COST Action TD1004

Annual Meeting

Athens - Sep 1-3, 2013

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

• SUNDAY, Sep 1^st, 2013
• • 14:00 − 15:00 - Registration
  • 15:00 − 15:15 - Overall Lecture WG3
    Robert Muller (University of Mons, Belgium): Preparation and selection of targeting vectors
  • 15:15 − 16:00 - Lectures WG3 :
  • • 15:15 − 15:30 - Development of High-Relaxivity and Luminescent Silica Nanoparticles As Multimodal Agents for Medical Imaging, E. Lipani, S. Laurent, M. Surin, L. Vander Elst, P. Leclère, R.N. Muller
    • 15:30 − 15:45 - Theranostic nanoparticles for lung tumors, F. Lux, A. Bianchi, S. Dufort, N. Tassali, J.-L. Coll, Y. Crémillieux, O. Tillement
    • 15:45 − 16:00 - Coordination polymer nanoparticles in medicine, F. Nador, F. Novio, J. Lorenzo, D. Ruiz-Molina
  • 16:00 − 16:30 - Coffee Break
  • 16:30 − 17:30 - Lectures WG3 (continued) :
  • • 16:30 − 16:45 - Apoferritin loaded with Gd-HPDO3A and curcumin as a theranostic agent, S. Geninatti
    • 16:45 − 17:00 - Initial in vitro and in vivo assessment of Au@DTDTPA-RGD nanoparticles labeled with Ga-68, C. Tsoukalas, G. Laurent, T. Tsotakos, R. Bazzi, M. Paravatou-Petsotas, S. Xanthopoulos, S. Roux and P. Bouziotis
    • 17:00 − 17:15 - In vivo evaluation of functionalized polymeric NPs on memory deficit of Alzheimer's disease mice model, D. Carrodari, B. Le Droumaguet, J. Nicolas, D. Brambilla, E. Nespoli, E. Salvati, L. De Kimpe, C. Zona, C. Airoldi, C. Balducci, M. Zotti, M. Canovi, M. Gobbi, O. Flores, F. Nicotra, W. Scheper, F. Re, M. Masserini, G. Forloni, M. Salmona, P. Couvreur, K. Andrieux
    • 17:15 − 17:30 - GN8 Fluorescent Analogues with Concomitant Therapeutic and Diagnostic Activities in Prion Diseases, M. Staderini, S. Aulic, V. González-Ruiz, G. Bianchini, L. Morelli, A. D'Onofrio, H. Ngoc Ai Tran, N. Cabezas, M.A. Martín, G. Legname, J.C. Menéndez, M.L. Bolognesi
  • 18:00 - Museum Visit
  • 20:30 - Dinner
• MONDAY, Sep 2^nd, 2013
• • 09:00 − 09:45 - Invited Lecture: Professor Mike Averkiou, University of Cyprus
  • 09:45 − 10:00 - Overall Lecture WG4, Gerben Koning (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Theranostic agents responsive to endogenous and external stimuli
  • Chairs: Chantal Pichon and Gerben Koning
  • 10:00 − 11:10 - Lectures WG4
  • • 10:00 − 10:25 - Light-directed drug delivery by photochemical internalization, Anders Hogset
    • 10:25 − 10:50 - Enzymatic degradation induced drug release and imaging of sphingomyelin liposomes, Oula Penate Medina
    • 10:50 − 11:10 - Microbubble-mediated drug delivery, Twan Lammers
  • 11:10 − 11:30 - Coffee Break/ Poster Viewing
  • 11:30 − 12:50 - Lectures WG4 (continued)
  • • 11:30 − 11:45 - New cationic liposomes bubbles for nucleic acids transfer, Anthony Delalande
    • 11:45 − 12:00 - Ultrasound-sensitive microbubbles for stroke therapy - toward understanding of the mechanisms of blood clot destruction with microbubbles, ultrasound and rtPA, Eric Allémann
    • 12:00 − 12:20 - Overcoming limitations in Nanoparticle Drug Delivery. Thermodox: An Update, David Needham
    • 12:20 − 12:35 - Characterization of supported lipid membranes - toward the development of nano-sized drug carriers for hyperthermia applications, Sofia Svedhem
    • 12:35 − 12:50 - Title to be announced, Selman Yavuz
  • 12:50 − 13:40 - Lunch
  • 13:40 − 15:30 - Management Committee Meeting
  • 15:30 − 15:45 - Overall Lecture WG2, Ruth Schmid (SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway): Nanocarriers for theranostic agents
  • 15:45 − 16:30 - Lectures WG2
  • • 15:45 − 16:00 - Comparison of targeted nanocarrier systems for the treatment of inflammatory disease, Gert Storm
    • 16:00 − 16:15 - Folic acid conjugated polymeric nanocapsules for passive and active targeting of cancer, Khuloud Al-Jamal
    • 16:15 − 16:30 - Microbial versus human cells - implications for targeting, Nuno Azevedo
  • 16:30 − 17:00 - Coffee Break
  • 17:00 − 18:00 - Lectures WG2 (continued)
  • • 17:00 − 17:15 - Edelfosine nanosystems overcome drug resistance in leukemic cell lines, Maria Blanco-Prieto
