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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