Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference 2016 Poster Presenters
I. Stoner; M. Tackett; G. Doran; C. Rafferty; A. Windemuth; J. Tytell; D. Pregibon; and Elnaz Atabakhsh: High-Throughput, Purification-Free, Multiplexed Profiling of Circulating miRNA for Discovery, Validation, and Diagnostics
BK. Ko; YH. Lee; IS. Hwang; KT Kim; M. Uhlen; and Jong-Seo Lee: Biosynergy Therapeutic Antibody AC101 to Gastric and Breast Cancer
Chiung Wen Kuo and Peilin Chen: Conducting Polymer-Based Bioelectronics for Capture and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells
Garret Guenther; Biao Xi; Jenny Zhu; Leyna Zhao; Chris Radecke; Yama Abassi; and Fabio Cerignoli: Dynamic Evaluation of Cytotoxic Response and Reagent Efficacy in Cancer Immunotherapy Protocols Through Impedance Analysis
Yama Abassi and Brandon Lamarche*: Using Impedance-Based Approaches for Measuring Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity and Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC)
Ayan Chanda; Elizabeth N. Kornaga; Emeka Enwere; Don Morris; Shirin Bonni; and Angela Chan: A Semi-Quantitative Immunohistochemistry Assay Using Reference Standards for Biomarker Discovery and Clinical Diagnosis
Vincent Law; Emeka Enwere; Don Morris; and Michelle Dean: Development of Assay Controls for PD-L1 Testing by Immunohistochemistry
Nadezda Kovalevskaya; Fiona Nielsen; and Amanda McMurray: Limitations and Problems of Genomic Data Sharing: Enabling Data Discovery and Accessibility
Jessica Pan; Xinjian Lin; and Yong Jiang: PSCAN™ System for Personalized Medicine Application
Lisa Heinrich; Patricia Grzechnik; Susanne Quabius; Andreas Hanne; Peter Scheinert; and Guido Krupp: Synthetic mRNAs as Optimised Tools for Tumor Vaccination, for Stem Cell Generation and for Manipulating Cellular Phenotypes
Søren M. Echwald: MeltPlex - A Robust, High-Multiplex, Homogeneous System to Provide 20+ Readouts per PCR Reaction
Seul Lee; Jai-Hee Moon; Soo-A Jung; Jae-Sik Shin; Seung-Woo Hong; Jeong Hee Kim; Seung-Mi Kim; Dae-Hee Lee; Eun Young Lee; Maureen Hattersley; Dong-Hoon Jin; Tae Won Kim; and Ih-Yeon Hwang: A Novel Small-Molecule IAP Antagonist, AZD5582, Draws Mcl-1 Down-Regulation for Induction of Apoptosis Through Targeting of cIAP1 and XIAP in Human Pancreatic Cancer
Jai-Hee Moon; Ih Yeon Hwang; Seul Lee; Dae-Hee Lee; Seung-Woo Hong; Jae-Sik Shin; Yu Jin Shin; Jeong Hee Kim; Eun-Yeung Gong; Seung-Mi Kim; Eun Young Lee; Dong-Hoon Jin; TaeWon Kim; and Soo-A Jung: L-Ascorbic Acid Can Abrogate X Gene-Dependent Cetuximab Resistance Mediated by Mutant KRAS in Human Colon Cancer Cells
Asterand UK Acquisition Ltd.
Graham Place; Samantha Ho; Kathryn Bagot; Caroline Freathy; Keith Page; John Feder; Jian Chen; Wen-Pin Yang; Bo Guan; Min Zhou; Amanda Woodrooffe; and Anna Falkovsky: Development and Validation of the Human isletOrganDOT™ 3D Culture System for Evaluation of Insulin Secretagogues
Keith Page; Jessica Petty; Mozam Ali; Sam Ho; Amanda Woodrooffe; and Anna Falkovsky: Development
of a Novel Approach for Immunohistochemical Assay Validation
Rebecca Houliston; Sarah-Jane Green; Keith Page; Amanda Woodrooffe; and Anna Falkovsky: Development of Novel Histochemical Binding Assays: Unique Challenges for Unique Molecules
Leisa Jackson; Scott Thurston; Kristina Koch; Amanda Weaver; Nicholas Dupuis; Westen Hahn; Trudi Foreman; Dianna Maar; Dawne Shelton; Gary A. Pestano; and Hestia Mellert*: Profiling Blood from NSCLC Patients for Clinically Actionable Gene Variants Using GeneStrat™
Cambridge Consultants Ltd.
Robert Jones; Oliver Howard; Robert Rudolf; Alan Sanders; Douglas O'Rourke; Josh Gibson; Jon Lind; Robert F. Marchington; and Juan F. Roman: Fourier Transform Spectrometer for Multichannel High Throughput Fluorophore Spectral Imaging Applied to Microfluidic Droplet Digital PCR (dPCR)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Susan Mitchell; Konsta Duesing; Glen Brown; Thu Ho; Peter L. Molloy; and Jason Ross*: End-Specific PCR (ES-PCR) and Helper-Dependent Chain Reaction (HDCR) for Sensitive and Specific Detection of Cancer-Derived DNA
Min Seong Kim; Sean Agbor-Enoh; Hannah Valantine; Iwijn De Vlaminck; and Philip Burnham: Next Generation Sequencing of Ultrashort, Cell-Free DNA for the Detection of Graft Rejection and Infection
M. Kursad Araz; Samuel Q. Tia; and Akwasi A. Apori*: Electronic Lateral Flow Test Platform for Rapid, Quantitative and Multiplexed Testing at the Point-of-Care
Diane K. Adams; Steingrimur Stefansson; Christian Haudenschild; Stuart S. Martin; Monica Charpentier; Saranya Chumsri; Massimo Cristofanilli; Cha-Mei Tang; R. Katherine Alpaugh; and Daniel L. Adams: Mitosis in Circulating Tumor Cells and Its Prognostic Significance in Late Stage Breast Cancer
R. Katherine Alpaugh; Steven H. Lin; Massimo Cristofanilli; Stuart S. Martin; Saranya Chumsri; Cha-Mei Tang; Steingrimur Stefansson; and Daniel L. Adams: Multi-Analyte Subtyping of Circulating Cancer Derived Cells for Screening Immunotherapeutic Targets
R. Katherine Alpaugh; Massimo Cristofanilli; Stuart S. Martin; Saranya Chumsri; Raymond C. Bergan; Susan Tsai; Martin Edelman; Peixuan Zhu; Shuhong Li; Olga V. Makarova; Platte Amstutz; Cha-Mei Tang; Jeffrey R. Marks; and Daniel L. Adams: Cancer Associated Macrophage-Like Cells in the Early Detection of Solid Tumors from Numerous Malignancies
Ji-hyun Uh; Eunjoo Hwang; Hye Seon Lee; Cham Han Lee; Yun Gyu Jeong; Byung Hee Jeon; U-Syn Ha; and Myoung Shin Kim: In Vitro Culture and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma
Jae Hyuk Lee; Young Woong Sohn; Yoon Kim; So Jung Choi; Dong Hyoung Lee; Jong Kil Lee; Sung Han Rhim; Byung Hee Jeon; and Sung Man Yoon: Spiked-In Tests of Cancer Cell Lines for the Platform Development of Circulating Tumor Cells Enumeration
N. Humphyres; V. Dillard; R. Doyle; B. Cross; J. Moore; E. Rhodes; and Leigh Brody: Making the Cut: Software for Designing a Revolution in Genome Editing
Larry Pastor; Aiguo Zhang; Mona Shahbazian; Elena Peletskaya; Kelsey Hansen; Melanie Raymundo; Rabia Naeem; Maidar Jamba; Tony Marquez; Wendy Su; Ervin Herrera; Qing Sun; Sungsoon Park; George Wu; Claudia Li; and Michael J. Powell: Rapid Detection of Somatic Mutations in Cancer Genes
Sarah K. Bowman; Theodore B. Davis; Daniel C. Kraushaar; Kruti M. Patel; Salvatore Russello; Noa Henig; Cynthia L. Hendrickson; and Amy Emerman: Application of DIRECT Target Enrichment to Next-Generation Sequencing of Challenging Clinical Samples
Jessica Alexander; Ryan Drennan; Andrew Miller; Jessica Xu; Ann Meyer; and Liying Yan: Development of Quantitative and High Throughput Targeted Next-Gen Bisulfite Sequencing Panels
Thorarinn Blondal; Anne I. Rasmussen; Jörg Krummheuer; Michael Borre; Jacob Fredsøe; Christa Haldrup; Ditte Andreasen; Maria W. Teilum; Niels Tolstrup; Torben Falck Ørntoft; Karina Dalsgaard Sørensen; and Peter Mouritzen*: A Three-MicroRNA Signature in Urinary Exosomes for Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
Fraunhofer Institute of Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI)
Sabina Christ-Breulmann; Sven-Holger Puppel; Tilo Buschmann; Kristin Reiche; Michael Specht; Catharina Bertram; Maik Friedrich; Stefanie Binder; Jörg Hackermüller; Markus Kreuz; Markus Löffler; Marieta I. Toma; Michael Muders; Gustavo B. Baretton; Michael Fröhner; Susanne Füssel; Manfred Wirth; Friedemann Horn; and Conny Blumert: A Transcriptome-Wide Expression Study by Next-Generation Sequencing at the RIBOLUTION Biomarker Center Reveals Transcript Clusters with Prognostic Potential for Prostate Cancer
