Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference 2017 Poster Presenters
Michael J. Pesavento; Pranathi V.N. Vemuri; Caroline Miller; Jenny Folkesson; Megan Klimen; and Navid Farahani: High-Volume Computational Histopathology: 3D Reconstruction of Vascular Networks in Whole Organs
A.C. Camargo Cancer Center
Virgilio Souza e Silva; Bianca Flores; Alexcia Camila Braun; Ana Claudia Machado Urvanegia; Vanessa da Silva Alves; Samuel Aguiar Junior; Marcello Fanelli; Ludmilla Thome Domingos Chinen; and Emne Ali Abdallah: Circulating Tumor Cells Analysis in Locally and Advanced Colon Cancer: A Pilot Study
Alexcia C. Braun; Marcelo P. Corassa; Vanessa S. Alves; Emne Ali Abdallah; Ulisses R. Nicolau; Celso A.L. Mello; and Ludmilla Thome Domingos Chinen: CTCs and CTM: New Prognostic Factors in Sarcoma
Biao Xi; Fabio Cerignoli; Yama Abassi; and Brandon Lamarche: Immunotherapy Potency Analysis Using Cellular Impedance
Jillian Quiett and Holly Carpenter: Precision Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: The Role of Genetic Testing in
Clinical Practice
Kamfai Chan; Scott Weaver; Charlotte Gaydos; and Season Wong: A Portable Molecular Diagnostics Platform for Infectious Diseases
Hristina Dineva; Andreas Hanne; Lisa Heinrich; Patricia Grzechnik; Wanda Laugell-Wunsch; Peter Scheinert; Susanne Quabius; and Guido Krupp: High Quality Synthetic mRNA Supports Scientific and Clinical Progress
R. Munshi; D. Unks; M. Omori; E. Valdez; and Malavika Ghosh: A Highly Reproducible In Vivo Model for Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis in Mice to Evaluate Drugs for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
E. Stillman; R. Munshi; J. Hu; L. Mendoza; and Malavika Ghosh: In Vivo Models and In Vitro Assays for Human RSV Infection: Pre-Clinical Antibody, Small Molecule and Vaccine Development
Laura Johnson; Marc Bessette; Aaron Berlin; Josh Haimes; Katelyn Trifilo; Namitha Manoj; Helen Wang; Russell Ryan; Mohammad Hussaini; Brian Kudlow; and Laura M. Griffin: Characterization of Hematologic Malignancies with Anchored Multiplex PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing
Jens Eberlein; Thomas Harrison; Jennifer Sims; Ian McKittrick; Megan Wemmer; Laura M. Griffin; Brady P. Culver; Laura Johnson; and Brian A. Kudlow: Characterization of B- and T-Cell Immune Repertoires Using Anchored Multiplex PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing
Jerome E. Lee; Namitha Manoj; Josh D. Haimes; Skyler J. Mishkin; Paula G. Roberts; Eric M. Davis; Ian McKittrick; Sandra Elmore; Laura M. Griffin; Ryan D. Walters; Brian A. Kudlow; Margaret L. Gulley; Brady P. Culver; and Josh Stahl: Anchored Multiplex PCR Enables Sensitive and Specific Detection of Variants in Circulating Tumor DNA by Next-Generation Sequencing
Rafael Iriya; Manni Mo; Shaopeng Wang; Shelley E. Haydel; Thomas E. Grys; Nongjian Tao; and Karan Syal: Antibiotic Susceptibility Tests via Imaging and Tracking of Single Uropathogenic E. coli Cell's Nano-Motion's in Urine Sample
Hidenori Takagi; Hiroshi Ito; Yuichi Sakamori; Mitsuharu Hirai; Young Hak Kim; and Masahiro Kozuka: Genetic Testing by a Novel High-Purity Concentration System for Circulating Tumor Cells Independent of Epithelial Marker
L. Dawson; J. Stevens; M. Cowan; N. Stillie; L. Sherry; and Anna Falkovsky: Content and Spatial Distribution Analysis of PD-L1 Positive Tumor Cells and CD8 Positive T-Cells within Multiplex IHC Stained NSCLC Tumor Tissue
Andrew Hemmert; François Paillier; Laurent Mesta; Jesse Montgomery; Eric Lo; Neil Draper; Ali Laayoun; and Phanélie Perche-Letuvée: By-Passing Background DNA Contamination in Molecular Diagnostics for Sepsis
California Institute of Technology
Nathan Schoepp; Matthew Curtis; and Travis Schlappi: 30 Minute Phenotypic Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Directly from Clinical Samples
Cambridge Consultants Ltd.
