Phage Nanobiotechnology

Symposium Chairs
Valery A. Petrenko Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine Auburn University, Alabama	Angela M. Belcher Germehausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Confirmed Invited Speakers
Structure of Filamentous Phage Particles and Their Components Stanley J. Opella Professor University of California, San Diego Phage-Based Patient-Specific Navigation Systems Susan L. Deutscher Associate Professor of Biochemistry University of Missouri Phage-derived Vehicles for Gene and Drug Delivery Valery A. Petrenko Auburn University, Alabama Phage-based Biorecognition Interfaces in Biosensors Bryan A. Chin Professor and Chair, Materials Research & Education Ctr., Auburn University, Alabama Human tumor-specific phage nanoparticles David Krag S.D. Ireland Professor of Surgery The University of Vermont Targeted Drug-carrying Filamentous Phage Nanomedicines Itai Benhar Associate Professor Tel-Aviv University, Israel	Phage Nanoparticles: Replication and Assembly George P. Smith Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Tucker Hall, University of Missouri Imaging Phage Probes Kimberly A. Kelly Assistant Professor Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital Phage-Templated Synthesis of Inorganic Nanomaterials Angela M. Belcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology Site-Directed Chemical Modification of Phage Particles Christopher J. Noren, Head, Bioorganic Chemistry Division, New England Biolabs Combinatorial Phage Nanobiotechnology Lee Makowski Senior Scientist, Biosciences Division Argonne National Laboratory Pharmacokinetic Optimization of Phage Particles for Gene-Delivery Andrew Baird Professor University of California at San Diego

Special Symposium

A new promising type of nanomaterials—bacteriophages—emerged recently as a result of evolution of phage display technique.  In opposite to other nanomaterials, the bacteriophages have the unique feature—their structure and function are encrypted in their genomic DNA, which can be intentionally modified or even rewritten using routine genetic engineering techniques. Phage as a new kind of nanomaterials attracts attention of specialists working in boundary, and even very distal areas from genetics and molecular biology, such as pharmaceutical science, material science, microelectronics, biosensors, detection, environmental sciences, etc. Penetration of the phage technology into these new disciplines requires development of new concepts, which will be the focus of the symposium. The symposium will introduce new researchers into this hot new area of phage nanobiotechnology, summarize the existing data on the phage nanomaterials and discuss a prospect of their use in different areas of medicine, science and technology.

Topics & Application Areas

• Amplification and Self Assemblage of Phage Particles
• Engineering of phage shape and function
• Imaging Phage Probes
• Phage-Based Biorecognition Interfaces in Biosensors
• Phage-Based Patient-Specific Navigation Systems
• Phage-Derived Interfaces between Organic and Inorganic Materials
• Phage-derived Vehicles for Gene and Drug Delivery
• Phage-Driven Synthesis of Inorganic Nanomaterials
• Site-Directed Chemical Modification of Phage Particles
• Structure of Filamentous Phage Particles and Their Components
• Distinct Viral Nanomaterials
• Other

Journal Submissions

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