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Past edition Alp Nano Bio International School  2009

1st International Winter School on Nano and Biotechnology

Sterzing, Bozen, Italy January 26 – 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main foreseen subjects

  • micro and nanotechnology processes
  • materials for bio-applications
  • surface analysis
  • detection systems for integrated biosensor devices
  • microfluidic and lab-on-chip devices
  • molecular biology and applicationsOrganizing Secretariat
    • M. Vettori (Bruno Kessler Foundation – Trento)
    • N. Liuti (Bruno Kessler Foundation – Trento)
    • L. Pasquardini (Bruno Kessler Foundation – Trento)
    • L. Vanzetti (Bruno Kessler Foundation – Trento)
    • Bianchi Maurizio (Bruno Kessler Foundation – Trento)

    Purpose of the School

    The International Winter School on Nano and Biotechnology is promoted by LATEMAR (http://www.latemar.polito.it/), a Centre of Excellence merging and coordinating basic research related to the development of micro and nano-devices and sensors for genomic and post-genomic. The school is intended as a forum for the presentation and the discussion of a diverse range of significant and exciting results in the rapidly advancing discipline of biomedical micro- and nanotechnology. Although micro- and nanotechnology have been developing for a relatively short time, they are well positioned to have a significant future impact in biology and medicine. New nanotechnology-based methods, tools and materials with innovative properties are being designed to improve disease detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Over the next ten to twenty years nanotechnology will represent a great opportunity to improve human health in novel ways, especially by enabling early disease detection and diagnosis, as well as precise and effective therapy tailored to the patient. The possibility of higher sensitivity and detection rate, as well as the reduced cost and invasiveness has generated substantial interest in miniaturized devices.

    A fundamental aspect of nanotechnologies is their interdisciplinarity, involving fundamental sciences like physics, chemistry, biology, mathematic and the more applicative ones like for instance material science and engineering. The aim of this school is to present the most contemporary knowledge in the field of micro and nanotechnologies, to draw young researcher’s attention on themes of frontier research which are considered of relevant scientific and technological impact, and to stimulate the discussion among complementary disciplines ranging from engineering to surface physics and biotechnology.

    The school is addressed to physicists, chemists, engineers, material scientists, biotechnologists, belonging not only to universities and research centers, but also to the industries. Fruitful, open and interactive discussions of case-studies are also planned to provide participants with an advanced working knowledge.
     

    Programme committee

    • M. Anderle (Bruno Kessler Foundation – Trento)
    • M. Cocuzza (Polytechnic of Turin – Torino)
    • L. Cognolato (Olivetti i-Jet)
    • M. Delledonne (Universityi of Verona)
    • P. Gasparini (University of Trieste/IRCSS Burfo Garofolo – Trieste)
    • S. Musso (Polytechnic of Turin – Torino)   download abstract (word document)
    • C. Pederzolli (Bruno Kessler Foundation – Trento)
    • F. Pirri (Polytechnic of Turin – Torino)
    • L. Prodi (University of Bologna)   download abstract (word document)
    • D. Vozzi (University of Trieste/IRCSS Burfo Garofolo – Trieste)

    Invited speakers and abstracts:

    Preliminary list of invited industrial speakers:

    Deadline

    Closing date for EARLY registration: 12th January, 2009.
    Each participant will be allowed to make a short presentation of the research activity of his/her group
    and/or to propose case-studies for the discussion during the parallel sessions

Winter School ANIS1 Programme:
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Monday 26/01/2009
chairman   ANDERLE
14.00 welcome (Anderle/Pirri)
14.30 Gasparini – Biomedical Applications: Present and Future
15.00 Geertsma – Nanotechnology in Medical Applications: New Opportunities and Risk Management Issues
16.00 Valbusa – Nanopore Devices for Genomics: State of the Art and Perspectives
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 Di Fabrizio – Nanofabrication for novel plasmonic devices for few/single molecule detection based on Raman spectroscopy   
 17.30 Hammond (PHI) – Surface Spectroscopy for Nano and Biotechnology
18.15 Bykov/Lemeshko (NT-MDT) – New Raster Spring Imaging Mode in Atomic Force Microscopy for Characterization of Biological Objects 
19.45 Welcome Party
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Tuesday   27/01/2009
chairman   DE COLA
9.00  Anderle – Surface and Thin Film Analysis: Solving Real Problems in Nano and Biomaterials
9.30 Mascini – Interfaces Preparation and their Applications for Biosensors Fabrication
10.00 Prodi – Photoluminescence: the Secret for a Great Brightness
10.30 Milani – Protein-Surface Interaction Microarrays: a Quantitative High-Content Technique for the Characterization of Protein-Nanostructured Materials Interaction
11.00 Coffee break