    • 17:15 − 17:30 - Biomimetic apatite nanocrystals: a new platform for nanomedicine, Michele Iafisco
    • 17:30 − 17:45 - Selectively modified porous silicon nanoparticles with the functionalities of imaging, targeting and triggered drug release, Wujun Xu
    • 17:45 − 18:00 - In vivo antitumor efficacy and biodistribution of polyaminoacid nanocapsules, Noemi Csaba
  • 18:00 − 19:30 - Cheese and Wine Reception with Poster Viewing
• TUESDAY, Sep 3^rd, 2013
• • 09:00 − 09:45 - Invited Lecture: Professor Cathy Cutler, University of Missouri
  • 09:45 − 10:00 - Overall Lecture WG1, Renata Mikolajczak (National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM): Imaging reporters for theranostic agents
  • 10:00 − 11:15 - Lectures WG1
  • • 10:00 − 10:15 - The need for imaging in combination therapy, a Theranostic approach Helmut R. Mäcke
    • 10:15 − 10:30 - Bombesin antagonists as new PET tracers for imaging of prostate cancer, Eleni Gourni
    • 10:30 − 10:45 - Multimodal imaging of tumor-targeting peptides, Marion de Jong
    • 10:45 − 11:00 - Multimodal imaging probes for the detection of amyloid plaques, F. Martins, J.-F. Morfin, C. Geraldes, E. Toth
    • 11:00 − 11:15 - Systematic study for optimizing the Radiolabelling of AGuIX ® Multimodal Nanoparticles, E. Ntsiba, C.Truillet, F.Lux, C. Alliot, F. Boschetti, S.Huclier, O. Tillement
  • 11:15 − 11:45 - Coffee Break/ Poster Viewing
  • 11:45 − 13:45 - Lectures WG1 (continued)
  • • 11:45 − 12:00 - Nanozeolite-LTL with Gd³⁺ deposited in the large and Eu³⁺ in the small cavities as a bimodal MRI-Optical probe , Kristina Djanashvili, Florian Mayer, Wuyuan Zhang, Thomas Brichart, Olivier Tillement, Célia Bonnet, Éva Tóth, and Joop A. Peters
    • 12:00 − 12:15 - Substance P - nanozeolite labeled with ²²⁴Ra and ²²⁵Ra - new potential radiobioconjugate for internal alpha therapy , Aleksander Bilewicz
    • 12:15 − 12:30 - ⁶⁴Cu radiolabeled nanomaterials as bimodal contrast agent for optical imaging and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Aline Nonat, Akram Yahia-Ammar, Amandine Roux and Loï Charbonniére
    • 12:30 − 12:45 - Efficient radiometal-labelling of drug delivery systems utilizing water/ethanol mixtures, F. Rösch, M. Malo-Cruz
    • 12:45 − 13:00 - Near-infrared Imaging in Living Cells with Lanthanides: Yb³⁺ nanoMOF , Alexandra Collet, Stephane Petoud
    • 13:00 − 13:15 - New insights on the role of tissue microenvironment parameters that affect the release of Gd3+ ions from MRI contrast agents, Z. Baranyai, E. Brücher, I. Tóth, F. Uggeri, A. Maiocchi and S. Aime
    • 13:15 − 13:30 - Development of Ca²⁺ Responsive Contrast Agents for fMRI , Sandip Vibhute
    • 13:30 − 13:45 - Nanobody-based Targeted Radiotherapy for Cancer Treatment, Matthias D'Huyvetter, Cécile Vincke, Catarina Xavier, Nick Devoogdt, An Aerts, Nathalie Impens, Sarah Baatout, Serge Muyldermans, Vicky Caveliers, Tony Lahoutte
  • 13:45 − 14:30 - Lunch
  • 14:30 − 15:00 - Lectures WG1 (continued)
  • • 14:30 − 14:45 - High MRI performance mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with Gd-chelates as potential theranostic systems, Lorenzo Tei, Mauro Botta, Fabio Carniato
  • 14:45 − 15:00 - Overall Lecture WG 5, George Loudos (Technological Educational Institute of Athens): Set-up of preclinical theranostic protocols
  • 15:00 − 16:00 - Lectures WG5
  • • 15:00 − 15:15 - Superparamagentic iron oxide nanoparticles for local thermotherapy: potential and limitations, Olivier Jordan
    • 15:15 − 15:30 - Bimodal Imaging of Sentinel Lymph Node with 99mTc(CO)3-labeled Mannosylated Nanoparticles bearing a NIR-fluorophore, Mauricio Morais, Catarina Xavier, Sophie Hernot, Tony Lahoutte, Vicky Caveliers, João D. G. Correia, Isabel Santos
    • 15:30 − 15:45 - Quantitative MRI approaches for tracking nano-sized systems, Klaas Nicolay, Rik P.M. Moonen, Gustav J. Strijkers
    • 15:45 − 16:00 - Non invasive temperature measurements during hyperthermia sessions with a near infrared camera, Spiridon Spirou, Lazaros Palamaris, Eirini Fragogeorgi, George Loudos
  • 16:00 − 17:00 - Coffee break and closing of meeting