The 28th Annual Great Lakes Biomedical Conference
Friday June 4, 2004
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Program is subject to change
7:00 - 7:30 a.m.
Registration/Check In
7:30 Welcome, Chuck Oehler, President, The Oehler Group
7:35-7:45
Opening Remarks, Governor
Doyle
7:45 - 9:45 Emerging Technology Overviews
Argonne National Laboratory Dr. William Ragland, Office of Technology Transfer
Iowa State University Dr. Kent Kirkland, Executive Director, Iowa State University Research Foundation
Marquette University Dr. T. Daniel Griffiths, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Programs
Marshfield Clinic
Dr. Bob Carlson, Director, Marshfield
Medical Research
Foundation
Mayo Clinic Mr. Steven McMaster, Director, Mayo Medical Ventures
Medical College of Wisconsin Dr. William Hendee, VP, Medical College of Wisconsin Research Foundation
Michigan State University Ms. Chris Force, Small Business Development, Office of Intellectual Property
Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Timothy Herman, MSOE Biomolecular/ModelingPurdue University Dr. Simran Trani, Director, Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization
University of Chicago Dr. Debra Anderson, NIH/NIAID Region V Great Lakes Regional Ctr. of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
University of Cincinnati Mr. Rich Kordal, Director, Intellectual Property
University of Iowa Dr. Bruce Wheaton, Executive Director, University of Iowa Research Foundation
University of Notre Dame Mr. Mike Edwards, Director, Technology Transfer
University of Wisconsin-Madison Ms. Elizabeth Donley, General Manager, WiSys or Carl Gulbrandsen, Director, WARF
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dr. Willliam Gregory, Dean, College of Engineering & Applied Science
Wayne State University Mr. Erik Streif, Technology Transfer Manager
9:45-11:45 Research and Technology Presentations
Promiment researchers from the above institutions will give technology presentations in the fields of life sciences, imaging/devices, nanotechnology, and bioinformatics.
Section I: Moderator:
Atty. Charles Sara, DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, S.C.
Using Informatics to Deliver Personalized, Genetically Based Patient Care
Dr. Peter Tonellato, Chief Scientific Officer, Point One Systems (Medical College of Wisconsin)
In silico Identification and
Characterization of Bacterial Pathogenicity
Factors
Dr.
Natalia Maltsev, Argonne National Laboratory
Victor S.-Y. Lin, Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University
Novel injectable thermogelling
systems for drug delivery, gene therapy and soft tissue replacement.
Dr. Surya K. Mallapragada,
Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa
State
University
Development
Of A Genetically-based Multiplex-PCR Assay
That Rapidly and Accurately Discriminates Closely
Related
Bacterial Pathogens
Dr. Randall S. Lambrecht, Dean
& Professor, College of Health
Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A new
bacterial system for
expression of membrane proteins
Dr. Mary
Lynne Collins, Dept. of
Biological Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Section II, Moderator, Thomas Miller
Injectable, Bioadhesive
and Biodegradable Hydrogels In-situ Formed by Enzymatic Cross-Linking
for Drug
Delivery, Tissue Engineering
Drs. Phillip
B. Messersmith, Asst.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
A
Novel Biodegradable Elastomeric Scaffold for Tissue Engineering
Drs.
Jian Yang, Antonio Webb, and Guillermo Ameer, Northwestern University
Chemical Proteomics
Facility at Marquette—Developing and Applying Tools to Study
Chemicals
Interacting with Proteomes: Pharmaceuticals, Pollutants
and Metabolites
Dr. Daniel S. Sem,
Assistant Professor
Neuroscience Research
at the Interface Between Stress and Addiction: Update on
Pre-Clinical
Studies
Dr. William E. Cullinan, Associate Professor,
Marquette
University
Nanofluidic
Devices for Recognition of Neurotoxins
Section III, Moderator, Atty. Mark Kassel
Dr. Claus-Peter Richter, Asst.
Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern
University
Design of a
Dual-Modality Micro-CT/SPECT Imaging System for Small Animals
Dr. Anne V. Clough,
Professor, Marquette University
New and Novel
Technology for Intra-Oral Drug Delivery of Antimicrobials
Dr. Antony R.
Periathamby, Sullivan Professorship and Dr. Andrew R. Dentino,
Undergraduate
Program Director/Periodontics, Marquette University
A Novel, Minimally
Invasive Optical Imaging System for Diagnosing Breast Cancer
Measurement
and Imaging of the Electrical
Properties of Tissue in the Beta Dispersion Region
Dr. William D. Gregory , College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Hi-Art—A
Spin-Out
Success Combining CT Scan and Radiation to Fight Cancer
Dr.
Thomas Mackie, Co-Founder and Chairman, TomoTherapy, and Professor, UW
Madison
11:45—12:30
Reception/Poster
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Luncheon Keynote
"Biomedical Imaging
Today and Tomorrow: Fusion of Form and Function"
Dr. Richard Robb, Director Biomedical Engineering Program & Biomedical Imaging, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
3:00-4:00
“Building Collaborations and Alliances with
Large Pharma and Imaging Firms—Strategies and Case Studies””
Dr. Suzanne Lebold, VP, Global Pharmaceutical Business Development
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, Chris Unger, GE Medical Systems
4:00—5:00
“Intellectual Property Protection &
Financing Strategies for Biomedical
Applications”
Charles S. Sara, Partner, DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C., Madison, WI
Mark
Kassel, Partner, Foley and Lardner, Madison, WI
Thomas Miller, Michael
Best and Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI
Supporting
Organizations
Wayne State University
Flavin Venture
Promotional
Partners
Forward Wisconsin
Illinois Coalition
Iowa Biotechnology Association
Michigan Biotechnology Association
Milwaukee Section of the IEEE - EMBS Chapter
Minnesota High Technology
Association
Minnesota Technology, Inc.
Telaric, Inc.
Wisconsin Association of Biomedical
Research & Education
Wisconsin Biotechnology Association
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Technology Council