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