On October 9, the debate will center on nanotechnologies for diagnosis and drug delivery, while October 10 will focus on nanoapplications with direct impact on society, and related ethic and environmental considerations and nanosafety. Finally, October 11 will be dedicated to the outlook for nanomedicine and future perspectives.

Official website: http://www.bdebate.org/debat/nanotechnologies-health-current-challenges-and-future-prospects

]]> http://www.inorganicnanoparticles.net/emrs-spring-meeting-2013/ Wed, 08 May 2013 15:01:47 +0000 http://inorganic.wpengine.com/?p=1482 The 2013 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society will take place on May 27-31 in Strasbourg, France. In the current edition of this well known event, Víctor is part of the Organizing Committee for the Symposium Q: “Bionanomaterials for imaging, sensing and actuating”, and several members of our group will be presenting their work in different symposia:

Symposium U: Design of multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical applications

• Víctor Puntes will be giving the talk “Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer” on Tuesday May 28 at 11:15.

Symposium F: Nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage

• Neus Bastús will give the talk “Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Metal and Metal-based Hybrid Nanoparticles” on Wednesday May 29 at 9:45.
• Jordi Piella will presenting the poster “Size tailoring of TiO2 nanoparticles via agglomeration state and its relation to photocatalytic properties” on Monday May 27 at 16:30.

Symposium Q: Bionanomaterials for imaging, sensing and actuating

• Eudald Casals will be giving the talk “Reactivity of Engineered Inorganic Nanoparticles: Insights into nanotoxicity mechanisms” on Thursday May 30 at 11.40.
• Joan Comenge will be giving the talk “Gold Nanoparticles as agents for drug delivery: Detoxifying the chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin” on Wednesday May 29 at 14:50.
• Ngoc Tran will be presenting the poster “Nanoparticle Behaviour in Contact with Different Body Fluids: From Sweat to Serum” on Tuesday May 28 at 16:00.
• Sofía Rubio will be presenting the poster “The same formulation, a different effect. Controlling conformation of NanoBioconjugates” on Tuesday May 28 at 16:00.

We look forward to participating of this major event!

For more information on the conference, please see: http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=569&Itemid=1583

Registration is open till May 15.

The Gaceta Médica article (in Spanish) was published on April 25, 2013: “Las AuNPs reducen la toxicidad de los quimioterápicos sobre células sanas”.

http://www.gacetamedica.com/noticias-medicina/articulo.aspx?idart=747053&idcat=793&tipo=2

The Diario Médico article (in Spanish) was published on April 29, 2013: “La nanotecnología usa metal precioso con fin biomédico”

http://biotecnologia.diariomedico.com/2013/04/29/area-cientifica/especialidades/biotecnologia/investigacion/nanotecnologia-usa-metal-preciosofin-biomedico

After the success of Nanosafe 2008 and Nanosafe 2010, the 3rd. edition Nanosafe 2012 was held from November 13 to 15, 2012, in Minatec, Grenoble, France. This conference is organized as part of the NANOSAFE project, an EU-FP7 project focused on the potential impact of nanomaterials on human health and the environment.

Our group participated with four talks and their corresponding conference proceedings; we also co-authored a fifth article presented by our collaborators at LEITAT:

• Talk Exploring release and recovery of nanoparticles from polymer nanocomposites using commercial polyamide-based nanocomposites by Martí Busquets, on November 13, at 18:00. Publication: Busquets-Fité, M., Fernandez, E., Janer, G., Vilar, G., Vázquez-Campos, S., Zanasca, R., et al. (2013). Exploring release and recovery of nanomaterials from commercial polymeric nanocomposites. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 429, 012048.
• Talk Characterizing nanoparticles reactivity: structure-Photocatalytic activity by Jordi Piella, on November 15, at 13:45. Publication: Piella, J., Bastús, N. G., Casals, E., & Puntes, V. (2013). Characterizing Nanoparticles Reactivity: Structure-Photocatalytic Activity Relationship. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 429, 012040.
• Talk Colloidaly stable, polymer encapsulated quantum dots for biological applications by Isaac Ojea-Jiménez, on November 13, at 17:45. Publication: Ojea-Jiménez, I., Piella, J., Nguyen, T. – L., Bestetti, A., Ryan, A. D., & Puntes, V. (2013). Stability of polymer encapsulated quantum dots in cell culture media. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 429, 012009.
• Talk The social context of nanotechnology and Regulating its uncertainty: a nanotechnologist approach by Vincent Jamier, on November 15, at 11:30. Publication: Jamier, V., Gispert, I., & Puntes, V. (2013). The social context of nanotechnology and regulating its uncertainty: A nanotechnologist approach. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 429, 012059.
• Talk Monitoring migration and transformation of nanomaterials in polymeric composites during climatic aging by Gemma Vilar, on November 15, at 11:30. Publication: Vilar, G., Fernández-Rosas, E., Puntes, V., Jamier, V., Aubouy, L., & Vázquez-Campos, S. (2013). Monitoring migration and transformation of nanomaterials in polymeric composites during accelerated aging. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 429, 012044.

Conference website and program: http://www.nanosafe.org/scripts/home/publigen/content/templates/show.asp?P=124&L=EN&SYNC=Y

[Download conference program]

http://blogs.tv3.cat/marato.php?itemid=48108

We participated with the project “Cerium oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases”, coordinated by Dr. Wladimiro Jimenez from the Biomedical Diagnostic Center from Hospital Clínic. Our group will contribute with its expertise in cerium oxide nanoparticles, which preliminary results and applications in other areas indicate that are potentially useful in this case due to their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Link to article (in Catalan, access by subscription)

Several members of our group presented their recent work:

• Eudald Casals, “The inorganic nanoparticle biomolecular corona. Formation, evolution and biological impact”.

• Lorena García, “A simple method for the preparation of cationic gold nanoparticle bioconjugates for cell penetration”.

• Jordi Piella, “Gold nanoparticles as drug delivery agents for cancer therapy”.

• Ngoc Tran, “Size-controlled synthesis and functionalization of large gold nanoparticles”.

• Sofía Rubio, “Synthesis, surface modification and immunological properties of Peptide-conjugated gold nanoparticles”.

Further information can be found here:

http://www.uab.es/servlet/Satellite/first-workshop-on-nanomedicine-uab-cei-1334644996485.html

The show was aired on April 28, 2012. Here you can find the show in full length:

• Informe Semanal at the RTVE website
• YouTube version