This preliminary program is subject to change.

Bioimaging and Diagnostics


Description:
This session will address topics in bioimaging and diagnostics, including biosensors, molecular imaging, contrast agents, biocolloids, targeted imaging probes, biomarkers, disease receptors etc.

Sponsor:
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science


Chair:
Young Jik Kwon
Assistant Professor
University of California, Irvine
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Biomedical Engineering
944F, Engineering Tower
Irvine, CA 92697-2575
Fax Number: (949)824-2541
Email: kwonj@uci.edu

Co-Chair:
Yah-el Har-el
Temple University
Bioengineering Department
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Email: yahel@jhu.edu


Papers:
Tethered Immunolipoplex Nanoparticle (tILN) Device for Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) for Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Junyu Ma, The Ohio State University ; Kwang Joo Kwak, The Ohio State University; Yun Wu, The Ohio State University; Xinmei Wang, The Ohio State University; Yicheng Mao, the Ohio State University; L. James Lee, the Ohio State University
Imaging Primo Vascular System, a Newly Found Vascular System
Kyung A. Kang, University of Louisville; Kwang-Sup Soh, Seoul National University
Stabilized Proteolipobead Microenvironments for the Functional Analysis and Drug Screening of the Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease Drug Target Gamma-Secretase
M. Lane Gilchrist, City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Lina Zhong, City College of New York (Graduate Center, CUNY); Ji Yuen Hur, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Jesse Martin, City College of New York of CUNY; Kwangwook Ahn, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Yueming Li, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Imaging Echogenic Microparticles in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Demonstration of a New Class of Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Eosinophil Esophagitis
Hedieh Saffari, University of Utah; Anne Kennedy, University of Utah; Kathryn Peterson, University of Utah; Gerald Gleich, University of Utah; Leonard F. Pease III, University of Utah
Dendrimer Based Nanoprobes for Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy (STORM)
Younghoon Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sung Hoon Kim, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; John A. Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Charles M. Schroeder, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pinpointed Diagnosis of Early Stage Oral Cancer by Optical Coherence Tomography Using Stimuli-Disassembling Gold Nanoclusters
Chang Soo Kim, University of California, Irvine; Petra Wilder-Smith, University of California; Zhongping Chen, University of California, Irvine; Young Jik Kwon, University of California, Irvine
Fluorogenic Peptide Linked to Anti-CD41 Detects Platelet-Localized Thrombin Activity within Blood Clots Formed Under Flow in Microfluidic Assays or in Mouse
John Welsh, University of Pennsylvania; Thomas Colace, University of Pennsylvania; Ryan Muthard, Penn State University, University Park; Timothy J. Stalker, University of Pennsylvania; Lawrence F. Brass, University of Pennsylvania; Scott L Diamond, University of Pennsylvania
Fluorinated Nanoparticle Immunolabels for Imaging Specific Membrane Proteins in Parallel with Cell Membrane Lipids Using High-Resolution Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Mary L. Kraft, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert L. Wilson, University of Illinois; Jessica F. Frisz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kevin J. Carpenter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Peter K. Weber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory