National Cancer Institute - IMAT

1st Principal Investigators Meeting Agenda

1st Principal Investigators Meeting
Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies Program
July 6-8, 2000
Westfields International Conference Center
Chantilly, Virginia

Agenda

THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2000
5:00-6:30 p.m. Registration
6:30 p.m. Welcome
Dr. Carol Dahl, National Cancer Institute
6:45 p.m. Plenary Lecture: Future Directions in Cancer Research
Dr. Richard Klausner, Director, National Cancer Institute
7:30 p.m. Session 1: Highlights in DNA Analysis
Session Chair: Dr. Deirdre Meldrum, University of Washington
7:40 p.m. Multiparameter Analysis of Human Epithelial Tumors by Laser Scanning Cytometry
Dr. Stanley Shackney, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
8:05 p.m. Optomechanical Detection of Biomolecular Recognition and Interactions
Dr. Arun Majumdar, University of California, Berkeley
8:30 p.m. High-Throughput Methylation Analysis using CpG Island Microarray
Dr. Tim Hui-Ming Huang, University of Missouri
8:55 p.m. Highly Selective Isolation of Unknown Mutations in Diverse DNA Fragments: New Potential for Multiplex Screening in Cancer
Dr. G. Mike Makrigiorgos, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
9:20 p.m. High-Resolution Sequencing of Mixed Population of DNA Molecules
Dr. Nadia Lifshitz, Biophotonics Corporation
9:45 p.m. Detection of Genomic Alteration by Molecular Combing
Dr. Aaron Bensimon - Pasteur Institute
10:10 p.m. Adjourn

FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000
6:30-8:00 a.m.
Registration
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
Poster set up
8:00 a.m.
Plenary Lecture: The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
Dr. Robert Strausberg, National Cancer Institute
8:30 a.m Session 2: Emerging Technologies for RNA Analysis
Session Chair: Dr. Mark Chee, Illumina, Inc.
8:40 a.m. Messenger RNA Profiling by Single Molecule Counting
Dr. Paul Lizardi, Yale University
9:10 a.m. Randomly Self-Assembled Bead-Based Arrays for Highly Parallel Analysis of Nucleic Acids
Dr. Mark Chee, Illumina, Inc.
9:40 a.m. Fish & Chips
Dr. Robert Singer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
10:10 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Session 3: Advances in Protein Expression Analysis
Session Chair: Dr. Richard Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
10:50 a.m. Proteomics Applied to the Search for Cancer Markers in Human Body Fluids
Dr. N. Leigh Anderson, Large Scale Proteomics Corporation
11:15 a.m. Quantitative Proteome Analysis: Methods and Applications
Dr. Reudi Aebersold, University of Washington
11:40 a.m. Microfabricated Fluidic Devices for Protein and Peptide Mapping
Dr. J. Michael Ramsey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12:05 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m Session 3: Advances in Protein Expression Analysis
Session Chair: Dr. Richard Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1:40 p.m. The C. elegans ORFeome Cloning Project
Dr. Marc Vidal, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2:05 p.m. Sigma Receptors as a Biomarker of the Proliferative Status of Solid Tumors
Dr. Robert Mach, Wake Forest University
2:30 p.m. Plenary Lecture: The Director's Challenge
Dr. Barbara Conley, National Cancer Institute
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Session 4: New Strategies for Protein Structure and Function Analysis
Dr. Daniel Jay, Tufts University
3:40 p.m. Structural Genomics Target Selection for Cancer-Related Proteins Across Complete Genomes
Dr. Terry Gaasterland, The Rockefeller University
4:10 p.m. The Electronic Detection of Interactions Between Ligands and Cell Surface Receptors
Dr. Cynthia Bamdad, Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation
4:40 p.m. Identification of Novel Breast Cancer Agents Using Functional Genomics
Dr. Marek Liyanage, Aurora Biosciences
5:10 p.m.

A High Throughput Screen for Cancer Cell Invasiveness Using Chromophore-Assisted Laser Inactivation
Dr. Daniel Jay, Tufts University

5:30-10:00 p.m. Poster Session and Reception
7:00 p.m. Special Session
NCI Resources: Tools to Speed Cancer Research
8:00 p.m. Special Session
Phased Innovation Awards: Review and Transitions

SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2000
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Plenary Lecture:
Molecular Epidemiology and the Genetic Annotation Initiative
Dr. Kenneth Buetow, National Cancer Institute
8:30 a.m. Highlights in DNA Analysis
Dr. Deirdre Meldrum, University of Washington
8:50 a.m. Emerging Technologies for RNA Analysis
Dr. Mark Chee, Illumina, Inc.
9:10 a.m. Advances in Protein and Functional Analysis
Dr. Richard Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
9:30 a.m. New Strategies for Protein Structure and Function Analysis
Dr. Daniel Jay, Tufts University
9:50 a.m. Discussion
10:15 a.m. Closing Remarks
Lunch
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