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Monday - 8 September 2008

1. Session: Nanomaterials: Properties & Biology

Time Speaker Title
08:30 - 09:00 Kostas Kostarelos The good, the bad and the ugly nanomaterials in biology: Learning from the carbon nanotube experience
09:00 - 09:30 Christie M. Sayes Responsible nanotechnology: The importance of material characterization in toxicological evaluations
09:30 - 10:00 Wendelin Stark Cytotoxicity, ROS generation and quantitative uptake of engineered nanoparticles: Physical and chemical differences to classic chemicals
10:00 - 10:30    

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2. Session: Exposure Scenarios

Time Speaker Title
11:00 - 11:30 Enrico Bergamaschi Occupational exposure to nanomaterials: Present knowledges and future developments
11:30 - 12:00 Thomas Kuhlbusch Workplace exposure assessment by measurements
and modelling
12:00 - 12:30    

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3. Session: Biokinetics

Time Speaker Title
14:00 - 14:30 Jim E. Riviere Pharmacokinetics of nanomaterials: Is this different from chemicals or drugs?
14:30 - 15:00 Sara Snogerup Linse The dynamic protein corona on nanoparticles with effects on protein structure and function
15:00 - 15:30 Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere Comparative aspects of nanoparticle
penetration in skin

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4. Session: Biological Effects & Mechanisms I

Time Speaker Title
16:00 - 16:30 Kenneth Dawson BioNanoInteractions:
A rational interpretation of the interactions between engineered nanoparticles and living matter?
16:30 - 17:00 Peter Wick Placenta perfusion system: a human ex vivo model system to study the maternal - fetal barrier
capacity for nanosized materials
17:00 - 17:30 Valerian Kagan Oxidative lipidomics biomarkers of tissue and cell damage by nanoparticles
17:30 - 18:00 Awarded Lecture based on the evaluation of the submitted abstracts