Development of Lab-on-a-chips (LOCs) for DNA Analysis    chairman   VALBUSA
16.30 Vozzi/Vallini – The DNA Analysis for SNPs Detection: Extraction, Amplification and APEX Detection
17.00 Cocuzza/Cognolato – Implementation of DNA Analysis on Silicon- and Polymer-Based Modular LOCs
17.45 Pederzolli – Material Surfaces for Human Genomic  DNA Purification and PCR-mediated Amplification
18.15 Della Ciana – Development and Synthesis of Innovative Phluorophores for DNA LOCs 
20.30 Poster session
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Wednesday 28/01/2009
chairman   GASPARINI
8.30 Musso – An efficient way to produce Carbon NanoTubes
9.00 Patrini – Optical Properties of Nanostructures for Biophotonics
9.30 Prato – Functionalization and Uses of Carbon Nanotubes
10.00 Tanzi (Applied) – SOLiD 3 Next Generation Sequencing Technology: the Pathway to the 10k$ Genome Sequence
10.30 Kada (Agilent) – The AFM Tip as a Complex Sensor for Biomolecular Processes 
11.00 Coffee break
SNOW TIME
chairman   DI FABRIZIO
16.30 Lamedica (Assing-Zeiss) – Ultra High Res Imaging of non-conductive Samples
17.00 Accorsi (Roche) – The Genome Sequencer FLX 
17.30 Fischetti (Combimatrix) – CombiMatrix’s core Technology: a Semiconductor Electronic Device Adapted for Biological Applications
18.00 Pergolini (2mstrumenti-Veeco) – New SPM Modes and Techniques for Nano-bio Analysis
18.30 Plasma Solution – to be defined 
   
20.00 Conference dinner
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Thursday 29/01/2009
chairman   PRATO
8.30 Luzzatto – Detection of Somatic Mutations in Cancer
9.00 Fassina (Xeptagen) – Biochips for Cancer early Detection
9.30 Bussolino – Nanotechnology Tackles Tumor Angiogenesis: a General Paradigm to Improve Target Therapies
10.00 Iannotta – Organic Molecular and Hybrid Nanostructures Produced by Kinetic Activated Processes: a promising Approach to new Sensing and Bio-Sensing Devices
10.30 Favia – Functionalization of Biomedical Surfaces in Cold Plasma Processes
11.00 Coffee break
SNOW TIME

Innovative Detection Approaches    chairman   SCOLES
16.30 Ferrarini – Application of Nucleic Acids and Proteins Detections Systems and their Limitations
16.45 Pasquardini – Innovative Approaches to Biological Molecules Detection
17.00 Ricciardi – Cantilever-Based Biodetection
17.20 Marcaccio – Electrochemistry and Electrochemiluminescence for Biodetection
17.50 Demarchi/Cognolato – Harwdware/Software System for ECL Signal Generation and Management 
20.30 Poster session
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Friday 30/01/2009
chairman   DELLE DONNE
8.30 Onida – Templated Nanoporous Materials as Drug Delivering Systems
9.00 DeCola – Nanoparticles and Silica-based Containers for in Vitro and in Vivo Imaging
9.30 Scoles – AFM Tip-induced Assembly of Nanoscale Protein Monolayers with Preservation of full Biochemical Activity and its Application to Multiprotein Nanobiosensors
10.15 Calzolari – Ab Initio Simulation of Complex Hybrid Systems
10.45 Coffee break
11.15 Facci – Novel Approaches to Surface Biofunctionalization
11.45 Pirri – Closing

Location:

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Via Sommarive 18, 38100 Povo Trento, Italy

Mrs. Nadja Liuti
Dr. L. Pasquardini

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Fax +39.0461.810851
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