2008 Summer Symposium

Nanotechnology and Cancer: The Power of Small Science

The Koch Institute Symposium, held each summer at MIT, focuses on cutting edge research that holds new promise for understanding and conquering human disease. The 2008 Symposium was held on Friday, June 27, 2008.

Opening Remarks

Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Introduction

Tyler Jacks, Director, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
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The Workings of NCI Nanotechnology Alliance for Cancer - an Opportunity for a New Class of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Solutions Based on Nanotechnology

Piotr Grodzinski, National Cancer Institute
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Nanoparticles in Medicine

Ralph Weissleder, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Nanoscale Self-Assembly and Modular Design Approaches to Cancer Drug Delivery

Paula Hammond, Koch Institute at MIT
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Optical Molecular Imaging of Cancer: Global Approaches to Prevention

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University
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Nanoelectronic-Biology Interfaces: From Ultrasensitive Detection to New Biomaterials

Charles Lieber, Harvard University

Nanoparticle Therapeutics: From Concept to Clinic

Genentech Leadership in Oncology Lecture
Mark Davis, California Institute of Technology

Towards Next-Generation Nanoparticles

Sangeeta Bhatia, Koch Institute at MIT

Systems Biology-driven in vitro diagnostic technologies for cancer

James Heath, California Institute of Technology
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Nanoparticle drug and gene delivery systems

Merck Leadership in Oncology Lecture
Robert Langer, Koch Institute at MIT

Closing Remarks

Tyler Jacks, Director, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
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