Sven-Holger Puppel; Tilo Buschmann; Kristin Reiche; Michael Specht; Catharina Bertram; Maik Friedrich; Stefanie Binder; Conny Blumert; Jörg Hackermüller; Markus Kreuz; Markus Löffler; Marieta I. Toma; Michael Muders; Gustavo B. Baretton; Michael Fröhner; Susanne Füssel; Manfred Wirth; Friedemann Horn; and Sabina Christ-Breulmann: Identification of Long Non-Protein Coding RNAs as Biomarker Candidates for Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer by the RIBOLUTION Consortium
Dara Missan; Matthew Shabilla; Delyn Martinez; Stephen E. Fry; and Jeremy E. Ellis: Validation Metrics of a Protozoal/Fungal and Bacterial/Archaeal NGS Clinical Diagnostics Platform
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Claudia Loetsch; Daniela Zinkl; Jenny Jackson; Peter Schofield; Elissa K. Deenick; Cecile King; Tri Giang Phan; Kylie E. Webster; Jonathan Sprent; Daniel Christ; and Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi: Potent Antitumor Activity of IL-2-Fc Fusion Proteins Through FcyR-Dependent Depletion of Regulatory T-Cells
Ramya Bhatia; Elena Boland; Mélanie Moreau; Itziar Serrano; Kate Cuschieri; and Guoliang Fu: Multiplex Sensitive Type-Specific Detection and Quantitation of 14 High-Risk HPV Strains in a Single Closed-Tube Reaction
Sara Temelso; George Sakellariou; Ricarda Gaentzsch; and Guoliang Fu: Detection of Ultra-Rare Cancer Gene Mutation Using Circulating Cell-Free Tumour DNA in Blood
GenoMed, Instituto de Medicina Molecular
A. M. Coutinho; J. Tavares; P. Aguiar; M. Carmo-Fonseca; and Catarina Silveira: Genetic Testing of Idiopathic Metabolic Disorders by Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing
M. Hou; F. Patell-Socha; C. Barker; P. Morrill; K. Schmitt; and Andrea D'Ambroggio: Development of Renewable RNA Reference Standards for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) Diagnostics
Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research
Joseph Po; David Lynch; Anna DeFazio; Michelle Harrison; Paul R. Harnett; Paul de Souza; and Therese Becker: Isolation of EMT CTCs: Advances and Pitfalls
Stephanie Lim; Ben Harris; Puneet Singh; Weng Ng; Wei Chua; Mark Cowley; Paul de Souza; and Kevin Spring: Expression Profiling of Circulating miRNA During Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Rengasamy Boominathan; Chandra Rao; Karl Nielsen; Denis Smirnov; and Mark Connelly: Preservation of Circulating Tumor Cell RNA, Morphology, and Immunoreactivity Using a New Whole Blood Compatible Preservative
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Jiyoon Bu; Yoon-Tae Kang; Young Jun Kim; and Young-Ho Cho: Negative Selection of Heterogeneous Circulating Tumor Cells Using Dual-Patterned Immunofiltration(DIF) Device
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
GunHwan Ko; Byungwook Lee; Ryan W. Kim; and Gayoung Han: A Dynamic Cloud-Based Analysis Service for Processing and Annotating Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) Sequences
GunHwan Ko; JongCheol Yoon; Byungwook Lee; Ryan W. Kim; and Yunji Hong: Hadoop-Based NGS Analyzer for Predicting Genomic Structure Variations
Insoo Jang and Byunguk Lee: Construction of MicroRNA Web Server
Eunkyung Suh; Sangwoon Choi; Keun-Sang Yum; Jung Dong Hyuk; Seongho Han; and Kyong-Chol Kim: Change of Body Weight and Metabolic Parameters After Personalized Diet Counseling According to Genotype of Obesity Related Genes
Ravi Gupta; Kiran V. Paul; Vedam Ramprasad; Arati Gupta; Amitabha Chaudhuri; and Debbie Consiglio: OncoPept: A Point Solution in Cancer Immunotherapy to Harness the Power of the Immune System to Fight Cancer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Will Liao; Saida Dadi; Ahmed Toure; Ming Li; and Chong Luo: Graded Foxo1 Activity in Regulatory T Cells Differentiates Tumor Immunity from Autoimmunity
