Welcome to the Kyoto University-UCLA International Symposium / 25th iCeMS International Symposium
Harnessing Physical Forces for Medical Applications – The Convergence of Physics, Nanomaterials, Cell Biology and Cancer Research.
Symposium Agenda: Thursday, November 15, 2018
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Registration |
| 8:55 am – 9:00 am | Fuyu Tamanoi: Overview of the Meeting |
| Opening Remarks |
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| 9:00 am – 9:20 am | Scott Waugh – Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UCLA Yasuyuki Kono – Vice President, Kyoto University Jeff F. Miller – Director, California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA |
| Session I: Nanomaterials and Physical Science Session Chair: Heather Maynard |
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| 9:20 am – 9:50 am | Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto): New Dimensions of Porous Coordination Polymers / Metal Organic Frameworks |
| 9:50 am – 10:20 am | Leonard H. Rome (UCLA): Vault Nanoparticles for Immuno-Oncology Therapeutics |
| 10:20 am – 10:50 am | Koichiro Tanaka (Kyoto): Extreme nonlinear optics in solids |
| 10:50 am – 11:05 am | Coffee Break |
| Session II: Nanomaterials and Biology Session Chair: Laurent Bentolila |
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| 11:05 am – 11:35 am | William E. Gelbart (UCLA) In vitro Reconstituted Virus-Like Particles for RNA Gene and RNA Vaccine Delivery |
| 11:35 am – 12:05 am | Daishi Fujita (Kyoto) Synthetic Molecular Wireframes Reinforce Protein Stability through Molecular Chaperone-like Structural Refolding Effects |
| 12:05 am – 12:35 pm | Fuyu Tamanoi (Kyoto/UCLA) Boron Neutron Capture Therapy and Nanotechnology |
| 12:35 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| Session III: Nanomaterial Application I – Imaging and Brain Session Chair: Huan Meng |
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| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Shimon Weiss (UCLA) Nanomaterials for neuronal action potential |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Mineko Kengaku (Kyoto) High-resolution Imaging of Neuronal Migration in the Developing Brain |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Michael Phelps (UCLA) Theranostics: Integration of molecular imaging with PET and radio-isotope ablation of cancer cells |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| Session IV: Nanomaterial – Bio Interface I Session Chair: Amy Rowat |
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| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Michael Teitell (UCLA) Cell response profiling and mitoBLAST |
| 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm | Jun Suzuki (Kyoto) Phospholipid Scrambling on the Plasma Membranes |
| 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm | Manish Butte (UCLA) Mechano metabolic regulation of the immune response |
Symposium Agenda: Friday, November 16
| Session V: Nanomaterial – Bio Interface II Session Chair: Adam Stieg |
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| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | Jeff F. Miller (UCLA): Engineered Contractile Nanotubes as Precision Antibiotics |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Ken Kamei (Kyoto): Recapitulation of the cellular microenvironments: Towards re-creation of living systems into a chip |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Andre Nel (UCLA): Use of Nanocarriers for Chemo-Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| Session VI: Physical Sciences – New Possibilities Session Chair: Dolores Bozovic |
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| 10:45 am – 11:15 am | Toshiki Tajima (UC Irvine) Laser-driven radio-therapy: Convergence of physics and medicine |
| 11:15 am – 11:45 am | Seth Putterman (UCLA) Attempts to Harness the Forces of Cavitation and Sonoluminescence for the Enhanced Treatment of Antibiotic Resistant Soft Tissue Infections |
| 11:45 am – 12:15 pm | Jeffrey I. Zink (UCLA) Multifunctional Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Controlled by Nanomachines for Biomedical Targeting, Imaging and Drug Delivery |
| 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| Session VII: Nanomaterial Application II – Cancer and Infectious Disease Session Chair: Karoly Holczer |
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| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Natsuko Kondo (Kyoto) Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in Kyoto University – from reactor based to accelerator based |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Hsian-Rong Tseng (UCLA) NanoVelcro Rare-Cell Assays for Detection and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Ke Sheng (UCLA) Radiotherapy in the Era of Precision Medicine |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Marcus Horwitz (UCLA) Functionalized Nanotherapeutics Targeting Intracellular Pathogens and Biowarfare Agents |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| Session VIII: Macromolecules – Assembly and Biology Session Chair: Fuyu Tamanoi |
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| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Shuhei Furukawa (Kyoto) Metal-organic frameworks for gas biology and therapeutic applications |
| 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm | Heather Maynard (UCLA) Biomimetic Stabilizing Polymers for Protein Therapeutics |
| 4:15 pm | Closing Reception |