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The connectors are nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Thus the title, and the contents of the lecture, in a nanoshell. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Mauro Ferrari </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>serves as President, CEO and Director of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Professor of Bioengineering Rice University, and President The Alliance for NanoHealth. Ferrari is a founder of biomedical nano/micro-technology, especially in their applications to drug delivery, cell transplantation, implantable bioreactors, and other innovative therapeutic modalities. In these fields, he has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and 6 books. He was the Special Expert on Nanontechnology and Eminent Scholar at the National Cancer Institute from 2003—2005 where he developed the world’s largest Nanotechnology program. He holds more than 30 US and International patents with approximately 30 more pending. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Parking: Go to UH Entrance No.1 (Exit I-45 South to Spur 5 and take a right at University Blvd.). At the Visitors Information Center, ask for the Civil Engineering Department and parking instructions. For more information, call Laura Christian at (713) 743-4251. 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