Dan Cowen; James Clegg; Rob Marchington; Nick Rollings; John Hainsworth; Mike Hazell; and Juan Roman: Micro Electro Fluidic Systems for Digital Manipulation in Liquid Biopsy
Cell Signaling Technology
Sarah Klein; Jennifer Ziello; and Herbert Haack: Highly Multiplexed IHC Assays to Examine Immune Checkpoints and Biomarkers for Immunotherapy
Donato Tedesco; Mikhail Makhanov; Sylvain Baron; Dmitry Suchkov; Costa Frangou; Alex Chenchik; and Paul Diehl: CRISPR/Cas9 Genome-Wide gRNA Library for Target Identification
Center for Research and Advanced Studies
America Padilla; Jaime Ortega-Lopez; Rossana Arroyo; and Laura Itzel Quintas-Granados: A Novel Immunoenzymatic Method for Accurate Diagnosis of Trichomoniasis
Nutchanart Sae liang; Amornpun Sereemaspun; Jariyanart Gaywee; Wuttikon Rodkvamtook; Nattachai Srisawat; Supaporn Wacharapluesadee; Thiravat Hemachudha; and Kanitha Patarakul: Development of Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus, Murine Typhus, and Leptospirosis
Deborah Riley: Target Identification and Prioritization: A Synergistic Approach Using Advanced Analytics and Prior Disease-Related Knowledge
Matthew Wampole: Hypothesizing Co-Immunotherapy Targets for Tumor Infiltrating Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells
Lars Flöer; Christian Sauer; Patrick Gunther; Kevin Bassler; Pawel Biernat; Claus J. Scholz; Thomas Ulas; Christina Kratsch; Joachim L. Schultze; and Kathrin Heikamp: FAST Genomics - A Big Data Platform for Fast Analysis of Single Cell Transcriptomics
Daniel Adams; R. Katherine Alpaugh; Thai Ho; Steven H. Lin; Jeffrey R. Marks; Raymond Bergan; Stuart S. Martin; Saranya Chumsri; Massimo Cristofanilli; and Cha-Mei Tang: Clinical Significance of Circulating Cancer Associated Macrophage-Like Cells in Patients with Solid Tumors
Daniel Adams; R. Katherine Alpaugh; Steven H. Lin; Jeffrey R. Marks; Raymond Bergan; Stuart S. Martin; Saranya Chumsri; Massimo Cristofanilli; Steingrimur Stefansson; and Cha-Mei Tang: Identifying, Subtyping and Classifying Tumor Associated Circulating Endothelial Cells in Solid Tumors
Phil Leighton: HuMab Chickens: Human Antibodies from Transgenic Chickens
CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Susan M. Mitchell; Horace R. Drew; Thu Ho; Glenn S. Brown; Neil F.W. Saunders; Konsta R. Duesing; Michael J. Buckley; Rob Dunne; Iain Beeston; Keith N. Rand; Aidan McEvoy; Melissa L. Thomas; Rohan T. Baker; David A. Wattchow; Graeme P. Young; Trevor J. Lockett; Susanne K. Pedersen; Lawrence C. LaPointe; Peter L. Molloy; and Jason Ross: Colvera, a ctDNA DNA Methylation Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer: Development and Future Directions
Myoung Shin Kim; Yun Gyu Jeong; Hye Seon Lee; Ji-Hyun Uh; Cham Han Lee; Sun Young Rha; and Young Hun Kim: Assessment of HER-2 Status by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) in Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) Isolated from Metastatic Gastric Cancer Patients
Myoung Shin Kim; Cham Han Lee; Jeong Mi Moon; Hye Seon Lee; Mi So Choi; Ji-hyun Uh; Yun Gyu Jeong; Byung Hee Jeon; U-Syn Ha; and Young Hun Kim: Detection of Androgen Receptor in Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) from Prostate Cancer Patients
JuHyun Kim; Yun-Hee Kim; Jin Sook Jeong; In-Hoo Kim; and Seong-Wook Lee: Group I Intron-Based RNA Reprogramming for Cancer Theranostics
Victor Matvienko; Sonja Althammer; Tze Heng Tan; Günter Schmidt; Ralf Huss; and Arno Schäpe: Interactive Big Data Analytics for Tissue Phenomics Studies in Immune-Oncology
Elena Peletskya; Ke Zhan; Qing Sun; Larry Pastor; Tim Tran; Ping Wu; Aiguo Zhang; Kamilla Koprowska; Walter Bodmer; and Michael J. Powell: A Highly Sensitive New Generation of Oncology Molecular Diagnostic Tests
Matthew Keyser; Timothy Durfee; Daniel Nash; Jennifer Stieren; Erik Edlund; Schuyler Baldwin; Thomas Schwei; Frederick Blattner; and Thomas Lynch: DNASTAR Software for Accurate Variant Detection and Interpretation Using a Variant Annotation Database
Yong Xu; Fuquan Zhang; Chris Cheadle; and Hongbao Cao: Comprehensive Literature Data-Mining Analysis Reveals a Broad-Based Genetic Landscape Functionally Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Future Diagnostics Solutions BV
Giuseppe Spoto; Roberto Corradini; Jakub Dostalek; Andreas Weinhaeusel; Jiri Homola; Patrizio Giacomini; Jurriaan Huskens; Ulrich Jonas; Roberto Gambari; Jussi Hiltunen; Pierpaolo Greco; Markku Känsäkoski; Chiraz Frydman; Elena Turco; and Ernst Lindhout: Ultrasensitive Plasmonic Devices for Early Cancer Diagnosis (ULTRAPLACAD)
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group
Khaled Hettini; Alekhya Pochiraju; Maria Tverskoy; Jeffrey J. Wallin; Wenfeng Xu; and Vinita Gupta: Utility of Teff Signature Assays in Plasma to Measure Pharmacodynamic Changes in Phase 1 Study of Atezolizumab and Cobimetinib in Melanoma
HongYong Kang; Junho Ko; TaeJeong Oh; and Sungwhan An: A Novel Allele-Specific Amplification Assay: Allele Specific Reactive Primer (ASRP)-Based Real-Time PCR Method for Quantitative Detection of Mutant BRAF and KRAS Allele
Jonathan Melnick; Michael Rowe; Robert Gerwien; Jessica Pfeilsticker; Matthew Greving; Bart Legutki; Kathryn Sykes; Theodore Tarasow; and Glen Ferguson: The ImmunoSignature as a Tool for Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis, Therapeutic Response Prediction, Monoclonal Antibody Characterization and Biomarker Discovery
Hitachi Chemical Co. America, Ltd.
Tatsuya Matsunaga; Seita Christopher Nakamura; Nancy Vi; and Anthony H. Tsai: Development of Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) Isolation and Characterization
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thomas Chi-Chuen Au; Charles Ming-Lok Chan; Hin-Fung Tsang; Sze-Chuen Cesar Wong; and Vivian Weiwen Xue: Effect of Centrifugal Force in Plasma Messenger RNA Quantification Using Targeted Sequencing
Vanessa Fusco Duarte de Castro; Rubia Anita Ferraz Santana; João Renato Rebello Pinho; Roberta Sitnik; and Murilo Castro Cervato: VirusTools: A Genotyping Tool for Hepatitis B Virus
Dibson D. Gondim: Game-Based Self-Assessment Tool for Learning Immunohistochemical Patterns
Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taiwan
Chung-Li Ho; Han-Chih Chang; Chih-Hsien Chang; and Wei-Chuan Hsu: Theranostic Effects of PEGylated Anti-EGFR Immunoliposomes Combined with Doxorubicin and Rhenium-188 Show Benefits for Precision and Personalized Treatment in NCI-H292 Tumor Bearing Mice
Tuba Gunel; Mohammad Kazem Hosseini; Taylan Senol; Samet Topuz; Kiliç Aydinli; and Ece Gumusoglu: Molecular Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer by Circulating miRNAs
Seiki Wakui and Masaru Ueno: The Ultracentrifugation Reagent for High Recovery Ratio of Exosome from Cell Culture Supernatant and the Storage Reagents of Exosome at 4 Degree Celsius
Yong Zeng; Andrew Godwin; and Mei He: Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy for Ovarian Cancer Enabled by ExoSearch Chip
Meaghan Russell; Joerg Heyer; Jiang Jingrui; Angeliki Pantazi; Rebecca Sun; Pablo Cingolani; Stephen Lyle; Alexei Protopopov; Raju Kucherlapati; and Cheryl Eifert: Comprehensive Genomic Profiling to Merge Precision Medicine with Immunotherapy
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Seungwon Jung; Won Jin Kim; Jungmin Kim; Bongkyun Kim; Sang Kyung Kim; and Junsun Kim: Novel and Multifunctional Method for Infectious Disease Diagnostics by Using Primer-Immobilized Hydrogel Particle
Kyungpook National University
Sooji Kim; In-San Kim; Hoyong Park; Moon-Chang Baek; and Pyong-Gon Moon: Identification of Del-1 on Circulating EVs as a Liquid Biopsy for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Breast Cancer
Madhuri Gadekar: iCore - Comprehensive Solution for Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Trials
Yunfeng Zhao and Annapoorna Sreedhar: UCP2 and Skin Carcinogenesis: A New Potential Target
Gabrielle Bertier: Whole-Exome Sequencing in the Clinic: Where Are We in Quebec and France?
Chao Lu; Tenzin Gayden; Leonie G. Mikael; Denise Bechet; Christina Karamboulas; Laurie Ailles; Jason Karamchandani; Ilan Weinreb; David Goldstein; Peter W. Lewis; Octavia Maria Dancu; Sandeep Dhaliwal; William Stecho; Christopher J. Howlett; Joe S. Mymryk; John W. Barrett; Anthony C. Nichols; C. David Allis; Jacek Majewski; Nada Jabado; and Simon Papillon-Cavanagh: Impaired H3K36 Methylation Defines a Subset of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Ouriel Faktor; Tamar Peretz; Dan Keret; Dana Cohen; Eran Israeli; and Susan Belzer: Translation of a Plasma RNA Molecular Profile for Colorectal Tumors to the Clinical Laboratory
Tony Rockweiler; Ian McFadden; Dipankar Manna; Keith A. Oberg; and Mark Dobbs: Simple Integrated Nucleic Acid Extraction with LAMP Detection for Point of Care Diagnostics
Ivan Rueda; Ian McFadden; Markus Zeller; Victor Shum; Suzy Kwon; Keith A. Oberg; and Mark Dobbs: Polymer Monolith Fractionation of Whole Blood and Applications in Simple Point of Care Diagnostic Tests
Francois Topin; Joseph She; Siele Ceuppens; Bart Ivens; Kim Stevens; and Wouter Laroy: Dynamic Multi-Analyte Technology (DMAT™): Biomarker Analysis Brought to the Next Level
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Yared H. Kidane: Discovering Shared Molecular Signatures of Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Using Integrative Analysis of Published Gene Expression Datasets
National Applied Research Laboratories, Taiwan
Tzu-Ying Chen; Wu-Chou Su; and I-Fang Cheng: Antibody-Free Isolation and Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells from Diluted Human Blood
National Cheng Kung University
Hsin-Yi Wu; Yih-Gang Goan; Ying-Hua Chang; Yi-Fang Yang; Hsiao-Jen Chang; Pin-Nan Cheng; Chih-Chieh Wu; Victor G. Zgoda; Yu-Ju Chen; and Pao-Chi Liao: Qualification and Verification of Serological Biomarker Candidates for Lung Adenocarcinoma by Targeted Mass Spectrometry
Chia-Jung Li; Ming-Derg Lai; and TzuYang Weng: Skin Delivery of Clec4a shRNA Elicited an Effective Antitumor Response by Enhancing CD8+ Immunity
National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC)
65 Tawin Iempridee: Demystifying the Role of Long Non-Coding RNA H19 in Cervical Cancer
National Taiwan University
Chia-Hsiung Liu and Tzuu-Shuh Jou: Early Measurement of IL-10 Predicts the Outcomes of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Zhiqing Zhang; Jianfu Wang; and Shuo Chen: Rapid and Sensitive Multiplexing Approach with Novodiax ihcDirect™ Technology
Peter Cheng; Weiwei Gu; Marc Tolentin; Helen Zhou; and Aihua Fu: Comprehensive Circulating Marker Assay Technology for Precision Medicine
Jaehyun Kang; Hyunsun Kim; Seung Kyo Park; Sung Kee Kim; and Sunam Kim: Sensitive Detection of Low-Abundance BRAF Mutations by PNA Clamping-Assisted Fluorescence Melting Curve Analysis
Sunghye Lee; Hyunsun Kim; Seung Kyo Park; Sung Kee Kim; and Donghee Shin: PNA Mediated Real-Time PCR Clamping Assay to Detect TERT Mutations with GC Rich Sequence
Alex Poliakov and Zachary W. Pitluk: A Population Precision Medicine Variant Database
PreAnalytiX GmbH, a Qiagen/BD Company
Thorsten Voss; Stephan Busche; Wera Hofmann; Daniel Grölz; and Andrea Ullius: Integrated Workflow for Blood Collection, ccfDNA Stabilization and Extraction for Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing
Jared R. Kohler; Tobi Guennel; and Scott Marshall: Leveraging a Series of Studies to Optimize Success in CDx Development
Jared R. Kohler; Tobi Guennel; and Scott Marshall: A Harmonized Approach to Biomarker Data Management - Innovative Informatics to Improve Efficiency, Quality and Delivery of Specialty Lab Data in Support of Clinical Trials
Michael Jacobson and David Parker: Issues Affecting Market Access, Adoption, and Impact of a Companion/Complementary Diagnostic Test in the Community Care Setting
Lynn Kisselbach; Kanjinga Tambwe; Kelly Huang; and Deborah Phippard: Precision in the Detection of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs)
Jun Wang; Michael Beck; Jamison Grailer; Jim Hartnett; Frank Fan; Zhi-jie Jey Cheng; and Mei Cong: Hitting the Gas: Quantitative Cell-Based Bioassays to Advance Immunotherapy Programs Targeting Co-Stimulatory Immune Checkpoint Receptors
Jamison Grailer; Julia Gilden; Pete Stecha; Denise Garvin; Jim Hartnett; Frank Fan; Mei Cong; Zhi-jie Jey Cheng; and Steven Edenson: Releasing the Brakes: Quantitative Cell-Based Bioassays to Advance Individual or Combination Immune Checkpoint Immunotherapy
Martin Buchkovich; Chad Brown; Kimberly Robasky; and Victor J. Weigman: HLAProfiler: A Novel, Allele Sequence Signature Approach Enabling HLA-Typing for Biomarker Identification in Gene Expression Data
Jian-Ming Xu; Yan Wang; You-Liang Wang; Yan Wang; Tao Liu; Ming Ni; Man-Sheng Li; Li Lin; Fei-Jiao Ge; Chun Gong; Jun-Yan Gu; Ru Jia; He-Fei Wang; Yu-Ling Chen; Rong-Rui Liu; Chuan-Hua Zhao; Zhao-Li Tan; Yang Jin; Yun-Ping Zhu; Zhi-Rong Qian; Shuji Ogino; and Yan Wang: PIK3CA Mutations Contribute to Acquired Cetuximab Resistance in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients
Yuan Shuqiang; He Mingming; Zhao Qi; Sheng Hui; Zhang Chao; Lu Yunxin; Wang Yan; Zhang Dongsheng; Li Yuhong; Wang Fenghua; Chen Yingbo; Zhou Zhiwei; Wang Feng; Xu Ruihua; and Yan Wang: Detection and Prognostic Significance of Cell Free Tumor DNA (ctDNA) in Advanced Gastric Cancer
Adam Turner; Asuka Nakano; Adam Dengler; Richard Chasen Spero; Jay K. Fisher; and Katelyn Kremer: 10x Faster Microarray Assays with Microscale Mixer
David Yu Zhang and Juexiao Sherry Wang: Rare Sequence Variant Analysis with Low-Depth Sequencing
Sherry X. Chen; Yalei Wu; Abhijit A. Patel; David Yu Zhang; and Ruojia Wu: Simple and Multiplexed Enrichment of Rare DNA Variants via Sequence-Selective and Temperature-Robust Amplification
M. Gonzalez-Hernandez; K. Charizani; J. Ning; E. Jan; M. Carroll; E. Kamberov; K. Hecker; and Amanda McNulty: Production of an Unbiased, Highly Reproducible Small RNA Library for NGS Using a Novel Circularization Technology
Emmanuel Kamberov; Matthew Carroll; Dmitry Goryunov; Konstantinos Charizanis; Fang Sun; Maria Dinkelmann; Edward Jan; Kamran Shazand; Shawn Quinn; John Langmore; and Anthony Popkie: NGS Libraries from Cell-Free DNA Containing Molecular Tags Prepared with ThruPLEX® Technology Improve Ability to Detect Rare Alleles
San Jose State University
Ragwa Elsayed: The Use of Regional Water Quality as the Core Factor for Dialysis Center Design and Distribution: Feasibility Study Within Ismailia
Seoul National University
Mi-Gyeong Kim; Yuna Shon; Gayong Shim; Jinyoung Kim; and Yu-Kyoung Oh: Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Marker-Responsive Activation of Anticancer Drug Delivery
SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc.
