1. NANOPARTICLES AND NANOSTRUCTURES FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND THERAPY Design and development of biocompatible and target specific nanoparticles for disease detection and therapy. Participants: All the four corner institutions and members of the materials science and nanotechnology working group MU research reactor (radioactive nanoparticles) MU Nanoparticle production core facility KU Medical center Howlung Brain Imaging Institute ISU-3D tomography (TEM and atom probe) UNL- BPDF and GM/GP facility of MU KSU-Nanoparticle processing (smart)

2. Competitors: Washington University (St. Louis)-cancer nanotech center Harvard/MIT U of North Carloina UCLA Stanford U of Georgia/Northwestern Added value: Synergy and joint political power New business in biotechnology Very timely project Seed project/joint meetings (more specialized) Possible external funding sources: IGERT, NIRT, MURI, COBRE, STC, NIH Centers, NSF, EPA, DOD (UARC)

3. Next stage: Technical mini symposium on the topic-two months

4. NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SENSORS NANOINFORMATICS AND MATERIALS DESIGN NANOMATERIALS AND NANOCOMPOSITES FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS