Preliminary Program subject to change
15E21 Design and Engineering of Novel Therapeutic Strategies II
OverviewThe second of 2 sessions dealing with the design of novel therapeutic approaches to disease treatment.
Primary SponsorEngineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15e)

Chair

John P. Fisher
Assistant Professor
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
University of Maryland
3238 Jeong H. Kim Building
College Park, MD 20742-2111
Phone Number: 301 405 7475
Fax Number: 301 314 6868
Email: jpfisher@eng.umd.edu

CoChair

James E. Henry
Chemical Engineering
Louisiana State University
110 Chemical Engineering
South Stadium Rd
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone Number: 225-578-1750
Fax Number: 225-578-1476
Email: jehenry@lsu.edu
Structural Analysis Of Dystrophin Mini-Constructs – Why Being In-Frame Is Not Enough
Christine I. Carag, Nishant Bhasim, Manu Tewari and Dennis Discher, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Towne Bldg. Rm 311A, 220 S. 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
Heterodimeric DNA Methyltransferases
Glenna Meister1, Srinivasan Chandrasegaran2 and Marc Ostermeier1, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Maryland Hall 221, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Division of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21218
Pharmacologic Enhancement Of The Chemistry And Biology Of Cellular Protein Folding
Laura Segatori, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251 and Jeffrey W. Kelly, Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10050 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
Conformational Engineering Of Synthetic Prions
David Colby and Stanley B. Prusiner, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF, Box 0518, San Francisco, CA 94143
Break
Discovery Of A Bacterial Rnai System Targeting A Tat Export Signal
Ritsdeliz Pérez-Rodríguez, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 and Matthew P. DeLisa, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
Nanoporous Biodegradable Systems for Cellular Delivery of Embryonic Stem Cells
Xulang Zhang1, Hongyan He2, Yubin Xie3, Yuan Yuan4 and L. James Lee4, (1)The Ohio State University, 140 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 140 WEST 19TH AVE, Columbus, OH 43210, (3)University of Albany, 255 Fuller Road, Albany, WA 12203, (4)The Ohio State University, 140 WEST 19TH AVE, Columbus, OH 43210
Controlled Vessel Occlusion By Thermal And Ultrasound Responsive Microbubbles For Tumor Therapy
Praveena Mohan, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Drive Rm. 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, Natalya Rapoport, Bioengineering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Drive Rm. 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and Mikhail Skliar, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Drive Rm. 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division