This evening’s keynote
Nano-enabled Immunotherapy for Cancer and the Treatment of Allergic and Autoimmune Disease
Monday, January 13 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Auditorium (building 20)
By Distinguished Professor Andre Nel, Director of the University of California’s Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), a $48 million National Science Foundation (NSF) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded multidisciplinary and multi-institutional center for nanosafety implementation in the US. This keynote will be introduced by Niveen M. Khashab.
Cultural event
Set for Love: Live Jazz with Mavis Pan and KAUST amateurs
Monday, January 13 | 8:00 PM – 9:15 PM | Auditorium (building 20)
“Set for Love” will be jazz, with a little bit of everything in musical styles: ballad, blues, bolero, bossa, samba, swing, tango, and waltz.
Yesterday’s highlights
Tomorrow’s Keynote Lectures Series
DNA Nanostructures for Cellular Delivery of Therapeutics
Wednesday, January 14 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Auditorium (building 20)
A keynote lecture by Hanadi Sleiman, Professor of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair in DNA Nanoscience at McGill University. Hanadi Sleiman creates synthetic DNA that can be used as building blocks structures to make DNA nanotechnology for drug-delivery more scalable and commercially practical.
Personalized Medicine in the Reproductive Area
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Auditorium (building 20)
A keynote lecture by Rene Frydman, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hôpitaux de Paris. He is a university professor, government advisor, and the doctor responsible for the birth of the first in-vitro baby in France.