Ram Santhanam; Catherine Huang; Rajeswari Vemula; Russell Garlick; Bharathi Anekella; and Han Joo Lee: Development of Whole Process, Highly Multiplexed, Sequencing Controls for HIV-1 Drug Resistance Assays
Matthew Ryder; Catherine Huang; Yves Konigshofer; Lequan Nguyen; Rajeswari Vemula; Deepika Philkana; Ekta Jaiswal; Praveena Kamenini; Bharathi Anekella; and Dale Yuzuki: Digital PCR-Characterized, Highly Multiplexed, Oncology RNA Fusion Reference Materials: Performance on Multiple NGS Platforms
Sheila E. Norton; Carissa R. Moore; and Landon N. Olp: The Cell-Free DNA BCT is Compatible with Bisulfite Conversion and Methylation-Specific qPCR in the Epi proColon Assay
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
Ankur Gupta; Kanury Rao; Samrat Chatterjee; and Rajat Anand: Genome Scale Metabolic Models to Rewire Virulent Infected Macrophages to Avirulent Infected Macrophages
TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc.
Sabrina Shore; Jordana Henderson; Anton McCaffrey; Richard Hogrefe; and Gerald Zon: Improved MicroRNA Library Preparation Workflow for Next-Generation Sequencing Allows Ultra-Low Inputs and Eliminates Gel Purification
John Schmieg and Evans Roberts: CD99 as a Surrogate Marker for Myeloblast in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Lindsey N. Williams; Jesse J. Salk; Michael W. Schmitt; Rosa Ana Risques; Lawrence A. Loeb; and Jake G. Hoekstra: Ultrasensitive Detection of Rare Mutations by Duplex Sequencing
University Hospital of Santiago
Thais Pereira-Veiga; Laura Muinelo-Romay; Carmen Abuin; Tomas Garcia-Caballero; Rafael Lopez-Lopez; and Clotilde Costa: CTCs-Derived Xenografts Development in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Mohammad Mousa; Frederic Zenhausern; and Jianing Yang: Development of an Integrated Microfluidic System for Rapid, Sensitive HPV Detection in Plasma Samples from Head and Neck Tumor Patients: A Pilot Study
University of California, Berkeley
Connie Yu; Lydia Sohn; and Thomas Carey: Resistive-Pulse Sensing Tumor-Derived Extracellular-Vesicle Detection Device for Resource-Limited Settings
Ivo M. Raimundo, Jr. and Paula Fortes: Detecting Diseases in Exhaled Breath via Biomarker Panels Based on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Amenda Fernando; Narmada Fernando; Swarna Hapuaarachchi; and Shiroma Handunnetti: Immunomodulatory Effect of Munronia pinnata on Natural Killer Cells
Kasey Couts; Judson Bemis; Jamie Sheren; Stacey Bagby; Carol Amato; Jennifer Hintzsche; Allison Applegate; Keith Wells; John Tentler; Aik-Choon Tan; Matt Rioth; Joshua Wisell; Marileila Varella-Garcia; William Robinson; and Jacqueline Turner: Recurrent Kinase Gene Fusions Are Potential Therapeutic Targets in Pan-Negative Melanomas
University of Illinois at Chicago
Joel L. Schwartz; Yalu Zhou; Jessica L. Tang; Michael Markiewicz; Gina D. Jefferson; Joel Epstein; Antonia Kolokythas; and Guy R. Adami: Noninvasive Yet Precise Methods to Measure MicroRNA Markers for Oral Cancer
David Cairns; Alison Smith; Michelle Hutchinson; Judy Wright; Nicola Calder; Catherine Sturgeon; Ashley Garner; Elizabeth Mitchell; Rebecca Kift; Peter Hall; and Michael Messenger: A Framework for the Quality Assessment of Measurement Procedures (QAMPS) Using In Vitro Diagnostics
University of Maryland, College Park
Sergio A. Hassan; Mary Brady; Ram D. Sriram; Harish C. Pant; and Antonio Cardone: Computational Modeling and Simulations for Binding Prediction of Protein-Peptide Associations with Alzheimer's Diseases Therapeutics Application
Shramik Sengupta; Sachi Puttaswamy; and Steve O’Connor: Rapid Blood Culture System for Early Detection of Blood Stream Infections
University of Occupational and Environmental Health
Taiji Kuwata; Yasuhiro Chikaishi; Fumihiro Tanaka; and Kazue Yoneda: Capture of Tumor Cells in Blood with "Universal CTC-Chip"
