NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY SUMMER INSTITUTE
More than 50 students, post-docs, and junior faculty from around the world participated in
the 2014 + 2015 University of Illinois BioNanotechnology Summer Institute, learning about
cancer nanotechnology, cell mechanics, molecular biology, micro & nano fabrication techniques, and microfluidics. Since its inception in 2009, the Institute has trained more than
300 participants, preparing the next-generation of researchers who can apply engineering
approaches to cancer and biomedical research.
BRADLEY ELLIS
SENIOR, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Why did you choose to attend the Summer Institute?
>> I wanted to get a jump-start on graduate school.
What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned so far?
>> Probably how different disciplines work together, just this week we
learned how materials science concepts work together with electrical engineering processes for applications in medicine.
What are your plans after the Summer Institute?
>> I want to continue on into academia, get into exciting research, and
eventually teach as a professor.
HUMA RASHEED
RESEARCH SCHOLAR, AMPLITECH, INC.
Why did you choose to attend the Summer Institute?
>> The summer institute offers instruction on applying advanced technology into biology and other sciences, like nanomedicine.
What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned so far?
>> I have a pharmacology background and am most interested in micro
cell biology and encapsulated drug delivery. There have been a series of
lectures on the applications of nanoparticles in curing cancer that I have
found very valuable.
What are your plans after the summer institute?
>> I want to take some of the advanced techniques I have learned here,
back to my native field of targeted drug therapy and pharmacology.
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