3 reasons to attend the Personalized Nanomedicine Symposium

Panelists at the First Personalized Nanomedicine Symposium

Where do some of the greatest minds converge to discuss solving some of the world’s largest problems with the smallest medicine? You’ve got it. At the Second Personalized Nanomedicine Symposium, which will be hosted Jan. 29-30 in the MARC building at FIU.

Sponsored by the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and the Society for Personalized Nanomedicine, the two-day symposium will feature such topics as the Design and Development of Nanoparticles for Personalized Nanomedicine, Theranostics for Personalized Nanomedicine and Nanomedicine for Cancer and Degenerative Disease.

Speakers will include physicians, scientists and engineers from all over the country including Piotr Grodzinski, Ph.D., director of nanotechnology programs for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute; Rao Rapaka, Ph.D., branch chief at the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and Jag Khalsa, Ph.D., chief of the medical consequences branch at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

The symposium will also include Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine experts in the field, including Madhavan Nair, Ph.D.; Aileen Marty, M.D.;  and Nazira El-Hage, Ph.D.

Influential thought-leaders? Check. Cutting-edge technology and research? Double check. In case you need a few more reasons to attend, here are the top three:

1. You’ve seen the 1966 movie “Fantastic Voyage” and would like to see how close fiction comes to reality. Reality is often more interesting than fiction, so learn about the real applications of nanomedicine.
2. You need new fodder for your banter at parties. CHM 4300 and CHM 4307 may not be cutting it anymore when you are trying to impress the brain next to you. Spend only two days at the symposium and have enough impressive things to say for months to come.
3. You have a burning need to be impressed by the latest technology, and the release of the iPhone 6 wasn’t up to par. That’s okay; save your amazement for the symposium where you’ll hear the latest news about nanobioelectronics. 

Nearly 100 people attended last year’s inaugural symposium, and there is limited seating, so visit www.s-pnm.org/conferences to register now and learn more.

Registration is $400 for faculty and clinicians, $150 for post-doctoral students, $100 for graduate students and $50 for undergraduate students. The registration includes a one-year membership to the Society for Personalized Nano-Medicine as well as food during the sessions.