Lihan Zhou; Ruiyang Zou; Heng-Phon Too; and MD Tani Tabiin: Serum miRNA Biomarkers for Detection of Lung Cancer in Chinese Population
Ruiyang Zou; Heng-Phon Too; and Lihan Zhou: Discovering Circulating MicroRNA Biomarkers Using a Highly Controlled qPCR Workflow
Lihan Zhou; Heng-Phon Too; Feng Zhu; Wei-Peng Yong; Khay-Guan Yeoh; Jimmy So; and Ruiyang Zou: A Serum MicroRNA Biomarker Panel for Detection of Gastric Cancer
Maurizio Pellegrino; Adam Sciambi; Jamie L. Yates; Joshua D. Mast; Charles Silver; and Dennis J. Eastburn: Droplet-Based Microfluidics for Single-Cell Analysis
Ivan Rueda; Yu-Chang Chen; Keith A. Oberg; and Mark Dobbs: A Novel Biocompatible Monolithic Polymer for Use in Molecular Assays
Pankaj Sethi; Ivan Rueda; Keith A. Oberg; Zach Husk; and Mark Dobbs: Hereditary Cancer Screening Using Targeted Next Generation Sequencing on DNA Extracted from Human Buccal Cells
National Chung Kung University
H. Sunny Sun and Chun-Wei Chien: Molecular Profile of the Common Deafness Genes GJB2 in Taiwanese Newborn Population
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Kate M. Im; Sevilay Turan; Lee E. Moore; James C. Costello; Michael Dean; Dan Theodorescu; and Michael L. Nickerson: Clinical Biomarkers Discovered in the Germline and Somatic Genomes of Bladder Tumors
National University Hospital
Chun Kiat Lee; Julian Wei-Tze Tang; Tze Ping Loh; Evelyn Siew-Chuan Koay; and Hong Kai Lee: Pairwise Comparison of Contamination-Controlled High-Throughput and Sanger Sequencing of the Influenza A/H3N2 Genome
National University of Ireland, Galway
Eva Szegezdi; Aoife Lowery; Michael Kerin; Abhay Pandit; Dimitrios Zeugolis; and Naledi Shologu: Decellularised Extracellular Matrix as a Platform for Cancer Modelling
National Yang-Ming University
Tai-Shan Cheng; Kuan-Ting Lin; Yu-Wen Liu; and Chi-Ying Huang: Using Gene Expression Signatures to Investigate Drug Combination in Lung Cancer Cells
Lin Pham; Doug Amorese; and Bin Li: Targeted Depletion of Host Reads in Host-Pathogen Mixed RNA-Seq Libraries
Bin Li; Lin Pham; Doug Amorese; Joe Don Heath; and Maureen Peterson: A Novel rRNA Depletion Method to Enable Whole Transcriptome Analysis of Single Cells with RNA-Seq
Andrew R. Stiff; William E. Carson; Philip R. O. Payne; and Kelly Regan*: Gene Expression Models of BRAF Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma Predict Drug Repurposing Candidates for Novel Combination Therapies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ryan Wilson; Grant M. Fujimoto; Gary R. Kiebel; Richard D. Smith; Nick Cramer; Samuel H. Payne; and Joon-Yong Lee: Reproducible Collaboration for Big Data
Alex Poliakov; Ming Zhang; Marilyn Matz; and Zachary W. Pitluk: Leveraging TCGA Data with the Computational Array Native Database Onco-SciDB
Robert Watson; Roger Hewson; and Laura C. Bonney: A Rapid Isothermal Amplification Method for Diagnosis of CCHF Virus Infections
Steve K. Kotsopoulos; Frances Long; Rachel Rowell; Holly Gettler; Jeff Olson; and Michael L. Samuels: Quantitative Detection and Monitoring of Myeloid Cancers and HIV-Infections Using Picodroplet Single Molecule PCR-Based Targeted NGS and Digital PCR/RT-PCR
Revox Sterilization Solutions
Mason Schwartz: Comparing Sterilization Methods
Meagan Chan; Sothy Yi; Chi Young; Roy Frances; Stacey Siu; Sylvia Braselmann; Darren McMurtrie; Ryan Kelley; Thilo Heckrodt; Rose Yen; Yan Chen; Hui Li; Rajinder Singh; Gary Park; Donald G. Payan; Esteban Masuda; Vadim Markovtsov; Vanessa Taylor; and Chrystelle Lamagna: Characterization of a Small Molecule IRAK4 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Inflammatory Disorders and Hematologic Malignancies
Soomin Ahn; Mineui Hong; Michael Van Vrancken; Jeeyun Lee; and Kyoung-Mee Kim: A nCounter CNV Assay to Detect HER2 Amplification: A Correlation Study with Immunohistochemistry and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization in a Cohort of 220 Advanced Gastric Cancer Tissues
SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc.
