***** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS *****
***** DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: AUGUST 9, 1996 *****
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First International Conference
on the
BASIC AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF MAGNETIC CARRIERS
September 5-7, 1996
Rostock, Germany
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********** AIM: ***********
This conference is the first meeting devoted exclusively to the use and
application of magnetic microspheres in the
basic and clinical sciences. The aim of this meeting is to
bring together scientists from research, universities and
industries involved in the magnetic and clinical sciences,
to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and information in
this cross-disciplinary field and to promote innovative
industrial applications.
********** SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: **********
1. Basic Concepts: Physics and Chemistry of Magnetic
Particle Formation, Structure and Magnetism
2. Preparation and Characterization of Magnetic Particles:
Ferrofluids, Polymer and Colloid Chemistry, Surface
Modifications, Particle Separation, Structure Analysis,
Size Distribution, Laser Scanning Microscopy, Photon
Correlation Spectroscopy, Electro- and Magnetophoresis,
Zero Gravity Magnetophoresis (Space Shuttle Experiments)
3. Applications in Molecular and Cell Biology: DNA/RNA
Purification, Receptor Identification, Cell Culture,
Immunoassays, In vitro Diagnostics, Micromechanic Cell
Stimulation
4. Analytical, Preparative and Clinical Cell Separation:
Specific Cell Labeling and Separation, Cell Counting,
Automatization, Microchips, Lymphoid Cell Extraction,
Bone Marrow Purging, Pancreatic Islets, Bacteria
Isolation, Receptor Density
5. Clinical Applications: Magnetic Resonance Contrast
Enhancement, Nuclear Medicine / Cancer Treatment, Drug
Delivery / Local Targeting, Hyperthermia, Pneumology,
Artificial Organs, Detoxification, AIDS Therapy Concept
********** LIST OF SPEAKERS: **********
R. Arshady (London), H. Aurich (Halle), S. Baatout (Belgium), J. Bacri
(Paris), G. Blankenstein (Danmark), A.J. Dukhin (New York), J. Feijen
(Enschede), V. Filippov (Moscow), C. Grüttner (Rostock), J.M. Gallo
(Philadelphia), L. Goncharoc (Moscow), I. Granicka (Warsaw), G. Grümmer
(Rostock), U. Häfeli (Cleveland), A. Halbreich (Paris), R. Hartig
(Ladenberg), M. Hausmann (Heidelberg), J. Humm (New York), A. Jordan
(Berlin), M. Katushev (Moscow), L.H. Komissarova (Moscow), L. Korsnes
(Oslo), St. Kraeft (Boston), M. Kresse (Berlin), A. Kusnetzov (Moscow),
O. Kusnetzov (U.S.A.), K.H. Lerche (Berlin), P.A. Liberti (U.S.A.), S.
Machmutov (Moscow), A.G. Malenkov (Moscow), S. Margel (Israel), T.
Matsunaga (Japan), M. Meza (U.S.A.), St. Miltenyi (Gladbach), W. Möller
(Munich), R. Müller (Berlin), W. Müller-Ruchholtz (Kiel), D.
Müller-Schulte (Aachen), Thien N'Guyen (Switzerland), H. Notbohm
(Lübeck), R. Paulke (Teltow), J. Plavins (Latvia), M. Pluzian (Armenia),
V.I. Popova (Moscow), H. Putzar (Rostock), A. Rian (Oslo), J. Roger
(Paris), W. Rutz (Rostock), E. Ruuge (Moscow), D. Sabolovic (Paris), C.
Schümichen (Rostock), W. Schütt (Rostock), I. Siddiqui (U.S.A.), K.
Sievers (Rostock), K. Smith (Boston), P. Stenstad (Oslo), V. Tchikov
(Moscow), J. Teller (Rostock), K. Thode (Berlin), L. Tiefenauer
(Switzerland), J. Ugelstad (Trondheim), I. van der Klei (The
Netherlands), M. Veenhuis (The Netherlands), M. Vladimirsky (Moscow),
Ch. Weber (Krems), G. Weber (Munich), F. Winnik (Canada), S.
Winoto-Morbach (Kiel), M. Zborowski (Cleveland)
******* REGISTRATION, ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATION: *******
Urs Häfeli
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Radiation Oncology Dept.
9500 Euclid Ave. T28 Tel: 1-216 444 2174
Cleveland, OH 44195 Fax: 1-216 445 4480
U.S.A. e-mail: hafeli at radonc.ccf.org
or
Wolfgang Schütt
University of Rostock
Division Nuclear Medicine
Gertrudenplatz Tel: 49-381 494 9012
18055 Rostock Fax: 49-381 494 9102
Germany
********** UPDATES AND INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET: ********
http://www.ccf.org/cc/radonc/conferences/mag_carriers
