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4^th International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical
Applications of Magnetic Carriers
May 9 - 11, 2002
Tallahasse, Florida, U.S.A.

Scientific Program

Thursday, May 9, 2002 at 8:30 AM

Start of the meeting in the Ballroom of the Doubletree Hotel promptly at 8:30 AM.

This year, we will have eight different sessions. Please click on them to see the title of the talks and the speakers:

Opening session

Hafeli Urs	USA	Welcome / short review of the last 2 years of magnetic carriers
Crow Jack	USA	The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: A national resource in support of bio-medical science and technology
Browning Valerie	USA	Potential Department of Defense (DoD) applications of magnetic carriers

Drug targeting and imaging

Bulte Jeff	USA	Magnetic labeling and tracking of cells using magnetodendrimers as MR contrast agent
Flores George A.	USA	In vitro blockage of a simulated vascular system using magnetorheological fluids as a cancer therapy
Tapolsky Gilles	USA	From MTC-doxorubicin to MTC-TNF: A review of the MTC technology
Yu Junfeng	USA	Radiolabeling of magnetic targeted carriers (MTC) with different radioisotopes for cancer imaging and treatment

Analytical methods

Gross Christine	GERMANY	Magneto-optical relaxation of ferrofluids
H�feli Urs	USA	Characterization of magnetic carriers and their magnetophoretic mobility using a digital microscopy method
Kriz Dario	SWEDEN	Preliminary studies on the detection of human albumin using antigen specific precipitation of magnetic particles and magnetic permeability measurements
M�ller Winfried	GERMANY	Influence of magnetic particle aggregation on cytomagnetometry
Morais Paulo	BRAZIL	Use of the photoacoustic spectroscopy in the investigation of ionic magnetic fluids
Zhang Huading	USA	Characterization/quantification of the factors involved in the imparting a magnetophoretic mobility on cells and particles

Magnetic separations

Farag Sherif	USA	Current and emerging therapies using cell separations
Gr�ttner Cordula	GERMANY	Selective extraction of lanthanides and actinides by magnetic silica particles with CMPO-modified calix[4]arenes on the surface
Haik Yousef	USA	Magnetic immunoassay for rapid assessment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
Lara Oscar	USA	Negative depletion cell sorting using a quadrupole magnetic cell sorter
Legastelois Stephane	FRANCE	Immuno-magnetic separation followed by solid-phase cytometry for the rapid detection and enumeration of pathogens in surface water
Merkel Dirk	GERMANY	High gradient magnetic separation (MACS) for isolation and modification of biomolecules
Moore Lee	USA	Magnetic flow sorting using susceptibility-modified carrier fluids
Safarik Ivo	CZECH REPUBLIC	Adsorption of dyes on magnetically labeled baker�s yeast cells
Sch�tt Wolfgang	GERMANY	Carriers for extracorporeal blood purification: From basic research to health care

Hyperthermia

Hofer Kurt	USA	Review: Hyperthermia in cancer therapy
Brusentsova Tatiana	RUSSIA	Evaluation of ferrifluids containing photosensitizers
Furukawa Hirotaka	JAPAN	Novel thermo-responsive magnetic nanoparticles
Jones Stephen	AUSTRALIA	A system for the treatment of liver cancer by targeted hyperthermia using magnetic microspheres
Kuznetsov Anatoly	RUSSIA	�Smart� mediators for self-controlled inductive heating

Gene therapy

Wolfe John	USA	Targeted gene therapy: Introduction and prospects
Plank Christian	GERMANY	Magnetofection: Enhancing and targeting gene delivery by magnetic force

Microcarrier synthesis and characterization

Anker Jeffrey	USA	Cooking with nanoparticles: A simple method of forming roll, pancake, and breaded polystyrene microparticles
Chatterjee Jhunu	USA	Synthesis of polyethylene magnetic nanoparticles
Connolly Joan	AUSTRALIA	Silica coating of cobalt nanoparticles increases their magnetic and chemical stability for biomedical applications
Duguet Etienne	FRANCE	Maghemite@silica nanoparticles for biological applications
Gross Karlis A.	AUSTRALIA	Iron substituted apatites: A resorbable biomaterial with possible magnetic properties
Korobko Elena	RUSSIA	Carbon nanotubes for medical applications
Phanapavudhikul Ponpan	UK	Para-magnetic composite microparticles as heavy metals ion-exchangers
Riffle Judy	U.S.A.	Polysiloxane fluid dispersions of cobalt nanoparticles in silica spheres for use in ophthalmic applications
Rudershausen Sandra	GERMANY	Multifunctional superparamagnetic nanoparticles for life science applications
Yellen Benjamin	USA	Statistical analysis of weakest link in chains of magnetic particle carriers for applications in printing biochemical arrays
Ziolo Ron	SPAIN	Self-stabilized aqueous ferrofluids and their unusual particulate properties

Nanotechnology

Barbic Mladen	USA	Single domain magnets in bio-medical applications
Durin Gianfranco	ITALY	High sensitivity sensors for magnetic microspheres localization
Miller Michael	USA	Magnetoelectronics, magnetic labels and biomolecular detection
Puntes Victor	USA	Tuning the SP to FM transition of cobalt nanoparticles in view of biomedical applications
Ward Michael	USA	Metal-polymer hybrid microchannels for microfluidic high gradient separations

We are particularly proud of this year's Special Talks by our invited speakers and the daily Refresher Course of basic physics concepts everybody in the field of magnetic carriers should know.

And if you would like to get the entire program by the hour, then please click here to download an Excel spreadsheet.