Discover the World of Nanotechnology


Item Number: 1207

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $1,000

Online Close: Mar 28, 2012 10:00 PM PDT

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Description

What if you were a thousand times smaller and were the size of an ant? Walking down the hall would take days! What if you shrank down another thousand times and became the size of a cell crawling up the ant's leg? Moving just a couple of millimeters would take hours! Now imagine if you were one thousand times smaller than the cell and you could see everything the cell is made of. You are now in the world of nanotechnology! Interested in learning more? Come and tour the world-renowned, cutting-edge Therapeutic Micro and Nanotechnology Lab led by Nueva mom Professor Tejal Desai. She'll show you how her bioengineering team is developing new ways to give people medicine or help them regrow parts of their organs. From developing a nanoporous biocapsule to slow release medicine to designing a material that can be injected after a heart attack to improve healing, you will go inside the clean room to have your try at building structures so small that if you put one on top of a speck of dust, it would look just like you standing in the middle of an entire football stadium! If you have an interest in bio-nanotechnology or just want to learn more, this tour is for you! Tour is for up to six people, ages six and up. Winner to coordinate with donor for a mutually convenient date.

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Sanjay Saxena & Tejal Desai