2006 Western New York Bioscience Summit
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Bringing Science to Life

Presented by: High Tech Business Council’s Bio Cluster

October 5 and 6, 2006
Clarion Riverside Hotel
Rochester, New York


Poster Presentations

 

1.          Miniaturized and Automated Genotoxicity Screening Assay.  Stephen D. Dertinger, Svetlana L.Avlasevich and Steven M Bryce. Litron Laboratories,

            Rochester, New York.

 

2.         Exocrine Pancreas Antibody (ExPA) in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Sylvio Faitar & Vijay Kumar, IMMCO Diagnostics Inc. Buffalo, New York.

 

3.         Platelets As a Novel Biological Target for Small Molecule Peroxisome

Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARgamma) Ligands:  Implications for Inflammation, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.  Richard P. Phipps et al. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Rochester, New York.

 

4.         Intrinsic Factor Autoantibodies in Pernicious Anemia.  Melissa Remington;

Vijay Kumar, IMMCO Diagnostics Inc. Buffalo, New York.

 

5.         Steric Crowding Effect in Porous Silicon Optical Biosensors Using

Biotin-Streptavidin Model System.  Lisa Bonanno, Lisa DeLouise.   University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.

 

6.         Porous Silicon Optical Biosensor for Candida Detection. Lisa Bonano et  al.    University of School of Medicine and Dentistry.  Rochester, New York.

 

7.         Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Found in Bacteria from Wild Leopard Frogs.  Han Ming Gan et al.  Department of Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

 

8.         Identification of Plasmids in Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria from Wild Spotted Turtles.  T.F. Yong et al.  Department of Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

 

9.         Non-Invasive Applanation Tonometry for the Continuous Measurement of Intraocular Pressure Based on a Thin Film Silicon Diaphragm.  Vivek Shah and Robert Bowman.  Analog Devices Integrated Microsystems Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

 

10.       Role of the Nuclear cGMP-phosphodiesterase in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Growth, Survival, and Phenotypic Modification.  David J. Nagel et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

11.       Measurement of Serum Iron.  Godwin Ogbonna et al. Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.  Rochester New York.

 

12.       Development of a New Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Assay with Improved Sensitivity to Wild Type and Variant HBsAg for use on the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VITROS EciQ Immunodiagnostic System.  P. Kilmartin et al.  Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Inc., Rochester, New York.

 

13.       Development of an Automated Continuous Random Access Second Generation Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (b-hCG) Assay on the VITROSâ ECI Immunoassay System Using Intellicheckâ Technology.  J. Glover et al.  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, New York.

 

14.       Prevention of Premature Delivery Using Novel Therapeutic Treatment Strategies.  Mark A. Plessinger.  University of Rochester School of Medicine. Rochester, New York.

 

15.       The Automatic Home Medication Dispenser System.  Michael Berg et al. EzMed Technologies, LLC, Rochester, New York.

 

16.       Use of  Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool. G. Bedi, et al.  University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

17.       Development of a Rapid Label-Free Diagnostic Platform.  Christopher C. Striemer, et al.  Pathologics LLC and the University of Rochester.  Rochester, New York.

 

18.       Anti-Catabolic Therapy Exacerbates Osteomyelitis without Altering Humoral  Immunity. D. Li, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

19.       Evaluation of Collection Methods for Terrestrial Isopods. A. Oh Abai, et al. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

 

20.       Ultra-Thin Silicon Membranes for Nanoscale Filtration.  James Roussie, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

21.       Use of Salivary Glucosyltransferase B to Diagnose Dental Caries Activity. AM Vacca Smith, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

22.        Proteomic Analysis of Pseudomonas Putida KT2440 in the Presence of Diethylstilbestrol.  Julia Kohn, et al. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

 

23.       Optimization of Isoelectric Focusing Parameters Towards the Development of a Complement to the AMES Test.  Rachel Pleuthner. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

 

24.        Angiotensin II (Ang II) and Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Induce ERK5-SUMOylation and Inhibit ERK5 Transcriptional Activity: Implication in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy (DMC). T. Shishido et al. Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

25.        Automatic Detection and Sizing of Metastatic Brain Tumors Using 3D Template Matching. R. Ambrosini, et al.  University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

26.        Heme Oxygenase-1 and a Carbon Monoxide Releasing Compound, {Ru(CO)3CI2}-Induced ERK5 Activation Inhibits Inflammatory Responses Via Peroxisome Proliferators-Activated Receptor & Stimulation in Skeletal Muscle.  Chang-Hoon Woo, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

27.        ERK5 Activation in Regulating PPARa a Activity and Subsequent Cardioprotection After Ischemia/Reperfusion.  Bo Ding, et al.  University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

28.        Protein Kinase A (PKA) Activation Stimulates the Notch Ligand Jagged 1 in Osteoblastic Cells.  Jonathan M. Weber, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

29.        Benefits of Genetically Engineered Nutmeg For Grenada’s Agriculture Industry: A Community Intervention Measure.  Christine Phillips.  University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

30.        Implications of an Agricultural Biotechnology Education Program for Grenadian Small Farmers: A Community Intervention Measure.  Christine Phillips. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

31.        Identification of Prostate Cancer Markers Using Electrospray Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry.  Lauren Jensen and Alan Friedman.  University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

 

32.        Evaluation of the VITROSÒ Chemistry Products Cocaine Metabolite Assay for the VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System.  S. Danielson, et al. Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. Rochester, New York.

 

33.        DCE-MRI as an Early Predictor of Response to Cancer Treatment. Edward Ashton. VirtualScopics, Inc. Rochester, New York.

 

34.        rAAV-Gd¦5 Gene Delivery Accelerates Wound Healing In Vitro: Implications for In Vivo Tendon Grafting.  TH Dadali, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, and the Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

 

35.        Biomolecular Detection Based on Differential Adsorption of Nucleic Acids on Gold Nanoparticles. Lewis Rothberg and Huixiang Li. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, and  Paul Madden, Diffinity Genomics, West Henrietta, New York.

 

36.        A Novel Murine Model of Flexor Tendon Grafting and Adhesion Formation. S. Hasslund, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, and the Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

 

37.        Cancer Stem Cells: A New Challenge in Cancer Therapeutics. Gail

            Seiger. Ross Eye  Institute University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.

 

38.        Implementing and Maintaining High Throughput Genomic, Proteomic and Imaging Core Facilities: Results from the Cornell University Life Sciences Core Laboratories Center.  G. Grills, et al. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

 

39.        Antibody-Based Approach to Saliva Proteomics.  Mark A. Sullivan, et al. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
 

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