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2^nd International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical
Applications of Magnetic Carriers
May 28 - 30, 1998
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Scientific Program

Thursday, May 28, 1998

Session I: Opening Session (Zborowski, Häfeli, Schütt)
8:30 AM		Opening remarks
Session II: Novel Methods of Magnetic Carriers Preparation and Characterization (Margel / Schütt)
8:45 AM	Margel	New uniform magnetic nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and potential use
9:10 AM	Gruettner	New types of silica-fortified magnetic nanoparticles as tools for molecular biology applications
9:35 AM	Douglas	Host Guest Encapsulation of Materials by Virus Protein Cages
10:00 AM	Lazaro	Approach to magnetic granulometry in the nanometric range by AC susceptibility
10:15 AM	Coffee break
10:40 AM	Bergemann	Ion exchange magnetic nano-and microparticles for medical, biochemical and molecular biological applications
11:05 AM	Shen	Surfactant bilayer stabilized magnetic fluids: Synthesis and characterization
11:30 AM	Roger	Synthesis and characterization of biocompatible thiolated maghemite nanoparticles
11:55 AM	Adelman	Novel magnetic messenger labeling system
Session III: Magnetic Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for MR Imaging (Bulte)
12:20 AM	Bulte	Antiferromagnetic nanoparticles as contrast agents for magnetoimmunodetection of inflammation-specific adhesion molecules
12:45 PM	Jung	Use of magnetite nanoparticles to locate sentinel lymph nodes
1:10 PM	Mykhaylyk	Characterization of magnetic nanoparticles on the base of magnetite and metal iron as contrast agents for MR Imaging
1:30 PM	Lunch
2:30 PM	Todd	Invited Speaker: Magnetic Space Shuttle Experiments
Session IV: Magnetic Carriers in Molecular Biology (Stenstad)
3:15 PM	Duffy	Assays for determining the binding capacity of streptavidin coated magnetic microspheres
3:40 PM	Dorgan	Methods to determine biotin-binding capacity of streptavidin-coated magnetic particles
4:05 PM	Smith	Applications of streptavidin coated microbeads
4:20 PM	Takeyama	Chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay using protein a - bacterial magnetite complex
4:45 PM	Coffee break
Session V: Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia (Jordan)
5:10 PM	Jordan	Magnetic fluid hyperthermia - Current status and future perspectives
5:35 PM	Halbreich	Magnetocytolysis of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells with hydroxytamoxifen-bound ferrofluid
6:00 PM	Shinkai	Intracellular hyperthermia for cancer using magnetic cationic liposomes
6:25 PM	End of Session
6:45 PM	Tour of Cleveland with Lolly the Trolley
7:45 PM	Dinner at 'Windows on the River' in the Flats

Friday, May 29, 1998

Session VI: Stem Cell Separation (Zborowski)
8:00 AM	Haik	Magnetic device for blood cell separation
8:25 AM	Ostergaard	A novel approach to the automation of clinical chemistry by controlled manipulation of magnetic particles
8:50 AM	Chary	Development of magnetophoresis assay to measure the magnetic susceptibility of immunomagnetically-labeled hematopoetic stem cells
9:15 AM	Coffee break
Session VII: Magnetic Drug Delivery (Lübbe / Häfeli)
9:45 AM	Lübbe	Physiological and technical aspects of magnetic drug targeting for clinical applications
10:10 AM	Goodwin	Targeting and retention of magnetic targeted carriers (mtcs) enhancing intra-arterial chemotherapy
10:35 AM	Pulfer	In vitro characterization of magnetic cationic taxol liposomes in gliomacells
11:00 AM	Zhang	Chemical control of superparamagnetic properties in iron spinel nanoparticles
11:25 AM	Da Silva / Häfeli	In vivo toxicity of magnetic microspheres and magnetic fluids
11:50 PM	Lunch
12:50 PM	Ritter	Invited Speaker: Magnetic neurosurgery
1:35 PM	Mhykhaylyk	Receptor interactions of C27-steroid hormone ecdysterone with cells surface. In vitro study using ecdysterone immobilized on the nanodispersed magnetite
2:00 PM	Flores	Investigation of a new cancer treatment method using rheological properties of magneto-rheological fluids
2:25 PM	Kuznetsov A.	New ferro-carbon sorbent for magnetically guided transport of anti-cancer drugs
2:50 PM	Harutyunyuan	Metal-organic magnetic materials based on cobalt phthalocyanine and possibilities of their application in medicine
3:15 PM	Coffee break
Session VIII: Environmental Applications of Magnetic Separation (Vandegrift)
3:45 PM	Nunez	Transuranic separation using organophophorus extractants absorbed onto ferromagnetic particles
4:10 PM	Johnson	Rapid Selective Ferrographic Enumeration of Bacteria
4:35 PM	Kaminsky	Extractant-coated magnetic particles for cobalt and nickel recovery from acidic solution
5:00 PM	Pourfarzaneh	Magnetic particle separation process for hazardous and radionuclide elements
5:25 PM	End of Session
6:15 PM	Walk to Lake Erie, Boat Ride on the 'Goodtime III'

Saturday, May 30, 1998

Session IX: Magnetic Particle Motion Analysis (Chalmers)
8:00 AM	Brodkey	Image processing and analysis for turbulence and fluids research
8:25 AM	Chalmers	Quantification of cellular properties from external fields and resulting induced velocity: Magnetic susceptibility
8:50 AM	Shinkai	Novel magnetic sensing for brain tumor using functional magnetic particles
9:15 AM	Coffee break
9:45 AM	Haik	Microscopic Flow Visualization of Blood and Analog Fluids
10:10 AM	Kötitz	Monitoring biological binding reactions in a liquid phase by relaxation measurements of magnetic nanoparticles
10:35 AM	Fabry	Implications of heterogeneous bead behavior on cell mechanical properties measured with magnetic twisting cytometry
11:00 AM	Bausch	A mirorheological study of living cells by means of magnetic tweezers
11:25 AM	Kuznetsov O.	Plastid magnetophoresis in single-cell gravisensing systems
11:50 AM	Tchikov	Scatchard-analysis of cell labeling with immunomagnetic particles
12:15 AM	Light lunch
Session X: Magnetic Sorters and Separation (Miltenyi)
1:00 PM	Assenmacher	High Gradient Magnetic Separation in Biomedical Applications
1:25 PM	Westcott	The Bio-Ferrograph, a New Instrument for the Selection and Recovery of Cells and Other Organic and Inorganic Particles
1:50 PM	Tsouris	Flocculation and Filtration of Particles by Magnetic Fields
2:15 PM	Zborowski	Magnetic flow cell sorting
2:40 PM	Closing remarks, End of conference