The IASTED International Conference on
Nanotechnology and Applications
~NANA 2008~
September 29 – October 1, 2008
Crete, Greece
PANEL SESSION
Nanopharmacology and Molecular Simulations
Abstract
Nanotechnologies provide a wide range of new opportunities for developments in pharmacology: targeted drug delivery, applications of nano-containers in drug delivery, targeted influence on the immunity and new vaccine types, new hybrid nano-compounds for cancer treatment, selective adsorbents, etc. The design of functional nano-objects having pronounced biological activity is practically impossible without detailed modeling of structure and functional activity of various bio and nanostructures (proteins, peptides, biomembranes, nanotubes, fullerenes, etc.) The panel session will cover a rather wide and special range of questions, concerning the application of nanostructures in pharmacology and application of molecular simulations to the problems of nanopharmacology.
Examples of Questions or Issues that will be addressed by the Panel
New trends at the boundaries of physical chemistry, life sciences and medicine:
- What is Nanopharmacology?
- Bionanoscopy, atomic force microscopy of bacterial cells, viruses, proteins and nucleic acids.
- Molecular simulations of nanoparticles and their penetration through biomembranes.
- Self-assembling nanomaterials and their applications in medicine.
- Bio-inspired polymer hybrids, self-organization of peptide hybrids near membrane surfaces.
- Comparative study of membrane proteins, evolution of biochemical processes.
List of Panel Members
- Prof. A. Kabanov, Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA (http://www.unmc.edu/dept/pharmacy/pharmsci/index.cfm?conref=31)
- Prof. M. Tarek, Henri Poincaré University - Nancy I (http://www.edam.uhp-nancy.fr/Permanents/Mounir.Tarek)
- Prof. K. Shaitan, Bioengineering Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia (http://www.moldyn.org/peoples/shaitan/kvsh/engindex.htm)
- Prof. Judy Riffle, Virginia Tech Chemistry Department, USA (https://secure.hosting.vt.edu/www.chem.vt.edu/faculty/riffle.php)
- Prof. Igor V. Yaminsky, Physics Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia (http://www.spm.genebee.msu.ru/members/yaminsky/index.htm)
