[BNC-all] BNC e-news for the week of March 17th

[Anthrop, Heather L]

Contest
NanoDays
nanoHub Conference
NSAC Happy Hour
Seminar
Tornado Warning Drill
Travel

Contest
Birck has welcomed a new member to the building, a Siamese fighting fish (betta). While the fish is enjoying his new home he needs a name. This is where you come in! A contest will run from March 17th through March 21st.  Place your suggested name in the bowl located on the front desk. The winner will receive a $10 gift card. *note: If the judge can't read your handwriting your suggestion can't be considered.*

NanoDays
NanoDays will take place April 10 and 11, conference rooms CANNOT be reserved during those days.

nanoHub Conference
User conference
April 9 - 11th in Phoenix, Arizona
nanoHUB's first ever user conference will bring together users from research, education and industry to network and learn from each other as well as from the nanoHUB team. Discuss topics of interest in panel and poster sessions, "how-to" talks and much more!
For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/conference

NSAC Happy Hour
Please join NSAC for Hot Chocolate Happy Hour.
Wednesday, March 19th at 2:00 pm
Birck kitchen

Please join NSAC for Coffee Happy Hour.
Friday, March 21st at 3:30 pm
Birck atrium
Desiree White-Schenk
The Design of Silica Nanoparticles of Oxidative Stress Attenuation in Nurons

Acrolein, a very reactive aldehyde, is a culprit in the biochemical cascade after primary, mechanical spinal cord injury (SCI), which leads to the destruction of tissue initially unharmed, referred to as "secondary injury". Additionally, in models of multiple sclerosis (MS) and some clinical research, acrolein levels are significantly increased. Due to its ability to make more copies of itself in the presence of tissue via lipid peroxidation, researchers believe that acrolein plays a role in the increased destruction of the central nervous system in both SCI and MS. Hydralazine, an FDA-approved hypotensive drug, has been shown to scavenge acrolein, but its side effects and short half-life at the appropriate dose for acrolein scavenging must be improved for beneficial clinical translation. Therefore, a nanomedical approach has been designed using silica nanoparticles as a porous delivery vehicle hydralazine. The silica particles are formed in a one-step method that incorporates poly(ethylene) glycol (PEG), a stealth molecule, directly onto the nanoparticles. As an additional avenue for study, a natural product in green tea, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), has been explored for its ability to react with acrolein, disabling its reactive capabilities. Upon demonstration of attenuating acrolein, EGCG's delivery may also be improved using the nanomedical approach. The current work exposes the potential of using silica nanoparticles as a delivery vehicle and EGCG's antioxidant capabilities in B35 neuroblastoma cells exposed to acrolein. We also measure nanotoxicity to individual rat neurons using high-throughput image scanning cytometry.



Seminar
Abram Falk
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute for molecular Engineering at University of Chicago
Monday, March 24th at 9:30 am
Birck 1001
For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/787

Hui Cao
Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
Yale University
Thursday, March 27th at 1:00 pm
Birck 2001
For more information please visit: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/events/view.php?id=1554

Tornado Warning Drill
As part of Indiana's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, Purdue's Office of Emergency Preparedness and Planning will coordinate a campus-wide tornado drill on Thursday, March 20th.
For more information please visit: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q1/sirens-to-sound-during-purdue-tornado-warning-drill-march-20.html

Travel
Enhancements made to International Travel Insurance

Risk Management has enhanced its International Travel Insurance Program, which provides students, faculty and staff traveling abroad on University business with international medical and evacuation assistance as well as other related benefits. Enhancements include the availability to print an ID card and provide a spouse, dependent child under the age of 19 or same-sex domestic partner the same coverage as the covered participant at no additional cost.

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