Fall 2007 Special Topics Symposium
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
(UMBI-CARB at Shady Grove) 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
Agenda
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome: Brian Jamieson, Organizing Committee Chair
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Dr. Gregory Payne, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
"Chitosan: A Soft Bio-device Interconnect"
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Dr. James Weiland, Doheny Retina Institute/USC
"Intraocular Retinal Prosthesis"
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
~Break~
10:40 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.
Dr. Ketul Popat, University of California, San Francisco
"Micro and Nanofabricated Interfaces for Therapeutic Delivery"
11:25 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.
Dr. William Reichert, Duke University
"Experimental Scenarios for Wound Healing around Biomaterials"
12:05 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
~Lunch~
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Dr. Kimberly Turner, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Challenges in microscale sensors: Is Nonlinearity the answer?"
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Dr. James Culver, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
"An Infectious Approach to BioFabrication"
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Dr. Frances Ligler, Naval Research Laboratory
"The Array Biosensor and Beyond"
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
~Poster Session & Afternoon Reception~
4:00 p.m.
Announcement of 2007 Poster Session Winner
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