The center hosts a seminar series in Medical Nanoscience. The topics are interdisciplinary with the aim to attract an audience representing a wide range of academic backgrounds. Attendance is free, no registration is required. For directions, use our searchable map

100219 'Polymer Therapeutics as Nanomedicines for treatment of cancer and tissue repair'. Professor Ruth Duncan Cardiff University, Cardiff, Great Britain. Host: Agneta Richter-Dahlfors. Hillarp Hall (Retzius väg 8) 14.00

100319 'New biological insights from single molecule studies'. Professor David Klenerman University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain. Hillarp Hall (Retzius väg 8) 14.00.

100429 'The blood brain barrier and drug delivery to the CNS by colloidal carriers systems'. Professor Gert Fricker University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Host: Peter Kjäll. Atrium Hall (Nobels väg 12B) 14.00.

100520 'Mechanisms by which mechanical
forces can switch protein function'. Professor Viola Vogel Laboratory for Biologically Oriented Materials ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Host: Agneta Richter-Dahlfors. Hillarp Hall (Retzius väg 8) 14.00.

* Nanotoxicology - potential risk of engineered nanomaterials to human health (course number 2352) Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet 2010-05-03 -- 2010-05-07 Course organizers: Bengt Fadeel and Valerian Kagan. To apply for the course, please send an e-mail with a brief statement of motivation to: bengt.fadeel@ki.se

* Innovations in cancer therapy - nanomedicine (Course nr 2355) Institutionen för onkologi-patologi 2010-04-12 -- 2010-04-30 Organizer Andreas Nyström

On 10-13 May 2010 there will be a workshop in Nanobiotechnology, organised by SSF in collaboration with NIMS (National Institute of Materials Science). The objective of the workshop is to strenghten scientific collaborations between Sweden and Japan within the field of nanobiotechnology. The workshop is at the Toray Educational Center in Mishima, Japan. This is the 6th succesive workshop, all have been arranged by both Sweden and Japan repectively; the most recent meeting was in Stockholm in November 2008.

The scientific program consists of contributions from approx. 15 Japanese and 15 Swedish researchers. We are also pleased to offer two younger researchers the opportunity of participating with an oral presentation.

If you are a young researcher working in the field of biology/nanotechnology, please take the chance and submit your application. Send your application to: margret.wahlstrom@ki.se

Your application should include:

• CV (max 2 pages)
• Publication list. Please indicate the three most important
• Abstract of presentation
• Motivation letter – why do I want to attend the conference?

Organisers of the Swedish delegation:
Agneta Richter-Dahlfors and Margret Wahlström
Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center
Karolinska Institutet