BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230525T153256Z UID:33458BA2-7CB1-4634-BCA3-BC56B301EBD7 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T140000 DESCRIPTION:ASAP Email Tom Madsen <tcmadsen@telus.net> to get the Zoom link to the meeting.\n\nThis is a joint meeting of the Canadian Society of Sen ior Engineers and IEEE Life Members.\n\nThe May meeting of the Edmonton Ch apter of CSSE will be held on Thursday May 18. The Meeting will open at 12 :30 pm\, with the presentation starting at 12:45. The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday May 17. If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom invit e for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, tcmadsen@telus.net\, bef ore noon on May 17.\n\nThe Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Uni versity of Alberta is a joint effort between the Faculty of Engineering an d the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. The University is also the host s ite for the National Research Council’s National Institute of Nanotechno logy. Together these entities create a critical mass for research in nanom edicine.\n\nNanomedicine involves drug delivery using nanopolymers and aer osols to promote bone and tissue regeneration and the development of impro ved diagnostic tools including MEMS and NEMS. Wound healing and disease di agnosis are areas of active research.\n\nSilver\, and specifically silver ions Ag+\, are known to be beneficial in the treatment of wounds. In the m id 1990s\, nanotechnology provided an opportunity to develop a new silver delivery system that released biologically active species other than Ag+. Nanocrystalline silver releases multiple species into solution which have different biological properties than Ag+. In vitro\, in vivo and clinical studies have clearly demonstrated that this new form of silver has unique anti-inflammatory and anti microbial properties.\n\nNanotechnology can not only change the chemical properties of a material but also its optical pr operties. Current work using these modified optical properties is aimed at point of care diagnostics which require no amplification and can be read by eye. Such developments would make it possible to see molecules as small as 2nm on a surface.\n\nThe speaker will discuss the use of nanotechnolog y in the treatment of current medical problems.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Canadi an Society of Senior Engineers\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr Robert E. Burrell\, AOE\, CSM\, PhD\, FCAHS\, FNAIDr. \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m /361321 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/361321 ORGANIZER:jimellis@ieee.org SEQUENCE:23 SUMMARY:Nanomedicine in Alberta URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/361321 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="color: #e03e2d\;"><strong>ASA P</strong></span> Email Tom Madsen &lt\;<a href="mailto:tcmadsen@telus.net " target="_blank" rel="noopener">tcmadsen@telus.net</a>&gt\; to get the Zo om link to the meeting.</p>\n<p>This is a joint meeting of the Canadian So ciety of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members.</p>\n<p><strong>The May m eeting of the Edmonton Chapter of CSSE will be held on Thursday May 18. Th e Meeting will open at 12:30 pm\, with the presentation starting at 12:45. The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitati ons sent the afternoon of Wednesday May 17. If you plan to attend and be i ncluded on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen</ strong><strong>\,&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:tcmadsen@telus.net" target="_blank " rel="noopener">tcmadsen@telus.net</a>\, before noon on May 17.</strong>< /p>\n<p>The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Albe rta is a joint effort between the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty o f Medicine and Dentistry. The University is also the host site for the Nat ional Research Council&rsquo\;s National Institute of Nanotechnology. Toge ther these entities create a critical mass for research in nanomedicine.</ p>\n<p>Nanomedicine involves drug delivery using nanopolymers and aerosols to promote bone and tissue regeneration and the development of improved d iagnostic tools including MEMS and NEMS. Wound healing and disease diagnos is are areas of active research.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Silver\, and specifically silver ions Ag+\, are known to be beneficial in the treatment of wounds. I n the mid 1990s\, nanotechnology&nbsp\; provided an opportunity to develop a new silver delivery system that released biologically active species ot her than Ag+. Nanocrystalline silver releases multiple species into soluti on which have different biological properties than Ag+. In vitro\, in vivo and clinical studies have clearly demonstrated that this new form of silv er has unique anti-inflammatory and anti microbial properties.<br /><br /> Nanotechnology can not only change the chemical properties of a material b ut also its optical properties. Current work using these modified optical properties is aimed at point of care diagnostics which require no amplific ation and can be read by eye. Such developments would make it possible to see molecules as small as 2nm on a surface.<br /><br />The speaker will di scuss the use of nanotechnology in the treatment of current medical proble ms.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR