LSU ECE Seminar Announcement and Schedule

         On Thursday, 4 May 2017, 13:30 - 14:30,                       
         in Room 1216 Patrick F Taylor Hall:                           
                                                                       
            Small and Bright: Tailoring Luminescent Nanoparticles in   
                                    Biology                            
                                                                       
                                    Gang Han                           
                   University of Massachusetts-Medical School          
                                                                       
         Abstract--Functional luminescent nanoparticles are promising  
         materials for in vitro and in vivo optical imaging and therapy
         due to their unique optical and chemical properties. In this  
         talk, I will present three new types of biocompatible         
         luminescence nanoparticles. The first type of materials is    
         upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). I will present new        
         developments regarding engineering UCNPs towards deep tissue  
         imaging, photodynamic therapy, optogenetic applications in    
         neuroscience and immunotherapy. The second type of            
         nanoparticles is persistent luminescence nanoparticles        
         (PLNPs). They are bioluminescence-like and possess            
         unprecedented in vivo deep tissue energy rechargeability,     
         outstanding signal-to-noise-ratio with no need for an         
         excitation resource (light) during imaging, and they can be   
         directly detected with existing imaging systems. These        
         nanoparticles continue to emit light for minutes or hours and,
         in some cases, days, after turning off the excitation source. 
         These long-lasting, light-emitting nanocrystals can provide   
         noninvasive imaging technology for evaluating structural and  
         functional biological processes in living animals and         
         patients. The third is a type of organic Bodipy nanoparticles 
         that were tailored with outstanding NIR absorbing ability.    
         Rather than the conventional laser light needed in PDT, I will
         present their ultralow power lamp operable PDT applications in
         deep tissue tumor treatment. Finally, I would like also to    
         introduce a nanobug concept towards cancer treatment.         
                                                                       
         Bio--Dr.. Gang Han is currently an Associate Professor at     
         University of Massachusetts Medical School. He received his   
         B.Sc. and M.S. degrees from Nanjing University, and his Ph.D. 
         degree in Chemistry from University of Massachusetts-Amherst. 
         He was a postdoctoral scholar at the Molecular Foundry,       
         Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. He has authored in over 60    
         papers in Journals such as Nature, Nature Nanotechnology,     
         Nature Communications, Elife, PNAS, JACS, Advanced Materials, 
         Angewandte chemie, Nano lettersSmall, ACS Nano, which have    
         cited over 6900 times, h-index 34. He was honoured awards such
         as the Worcester Foundation Mel Cutler Award, NIH Exceptional 
         Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration       
         (EUREKA) Award and Human Frontier Science Program Young       
         Investigator Award. His current research focuses on the       
         development of biocompatible functional luminescent           
         nanoparticles and molecules for optical imaging and therapy.  
                                                                       
         Thursday, 4 May 2017, 13:30 - 14:30                           
         Room 1216 Patrick F Taylor Hall                               
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