2000 MABEC Meeting Program

Held at University of Delaware

April 7, 2000

Supported by
University of Delaware
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Merck and Co., Inc.

Oral Presentations

MABEC 2000 Conference Program:
8:00 Continental Breakfast/Poster Setup
9:00 Introduction and Welcome
9:15 Session A: Protein Engineering (Chiar: Jason Smith)
Presenter: Brian G. Lefebvre (University of Delaware, Advisor: Anne Robinson)
  Title: "Engineering Approaches to Reversing Protein Aggregation"
Presenter: C. Sehgal Amitabh (North Carolina State Univ., Advisor: Robert Kelly)
   Title: "Biochemical Characterization of a Carboxylesterase from the Extreme Thermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus P1"
10:05 Break/Poster
10:35 Session B: Biocatalysis (Chair: Jessica Sinacola)
Presenter: Wook Chang (Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Advisor: Tracey Holoman)
   Title: "Anaerobic degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons"
Presenter: Jonathan P. Meissner (Univ. of Virginia, Advisor: Giorgio Carta)
   Title: "Adsorptive Reactors for Enhanced Enzymatic Esterification in Organic Media"
11:25 Keynote Address
Presenter: Isle Blumentals (Life Technologies)
   Title: "Process Development: Defining the Target"
12:10 Lunch
1:10 Poster Session
2:10 Session C: Biosensors (Chair: Brian Lefebvre)
Presenter: Peter Harms (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Advisor: Govind Rao)
   Title: "Fluorescence Lifetime Based Sensing"
Presenter: Catherine Branch (Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Advisor: Anthony Guiseppi-Elie)
   Title: "A Gene Chip for Expression Profiling in Brain Tumors"
3:00 Break/Poster
3:30 Session D: Advances in Cell Culture (Chair: Brenda Danek)
Presenter: Tina M. Sauerwald (Johns Hopkins Univ., Advisor: Michael Betenbaugh)
   Title: "Control of Apoptosis in Mammalian Cell Culture"
Presenter: Todd Muccilli (Rutgers Univ., Advisor: Henrik Pedersen)
   Title: "In situ Extraction from California Poppy"
4:20 Awards and Concluding Comments

Poster Presentations

John Smith (? University)
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John Smith (? University)
"Title"
  1. The Structure Of Synthetic Gene Carriers: DNA Complexes With Cationic Polymers
  2. Chiral Separations Using Semipermeable Ultrafiltration Membranes
  3. Extraction of Biomolecules from Aqueous Media Using Nonionic Surfactants
  4. Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles in DNA Diagnostics
  5. Carbon Nanotube Composites as Chemoresistors for Electronic Noses
  6. Engineering Sialylation into Insect Cells
  7. Protocol Development To Examine The Effect of Bulk Shear Exposure On Staphylococcus aureus Surface Adhesion
  8. Optimization and Control of Fed-Batch Bioreactors
  9. First Principles Modeling of Protein Folding and Secretion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  10. Characterization of The Interactions of Staphylococcus aureus with Endothelial Cells in A Shear Environment
  11. Optimization of Archael Enzyme Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  12. Cybernetic Model Predictive Control
  13. The Role of Disulfide Bonds on the Protein Folding of P22 Tailspike
  14. Biopolymer Synthesis for Optical Photonic Crystals
  15. DSC Studies of Crystalline Morphology and Drug/Polymer Interactions in Bioerodible Polyanhydrides
  16. Reactive Oxygen, NDR1 and NPR1 in Arabidopsis Disease Resistance Signaling
  17. Application of Anti-Death Proteins to Mammalian Cell Culture
  18. An In Vitro Model for Uniaxial Stretching
  19. Using Proteome Analysis as a tool in Bioprocess Engineering
  20. Intelligent Multi-Agent System for Information Management and Interpretation in Biotechnology Applications
  21. Development of a Glucose-Triggered Drug Delivery Device Using Liposomes and Poly (2-ethyl acrylic acid)
  22. Ultrasound-Triggered Drug Delivery with Contrast Imaging: Effect of Microencapsulation Method
  23. Evaluation and Characterization of PHEMA Sponges as Implantable Drug Delivery Systems
  24. Osteoblast Attachment to Titantium Surfaces as a Function of Surface Charge
  25. Biochemical Characterization of a Carboxylesterase from the Extreme Thermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus P1
  26. Novel Associating Hydrogels for Nucleus Pulposus Replacement
  27. Grafts of Alginate-Encapsulated BDNF-Producing Fibroblasts for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
  28. Oxygen Transfer in Viscous Xanthan Gum Fermentation Broth: A Comparative Study
  29. Characterization of protein recovered from poultry processing wastewater
  30. Effects of temperature and pH on the production of exopolysaccharide by Bifidobacterium longum
  31. Physiological and Intracellular pH Response of Cells Subjected to Environmental Changes
  32. Associating Copolymer Gels As Drug Delivery Systems
  33. Optimization of foreign G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) expression in the yeast S. cerevisiae

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