Rui Yamaguchi; Seiya Imoto; Satoru Miyano; and Kotoe Katayama: Procedure for Quality and Combination Check of Sequence Data Across Multiple Samples
Western Sydney University
James Toh; Puneet Singh; Stephanie Lim; Joseph Descallar; Weng Ng; Wei Chua; Paul de Souza; Les Bokey; Scott MacKenzie; and Kevin Spring: Peri-Operative Release of Circulating Tumour Cells During Curative Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Saeam Shin; In Sik Hwang; Seung-Tae Lee; and Jong Rak Choi: Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Gene Clonality Analysis in B Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Next Generation Sequencing
YuJin Park; Jieun Kim; JohnHoon Rim; Jong Rak Choi; Kyung-A Lee; Seung-Tae Lee; and Insik Hwang: Application of Next Generation Sequencing-Based Panel for Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases Gives a High Diagnostic Yield
In Sik Hwang; Saeam Shin; Seung-Tae Lee; Jong Rak Choi; and Jieun Kim: Utility of a SNP-Based Next Generation Sequencing Method in Detecting Low-Level Mixed Chimerism After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Hye-young Wang; Yeun Kim; Hyeeun Bang; Sungwoo Ahn; Sunyoung Park; Kwangmin Yu; Suji Lee; Dasom Hwang; Yunhee Chang; Hyeyoung Lee; and Seoyong Kim: Evaluation of Quantamatrix Multiplexed Assay Platform for Detection of Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Jieun Kim; Kyung-A Lee; Jong Rak Choi; and Seung-Tae Lee: Next Generation Sequencing of 35 Cancer Predisposition Genes in Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer Patients Reveal a Wide Genetic Heterogeneity
Jong Rak Choi; John Hoon Rim; Jinu Han; Insik Hwang; Jieun Kim; Seung-Tae Lee; Kyung-A Lee; and Eun Sun Lee: Diagnostic Application of Targeted Next Generation Sequencing in Inherited Retinal Dystrophies
John Hoon Rim; Jieun Kim; Seung-Tae Lee; Kyung-A Lee; Jong Rak Choi; and Yu Jin Park: Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of a Targeted NGS Panel in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Taye Jemberu; Geehyuk Kim; Sunyoung Park; Sungwoo Ahn; Dasom Hwang; Suji Lee; Hye-young Wang; Kwang Hwa Park; Hyeyoung Lee; and Kwangmin Yu: Slides with High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion Are Useful for Investigating Cervical Cancer
Satoru Adachi; Kunihito Arai; and Mark Nevitt: A Comparison of Cyclo Olefin Polymer to Glass and Other Plastics for the Construction of Molecular Diagnostic Consumable Devices
Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference 2017
Symposia Poster Presenters
S1: New Frontiers in CRISPR-Based Gene Editing
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Kosuke Yusa; Gavin J. Wright; and Zheng-Shan Chong: A Human Cell-Surface CRISPR Activation Library for Screening Extracellular Receptor-Ligand Interactions
S2: Circulating Cell-Free DNA
Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
Sarah Østrup Jensen; Jesper Bertram Bramsen; Claus Lindbjerg Andersen; and Mai-Britt Worm Orntoft: Comprehensive Analysis of 13 Different Methods for Bisulfite Conversion of Circulating Cell-Free DNA
CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Glen S. Brown; Susan M. Mitchell; Konsta R. Duesing; Thu Ho; Peter L. Molloy; and Jason Ross: HDCR, a Sensitive and Specific Technology to Detect Methylated Circulating Cell-Free DNA
Korea University College of Medicine
Won Jin Chang; Jae Sook Sung; Jong Won Lee; Boyeon Kim; Saet Byeol Lee; Chang Won Park; Hae Mi Kim; Nak-Jung Kwon; Jung Yoon Choi; Yoon Ji Choi; Kyung Hwa Park; Eun Joo Kang; Sung Yong Lee; and Yeul Hong Kim: De Novo Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene T790M Mutation in Cell Free DNA in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients and Clinical Characteristics
National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute
Gennady Margolin; Nader Jameel; Brendan Miller; Daphne W. Bell; Laura Elnitski; and Hanna M.
Petrykowska: Challenges and Progress Towards the Development of ZNF154 as a Pan-Cancer Biomarker
S3: Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Raquel Vinhas; Claudia Correia; Patricia Ribeiro; Alexandra Lourenço; Aida Botelho de Sousa; Alexandra R. Fernandes; and Pedro V. Baptista: Monitoring Aberrant CML Transcripts in Minimal Residual Disease via Gold Nanoprobe Tool
S4: Biomarkers for Cancer Immunotherapy
Karel Novy; Jan Muntel; Florian Marty; Roland Bruderer; Lukas Reiter; and Chris Balagtas: High Content Protein Quantification of Liver Tumor Biopsies by Hyper Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometry
Alex Chenchik: Driver-Map Genome-Wide Expression Profiling for Biomarker Discovery
S5: NGS Diagnostics: Knowledge Bases, Annotation and Interpretation
Steffen Falgreen; Anders Ellern Bilgrau; Rasmus Froberg Brøndum; Lasse Hjort Jakobsen; Jonas Have; Kasper Lindblad Nielsen; Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly; Julie Støve Bødker; Alexander Schmitz; Ken H. Young; Hans Erik Johnsen; Karen Dybkaer; and Martin Bogsted: hemaclass.aau.dk: Online One-By-One Microarray Normalization and Classification of Hematological Cancers for Precision Medicine
Jenny Balfer; Patrick Gunther; Kevin Bassler; Pawel Biernat; Claus J. Scholz; Thomas Ulas; Christina Kratsch; Joachim L. Schultze; and Kathrin Heikamp: Interactive Analysis of Single Cell Transcriptomic Data Using FAST Genomics
S6: Microbiome-Based Precision Medicine
Laetitia Cortes: Metaproteomic Analysis of the Infant Fecal Microbiome
Peter Cheng; Marc Tolentin; Helen Zhou; and Aihua Fu: Enabling cfDNA Diagnostics with Magnetic Automation
Brian Piening; Kevin Contrepois; Hannes Rost; Christine Yeh; Gucci Urban; Tejas Mishra; Colleen Craig; Blake M. Hanson; Eddy Bautista; Shana Leopold; Daniel Spakowicz; Kim Kukurba; Jessica Wheeler; Erica Sodergren; George Weinstock; Tracey McLaughlin; Michael Snyder; and Wenyu Zhou: Integrative Personal Omics Profiles During Periods of Weight Gain and Loss
S7: Commercialization of Molecular Diagnostics
Jillian Quiett; Galina Syssoeva; James Canner; and Holly Carpenter: The Role of Genetic Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics in Women's Health
Xin Cheng; Nga Nguyen; Mi Shi; Andrew Hilmer; Jinling Li; Ruby Yanru Chen-Tsai; Ling-Jie Kong; and Qi Zheng: Engineering of Isogenic Cell Lines and Molecular Reference Standards Using CRISPR/Cas9
Luiz Gustavo Guedes Corrêa; Marianna Sciortino; Marieke Hoefsmit; Dave Smart; Jordan Clark; Peter Keeling; Ryan Keeling; and Peter M. Krein: PD-L1 Testing as a Model for the Impact of Biomarker Adoption on Drug Launch Success
W.T. Kang; N.S. Muslim; O. Faye; and Cheikh Fall: GenoAmp® Trioplex Real-Time RT-PCR Zika/Den/Chiku for Simultaneous Detection of Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses
Medical Innovation Ventures Sdn. Bhd (Mediven)
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