REGISTRATION Delegates attending or presenting posters are required to register and send their registration fee by Bank Demand Draft drawn in favor of “ NanoBio 2013” payable at Tiruchirappalli at the rates given below. REGISTRATION FEE Students UG `1500/- PG `2000/- Research Scholars `3000/- Faculty members `4000/Date: 27-29th June 2013 Scientists and delegates from research institutes and industries and for all delegates for spot registration `5000/- Foreign Delegates $200 Theme : Advances in Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Nanotechnologies Contact details : +91 431 2407978, +91 98424 84568, +91 98424 78785 +91 97505 50965, +91 98425 98097 | Fax: 0431 2407333 Email : nanobio2013@gmail.com | Website : www.tau.edu.in/nanobio2013 http://health.usf.edu/medicine/nanomed/conference2013/index.htm U&i | 94434 22109 (Registration fee includes lectures, Abstracts (CD form), Kit bag, Lunch & refreshments) Jointly Organised by : Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Bharathidasan Institute of Technology, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024. Tamilnadu, India & Nanomedicine Research Centre, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA Bharathidasan Institute of Technology, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli A nna University, Chennai is one of the renowned Technical University established by the Government of Tamil Nadu having 4 campuses, 4 regional centres, 13 constituent colleges, 12 Govt aided institutions and 596 affiliated institutions. BIT, Anna University, being located at Tiruchirappalli, a city of rich cultural heritage with a host of reputed educational institutions and known as Rock Fort city endeavour to impart quality student centered technical education by striving hard for continuous development and improvement in learning, research and developmental activities so as to produce proven technocrats. The University Campus carries out teaching, research and extension services through its centers, departments, constituent and affiliated colleges. It also works to foster partnerships with academic and industry experts to provide educational opportunities and training. BIT, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli has carved a niche for itself in providing technical education in the disciplines that are rare of their kind in our country. Aiming at excellence the University offers UG, PG and research programmes in Pharmaceutical Technolog y, Biotechnolog y, Petrochemical Technology, Information Technology, Nano Technology, Automobile Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Energy Engineering. Apart from the routine activities the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology excels in research activities through centrally sponsored research projects to a tune of Rs. 775 Lakhs including Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi sponsored “National Facility on Drug Development” for Academic Institutions, Pharmaceutical and Allied industries. T he University of South Florida is a highimpact, global research university located in beautiful Tampa Bay on Florida's spectacular west coast. It is one of the largest public universities in the nation, and among the top 50 universities, public or private, for federal research expenditures. The university is one of only four Florida public universities classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in the top tier of research universities, a distinction attained by only 2.3 percent of all universities. At the heart of USF is a vibrant, diverse and engaged student body. More than 47,000 students are enrolled in the USF System, a system of three separately accredited institutions USF Tampa, USF St. Petersburg and USF Sarasota-Manatee with an annual budget of $1.5 billion and an annual economic impact of $3.7 billion. The university's main Tampa campus is home to USF Health, including the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Pharmacy. The UNRC is based at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, and membership is open to all persons from the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, Arts and Sciences, and Engineering interested in collaborating on nanomedicine projects. The Director of the UNRC is Shyam S. Mohapatra, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine Division of Allergy and Immunology. The main mission of the UNRC is to bring together a dedicated, creative, interdisciplinary group of faculty and staff to conduct research on the application of nanoengineering methods and materials to the development of novel, highly effective and useful therapies and diagnostic methods. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHIEF PATRON Dr. P. Kaliraj Vice Chancellor (O), Anna University PATRON Dr. S. Sivanesan Registrar (i/c), Anna University CO-PATRON Dr. S. Muttan, Regional Director (i/c), Anna University Regional Centre, Tiruchirappalli Dr. R. Krishnamoorthy, Dean, BIT, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli CHAIR Dr. K. Ruckmani Prof & Head, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology Dr. Shyam S. Mohapatra Director, Nanomedicine Research Centre, USF CONVENERS Dr. P. Selvamani Dr. S. Latha Dr. S. Lakshmana Prabu, Pharm Tech SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Dr. N. Subramanian Dr. K. Kavitha Mr. A. Shanmugarathinam, Pharm Tech Dr. P. Rajaguru, Biotechnology Dr. M. Sivakumar, Nanotechnology Dr. Subhra Mohapatra, Molecular Medicine, USF TREASURER Mrs. K. Akilandeswari Mrs. M. Vijaya Lakshmi, Pharm Tech MEMBERS Dr. A. Puratchikody Dr. E. Sanmugapriya Dr. R. Vijaya Mrs. A. Umamaheswari Mr. R. Suriyakanth, Pharm Tech Dr. Gary Hellermann, Internal Medicine, USF, Dr. Srinivas Nagaraj, Internal Medicine, USF. INVITED SPEAKERS Dr. Dhirendra Bahadur, IIT Bombay, Mumbai. Magnetic Drug Delivery Dr. Gopal Kundu, NCCS, Pune. Nanoparticle mediated Drug Delivery in Breast Cancer. Dr. Gupta K.C., IITR, Lucknow. Nanotoxicology Dr. Jagat Kanwar, Deakin University, Australia Nanomedicine in cancer. Dr. Jayasree R.S., SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Nanotechnology in Biosensing & Bioimaging. Dr. Praveen Kumar Vemula, NCBS, Bangalore Nano-therapeutics : Biobased Nano materials to prevent skin disorders. Dr. Rao D.N., AIIMS, New Delhi. PLGA Nano Particles as Vaccine Delivery for infectious diseases. Dr. Ratneshwar Lal, University of California, USA. Nanoimaging and nanomechanics for diagnostics and therapeutics. Dr. Sanyog Jain, NIPER, Chandigarh. Smart nanoconstructs for advanced drug delivery applications. Dr. Shivshankar S. Sundaram, A modular approach to create a neurovascular lab on-a-chip unit. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, USA. Dr. Shyam Mohapatra, University of South Florida, USA. Stem cells and micro RNAs: novel nanomedical approaches to Reparative Medicine Dr. Subhra Mohapatra, University of South Florida, USA. Emerging applications of nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. Dr. Vinod Labhasetwar, Role of membrane biophysics in drug delivery to overcome cancer drug resistance. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, USA NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Ahmed Kamal, Ph.D., IICT, Hyderabad Manavalan R., Ph.D., Annmalai University, Chidambaram Ajayaghosh, Ph.D., Scientist H, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram. Mohan Rao C.H., Ph.D., Director, CCMB, Hyderabad. Akbarsha M.A., Ph.D., MGDC, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli Murugesan R., Ph.D., President, ISTE, New Delhi. Alok R. Ray, Ph.D., IIT, New Delhi Ponnavaiko M., Ph.D., Vice-Chancellor, SRM University, Chennai. Azad A., Ph.D., Director, Anna University, Chennai. Prabakaran P., Ph.D., Vice-Chancellor, TANUVAS, Chennai. Chawngthanliana, Ph.D., Director, RIPANS, Mizoram Pradeep T., Ph.D., IIT Madras, Chennai Girish Sahni, Ph.D., Director, IMT, Chandigarh Pradeep Srivastava, Ph.D., IIT, BHU, Varanasi. Harpal Singh, Ph.D., IIT, New Delhi. Samathanam G.J., Ph.D., Advisor & Head, DST, New Delhi. James Pitchai G., Ph.D., Sankaran K., Ph.D. Anna University, Chennai. Ratneshwar Lal, Ph.D., University of California, USA. Selvaraj G., Ph.D., Director of Drug control, Chennai. Shyam Mohapatra, Ph.D.,University of South Florida, USA. Sharma C. P., Ph.D., SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram Shivshankar S. Sundaram, Ph.D., Souvik Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, USA. Kumaraguru A.K., Ph.D.,Vice-Chancellor, MS University, Tirunelveli. Vice-Chancellor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Subhra Mohapatra, Ph.D., Manimekalai K., Ph.D., Vice-Chancellor, Srinivasan B.P., Ph.D., Director, DIPSAR, New Delhi. University of South Florida, USA. Sundar C.S., Ph.D., Director, Material Science Group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Vinod Labhasetwar, Ph.D., CCLRI, USA Udupa N., Ph.D., Manipal University, Manipal. Yashwant Pathak, Ph.D., COP, USF, USA Vice-Chancellor, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Kannan K., Ph.D., Annamalai University, Chidambaram. Krishnan M., Ph.D., Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal Mandal A.B., Ph.D., Director, CLRI, Chennai. Mahalingam S., Ph.D., IIT Madras, Chennai. Chenzhong Li, Ph.D., Florida International University, FL, USA. Harald Renz, MD, Philipps University Marburg, Germany. Jagat Kanwar, Ph.D., Deakin University, Australia. Ji Ho (Joe) Park, PhD, KAIST, Korea. Kurt E. Geckeler, Ph.D., GIST, South Korea. Manikam Sivakumar, Ph.D., Nottingham University, Malaysia. Rathinasabapathy Thirumurugan, Ph.D., International Medical University, Malaysia. CALL FOR POSTER PRESENTATION Abstracts of original research work are invited for the poster Abstract should be submitted as soft copy through email as an presentation in this conference in the following specific areas attachment to nanobio2013@gmail.com. The abstracts of interest. should not exceed 250 words, should be formatted in A4, 12 Pharmaceutical Technology font Size, Times New Roman font and with single line spacing. Nanoscale drug delivery systems Name of the corresponding author and co-authors should be Targeted drug delivery systems Nanobioengineering and Nanodevices Novel Nanomaterials given with complete contact details (organization, mailing address, E-mail, phone, fax). Poster size for the presentation is 1 x 1m. Abstracts will be published only if the corresponding author register for the conference. Nanomedicine : Nanodiagnostics and Nanotherapeutics Nano biotechnology Nanotoxicology Based on the scientific impact, the selected articles will be published in conference proceedings with ISBN number. Last date for submission of Abstract: 20th May 2013 Last date for submission of full paper : 30th May 2013 Please consider contributing and encouraging your team members and colleagues to submit abstracts to “NanoBio 2013”. Contact details: :+914312407978, Fax: 0431 2407333 Selected presentations will be rewarded suitably SPONSORSHIP TARIFF DETAILS Delegate Kit `2,50,000/- Gifts and souvenirs in kit bag `2,00,000/- Stationery items for delegates `2,00,000/- Travel Support, Hotel Accommodation `5,00,000/- Hospitality (Lunch / Dinner) `3,00,000/- Welcome Board and Banners `1,00,000/- Stage / PA Arrangement `1,50,000/- Memento `1,00,000/- Media (Printing of Certificates, Posters, Brochures, Invitations, Literatures, Handout, Study Materials, Proceedings, Abstract book cum Souvenir and Conference Website) `5,00,000/- ADVERTISEMENT I. II. III. ½ Page Advertisement (B/W) `20,000/- Full Page Advertisement (B/W) `40,000/- ½ Page Advertisement (Colour) `50,000/- Full Page Advertisement (Colour) `1,00,000/- Front Inner / Back Inner `1,00,000/- Back Cover `2,00,000/- Any item can be sponsored by more than one company/organization. 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