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Upcoming Live Events:    A NanoTecNexus Supported Forum:   OCTANe will host the Fifth Annual Medical Device and Investor Forum in Orange County on October 25 - 26, 2010 at the Marriott Newport Beach. This exciting event will draw an array of industry entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and R&D executives, as well as university scientists, researchers, and venture capitalists. More than ever, companies and individuals must remain at the leading edge of innovation in the medical device industry to maintain a competitive advantage in the US and around the world. This is the Forum to connect with industry leaders; understand the latest advancements and trends; meet those to fund or license technology; and hear about critical developments in legal issues, regulatory, design and global opportunities for medical device companies.   We anticipate 800+ participants at this event (the past three years have sold out) and encourage early registration to secure your space.  Register here. Highlights of Past Live Events: NanoTumor Center Seminar Series Presents: "Viral Nanoparticles (VNPs): Tools for Application in Biomedicine" - March 24th, 3-4p The use of nanomaterials has the potential to revolutionize materials science and medicine. Currently, a number of different nanoparticles are being investigated. Viral nanoparticles (VNPs) derived from plant viruses, such as the Cowpea mosaic virus and Potato virus X, can be regarded as naturally occurring nanomaterials.  Learn more here [Download Steinmetz_VNP abstract]     Speaker: Nicole F. Steinmetz, PhD, Research Scientist and Author, The Scripps Research Insittute, Department of Molecular Biology [Download Nicole F Stenmetz bio] Location: Moores UCSD Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, California 92093    Nanopalooza at the San Diego Science Festival: FREE EVENT - March 27th, 10am-5pm  Explore the wonderful world of smalltech - nanotech that is!!  Join us at the San Diego  Science Festival Expo and 'excite your mind' with fun activities, games and experiments.  Learn what makes nanotech special, what types of career opportunities there are in this field, and what type of nanotech-enabled products exist today and are coming in the future.    Location: PETCO Park, 100 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101 Booth #RF23-RF24 (Right Field) General Expo Details here International Nanotechnology Symposium - "Automated Virus Detection and Analysis for Applications from Oncology to Bio-Weapon Defense"

July 28, 2009 --- 9am-4:30pm with reception following Presentations Available for Download! The symposium will gather experts from France, Mexico and throughout the United States to discuss pioneering approaches employing a high-resolution DMA (Differential Mobility Analyzer), a physical detection method that can be applied to many virus species, particles, and ions in the environment as well as oncology patients and at-risk populations. The availability of physical methods for rapid, reliable, and complete detection of nano-particles opens up a new era in early detection of disease and environmental threats. Attendees can expect to learn how this innovative technology works, hear examples of a wide array of applications, and first-hand insight on an A-H1N1 case study. A live demonstration of the technology and a poster session is included in the day's activities with a reception at the conclusion. This exclusive event is by invitation.  Request an invitation at admin@nanobionexus.orgsubject "2009 Symposium".  Download NTC Symposium Agenda Download Distinguished Speaker Biographies Download Jerome Schmitt's Presentation - Overview Download Manuel Gamero-Castano's Presentation - Electrospray Download Michel Attoui's Presentation - DMA Download Charles Wick's Presentation - Environmental Application Download Tony Reid's Oncolytic Virus Lecture Download Sergio Fuentes' Presentation Influenza   Location: Moores UCSD Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, Ca 92093    Monday, April 27, 2009   7:30am  - 9:00 am  - ***Special Breakfast Series*** The Experimental Man Project   In this age of awakening over human and environmental impact from existing and new products and materials, author David Duncan takes “guinea pig” journalism to the very edge of science, building on award-winning articles he wrote for Wired and National Geographic, in which he tested for hundreds of chemical toxins – from pesticides to plastic additives – and millions of genetic markers associated with disease, emotions, and other traits. The idea is to humanize the science by using the example of one person as a kind of everyman assessing not only this bold new world of self-discovery, but also the impact emotionally and philosophically of knowing so much about oneself. In his new book, EXPERIMENTAL MAN: What One Man’s Body Reveals About His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World (Wiley, March, 2009), he expands on these tests, he examines his genes, environment, brain, and body, exploring what they reveal about his and his family's future health, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior, and his ancestry, as well as the profound impact of this new self-knowledge on what it means to be human.   Speakers: David Ewing Duncan Location: Mintz and Levin,3580 Carmel Mtn Road, San Diego, California 92130 Saturday, April 4, 2009   10:30 am to 6:00pm ***Free Event*** Nanopalooza!   Get a BIG brain by learning about smalltech - nanotech that is!!!  Join us at the San Diego Science Festival Expo at the Nanopalooza booth where we will have fun activities, games and experiments.  Learn what makes nanotech special, what types of career opportunities there are in this field, and what type of nanotech-enabled products exists today and are coming in the future.  Our booth #623 will have fun for all ages and examples of how nanotech impacts everything from consumer and industrial goods to medicine to clean water and sustainable energy.    Speakers: Location: BOOTH #623 (Federal Lawn) at Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, California 92101   [See map image here: View this photo ] Tuesday, April 1, 2009   5:30 pm - Registration now open Nanotech Mashup!   This unique event features a keynote from industry expert, Josh Wolfe.  His talk, "Nanotech, Megamillions: Fortune, Fame, Failures, & Folly--A Contrarian View from a Venture Capital Investor" is one you should not miss.  In partnership with the NanoTumor Center, we invite you to come and meet cutting-edge nanotech researchers and scientists from various departments at UCSD in this special “mashup’ reception. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in conversations with researchers from the chemistry, medical, physical sciences, engineering, physics and other disciplines who are all working together in innovative applied and translational nanotech research. Hands on demonstrations, videos and educational materials will be available to provide.  Join us for this unique opportunity to learn more about these innovative technologies and how they address some of the world’s toughest challenges from medicine to energy. Speakers: Josh Wolfe, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Lux Capital [Download Josh Wolfe Bio & pic] Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 3939 Ocean Bluff Ave, San Diego, California 92130 Daily - March 8th - April 4th *** Free Event!*** NanoArt Exhibit!   The invisible becomes visible........NanoArt is a unique new art discipline created by artists and scientists where microscopic images of scientific strauctures are captured and processed using precise techniques to convert these structures into colorful art.  The micro and nanosculptures (molecure and atomic scale sculptures) are created using chemical and physical processes and visualized with powerful research tools like scanning electron or atomic force microscopes.  In support of the San Diego Science Festival, we have arranged this unique exhibit for people of all ages.  No registration reguired for this event.  Visit library website for daily hours of operation.   Location: Mission Valley  Library, 2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, California 92108   Thursday, January 29, 2009   5:30 pm - Next Generation Power via Man-Made Nanomotors and Nano-enabled Alternative Energy Technologies   New sources of energy are critically important to power our future and our economy. Where will these new sources of alternative energy come from? What novel materials will work best? The remarkable performance of biomotors is inspiring scientists to create synthetic nanomachines that mimic the function of these amazing natural systems. This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing artificial nanomotors. While artificial nanomotors pale compared to nature biomotors, recent advances indicate significant improvements in the velocity, motion control, cargo-towing force and lifetime of such catalytic nanomotors. The improved performance of chemically-powered artificial nanomotors could pave the way to exciting and important applications and to sophisticated nanoscale devices performing complex tasks. Join us for this exciting program featuring lead-edge nanotechnologies from world renowned nanotech experts.   Speakers: Ken Vecchio, Ph.D. [Download Ken Vecchio bio & pic ] Joseph Wang, Ph.D.[Download Joe Wang Bio & pic ]   Location: Mintz and Levin,3580 Carmel Mtn Road, San Diego, California 92130