Bharathi Anekella; Lorn Davis; Yves Konigshofer; Catherine Huang; Alice Ku; Steve Haralampu; Seraseq AF20 AF10 Interlab Study Group; and Russell Garlick*: Preliminary Results from an Interlab Study Testing Biosynthetics as Next-Generation Sequencing Reference Materials
Seven Bridges Genomics, Inc.
Brandi Davis-Dusenbery; Deniz Kural; and Zeynep Onder: Petabyte-Scale Cancer Genomics in the Cloud
Serena Chacko; Molly Bollig; Spencer Klugherz; Emily Stein; Danielle Wenemoser; and Morgan Donaldson: First-in-Class Tools for the Selective Isolation of Cancer-Related Circulating Biomarkers from Blood
Sarah Placella; Serena Chacko; Spencer Klugherz; Danielle Wenemoser; and Emily Stein: Novel Approach for Microbiome Characterization from Complex Biological Samples
Sonya Youngju Park and Jinyoung Yoo: EGFR Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Correlation with F-18 FDG PET/CT
Seung-min Park; Dawson Wong; Vish S. Nair; Sanjiv S. Gambhir; Shan X. Wang; and Chin Chun Ooi: Comprehensive Single Circulating Tumor Cell Analysis
Birgit Höding; Hans Joos; Sonja Farhangi; Andrea Ockhardt; and Christian Jurinke: Novel Method for Preparation of Liquid Biopsy Samples: Fully Automated Extraction of Circulating Cell-Free DNA, Quantification and Bisulfite Conversion
Suyan Liu; Yan Dong; Wenbin Zhang; Jinlong Yu; Zhen Cai; Lei Zheng; and Shiyang Wu: A Pilot Study of Expression and Clinical Significance of Stem Cell-Like Markers CD133 or CD24 in Different Subpopulations of Gastric Cancer Circulating Tumor Cells
Vanessa Kelchner; Brian Gerwe; Alex Lopez; Mike Benway; Julie Laliberte; Sukhinder Sandhu; Cassie Schumacher; Laurie Kurihara; Vladimir Makarov; Timothy Harkins; and Kathryn Cunningham: Extraction of Cell-Free DNA and Subsequent Preparation of NGS Libraries in a High-Throughput, Cost-Effective Manner
Cassie Schumacher; Julie Laliberte; Sukhinder Sandhu; Jonathan Irish; Tim Harkins; Vladimir Makarov; and Laurie Kurihara: Methods to Detect Cancer Burden in Liquid Biopsies
Symbient Product Development
Espir Kahatt and Luke Helm: Novel Microfluidic Normally Closed Valve, Normally Open Valve, Pumps and Reservoirs Using New Over Molded Elastomers
Symbiosis International University
Neeti Sharma; Anand P. Khandwekar; and Meghna Baruah: Effect of Flavonoid Quercetin on Reversal of TGF-Beta-Induced Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Prostate Cancer (PC-3) Cell Line
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Michael Melkus; Kameswara R. Kottapalli; Weidong Zhang; Adebayo J. Molehin; Afzal A. Siddiqui; and Juan Rojo: Systems Biology Approach to Predict Immunogenicity of Sm-p80 Vaccination in Baboons
Frauke Henjes; Ketil W. Pedersen; Kirsten Lycke; Bente Kierulf; Anette Kullmann; Morten Oksvold; Axl Neurauter; and Hannah Lindström: Sample Preparation for Liquid Biopsies Using Dynabeads™
Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science
Chris D. Willis and Brett E. Pickett: Oral Microbiome: Potential Mechanisms and Drug Targets for Differential Host Response During Infection with Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria
Matthew E. Wampole and Chris D. Willis: Molecular Profiles of Tumor Infiltrating T-Lymphocytes in Breast Cancer Patients
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
Xin Ye; Yun Sun; Kenneth Thress; Hedley Carr; Zheng Wang; Xiaolin Zhang; Yi Gu; Min Hu; and Nina Prokoph: Detection of Osimertinib Resistant Mutations with Droplet Digital PCR
Hélène Cayron; Sylvain Sanson; Bernard Malavaud; Aline Cerf; and Alejandro Kayum Jimenez Zenteno: 3D Microdevice for the In Vivo Trapping of Individual or Clustered Cancer-Associated Circulating Cells
Advaita Ganguly; Biwen Xu; Ayato Takada; Hoon H. Sunwoo; and Bharti Singh: Heterosandwich Immunoassay for the Detection of Ebola Viral Antigen VP40
University of British Columbia
