Bioimaging Asia 2016 - Metabolic, Neuro, Cancer & Cardiovascular

Green Nanotechnology in Molecular Imaging & Therapy   

Tuesday 4 October 09:00 - 12:30 Academia, SGH Campus 

Please note:
One low cost entrance fee, grants you a position on the Half Day Training Course, the Tour of the SBIC, & full access to the 1.5 days of conference sessions with 5 Plenary and 2 Keynote Speakers, plus 10 further international speakers.   

Hosted By Professor Kattesh V. Katti, MSc.Ed, PhD, DSC, FRSC, FNAI Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Radiology and Physics Margaret Proctor Mulligan Distinguished Professor of Medical Research Director, Institute of Green Nanotechnology; Director, University of Missouri Cancer Nanotechnology Platform University of Missouri Medical School 

Overview 

This tutorial addresses advances on the applications of nanotechnology in molecular imaging and therapy.

Detailed description and analysis of the intervention of green nanotechnology for the production of biocompatible nanoparticles for molecular imaging and therapeutic applications will form a focal point of this tutorial. - Specifically, phytochemicals derived from a plethora of herbs, fruits and various plant species possess innate abilities to bind to receptor proteins on a vast variety of normal/tumor cells. 

Due to the rapid degradation of phytochemicals in vivo because of efficient metabolic processes, the utility of receptor protein-specific phytochemicals as molecular/anatomic imaging probes has largely remained unexplored. This tutorial will address latest advances in improving the bioavailability of phytochemicals through green nanotechnology and thus provide state of the art knowledge and training to design the next generation of nanoparticle-based imaging agents and theranostic probes derived from receptor specific phytochemicals. 

Benefits 

The course will feature hands on training and formal education on the implications of green nanotechnology in molecular imaging and therapy. This will in turn benefit scientists, engineers, clinicians, students and professionals in molecular imaging and therapy from industry and academia. 

Personal Q&A time with the Tutor at tea break and correspondence after the course via email. 

About the tutorial coordinator 

Professor Kattesh V. Katti is internationally recognized as a leader in the interconnecting fields of—chemistry, radiopharmaceutical sciences, nanotechnology/green nanotechnology and nanomedicine—for biomedical applications, specifically for molecular imaging and therapy of living subjects. 

His ground breaking discoveries in Green Nanotechnology have been recognized globally as the Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug cited Dr. Katti as the ‘Father of Green Nanotechnology’. Dr. Katti has recently been recognized as India’s Person of the Year in Science for 2016 (For full details see:http://katteshkatti.com/).