International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology – ICONAN 2024
Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology have tremendous potential for tomorrow’s patient care in a broad variety of disease management, and numerous theoretical concepts are currently translated into preclinical and clinical studies. The fifth edition of the ICONAN conference brings together high-profile plenary speakers and world-class researchers who have successfully developed and translated nanomedicines over the last decades, offering a vibrant platform for oral and poster presentations, sponsor exhibits, and networking.
- TOPICS
- Targeted drug delivery, organ biodistribution and nanocarriers
- Nanomedicine for immune system and cancer diagnosis & therapy
- Biological & medical nanodevices and biosensors
- 3D models, tissue engineering and regenerative nanomedicine
- Toxicology and risk assessment of nanomedicine systems
- Nano-Imaging for diagnosis, therapy and delivery in preclinical and clinical fields
- Nano and microsystems for synthetic biology and biocatalysis
- Nanotechnology and translational medicine: from the bench to the bedside
12
Plenary Speakers
12 high profile speakers are invited to give plenary speeches at the 2024 International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology.
250
Attendees
Limited to 250 attendees: the whole venue is dedicated to ICONAN 2024 including an auditorium, breakout rooms and a friendly exhibition space.
2
Afterworks
2 afterworks will be additional opportunities for you to network and enjoy your stay in Barcelona!
CHAIRMAN
Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) - Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Prof. Maartje Bastings
Programmable Biomaterials Laboratory (PBL), Institute of Materials (IMX), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Dr Francesca E Crawford
Chief Executive Officer, Somaserve Ltd
Prof. Daniel Heller
Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
Prof. Kostas Kostarelos
Nanomedicine Lab, Catalan Institute of Nanosciene & Nanotechnology (ICN2) and University of Manchester
Prof. Sebastien Lecommandoux
University of Bordeaux, France
Prof. Olivia Merkel
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Francesco Stellacci
Institute of Materials, Bioengineering Institute, and Global Health Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Prof. Molly Stevens
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Prof Xiaohe Tian
West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Prof. Maria Vicent
Polymer Therapeutics Lab. Prince Felipe Research Center (CIPF), Spain
Prof. Samuel Sánchez Ordóñez
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies
POSITION OFFERS
PhD/post doc positions are available in the following labs. Click on the laboratory name for more information:
Application deadline
(start-end dates)
- Open until December, 1st 2023
- Open until December, 18th 2023
- Open until the end of December 2023 (starts 1 January 2024)
- Open until the end of December 2023 (starts 1 January 2024)
- Open until the end of December 2023 (starts 1 January 2024)
- Open until January, 24th 2024
Laboratory
Type of offer
- 1 Postdoctoral position
- 1 Postdoctoral position
- 1 PhD position
- 1 PhD position
- 1 PhD position
- 1 Postdoctoral position
Title
THE CONFERENCE VENUE
Pompeu Fabra University – Balmes building, Barcelona
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE PAST EDITIONS
We were so excited to have attended ICONAN 2019 in Munich last week! Great nanomedicine work and a beautiful city! Tell us what your favourite part was. @premc @iconan_nanomed #nanomedicine #nanotechnology pic.twitter.com/a46Ey1zqOV
— Oxford HighQ Ltd (@OxfordHighQ) October 22, 2019
#ICONAN2018 in #Rome was a really nice conference 🙂 A lot of inspiring talks in a great location and perfectly well organized! https://t.co/p90cqVCw4I
— Coralie Lebleu (@Coralie_Lebleu) September 29, 2018
Reunión of old friends at #ICONAN2018 @iconan_nanomed #NANOMEDECINE pic.twitter.com/Z1Bk9MtQ86
— Amthena Lab (@AmthenaLab) September 28, 2018
#ICONAN2018 Big thanks to Samuel Haddad @SamuelHaddad5 and the whole @premc team for an excellent, professional and friendly @iconan_nanomed conference organisation. Good luck organising the next one. pic.twitter.com/dcbw1GWNTL
— Anwar Sunna (@sunnalab) September 28, 2018
me and my poster having a blast at #ICONAN2018! loved being able to connect with researchers from every corner of the globe to chat about lipid encapsulation and antibody conjugation - thanks to the organizers and @premc! pic.twitter.com/49ZVRwZRrL
— Sam McWhirter (@smmcwhirter) September 27, 2018
Was great to see so many disciplines coming together at #ICONAN17 #Barcelona to share #biomedical #nanotechnology research. Learned a lot! https://t.co/LebBuGDzEE
— Duncan Craig (@duncancraigucl) 5 octobre 2017
