU

"Single-cell Electrophysiology and Impedimetric Chemical Sensing on a Chip"

 

Honorable Mention- Michael Orthner, UofU "A Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) System for Epitaxial Growth of 3C-SiC on Si"

 

This year we had over 200 participants, and several new exhibitors. We announced the arrival of new USTAR faculty (Marc Porter and Hamid Ghandehari), and announced the initial acquisitions of key electron microscopy instruments for regional access.

 

Next year, we will focus the nanoUtah theme on technical issues facing researchers in medical areas, with medical researcher's solicitation of engineering & science collaborations (technology "pull").  Medical researchers, engineers and scientists working on techniques with potential medical applications will provide technology "push" opportunities. 

Hamid Ghandehari has volunteered to assist organizing next year's event to significantly expand the reach into medical disciplines, including regional hospitals; and we anticipate locating an appropriate venue within the Utah medical campus.

 

We are currently searching for members of the nanoUtah 08 Organizing Committee, and are accepting nominations or applications for the following volunteer positions to ensure effective advanced planning:

 

Program Director -- Hamid Ghandehari, U of U;

Technical Session Director -- Tapas Kar, USU

Poster Session Director --

Keynote Search Director --

Outreach Committee Director -- Ian Harvey, U of U

State of Utah / USTAR Liaison --

Industrial Liaison --

USU Research Liaison --

BYU Research Liaison --

Affiliated nano Infrastructure Director -- Loren Rieth, U of U

Website Director -- Tapas Kar,

USU Marketing Director Exhibition Director -- Steve Reed (UTC- TB confirmed)

 

Funding Sources:

Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
(PAR-08-036)
National Center for Research Resources
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): March 24, 2008
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-036.html

 

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC) (NSF 07-537)  Letter of Intent : Jan 4 2008

The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRCs) program develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in their development and evolution. Each center is established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry and the center. An I/UCRC contributes to the More...

 

Global News:

'India needs to create its own venture fund for nanotech'

Riyadh To Set Up Nanotechnology Institute

Bangalore now to emerge as India's nano-technology hub India

Centre sanctions Rs 1000 cr for nanotechnology initiatives in ... India

Centre for Nanotechnology to come up at IP University India

Finland and China team up in nanotechnology

 

US Statewide News:

Albany nanotech a big hit: Investment banker organizes tour of ...

U of I targets treatment of 'superbug'

MSU Nanotechnology Research Nets Nano 50 Award

 

Journal and Book:

Make money publishing your nanotechnology research

 

Nano-Products:

Mazda's "single nanotechnology" catalyst reduces need for precious ...

Food and Drug Law Institute, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ...

California Inventors Develop Nano-Chem Field Effect Transistor ...

Nano knockoff sports camera, speaker

The modest pipette becomes a nanotechnology surgery tool

Nanotechnology–based corrosion prevention on stainless steel using ...

Kenmos and Nano-Op supply LED notebook blus to Dell and Apple

 

Research News:

More on nanotechnology for medicine using nanorobots

Using Carbon Nanotubes To Seek and Destroy Anthrax Toxin and Other ...

Nanotechnology soldering to a single atomic layer

Nanotechnology modeling for medical nanorobots

 

Business:

Sematech plant poised to be a nanotechnology player

Very long time to market for nanotechnology applications

Nanomaterials and Markets 2006-2015

Commercialization of Nanotechnology: Expert Advice on Podcast

Top nanotechnology schools rent out their labs to businesses

 

Articles & Reports:

Ending drunk-driving deaths is in sight, experts say

Nanotechnology roadmap published: statement by Eric Drexler

For Global Chip Makers, the Future is NAND Flash

 

Nano-Risks:

OECD launches nanotechnology safety sponsorship program

Who's worrying about nanotechnology risks?