Lonna Munro; Cheryl Pfeifer; Brett Eyford; Lilian Nohara; Hitesh Arora; Franz Fenninger; Wilfred Jefferies; and Shawna Stanwood: Cancer Therapy in the Form of Immunomodulatory Monoclonal Antibodies
Jessica Withell; Brayden Kooistra; Robert Shepherd; Kristina Rinker; and Kenneth Fuh: Fluid Flow Stimulation Upregulates Expression of S100 Genes During Breast Cancer Initiation and Progression
University of California, Berkeley
Song Li and Fang Huang: Dynamic Imaging of Repetitive DNA in Live Human Cells
University of California, San Francisco
John Witte; Li Zhang; Richard Jordan; Sarah Arron; and Sue Yom: Microbiome of Saliva in Radiotherapy Treated Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Katarzyna Licznerska; Agnieszka Felczykowska; Grzegorz Węgrzyn; Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk; and Sylwia Bloch: Stress-Induced Changes in Expression of Selected Genes Carried in Lyme Disease Spirochete's Plasmids and the Possible Benefits of This for Molecular Diagnostics
Sylwia Bloch; Aleksandra Januszkiewicz; Alicja Węgrzyn; Grzegorz Węgrzyn; and Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk: A Novel PCR-Based Procedure for DNA Detection of Pathogenic Microorganisms
Faisal Nazir; Junko Johansson; Kristoffer Hellstrand; Anna Martner; and Ebru Aydin: Histamine Decarboxylase Lowers Tumor Burden in Pulmonary Metastatic Melanoma Through ROS Mediated Pathway
Robert Newcomb and Nil Gurel: An Implantable MEMS Flow Sensor and One-Way Valve Design for Epilepsy Patients
Rishindra M. Reddy; Lili Zhao; Shamileh Fouladdel; Svetlana Grabauskiene; Zhuo Zhang; Nithya Ramnath; Jules Lin; Andrew C. Chang; Philip Carrott; William Lynch; Mark B. Orringer; Ebrahim Azizi; Max S. Wicha; Nallasivam Palanisamy; David G. Beer; Sunitha Nagrath; and Vasudha Murlidhar: Microfluidic Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells from Different Venous Sources in Early Lung Cancer
Benjamin VanderSluis; Elizabeth N. Koch; Michael Costanzo; Michael Knop; Charlie Boone; Chad L. Myers; and Praveen Kumar: Genetic Interactions in Yeast Capture Involvement of Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Ribosomal Biogenesis
Dhananjay Suresh; Anandhi Upendran; Danny Schust; Raghuraman Kannan; and Shreya Ghoshdastidar: High Affinity Nano Magnet for Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis (Ensur)
Shreya Ghoshdastidar; Anandhi Upendran; Raghuraman Kannan; and Dhananjay Suresh: High Affinity Nano Magnet for Separating CTC to Identify Tumor Heterogeneity and EMT Status in NSCLC
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Yawen Ju; Youngbin Tak; Sangyoon Han; Edwin Tan; Jerry W. Shay; Mats Holmqvist; Gaudenz Danuser; Cesar Vazquez; Glenn Bubley; and Anette Claudia Schafer: Identification of Circulating Pluripotent Cancer Stem Cells in the Blood of Prostate Cancer Patients for the Diagnosis of Metastatic Cancer
Guillermo Romano; David J. Rawlings; Hans-Peter Kiem; and Biswajit Paul: Developing More Efficient Protective Therapies Against HIV: Combining MegaTAL Nuclease-Driven Genome Engineering with a Resistance Cassette
Pramila Ariyaratne; Wen Huang; Gerd Michel; Edwige Leclercq; Marie-Hélène Courtier; Cyril Gella; Annelise Bennaceur-Griscelli; Birama Ndiaye; Sébastien Forget; and Atreyee Saha: Sentosa SQ Leukemia Panel: Development of Targeted Next Generation Sequencing IVD Test for Detecting Mutations in Leukemia Patients
Mengchu Wu; Maurice Chan; Arseny Smirnov; David Hong; Charlie Lee; Pramila Ariyaratne; Fabianus Mulawadi; Sarawut Wongphayak; Sameer Phalke; Elaine Chua; Tatiana Ivanova; Wen Huang; Gerd Michel; and Atreyee Saha: Development of Highly Automated Next Generation Sequencing IVD Tests for Solid Tumors
