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Purpose and Agenda
Webcast

Purpose and Agenda

8:00 a.m.	Welcome Raynard Kington, Deputy Director, NIH Paul Sieving, Director, NEI
8:15 a.m.	The NIH Roadmap and Nanomedicine Development Centers Jeff Schloss, National Human Genome Research Institute
9:00 a.m.	Session I: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Nanomedicine An example of multiple scientific perspectives needed to elucidate and apply design principles for reverse engineering Moderator: Catherine Lewis, National Institute of General Medical Sciences Speakers: Steve Goldstein, Yale University Ion Channels: Nano-Mediators of Health, Disease and Therapy Peter Agre, Johns Hopkins University Aquaporin Water Channels: Structures and Functions Hagan Bayley, University of Oxford, UK Emerging Strategies for Engineering Channels and Pores Eric Jakobsson, NIH and University of Illinois Multiscale Simulations of Ion Channel Function Using Tools and Principles from Computational Chemistry and Device Design
10:45 a.m.	Session II: Targets for Nanomedicine Research A moderated discussion of additional examples of scientific target areas for Nanomedicine research Moderator: Eleni Kousvelari, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Discussion Leaders: Carlo Montemagno, UCLA James Baker, University of Michigan
1:15 p.m.	Session III: Creating Nanomedicine Research Teams A moderated discussion of strategies to establish Nanomedicine research teams Moderators: Dan Gallahan, NCI; Kuan Wang, NIAMS Panel members: Denice Denton, University of Washington Dean, College of Engineering Ueli Aebi, Biozentrum,University of Basel National Center of Competence in Research: Nanoscale Science Chih-Ming Ho, UCLA Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration Stuart Schreiber, Harvard University Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology David Thomassen, US Department of Energy DOE Genomes to Life Program
2:30 p.m.	Session IV: Innovative Strategies for NIH Funding of Nanomedicine Application Process and Timeline; New NIH funding authorities for Nanomedicine Speaker: Richard S. Fisher, NEI

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