IMD3 Fall Fest
Friday, October 29, 2004
University Club, Mary Bingham Room
8:30 – 9:00Registration/Coffee
9:00 – 9:05Introductory Remarks by Dr. James L. Wittliff
Acting Director of IMD3
9:05 – 9:20Remarks by Drs. K. Grant Taylor and Kyung A. Kang
Organizers of Fall Fest 2004
9:20 – 9:40Oral Presentation by James G. Cripps
Modulation of Acute Inflammation by Targeting Glycosaminoglycan-Cytokine Interactions
Undergraduate Student, Department of Pathology
Mentor: Dr. Gabino Rafael Fernández – Botrán
IMD3 Travel Award Recipient - Fall 2003
Pathology Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, IL, 2004
9:40 – 10:00: Oral Presentation by Bin Hong
Fluorescence Enhancers for Highly Specific and Sensitive Fluorophore
Mediated Immuno-biosensing System
Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Kyung A. Kang
IMD3 Travel Award Recipient - Fall 2003
Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2003
10:00 – 11:00:Poster Viewing
(1) S. Arimitsu and G. B. Hammond, Department of Chemistry
Steroselective synthesis of α-monofluorophosphonates using α-monofluoro
phosphonoallene as a building block
(2) Y. Zhu, S. A. Jortani, C. Q. Simmons and R. Valdes, Jr.
Department of Pathology Laboratory Medicine
A Novel Antibody Screening Technique Using Protein Analysis by SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
(3) T. Mori, A. J. Vaisberg, and G. B. Hammond, Department of Chemistry
Biological Activity of Some Peruvian Medicinal Plants from the Callejon de
Huaylas
(4) D.A. Kerr II, A.J. Russell, I.A. Smolenkova, A. Vaidya, S.A. Andres, A.S.
Smolenkov, A.F. Spatola, S. Zabel, J.D Gangemi , and J.L. Wittliff
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of
Chemistry
Detection of Estrogen Mimics in Caribbean Rainforest Botanicals Using
Ligand and ERE Titration Arrays
(5) M. Mae, J.A. Hong and G. B Hammond, Department of Chemistry
Mg(0)-Promoted Debromometalation of Bromodifluoroalkyne - Selective
synthesis of alpha-Metalated Difluoroalkyne –
(6) H.M.A.M. Qazzaz, S. Channareddy, B. J. Clark and R. Valdes Jr.
Departments of Pathology Laboratory Medicine and Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Evidence suggest a novel biosynthetic pathway for production of DLIF that does not involve removal of the cholesterol side chain
(7) B. Xu, Y. Li and G. B. Hammond, Department of Chemistry
Preparation, Characterization and Reactions of Difluoropropargyl Indium
Complexes
(8) T.M. Sabo, D.H. Farrell, and M.C. Maurer, Department of Chemistry Characterizing the Binding of Fibrinogen (410-427) to Thrombin Anion-Exosite II by Solution NMR Methods
11:00 – 11:20Oral Presentation by Sarah Andres
Laser capture microdissection (LCM) of ovarian & endometrial cancer cells
for gene & protein expression
Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. James L. Wittliff
IMD3 Travel Award Recipient - Summer 2004
Annual American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2004
11:20 – 11:40Oral Presentation by Liang Tang
Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Cardiac Markers using Fiber-optic
Immunosensor for Rapid Coronary Heart Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Kyung A. Kang
IMD3 Travel Award Recipient – Summer 2004
Annual International Society of Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT), 2004
11:40 – 12:00Oral Presentation by Allicia C. Girvan
Inhibition of NK-B Signaling by an Oligonucleotide Aptamer
Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Paula J. Bates
IMD3 Fellowship Recipient – 2002
12:00 – 1:00Buffet Lunch & Discussion
1:00Adjourn