Evelyn Kidess-Sigal; Melanie Triboulet; James Che; George A. Poultsides; Brendan C. Visser; Vishnu C. Ramani; Bertram Wiedenmann; Ulrich Keilholz; Ingeborg Tinhofer; Jeffrey A. Norton; Elodie Sollier-Christen; Stefanie S. Jeffrey; and Haiyan Emily Liu: Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Using Label-Free Microfluidic Technology for Enumeration and Detection of KRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA Mutation
Huyen Tran; Hrair Kirakossian; and Ming Tan: Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Systems for Point-of-Care Diagnostics Product Development
Luke Cassereau; Bruce Adams; Tianna Chow; Susan Bernstein; and James Lim: Characterization of the Effects of Hypoxia and Hydrostatic Pressure on the Culture of Cancer Cell Lines and Primary Tissue
Hye-young Wang; Sunyoung Park; Kiyoon Eom; Hyoungsoon Jang; Sangjung Park; Sunghyun Kim; Hyunju Han; Joo Hyuk Sohn; Seung Il Kim; Hyeyoung Lee; and Sungwoo Ahn: Usefulness of RT-qPCR Targeting Multiple Biomarkers in Cancer Related Cells for Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Using Peripheral Blood
Sunghyun Kim; Joo Hwan Hwang; Jae Hoon Shin; Jin Ee Baek; You Lim Lee; Byung-soon Choi; Hyunjung Kim; Yeun Kim; Hyeyoung Lee; and Sungyong Bong: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen-Specific IL-2R and IP-10 Expression Changes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients with in Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Sunyoung Park; Jungho Kim; Geehyuk Kim; Hye-young Wang; Hyemi Cho; Kwang Hwa Park; Hyeyoung Lee; and Kiyoon Eom: Up-Regulation of miR-9, miR-21, miR-155, and miR-944 and Its Relevance to HPV E6/E7 Expression in Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Cervical Cancer Samples
Sungwoo Ahn; Jungho Kim; Sunyoung Park; Hyunju Han; Seung Il Kim; Hyeyoung Lee; and Hyoung Soon Jang: Over-Expression of Circulating miR-21 and miR-155 in Plasma of Breast Cancer Patients
Seoyoung Kim; Hye-young Wang; Sunghyun Kim; Soon-Deok Park; Eun-Young Choi; Hyo Youl Kim; Hee Kyoung Choi; Young Uh; Hyeyoung Lee; and Jungho Kim: Clinical Evaluation of PCR-Reverse Blot Hybridization Assay for Pathogen Identification Using Whole Blood of Patients with Suspected Sepsis
Jungho Kim; Hyunjung Kim; Hye-young Wang; Yeun Kim; Soon-Deok Park; Eun-Young Choi; Hyo Youl Kim; Hee Kyoung Choi; Young Uh; Hyeyoung Lee; and Seo Yong Kim: Real-Time PCR Assay for Screening and Classification of Microorganism to Provide Adequate Antibiotic Therapeutic Decision
Hye-young Wang; Sunyoung Park; Sunghyun Kim; Dongsup Lee; Yeun Kim; Kwang Hwa Park; Hyeyoung Lee; and Geehyuk Kim: Use of HPV E6/E7 and hTERT mRNA RT-qPCR Assays in Combination for Diagnosing High Grade Cervical Lesions
Hye-young Wang; Geehyuk Kim; Hyemi Cho; Kiyoon Eom; Dongsup Lee; Sunghyun Kim; Kwang Hwa Park; Hyeyoung Lee; and Sunyoung Park: Diagnostic Value of Ki67 mRNA Levels: Quantitative Analysis of Ki67 mRNA in Formalin-Fixed- Paraffin-Embedded Cervical Cancer Tissues
Seoyong Kim; Jungho Kim; Hye-young Wang; Soon Deok Park; Hyo Youl Kim; Hee Kyoung Choi; Eun Young Choi; Young Uh; Hyeyoung Lee; and Kwangmin Yu: Rapid Detection of Microbial Pathogen in Blood Culture Bottles Using Punch-it™ NA-Sample DNA Extraction Kit and Reverse Blot Hybridization Assay
Gargi Mamtora; Chuan Chen; Harry Zuzan; Alan H. Roter; Juan Cuevas; Eric T. Fung; and Radha Duttagupta: Assessment of Maternal Cell Contamination in Affymetrix's CytoScan® Optima Suite Using a Simulated Titration Experiment
Asthagiri Herbal Research Foundation
Narasimhan Srinivasan; Vijayakumar Bommaraj; and Rethavathi Janarthanam: Fabrication of Smart Anti-Integrin Conjugated PEGulated Cationic Protein Nanocarriers for Treatment of HER2 Breast Cancers
Jeffrey Pernica; Andrew Steenhoff; Margaret Mokomane; Kwana Lechiile; Banno Moorad; Marek Smieja; Loeto Mazhani; Mark Loeb; Ketil Stordal; and David Goldfarb: Optimizing Management of Paediatric Diarrhoeal Disease: A Pilot, Factorial, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Rapid Enteric Diagnostics and Probiotics