Bringing targeting in nanomedicine to the next level: Dario Neri from @ETH_en delivering a fantastic talk on cancer treatment @iconan_nanomed @LMU_Muenchen #ICONAN2019
— Luciani Lab (@luciani_lab) October 18, 2019
Inspiring talk by Mauro Ferrari #iconan2019 about #saxophones #failures #nanomedicine #metastasis #maths pic.twitter.com/IpnfzrsXaj
— Roy van der Meel (@rvdmnanomeds) October 16, 2019
Day 3 of the wonderful #ICONAN2018 conference. Today is my poster day so come and visit me at poster C15, just follow the big eye #science #nanomedicine #polymers #presentation #firstconference pic.twitter.com/CoErubSaET
— Thomas Leigh (@taleigh12) September 28, 2018
Thanks for the invite @iconan_nanomed ! Great plenary speakers (@MariaJ_Alonso JP Barthélémy, R Auzely, etc.), high scientific level and very professional conference organizing service @premc https://t.co/tNiDvCDvkz
— Julien Nicolas (@julnicolas) 28 septembre 2017
#ICONAN2017 #Nanomedicine #Nanobiotech #Biotech #Nano #Bio #Technology #Nanomed #Nanobiotechnology #Barcelona #Conference pic.twitter.com/phXeGj5KPw
— ICONAN 2020 (@iconan_nanomed) October 6, 2017
TAKE A LOOK AT THE ABSTRACTS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS
- Squalene lipid prodrugs: a unique biomimetic approach exploiting endogenous lipoproteins for drug delivery presented by Dr. Simona Mura (more details)
- Optimizing Nucleic Acid Nanomedicines by Chemical Evolution of Carrier Sequences presented by Prof. Ernst Wagner (more details)
- Polypeptide-based Conjugates as Versatile Therapeutics presented by Dr. María J. Vicent (more details)
- Drug Delivery with Multifunctional Mesoporous Nanoparticles presented by Dr. Prof. Thomas Bein (more details)
- Long-acting drug delivery: are we witnessing a paradigm shift in treatment of chronic diseases? presented by Prof. Andrew Owen (more details)
- RNA delivery: between extracellular vesicles and lipid nanoparticles presented by Prof. Raymond Schiffelers (more details)
- Phenotypic targeting via multiplexed and chemotactic polymersomes presented by Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia (more details)
- Tuning Particle Deformability in Drug Delivery Systems presented by Prof. Paolo Decuzzi (more details)
- CriPec® nanomedicines: academic to industry and preclinical to clinical translation presented by Dr. Cristianne Rijcken (more details)
- My MSCA-funded postdoc project: A modular nanocarrier platform for siRNA and prodrug delivery presented by Dr. Roy van der Meel (more details)
- The CRC 1066: From a center for nanoparticle based tumor immunotherapy to novel approaches in oncology presented by Dr. Matthias Barz (more details)
- Nano-Ghosts: A cancer delivery platform or an inflammatory therapeutic? presented by Prof. Marcelle Machluf (more details)
- From encoded combinatorial libraries to targeted therapeutics presented by Prof. Dario Neri (more details)
- Prodrugs and associated opportunities in localized drug synthesis presented by Dr. Alexander Zelikin (more details)
- My 27 Years of Failure (Trying to Cure Lung and LIver Metastases) presented by Dr. Mauro Ferrari (more details)
- Developing Nanomedicines for Innovative Therapies – Industrial Perspective presented by Dr. Marianne Ashford (more details)
- Heat mediated drug delivery with temperature sensitive liposomes – a synergistic approach presented by Prof. Lars Lindner
- A cancer survivor’s journey; A patient’s perspective presented by Mrs. Lora Kelly (more details)
- Broad Spectrum Anti Virals presented by Prof. Francesco Stellacci
- Hybrid and degradable materials for medical applications presented by Prof. Luisa De Cola
- Nano-sized MR Imaging agents presented by Prof. Silvio Aime
- Streamlining the innovation of nanomedicines and nanomaterials through application of cutting edge hazard approaches presented by Prof. Vicki Stone
- Multifunctional Polyglycerol based Nanotherapeutics as potential PEG-Alternatives presented by Prof. Rainer Haag
- Transdermal drug delivery: beyond the state of the art presented by Prof. Rabah Boukherroub
- Labs, Cells and Organs on a Chip presented by Prof. Albert Van Den Berg
- Supramolecular Cancer Nanotheranostics presented by Dr. Xiaoyuan Chen
- Translational Research in medicine – Navigating the maze from lab to patient presented by Dr. Toni Andreu
- Understanding and Engineering the Nano-Bio Interface for Modulating Biology presented by Dr. James Chen Yong Kah
- Treatment of Bacterial Infections with Peptide-Targeted Porous Silicon Nanoparticles presented by Prof. Michael J. Sailor
- Nanomedicines: Advantages, Accomplishments and Challenges presented by Prof. Sophia Antimisiaris
- Engineered dendrimer nanoparticles for bone tissue engineering presented by Prof. Miguel Oliveira
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS EDITIONS
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SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
Conference hashtag #ICONAN2024