NU Campus tour (organized for guest plenary & invited speakers)

LUNCH BREAK  (C3 vestibule - level 1)

Opening remarks from NU Provost & Acting President Prof Ilesanmi Adesida

Opening remarks from NU Provost & Acting President Prof Ilesanmi Adesida

Welcome from the AMBBA & ABN 2024 Chair Vesselin Paunov

Plenary Lecture 1: Mustafa Culha (Augusta University, GA, USA)

Boron Nitride-based Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering 

Invited Lecture 2: Nikolai Barlev (Nazarbayev University SOM, Astana, KZ)

Nano-Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (nanoMIPs) against EGFR for targeted delivery of therapeutics 

Lecture 3: Mohamad Aljofan (Nazarbayev University SOM, Astana, KZ)

Extracellular derived mare’s milk as a potential drug delivery system 

Lecture 4: Amro Dyab (Minia University, Egypt & Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

Smart Microencapsulation Platform Based on Sporopollenin Microcapsules 

COFFEE BREAK   (C3 vestibule - level 1)

Plenary Lecture 5: Luciano Galantini (Sapienza University, Rome, Italy)

Innovative antimicrobials from facial steroidal surfactants

Invited Lecture 6: Anheng Wang, (University of Macau, China)

Dissecting contractility-mitigated bacterial adhesion with patient-derived cardiac organoids 

Lecture 7: Tri Pham (Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

Peculiar effects of carbon nanoparticles on the proliferation of cells and their applications 

Lecture 8: Haiyan Fan & Tri Pham (Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

Phosphatase Nanozymes & Phosphatase Inhibitors: How do they become antimicrobial agents? 

Lecture 9: Damira Kanayeva (Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

An Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Aptasensor for Highly Sensitive and Specific Detection of Carcinoembryonic Antigen using a ssDNA Aptamer 

Concluding remarks from Vesselin Paunov

Tour of selected NU Research labs with invited & plenary speakers (C4, Block 7, NLA)

Discussion of collaborative projects with invited & plenary guest speakers

LUNCH BREAK   (C3 vestibule - level 1)

Plenary Lecture 10: Enrico Marsili (Nottingham University at Ningbo, China)

Biopolymer production in electroactive biofilms 

Invited Lecture 11: Ivan Vorobyev (Nazarbayev University SSH, KZ)

Cell population recovery after treatment by microtubule stabilizers 

Lecture 12: Sholpan Askarova (National Laboratory Astana, NU, Astana, KZ)

Small Molecule Targeting of the P38/Mk2 Stress Signalling Pathways to Improve Cancer Treatment 

Lecture 13: Eugene Ponomarev (Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

M2 Macrophage Activation Is Modulated by Lipoproteins via Scavenger Receptors and Downstream Akt Pathway 

Lecture 14: Marina Kriajevskaia (Nazarbayev University SOM, Astana, KZ)

TAM receptors in the pathology of bladder cancer: approaches to personalised medicine 

COFFEE BREAK   (C3 vestibule - level 1)

Plenary Lecture 15: Jordi Esquena (Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Spain)

Liquid-liquid phase separation in non-surfactant aqueous systems: Fully aqueous dispersions and their possible biomedical applications 

Invited Lecture 16: Dmitriy Berillo (Satbayev University, Almaty, KZ)

Cryogels for regenerative medicine 

Lecture 17: Timur Atabaev (Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

A new bifunctional radiological contrast agent based on I- and Mn-codoped carbon dots for simultaneous MRI and CT imaging

Lecture 18: Gonzalo Hortelano (Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

TBA

Lecture 19: Dinara Askar (Nazarbayev University SSH, Astana, KZ)

Assessing the CT contrast imaging capability of iodine-doped carbon dots

Closure of Session 4

Astana sightseeing (organized for plenary & invited speakers)

Return to NU campus

LUNCH BREAK   (C3 vestibule - level 1)

Plenary Lecture 20: Mischa Zelzer (Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK)

Interfacing biology with material surfaces - from experiment to simulation 

Invited Lecture 21: Rawil Fakhrullin (Kazan Federal University, Kazan, RF)

Halloysite clay-based polymers materials for biomedical applications 

Lecture 22: Gulsim Kulsharova (Nazarbayev University SEDS, Astana, KZ)

A hybrid fluorescent nanofiber membrane integrated with microfluidic chips towards lung-on-a-chip applications 

Lecture 23: Daniele Tosi (Nazarbayev University SEDS & National Laboratory Astana, KZ)

Recent developments in fiber-optic ball resonator biosensors for cancer biomarker detection 

Lecture 24: Yuliya Safarova (National Laboratory Astana, NU, Astana, KZ)

Enhancing the biocompatibility of 3D printed Ti6Al4V alloy endoprosthetic implants by applying Ti and HA coatings 

COFFEE BREAK    (C3 vestibule - level 1)

Panel discussions – perspectives in the novel biomedical and biosensing technologies

Brainstorming collaborative projects

Concluding remarks from Vesselin Paunov