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UCSB nanotechnology researchers invite the public to a free, informal evening to
discuss medical applications of nanotechnologies
Santa Barbara, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara’s NSF Center for Nanotechnology in
Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) are inviting the
Santa Barbara community to attend a casual forum called “NanoCafé” to discuss
medical applications of nanotechnology on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 from 7:00 –
8:00 p.m. at the Coffee Cat in downtown Santa Barbara.
This NanoCafé will provide a brief overview of how
nanotechnologies can be applied in medicine and then open discussion. Speaking will be CNS Director Barbara Herr
Harthorn and UCSB Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Patrick Daugherty.
Participants are invited to listen and participate in an
information question-and-answer session.
No science background is required to attend the NanoCafé.
Nanotechnology is the manipulation of materials on a very
small scale. With it, scientists can create new technologies to make,
among other things, better and faster information systems, energy systems, and
medical devices. For instance, medical
researchers can create molecular devices for new medical therapies, in vivo
imaging, and new molecular drug delivery strategies to treat illness and
disease, including cancer.
Nanotechnology is also, however, an emerging science with little known
about its risks and implications. Home to CNS and CNSI, UC Santa Barbara
is one of the leading international centers for nanotechnology research.
The NanoCafé series is a quarterly event sponsored jointly by
CNS-UCSB and CNSI. It is based on a
successful model developed in 2006 by researchers at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and used to introduce citizens to the basic concepts of
nanoscience and the accompanying societal issues.
This event is free and open to the public. Space is
limited. RSVPs are requested.
WHO: Prof. Barbara
Herr Harthorn, Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Society
Prof. Patrick Daugherty, UCSB Department of Chemical
Engineering
WHAT: NanoCafé, a free,
casual evening forum to discuss medical applications of nanotechnology
WHERE: Coffee
Cat
1201 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara
WHEN: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
R.S.V.P.: cnsievents@cnsi.ucsb.edu
(805) 893-6025
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