Program, Speakers and Abstract Submissions

Nanotechnology in Medicine V: Converging Disciplines to advance Next-Generation Therapeutics

Plenary Speaker

Jean-Christophe Leroux 

Jean-Christophe Leroux is full professor of Drug Formulation and Delivery and head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He was trained as pharmacist at the University of Montreal (Canada), obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and worked as postdoctoral fellow at UCSF (USA). Dr. Leroux was professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Montreal from 1997 to 2008. He has made important fundamental and applied contributions to the fields of biomaterials and drug delivery, and has also been involved in the development of innovative bio-detoxification systems.

Invited Speakers

Ana Beloqui Garcia, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)

Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois Urbana Champain (USA)

Parth Chansoria, ETH (Switzerland)

Emily Day, University of Delaware (USA)

Paolo Decuzzi, Italian Institute of Technology (Italy)

Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, University of Illinois Chicago (USA)

Owen Fenton, University of North Carolina (USA)

Huang-Chiao (Joe) Huang , University of Maryland (USA)

Netanel Korin, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Hagar Labouta, University of Toronto (Canada)

Sara Molinari, University of Maryland (USA)

Tae Seok Moon, J. Craig Venter Institute (USA)

David Rampulla, National Institutes of Health (USA)

Kaushal Rege, Arizona State University (USA)

Laura Remis, Science Advances (USA)

Kaitlyn Sadtler, National Institutes of Health (USA)

Shrikrishnan Sankaran, Leibniz Institute (Germany)

Felix Sauvage, U Ghent (Belgium)

Avi Schroeder, Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Evan Scott, University of Virginia (USA)

Natasha Sheybani, University of Virginia (USA)

Josue Snitzman, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Millicent Suillivan, University of Delaware (USA)

Cheemeng Tan, UC Davis (USA)

Omid Veiseh, Rice University (USA)

Maria Vincent, Prince Felipe Research Center (Spain)

John T. Wilson, Vanderbilt University (USA)

Yoon Yeo, Purdue University (USA)

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts (one page maximum) that include specific results and conclusions to allow a scientific assessment of the proposed oral presentation are invited. Only a limited number of oral presentation slots are available; therefore, all submissions for oral sessions will automatically be considered for both oral and poster presentation.

Please choose up to two session topics from the session descriptions listed above.

Abstracts must be submitted electronically and prepared according to this template: docx or doc. 

Oral abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2026

Poster abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2026

• Please include a 250-word highlight synopsis of the abstract for the online program description.
• To ensure receipt of mailings regarding your submission, please add ‘do_not_reply@linklings.com‘ to your address book.
• Abstracts of all presentations will be made available to conference participants prior to the start of the conference.
• Awards will be presented to the top student posters.

Poster Guidelines

• The best posters display a succinct statement of major conclusions at the beginning, followed by supporting text in later segments and a brief summary at the end. Click here for instructions and more information.
• Poster Size: 1.5 meters (L) x 1.0 meter (W) - Portrait style.