Guest: Dr. Joel Collier, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
Topics: Biomaterials and immune responses, self-assembled peptide vaccines, supramolecular systems, bioengineered gels
Dr. Joel Collier
Joel’s BME Department faculty page
Guest: Dr. Richard Di Giulio, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University; Director, Duke Superfund Research Center (SRC); Director, Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP)
Topics: Use of fishes as models for research on impacts of environmental contaminants, linkages between human and ecological health, the effects of nanomaterials on vertebrate development, ecological impact of mountaintop removal mining, Duke SRC, ITEHP
Dr. Richard Di Giulio
Di Giulio Lab – Duke Ecotoxicology
Duke Superfund Research Center (SRC)
Richard’s Nicholas School faculty page
Duke University’s Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP)
Guest: Dr. James Bonner, Professor of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
Topics: Nanotechnology health and safety, health effects of respiratory exposures to nanomaterials
Dr. James Bonner
National Toxicology Program (NTP) Nanotechnology Safety Initiative
Guest: Dr. Mark Wiesner, Director, Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), Duke University
Topics: Health and safety issues associated with nanotechnology, recent NAS report on crafting a strategy for nanotech environmental, health, and safety nanomaterials research, CEINT
Dr. Mark Wiesner
Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology
The Wiesner Research Group at Duke University
Ernie’s 2004 Environmental Health Perspectives cover story on nanotechnology safety
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo February 22, 2012
