{"441591":{"#nid":"441591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IEN Hosts Session on Nanotechnology at the Prestigious American Association for Clinical Chemistry (2015 AACC) Annual Meeting","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Institute for Electronics \u0026amp; Nanotechnology\u2019s hosted a session on \u201cNanotechnology in Clinical Applications\u201d at the recent 2015 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) held at the Georgia World Congress Conference Center on July 26\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E - 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe session, moderated by Dr. Paul Joseph - External User Program Coordinator and Biomedical Consulting Specialist at GT-IEN, \u0026nbsp;featured five speakers from the joint Georgia Tech \u2013 Emory University Bioengineering program presenting their most recent pioneering research in the area of nanotechnology applications in clinical chemistry,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPradnya Samant, representing Professor Mark Prausnitz - School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, presented her work titled, \u201cMicroneedle Patches for point-of-Care Diagnostics\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDr. Jian Xu, representing Professor Shuming Nie - Emory University, discussed his research titled, \u201cNanotechnology for Image-Guided Diagnostics and Surgery\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProfessor A. Fatih Sarioglu - School of Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, talked about his work, \u201cLabel-Free Capture of Circulating Tumor Cell-clusters from Patient Blood Samples Using a Microfluidic Chip\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProfessor Susan Thomas \u2013 Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, presented her research work titled, \u201cLymph Node Targeted Nanomedicine\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProfessor Gabe Kwong - School of Biomedical Engineering at GT and Emory, discussed his work on \u201cEngineering Synthetic Biomarkers\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe AACC welcomed thousands of medical professionals and healthcare leaders to the 2015 AACC Annual Meeting \u0026amp; Clinical Lab Expo, and a total of 17,500 participants attended this year\u2019s event. The meeting showcased revolutionary advancements in clinical testing research and technology that improves the ability of healthcare providers to diagnose patients quickly and accurately and ensure patients get timely and effective medical treatment. Dedicated to achieving better health through laboratory medicine, the AACC brings together more than 50,000 clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists, and business leaders from around the world focused on clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, translational medicine, lab management, and other areas of progressive laboratory science. Since 1948, the AACC has worked to advance the interdisciplinary interests in the field, providing programs that advance scientific collaboration, knowledge, expertise, and innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The session, moderated by Dr. Paul Joseph - External User Program Coordinator and Biomedical Consulting Specialist at GT-IEN,  featured five speakers from the joint Georgia Tech \u2013 Emory University Bioengineering program."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2015-08-28 16:06:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:26","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"441571":{"id":"441571","type":"image","title":"IEN at AACC Atlanta","body":null,"created":"1449256190","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:50","changed":"1475895179","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:59","alt":"IEN at AACC Atlanta","file":{"fid":"203085","name":"aaccpic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aaccpic_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aaccpic_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1248876,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/aaccpic_0.jpg?itok=jNt0ciZ9"}}},"media_ids":["441571"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"139741","name":"American Association for Clinical Chemistry"},{"id":"139751","name":"clinical chemistry"},{"id":"36141","name":"Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University"},{"id":"14545","name":"George W. 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