Charles Lieber (Harvard University) Designed Nano-biosensors
Angela Belcher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Evolution of biometic nanomaterials
Session 2: Societal and ethical concerns of nanotechnology in biology
Jeffery Schloss (The National Human Genome Research Institute) Genomic information for individuals opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology
Oleg Salata (Oxford University) Nanoparticles known and unknown health risks
Vikki Colvin (Rice University) Sustainability for nanotechnology
K. Eric Drexler (Nanorex, Inc.) The road to advanced nanotechnologies: health issues and applications
Sackler Lecture
George Whitesides (Harvard University) Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: A Portrait in Early Adolescence
Session 3: Functional nanomaterials in biology
Lisa Brannon-Peppas (University of Texas, Austin) Targeted Delivery of Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems
Uwe B. Sleytr (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna) A molecular construction kit for nanobiotechnological applications
Barbara Baird (Cornell University) Engineered Materials to Investigate Spatial Control of Cellular Signaling
Herc Neves (BioMEMS, IMEC, Belgium) Micro/Nanosystem integration in healthcare
Robert Prod’homme (Princeton University) How size matters in the retention of nanomaterials in tissue
Session 4: Frontiers of nanotechnology
Nadrian Seeman (New York University) DNA: not merely the secret of life
