Thursday 15th March 2018

Sunday 11th March 2018 / Monday 12th March 2018 / Tuesday 13th March 201 8 / Wednesday 14th March 2018 / Friday 16th March 2018

Session 08 – Medical Applications, Imaging and Therapy
Chairs : L.T. Canham, J. Wu, E. Segal

09:00-09:40	Fusogenic porous silicon nanoparticles for immunogene therapy in infections
	B. Kim, University of California San Diego, USA - Invited lecture
09:40.10:00	Biohybrid multistage nanovaccines based on acetaleted dextran-coated pSi nanoparticles: development of an innovative formulation
	F. Fontana, University of Helsinki, Finland
10:00-10:20	Thermally carbonized porous silicon nanoneedles for electrical stimulation of neural cells
	C. Chiappini, King's College London, United Kingdom
10:20-10:40	New therapeutic approaches to administer nerve growth factor into the brain using porous silicon nanostructures
	M. Rosenberg, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
10:40-11:00	Cytotoxicity control of porous silicon nanoparticles by surface modification and ultrasound irradiation for cancer theranostic applications
	A.P. Sviridov, Moscow State University, Russian Federation

11:00-11:20	Coffee break

11:20-11:40	Long systemic circulation and MRI imaging of mesoporous silicon nanoparticles
	T. Nissinen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
11:40-12:00	In vivo microenvironment induced luminescence behavior of porous silicon for tumor imaging
	F. J. Wo, Zhejiang University, China
12:00-12:20	One-pot synthesis of photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles in borate solutions terminated by citric acid
	M.B. Gongalsky, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
12:20-12:40	Endocytosis of alkyl-capped silicon quantum dots prepared from porous silicon
	B. R. Horrocks, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
12:40-13:00	Enhanced performance of a molecular photoacoustic imaging agent by encapsulation in mesoporous silicon nanoparticles
	J. Kang, University of California, San Diego, USA

13:00-14:20	Lunch at Congress Centre

14:20-14:40	Functionalization of porous silicon nanoparticles for the controlled delivery of nucleic acids and genes
	J.-O. Durand, University of Montpellier, France
14:40-15:00	Functional oligonucleotide release from porous silicon nanoparticle-integrated polymer nanofibers
	J. M. Zuidema, University of California San Diego, USA
15:00-15:20	Plant-derived dual drug/porous silicon carrier structures for antioxidant/anti-inflammatory combination therapy
	J. Kalluri, Texas Christian University, USA
15:20-15:40	Association of PO₄ loaded porous silicon microparticles with nacre proteins enhances mineralized bone formation in vivo
	P.-Y. Collart-Dutilleul, University of Montpellier, France
15:40-16:00	Porous silicon resorption kinetics during in vitro & in vivo bone tissue engineering
	N. Fatima, University of Montpellier, France

16:00-16:40	Coffee break

Session 09 – Micro Photonics and Luminescence
Chairs: L. Boarino, V. Bandarenka

16:40-17:00	Pores filling as a new paradigm for the efficient design of erbium-doped porous silicon light-emitting structures
	G. Mula, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy
17:00-17:20	Efficient conversion from porous silicon to luminesecent colloidal silicon nanoparticles by pulsed laser irradition in liquid
	T. Nakamura, Hosei University, Japan
17:20-17:40	Inversely processed mesoporous silicon rib-type waveguides with unity confinement factors for surface adlayer biosensing
	J. D. Ryckman, Clemson University, USA
17:40-18:20	PSST Award lecture: Porous Silicon: active platform in Si nano-valley
	N. Koshida, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

18:20-18:40	Talk of the Day, Best Conference Poster and Best Conference Presentation Voting

18:40-19:00	Open discussion on PSST 2018 and further plans (PSST 2020, location, etc) PSST 2018 CLOSING

20:00	Gala Dinner and Prizes at Pasino La Grande Motte