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Oct 21 , 2010
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
 

2010 IIN Symposium
Kicking off the IIN 10th Anniversary!
Attendance is free of charge.
Registration opening soon.

Speakers: George Whitesides, Stephen Chou, Richard Friend, A. Paul Alivisatos, Makoto Fujita, E.W. Meijer, Lia Addadi, Craig Hawker

Hotel Orrington - Grand Ballroom
1710 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

Oct 14, 2010
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Bernie Kraatz, The University of Western Ontario
Title: TBD

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

Sept 13, 2010
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Richard Kaner, UCLA
Title: TBD

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

May 13, 2010
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Eva Harth, Vanderbilt University
Title: Nanomedicine: Functional Soft Nanosponges and Molecular Transporter Molecules for the Increased Efficacy of Therapeutics and Imaging Devices

Host: SonBinh Nguyen

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

May 4, 2010
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Nicholas Kotov, University of Michigan

Title: Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles: From Fundamentals to Applications in Biology, Environmental Monitoring, and Solar Energy Conversion

Host: Jiaxing Huang

Tech LR3
2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

April 29, 2010
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Adrian Michael, Chevron Science Center
Title: Electrochemistry in the Brain: Understanding the Dynamics of Dopamine

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

April 21, 2010
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm
 

Science Cafe
Shad Thaxton, Northwestern University
Title: Nanotechnology? Can You Translate This for Me?

Firehouse Grill
750 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL

Website: http://www.sciencecafe.northwestern.edu/

March 17, 2010
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Todd Krauss, University of Rochester
Title: Are Carbon Nanotubes Useful Optical Materials?

Host: Emily Weiss

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

March 13, 2010
9:30 am - 2:00 pm
 

8th Annual All Scout Nano Event
Cost is $10 per person. Includes hands-on experiments, poster presentation, and lunch with the scientists. Limit is 5 scouts per troop.

For more information please contact Mike Kleppinger, Boy Scout Troop 309 ASM (m.kleppinger@sbcglobal.net).

Feb 22, 2010
3:15 am - 4:30 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Milan Mrksich, University of Chicago
Title: Combining Mass Spectrometry and Self-Assembled Monolayers for Label-free Assays on BioChip Arrays

Host: Chad Mirkin

Tech L211
2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Nov 12 , 2009
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Ivan Schuller, UCSD
Title: Nanostructures: Confinement, Proximity, and Induced Phenomena

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

Oct 29 , 2009
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
 

2009 IIN Symposium - Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine

Register Now
Attendance is free of charge

Hotel Orrington - Grand Ballroom
1710 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

 

Oct 26 , 2009
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Buddy Ratner, University of Washington
Title: Biocompatibility Means Biologically Compatible: the Paradigm Shifts in Healing and Regeneration

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

 

Sept 15 , 2009
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Freddy Boey , Nanyang Tech University
Title: Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Medical Devices - the NTU Experience

Host: Chad Mirkin

Ryan Hall 4003
2190 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

Aug 26, 2009
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
 

NSEC Annual Meeting

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

May 21, 2009
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Martin Moskovits, UCSB
Title: Why Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Remains Controversial Even After 30 Years of Extensive Investigation

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL


April 16, 2009
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow
Title: From Polyoxometalate-based Building Blocks to Functional Nanoclusters, Frameworks and Self-Fabricating Materials

Host: Fraser Stoddart

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL


Feb 28, 2009
8:30 am - 1:00 pm

 

 

 

 

7th Annual All Scout Nano Event
Cost is $10 per person. Includes hands-on experiments, poster presentation, and lunch with the scientists. Limit is 5 scouts per troop.

For more information please contact Mike Kleppinger, Boy Scout Troop 309 ASM (m.kleppinger@sbcglobal.net).

Feb 23, 2009
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

 

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Jeffrey Zink, UCLA
Title: "Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Delivery and On-Demad Release of Anti-Cancer Drugs"

Host: Fraser Stoddart
Ryan Hall 4003, Evanston Campus

Jan 22, 2009
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Stephen Lippard, MIT

Title: "Understanding and Improving Platinum Anticancer Drugs: Trojan Horses and Nanoscience"

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL

Jan 17, 2009
9:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

 

 

Science Chicago

"Science of Small"

 

Nov 20, 2008
8:00 am - 7:00 pm

 

International Institute for Nanotechnology 2008 Symposium

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Visit Web Site at: TBA

Hotel Orrington
Grand Ballroom
1710 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

 

Nov 5, 2008
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Muhammad Yousaf, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: "Interfacing Surface Chemistry with Cell Biology: from Microfluidic Lithography to Peptide Nanoarrays"

Host: Franz Geiger

Tech LR3
2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Oct 9, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Juan Granja, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Title: "Self-Assembling α,γ-Peptide Nanotubes. A new Approach
to Functionalized Nanotubes"

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

Sept 24, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Arun Majumdar, University of California, Berkeley
Title: “Inorganic Nanocrystal Synthesis: from Molecular to Supramolecular Chemistry”

Host: Vinayak Dravid

Tech L361
2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Sept 18, 2008
8:00am - 5:00pm

 

Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE)
Annual Meeting

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

Sept 8-10, 2008
9:00am - 7:00pm
 

NCI Nanotechnology Alliance Investigators Meeting

Westin Hotel
909 N Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

Aug 27, 2008
8:00am - 6:00pm

 

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC)
Annual Meeting

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

 

May 19, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Y. Charles Cao, University of Florida
Title: “Inorganic Nanocrystal Synthesis: from Molecular to Supramolecular Chemistry”

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

May 13, 2008
4:30pm - 6:30pm

 

Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/townhalls.htm

Abbott Auditorium, Pancoe Building
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

Guest Speaker: Professor Fraser Stoddart


May 8, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Paul Weiss, Pennsylvania State University
Title: “Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices”

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

May 2, 2008
8:30am - 5:00pm

 

Northwestern-Argonne Symposium
Energy - the Challenge for the 21st Century

Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Rd
Evanston, Illinois

Keynote Lecturer:
Steve Chu, Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lectures:
Phillip Finck, Associate Director, Idaho National Laboratory
Steve Long, Director, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois
William Banholzer, Chief Technology Officer, Dow Chemical Company
Michael Grätzel, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne

May 1, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Adi Eisenberg, McGill University
Title: "Block Copolymer Self-Assembly with Application & Drug Delivery and Cellular Internationalization"

Host: SonBinh Nguyen

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

April 23, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Philip Kim, Columbia University
Title: "Toward Carbon Based Electronics"

Host: Mark Hersam

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

April 17, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Ben O'Shaughnessy, Columbia University
Title: "Nature's Nanotechnology: Force Producing Machines in the Cell"

Host: Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

April 3, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Sandra Rosenthal, Vanderbilt University
Title: "Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Quantum Dots: from Biological Imaging to White Light Solid State Lighting"

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

Feb 18, 2008
3:45pm - 5:00pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Manfred Kappes, MIT
Title: "Selected Properties of Carbon Nanostructures: from Exotic Fullerenes to Nanotubes"

Host: George Schatz

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

Jan 15, 2008
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Francesco Stellacci, MIT
Title: Supramolecular Nano-Materials and Lithography

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

Jan 8, 2008
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/townhalls.htm

McCormick Tribune Center (Forum)
Northwestern University Evanston Campus
1870 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois

Guest Speaker: Professor Mark Ratner
Moderator: Professor Laurie Zoloth


Dec 19, 2007
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

 

Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/townhalls.htm

Lurie Building, Hughes Auditorium
Northwestern University Chicago Campus
Feinberg School of Medicine
303 East Superior
Chicago, Illinois

Guest Speaker: Professor Chad A. Mirkin
Moderator: Professor Laurie Zoloth

Dec 13, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Younan Xia, Washington University
Title: Putting Nanostructures to Work for Biomedical Research"

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

Oct 24, 2007
8:30 am - 7:00 pm

 

International Institute for Nanotechnology
2007 Symposium


RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Visit Web Site at: http://www.iinano.org/symposium/2007/

Hotel Orrington
Grand Ballroom
1710 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

Oct 9-10, 2007


 

Productive Nanosystems:
Launching the Technology Roadmap

Organized by SME, Battelle, and the Foresight Nanotech Institute
Sponsored by the International Institute for Nanotechnology

Double Tree Hotel Crystal City
Arlington, Virginia

 

Sept 10, 2007
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE)
Annual Meeting

Technological Institute, Room L-211
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL

 

Aug 29, 2007
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

 

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC)
Annual Meeting

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

 

May 24, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Ulrich Simon, RWTH Aachen University
Title: Size Matters! – Assembly and Electrical Properties of Low-Dimensional Gold Nanoparticle Systems

 

May 17, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm


 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Douglas Philp, University of St. Andrews
Title: In through the Out door: Designing and Harnessing Synthetic Replication Networks


May 15 , 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Gunter Schmid, University of Duisburg-Essen
Title: The Relevance of Size and Shape of Metal Nanoclusters

May 10 , 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Steve Chou, Princeton University
Title: Nanostructure Engineering--Path to Discovery, Innovation, and Commercialization


May 7, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm


 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Jeremy Sanders, University of Cambridge
Title: "Adventures in Molecular Recognition,Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries, Supramolecular Nanotubes, and Systems Chemistry"

April 26, 2007
1:45pm - 3:00pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Roger van Zee, NIST
Title: "Energy-level Alignment of Aryl Thiols Chemisorbed on Metal Surfaces: Implications for Molecular Electronics"

April 19, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Albena Ivanisevic, Purdue University
Title: "Fabrication and Characterization of Biological and Chemical Architechtures on Organic and Inorganic Surfaces"

March 8, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor James Heath, Principal Investigator, California Institute of Technology's Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
Title: "NanoSystems Biology and New Technologies for in vitro and in vivo Diagnostics of Cancer "

Feb 15, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Ralph Nuzzo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title: "Organizing Structure and Function at all Scales"


Feb 12, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Jinwoo Cheon, Yonsei University, Korea
Title: "Convergence of Inorganic Nanocrystals as Probes for Biological Systems"

 

Feb 8, 2007
3:45pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Dr. James Baker, Director, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine & Biological Sciences, University of Michigan
Title: "Nanotechnology for the Advancement of Human Health"

Jan 12, 2007
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

  Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Bill Jones, University of Rochester
Title: "Strong C-H and C-C Bond Cleavage Reactions Using Homogenous Transition Metal Complexes"
Dec 18, 2006
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 pm
 

Tumor Cell Biology Seminar
Professor Gayle Woloschak, NU-CCNE
Title: TiO2 DNA Nanoparticles: Applications for Cancer

Dec 7, 2006
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
  Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Yi Lu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title: Nanomaterials Inspired by Biology: Dynamic Assembly of Error-Free Nanomaterials in Response to Multiple Chemical Stimuli

Nov 17, 2006
8:00 am - 9:00 am

 

CCNE Grand Rounds
Dr. Michael Hawkins, Chief Medical Officer, Abraxis Bioscience
Title: The Nanoparticle Albumin Bound Drug Delivery System

Oct 30, 2006
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
  Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Jean Frechet, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Functional Macromolecules and Their Assemblies: From Molecular Design to Applications
Oct 27, 2006
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo
Title: Programmed Self-Assembly for Functional Nanostructures

Oct 19, 2006
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Vince Rotello, University of Massacusetts, Amherst
Title: Scaffolds and Building Blocks

Oct 11-12, 2006  

International Institute for Nanotechnology 2006 Symposium
McCormick Auditorium, Norris University Center
1999 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

Visit Web Site at: http://www.iinano.org/symposium/2006/

Oct 5, 2006
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Weihong Tan, University of Florida
Title: Molecular Profiling of Cancer: A Chemical Biology Approach

Sept 15, 2006
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Patrick Collier, California Institute of Technology
Title: Control of Biochemical Reaction Dynamics in Restricted Environments

Sept 12, 2006
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Dr. Jeff Chinn , President & CEO, Applied Microstructures
Title: An Introduction to Molecular Vapor Deposition for Surface Modification

Calendar 2005-2006