2026 Colorado Nanomedicine Symposium
April 27, 2026
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesSkaff Board Room (4000)
12850 East Montview Boulevard
Aurora, CO 80045
Join us for a free, dynamic day of groundbreaking discussions in nanomedicine with renowned local and international experts. This event brings together Colorado’s leading nanoscience researchers, postdocs, and students for collaboration, innovation, and cutting-edge insights.
- Engage with leading researchers and professionals in the field
- Explore advancements in nanoscience and medicine
- Coffee and lunch included
Students and postdocs are invited to submit a brief abstract for a poster presentation or mini talk.
Schedule of Events
| Time | Title | Presenter |
| 8:00 a.m. | Coffee, pastries, and speaker setup | |
| 8:55 a.m. | Introduction and welcome | |
| Morning session (Chair Natalie Serkova) | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Atomic Layer Deposition Techniques for mRNA Vaccines without Lipid Nanoparticles | Ted Randolph, University of Colorado - Boulder |
| 9:25 a.m. | Beyond Delivery: Decoding the metabolic fate and unintended impact of lipid nanoparticles on tumor growth and immunity | Irene La-Beck, Texas Tech |
| 10:10 a.m. | Utilization of iron nanoparticles to improve visualization of lymph node metastasis in dogs with head and neck cancers | Lynn Griffin, Colorado State University |
| 10:40 a.m. | Activating Tumor Immunity with Lipid TLR Ligand Nanoparticles | Steve Dow, Colorado State University |
| 11:10 a.m. | Ultrasound-Responsive Nanoparticles for Enhanced Transport and Immunotherapy | Andrew Goodwin, University of Colorado - Boulder |
| 11:30 a.m. | Elucidating structure-function relationships in polymer-mediated nucleic acid delivery via light scattering and causal machine learning | Ramya Kumar, Colorado School of Mines |
| 11:55 a.m. | Lunch and posters | |
| Afternoon session (Chair Tom Anchordoquy) | ||
| 12:50 p.m. | Microrobots for localized drug and gene delivery | Wyatt Shields, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 1:15 p.m. | Conductive Nanoparticle-Functionalized Hydrogels as Engineered Platforms for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | Brisa Pena, University of Colorado - Bioengineering |
| 1:40 p.m. | 2D Nanomaterials–Protein Corona Profiling for Plasma-Based Disease Detection | Aliakbar Ashkarran, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs |
| 2:05 p.m. | TBD | Student mini talk |
| 2:15 p.m. | TBD | Student mini talk |
| 2:25 p.m. | TBD | Student mini talk |
| Adjourn | ||
Sponsors
Colorado Center for Nanomedicine and Nanosafety
The Colorado Center for Nanomedicine and Nanosafety promotes collaboration, fosters learning, and advances multidisciplinary research and education in both basic and applied nanomedicine and nanosafety. It connects academic laboratories with local and national biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.