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MSE seminar announcement
by Willison, Sheryl L 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

________________________________ From: Tanner, Catherine A Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:02 PM Subject: FW: MSE seminar announcement This email is being forwarded at the request of Lou Underwood in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. ======================================================================== ==== MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SEMINAR Biologically Functional Sol-Gel Materials to Control, Mimic, and Sense Living Cells by Dr. Jenna Rickus Agricultural and Biological Engineering Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Physiological Sensing Facility at the Bindley Bioscience Center ABSTRACT Over the past 15 years, the sol-gel method of producing porous silica has proven to be a powerful platform for developing hybrid materials with biological functionality. A wide range of living and non-living biological components have been integrated into such materials. In this talk I will discuss our work using sol-gel materials as a platform for mimicking, directing and interfacing with mammalian cells. I will present our recent results on mimicking cells in nonliving systems using liposome-doped nanocomposites as well as the fundamental characterization of the sol-gel neuronal biointerface including the impact of nanotopography on protein conformation at the interface. Finally I will introduce a new method for the combinatorial presentation of multiple cell signaling peptides with quantitative control of peptide concentration at the surface. The application of these new materials to cell-based therapies and hybrid cell-silicon implantable devices for neurological disorders will be discussed. DATE: Friday, December 8, 2006 TIME: 3:30 PM - Refreshments 3:45 PM - Seminar PLACE: MSEE B012 Short Bio: Dr. Rickus is an assistant professor of biological engineering at Purdue University with joint appointments in Agricultural and Biological Engineering and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. She has been jointly trained in the biological sciences and engineering. She has a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue. She received her Ph.D. in 2003 from UCLA in Neuroscience and Neuroengineering where she co-trained under mentors in materials science and cellular and molecular neurobiology. She recently co-founded and currently co-directs the Physiological Sensing Facility in the Bindley Bioscience Center http://www.purdue.edu/dp/psf/. Her research involves the integration of hybrid materials with biological components to sense and actuate living cells, tissues, and organisms.

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Mail times
by MaryJo Totten 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Hello Everyone, This is just a reminder that today starts the new mail times for Birck. Morning - 8:50AM Afternoon - 1:10PM Please make note of the earlier times. UPS and Fed Ex will have to be in the mail room before lunch in order to be transported to MMDC. Please call me with any questions. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Operations Clerk Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University (765) 496-1173

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Testing of Fire Panel System on 12-7-06 at 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM
by Willison, Sheryl L 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

New horn and strobe alarms have been added to the BNC fire monitoring system. Final connection and testing of the system will be completed on 12-7-06 at 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM. The test requires triggering the fire alarm system for a period of time where all the alarms in the building will go off similar to a real fire. I will forward this email again 24 hours before the testing. If you have questions for concerns please let me know. Regards, Mark

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Conference Room schedules
by Deborah Starewich 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Just a reminder that most recurring meetings scheduled in the Birck conference rooms are set to expire at the end of the semester. Please notify Annie Cheever (acheever(a)purdue.edu) or Sheryl Willison (swilliso(a)purdue.edu) to renew your recurring meetings for next semester. Thanks! Deborah Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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LUNCH today! THURSDAY, Nov. 30; 11:30 a.m.
by Deborah Starewich 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Join us for lunch today in the Atrium Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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2nd floor restrooms
by Hinrichs, Daniel R 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

On December 4th the 2nd floor mens restroom will be closed for stripping and waxing of the floor from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., then on December 6th the 2nd floor womens restroom will be closed for stripping and waxing from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. sorry for any inconvenience for this. Dan Hinrichs Crew Chief Building Services

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Staff contact Information
by Dave Lubelski 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

A new method for contacting the engineering staff has been created. It will email all the engineering staff at once. This will ensure that the staff member responsible for the equipment and their back-up are notified of your issue. Please do not copy individual staff member's email accounts as it would be redundant. The address is: BNC-EngStaff(a)ecn.purdue.edu Thanks, Dave Lubelski

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FW: Flu Shot Clinic Promotion
by Deborah Starewich 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/ ------ Forwarded Message From: "Tanner, Catherine A" <ctanner(a)purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:43:24 -0500 Conversation: Flu Shot Clinic Promotion Subject: Flu Shot Clinic Promotion ------ End of Forwarded Message

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This week's Comput. & Appl. Math Seminar
by Jie Shen 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

Multidimensional Quantum Tunneling: Direct Instanton Calculation with Application to Polyatomic Molecules Speaker: Professor Jing Shi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Friday Dec. 1, 3:30pm at REC315 abstract. Quantum tunneling plays a crucial role at the nano scale. Multidimensional tunneling appears in the study of many problems ranging from quantum field to enzyme catalysis. The high dimensionality of the potential energy surface (e.g. many degrees of freedom) poses a great challenge in both theoretical and numerical description of tunneling. Numerical simulation based on Schrodinger equation is often prohibitvely expensive. We propose an efficient and accurate numerical method to calculate the ground state tunneling splitting and decay rate. The method is based on path integral formalism ('instanton' and 'bounce' approach) and free from any further ad hoc assumptions on potential energy surface. The application to proton tunneling between isomers of polyatomic molecule is demonstrated. -- **************************************************************** Professor http://www.math.purdue.edu/~shen Department of Mathematics tel: 1-765-494-1923 Purdue University fax: 1-765-494-0548 West Lafayette, IN 47907 e-mail: shen(a)math.purdue.edu ***************************************************************

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Cancer Nanotech seminar Dec 14 MRGN 121 11:30
by Deborah Starewich 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

This email is being forwarded to the Discovery Park e-list on behalf of the Oncological Sciences Center. ONCOLOGICAL SCIENCES CENTER Cancer Prevention Seminar Series Building a community interested in cancer prevention and control research. Plasmon-resonant Nanorods as Multifunctional Imaging Agents Presented by Alexander Wei Associate Professor of Chemistry December 14, 2006 11:30 am MRGN 121 Gold nanorods have several outstanding characteristics as optical contrast agents for biomedical imaging. Their strong optical absorption at near-infrared (NIR) frequencies can be used to generate contrast for optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, and is well matched for detection modalities based on differential albedo. Nanorods can also be imaged directly by two-photon luminescence (TPL) with single-particle sensitivity, and are sufficiently bright to support in vivo imaging applications. TPL imaging has been used to study the uptake of ligand-functionalized nanorods by tumor cells. Lastly, nanorods are excellent converters of light energy into heat, with direct application in photothermal therapy. ------ End of Forwarded Message

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