<p> </p> <p>1. Manufacturing (methods) and characterization (with respect to</p> size, shape, surface properties, coatings, charge etc.) of materials<p></p> <p> 1.1 Metal and oxide nanoparticles (Au, Ag, ZnO, SPIOs, Silica…..) </p> <p> (M. Epple et al., C. Graf, E. Rühl, St. Barcikowski) </p> <p> 1.2 Quantum dots and quantum rods </p> <p> (A. Eychmüller, H. Weller et al. )</p> <p> 1.3 Carbon nano tubes</p> <p> (M. Kappes, KIT)</p> <p> 1.4 Polymer particles</p> <p> (K. Landfester et al.)</p> <p> 1.5 Surface functionalized and complex ligand shell particles</p> <p> (W. Parak et al.)</p> <p> 1.6 Stability of NP emulsions and particle agglomeration</p> <p> (M. Maskos, M. Epple, H. Hoffmann (EPFL Lausanne))</p> <p> </p> <p> 2 Interactions of nanoparticles with proteins</p> <p> 2.1 Formation, growth dynamics and stabilities of protein coronae</p> <p>(G. U. Nienhaus et al.)</p> <p>2.2 Protein selectivity in protein adsorption</p> <p> (R. Tenzer, R. Stauber)</p> 2.3 The biological significance of protein coronae<p></p> <p> (Iseult Lynch (U. Birmingham) et al.)</p> <p> <br></p><div>3 Membrane transfer mechanisms, cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of nanoparticles</div><p></p> <p> 3.1 Transport across air-liquid interfaces</p> <p> (C.M. Lehr, Helmholtz-Institut für Pharma. Forsch., Saarbrücken, H.J. Galla, Münster)</p> <p> 3.2 Cellular uptake mechanisms (including adhesive interactions and</p> <p> 3D Fluorescence Microscopy)</p> <p>(B. Rothen et al., G.U. Nienhaus)</p> <p> 3.3 The role of particle surface charge and membrane elasticity in membrane</p> <p> transfer</p> (A. Janshoff et al. (Göttingen), A. Wixforth (Augsburg), A. Reller (Ulm))<p></p> <p> 3.4 Localization in cells and sub-cellular compartments using state-of-</p> <p> the-art imaging techniques incl. super-resolution microscopy</p> <p> (E. Rühl, C. Graf…..)</p> <p> </p> <p>4 Cellular responses and health effects</p><p>4.1 Cellular defense, ROS formation and cytotoxicity</p> <p>(V. Stone, Heriot-Watt Edinburgh)</p> <p>4.2 The inflammasome</p> <p> (K. Landfester, V. Mailänder)</p> <p> 4.3 Interactions with lung cells, fate and translocations</p> <p> (B. Rothen et al. Fribourg (CH))</p> <p> 4.4 Interactions with skin cells and skin</p> <p> (J. Lademann et al.)</p> <p> 4.5 Fate and translocations in GI track</p> (A. Frey (Borstel), P. Nielsen, Hamburg)<p></p> <p> 4.5 Nanomedicine</p> (P. Hunziker, Basel)<p></p> <p> </p>