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2009 Proceedings

Planet xMAP USA 2009 
May 4-6
Hyatt Regency Austin Hotel
Austin, Texas





   
   
  

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Day 1 - Monday, May 4

Keynote Address - Mark B. McClellan, M.P.A., M.D., Ph.D. (1.5 CEU hour)
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies and Director of the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform at the Brookings Institution
“The Future of Health Care: Leading Change to Deliver Value"
Texas Ballroom

BeadforLIfe - Charity Organization of Planet xMAP USA
Barb Heverly
Texas Ballroom
Introduction to xMAP Technology -
ORANGE Track
Advanced/End-users -
GREEN Track
xMAP Technology Tutorial - The Fundamental Basics
of Multiplexing
(1 CEU hour)

Heidi Polasek, Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom

Interactive Session:  How to Build a Homebrew Assay (0.5 CEU hour)
Michaela Hoffmeyer, Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom

The xMAP Technology Platform - Applications and Menu (0.5 CEU hour)
Sherry Dunbar, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom

Interactive Session:  Multiplexing Tips and Tricks
(0.5 CEU hour)
Laxmi Chokhani, Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom

Interactive Session:  How to Build a Homebrew Assay (0.5 CEU hour)
Sherry Dunbar, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom


Day 2 - Tuesday, May 5

Keynote Address - Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. (1.5 CEU hour)
Former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the
National Institutes of Health
“The Future of Genomics and Personalized Medicine”
Texas Ballroom

Life Science Research End-user
Presentations - RED Track
Diagnostics Interactive Sessions -
BLUE Track
Introduction of Morning Chairperson - Thomas
Joos, Ph.D., NMI Natural and Medical Sciences
Institute at the University of Tuebingen

Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  The xMAP Technology
Menu -Current Diagnostic Assays

(0.5 CEU hour)
Richard Janeczko, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Michael Moreau, Rutgers
(0.5 CEU hour)

Genotyping Polymorphic MicroRNA Target Sites in Individuals with Schizophrenia
Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  Molecular Infectious
Disease Testing in the Clinical Lab
(1 CEU hour)

James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D., Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Ballroom 2-3

German Pihan, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (0.5 CEU hour)
Enabling Targeted Therapy in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Comprehensive profiling of gain of function mutations in protein tyrosine kinases using a simple highly multiplexed liquid microarray assay
Texas Ballroom 1

Interactive Session:  Diagnostic Immunoassays (1 CEU hour)
-Gary Brice, Ph.D., LCDR US Navy, Naval Medical Research
-Susan Richardson, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Kerry Oliver, Ph.D., Radix BioSolutions
(0.5 CEU hour)
Stretching the Frontier of xMAP Technology
Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  Regulatory Considerations for Implementing Multiplexed Assays in the Diagnostics Lab (1 CEU hour)
-Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
-Moderator - Nancy Krunic, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Introduction of Afternoon Chairperson - John Connolly, Ph.D., Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
Texas Ballroom 1

Interactive Session:  Cystic Fibrosis Screening and GALT Confirmation in Newborns (0.5 CEU hour)
-Lora Bean, Ph.D., Emory
-Moderator - Keld Sorensen, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3

Yoram Vodovotz, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (0.5 CEU hour)
Translational Systems Biology of Inflammation:  Studies using Luminex xMAP Technology
Texas Ballroom 1

Interactive Session:  Molecular Genetics
(1 CEU hour)
-Tad Holtegaard, CLSp(MB), Mayo Clinic
-Peter N. Ray, Ph.D., FCCMG, FACMG, The Hospital for Sick Children
Texas Ballroom 2-3

Ebenezer Satyaraj, Ph.D., Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, St. Louis, MO
(0.5 CEU hour)
Cytokines in Nutrition Research
Texas Ballroom 1
Belen Carrillo-Rivas, Ph.D., Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals (0.5 CEU hour)
Inflammatory mediators in the lung orchestrate murine allergic responses in the OVA pulmonary inflammation model
Texas Ballroom 1
Ali Vahedi, Aviir (0.5 CEU hour)
Stop Guessing! Discover if Something Went Wrong with Any Well 
Texas Ballroom 1

Day 3 - Wednesday, May 6

Keynote Address - Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ph.D. (1.5 CEU hour)
Professor of Pathology, Director Molecular Diagnostics Lab Division of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University
"Navigating the Future of Diagnostic Multiplexing"
Texas Ballroom

Diagnostics End-user Presentations -
BLUE Track
Life Science Research Interactive
Sessions - RED Track
Introduction of Morning Chairperson -
James Mahony, Ph.D., St. Joseph's Healthcare,
McMaster University

Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  The xMAP Technology Menu - 
Life Science Research Assays (0.5 CEU hour)
-Mark Marles, Luminex Corporation
-Sean Higgins, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Anna Lokshin, Ph.D., University Of Pittsburgh
Medical Center, Hillman Cancer Center
(0.5 CEU hour)
Luminex Technology for Screening Potential
Cancer Biomarkers in Bodily Fluids
Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  Gene Expression/SNP
Genotyping (1 CEU hour)
-Bernard Mathey-Prevot, Ph.D., Duke University
Medical Center
-Matt Grow, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation 
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Kizee Etienne, CDC (0.5 CEU hour)
Luminex Detection for Medically Significant Fungi
Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  FLEXMAP 3D -
The Next Dimension in Multiplexing (1 CEU hour)

-Richard Counts, Luminex Corporation
-Tina Rakos, Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Jane Johnson, CDC (0.5 CEU hour)
Luminex:  A Unique Platform for the Removal of
Species Constraints to Direct Detection of Antibodies
Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  Research Immunoassays
(0.5 CEU hour)

-Luis Giavedoni, Ph.D., Southwest National
Primate Research Center
-John Connolly, Ph.D., Baylor Institute for
Immunology Research
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Introduction of Afternoon Chairperson -
Imran Khan, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Texas Ballroom 1
Interactive Session:  Automation (0.5 CEU hour)
Paul Rhyne, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Texas Ballroom 2-3
Tad Holtegaard, Mayo Clinic (0.5 CEU hour)
Increased Detection of Cystic Fibrosis Carriers
in Hispanics and African Americans using the
xTAG CF70 Assay
Texas Ballroom 1

Interactive Session:  Emerging Applications -
Biodefense and AgBio
(1 CEU hour)
-Rick Vierling, Ph.D., Indiana Crop Improvement Association
-John M. Dzenitis, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, University of California
-Moderator - Kodumudi Venkat Venkateswaran, Ph.D.,
Radix BioSolutions
Texas Ballroom 2-3

James Mahony, Ph.D., St. Joseph's Healthcare.
McMaster University
(0.5 CEU hour)

xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel
Texas Ballroom 1
Pejman Naraghi-Arani, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
(0.5 CEU hour)
Detection of High Priority Pathogens
Texas Ballroom 1
John McQuiston, Ph.D., CDC (0.5 CEU hour)
Molecular Serotyping of Salmonella
Texas Ballroom 1

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