 

Awards:

 

Jobs:

Program prepares for increasing nanotechnology worker demand

 

Conference:

 

Education & Outreach:

2000 students visited nanocollege this year

 

SOURCE: Nano.Cancer.Gov - News for November 2007

 

 

Radio Waves Fire Up Nanotubes Embedded in Tumors, Destroying Liver Cancer
Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by noninvasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University has shown in preclinical experiments.
[ read more ]

Antibody Targeting Boosts Liposomal Drug Anticancer Activity
The first drug-loaded nanoparticle approved to treat cancer is in line for an upgrade.
[ read more ]

Coated Ultrasmall Quantum Dots Suitable for In Vivo Imaging
Quantum dots have shown promise in a variety of imaging and therapeutic applications, particularly when they are coated to render them biocompatible.
[ read more ]

Polymer Cage Stabilizes Liposome, Improves Drug Delivery
Liposomes, the first type of nanoparticle to achieve clinical use, are remarkably versatile constructs, but they suffer from a general lack of stability.
[ read more ]

Building Tumor Balls for Better Drug Discovery
Over the past few years, researchers have found that small, spherical conglomerations of tumor cells are superior to individual cells for predicting the response of malignant cells to a variety of anticancer treatments.
[ read more ]

"Trojan Horse" Delivers Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles Deep Into Tumors
One of the most difficult feats to accomplish with today's anticancer therapies is getting drug into the oxygen- and nutrient-deprived cores of solid tumors.
[ read more ]

 

 

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SOURCE: NanoNews-Now Digest #160 Ready

Researchers aim to harness sperm power for nano-robots
Cornell University December 3rd, 2007 Researchers at Cornell are working to use the same energy that drives sperm to power nanoscale robots or to deliver chemo drugs or antibiotics, for example, to targeted sites within the body. The findings were presented at the American Society for Cell Biology's 47th annual meeting, Dec. 3, in Washington, D.C.

Technique controls nanoparticle size, creates large numbers
Washington University December 3rd, 2007 Scaling up the small business

Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting technology
physorg.com December 5th, 2007 From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating Alzheimer's disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots are vast and ambitious. In the past decade, researchers have made many improvements on the different systems required for developing practical nanorobots, such as sensors, energy supply, and data transmission. But there is still a great deal of work to do before tiny "molecular machines" can begin traveling through our arteries for diagnosing or treating our ailments. To try to pick up the pace, a group of researchers has recently developed an innovative approach to help in the research and development of nanorobots - virtual reality.

New IBM Research Technology Could Enable Today's Massive Supercomputers to Be Tomorrow's Tiny Computer Chips
IBM December 6th, 2007 Advancement in Using Light Instead of Wires for Building Supercomputers-on-a-Chip

Nanotube-producing Bacteria Show Manufacturing Promise
University of California, Riverside December 7th, 2007 Nanotubes may have high-tech applications, study involving UCR engineers reports

SOURCE: NANOTECHWEB.ORG NEWSWIRE (WEEK 49)

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

 

Nanolasers boost data storage

Heat-assisted magnetic recording might allow over 10 Tbit of data per square inch

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32121

 

Berlin gains new nanophotonics centre

Germany's National Science Foundation (DFG) funds research into optoelectronic devices http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32100

 

Acoustic phonons reach the nanoscale

Researchers come up with a perfect source for 'nano-ultrasonic imaging'

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32092

 

Nanopositioning breaks new record

New system boasts sub-nanometric accuracy over a moving range of several millimetres

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32058

 

Tiny fridge thinks it’s a motor

Nanomachine could exploit Brownian motion

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32057

 

LAB TALK

 

STM characterization of nanometre-sized, mechanically exfoliated graphene An investigation of size-dependent, semiconducting behaviour in nanometre scale graphene

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/32119

 

GaSb-based lasers with two-dimensional photonic crystal mirrors Photonic crystals have been successfully integrated into GaSb-based optoelectronic devices

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/32097

 

Carbon nanopipettes for cell probes and intracellular injection Carbon nanopipettes, able to penetrate cell membranes, are presented

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/32094

 

Nanomachines and nanobots are a step closer Nanogears of approximately 500 nm are fabricated by selective etching and assembled using AFM

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/32084

 

Nanorobot for drug delivery and diagnosis The architecture and simulation of nanorobots with sensors for medicine is presented

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/32077

 

 

 

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