Bryan Green; Matt Hupert; Steven A. Soper; and Rolf Muller: Detection of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) in Patients with Leukemia Using Microfluidic-Based Analysis
E. Talundzic; K. Qaadri; H. Shearman; and Christian Olsen: Plasmodium falciparum Artemisinin Drug Resistance Workflow
C. Olsen; H. Shearman; R. Moir; M. Kearse; S. Buxton; M. Cheung; J. Kuhn; S. Stones-Havas; C. Duran; and Kashef Qaadri: A User Friendly CRISPR Design Tool
H. Shearman; C. Olsen; C. Duran; S. Stones-Havas; and Kashef Qaadri: An Intuitive 16S rRNA Biodiversity Tool
C. Olsen; K. Qaadri; H. Miller; R. Moir; M. Kearse; S. Buxton; M. Cheung; J. Kuhn; S. Stones-Havas; C. Duran; and Helen Shearman: An Improved Assembly Algorithm for De Novo Circular Genome Reconstruction
Jiri Nehyba; Radmila Hrdlickova; Josh Kinman; Carrie Firmani; April Lewis; Masoud Toloue; and Dawn Obermoeller: A Fast and Reliable Amplicon-Based NGS Strategy for Screening of Germ-Line Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes
Marianna Goldrick and Masoud Toloue: Liquid Biopsy, from Vision to Reality: Complete Solution from cfDNA Extraction to NGS Library Production and Analysis
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Nicholas Ho; Qinxue Meng; Patricio J. Alzamora; Nader Hasan Khalifa; Quang Vinh Nguyen; Simeon Simoff; David Skillicorn; Paul J. Kennedy; and Dan Catchpoole: Visualising Complex Genomics Data in 'Similarity Space' to Guide Effective Treatment Decisions for Childhood Cancer Patients
Smruti Vidwans: Framework for Genomic Biomarker Actionability and Use in Clinical Decision Making
DNA Polymerase Technology, Inc.
Milko B. Kermekchiev; Wayne M. Bannes; and Zhian Zhang: Direct PCR Detection of DNA / RNA Pathogens and Genetic Markers in Crude Clinical Samples by Using Novel Inhibition-Resistant and Bi-Functional Mutants of Taq DNA Polymerase
DSO National Laboratories
BY. Tan; LSH. Gan; PL. Tan; PS. Wasan; CK. Ching; DTT. Chong; KL. Ho; W. Chow; JTL. Choo; DCG. Foo; S. Moochhala; EPH. Yap; M. Uttamchandani; SC. Seow; WS. Teo; and Rita Yu Yin Yong: The Spectrum of SCN5A Gene Mutations in Singapore Brugada Syndrome Patients
Duke-National University of Singapore
Sophie Ran Wang; Iain Beehuat Tan; Yang Sun Chan; Qiangze Hoi; Jack Ling Ow; Cassandra Zhengxuan He; Cindy Ella Ching; Dianne Yu Sin Poh; Hui Maan Seah; Katie Hiu Tung Cheung; Dharuman Perumal; Arun George Devasia; Lu Pan; Shimin Ang; Seow Eng Lee; Rachel Ten; Clarinda Chua; Daniel Shao Weng Tan; James Z. Z. Qu; Yasmin Mariette Bylstra; Lionel Lim; Alexander Lezhava; Pauline C. Ng; Christopher W. Wong; Tony Lim; Patrick Tan; and Simeen Malik: Technical Validation of a Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Detecting Actionable Mutations in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer
Federal University of Paraná
Maria Fatima Grossi-de-Sa; Thomaz Soccol Vanete; Carlos Ricardo Soccol; Peyman Habibi; and Ivo Alberto Borghetti: Medical Molecular Farming: Transgenic Plants as Ideal Platform for Producing Therapeutic Proteins
Fluxion Biosciences, Inc.
Reynolds Brobey; Hubert Tseng; Kevin P. Rosenblatt; Mehdi Dehghani; Tony Tran; Christine Fu; Robert J. Amato; and Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti: High Sensitivity and Specificity NGS Analysis of Prostate and Kidney Cancer Samples Using a Novel Liquid Biopsy Workflow
Ram Narain; Girraj Singh; Ajay Kumar; Siya Ram; and Ravi Kumar Chaudhari: New Approaches for the Development of an Effective Antipersister Therapy to Treat Multidrug Tolerant Pathogens
Vinita Gupta; Jeremy Good; An Song; Jeff Wallin; Wenfeng Xu; and Teresa Davancaze: Analytical Validation of Multiplex Assays on Simple-Plex Ella Platform for the Measurement of Cytokines
Dongjun Jeong; Changjin Kim; Nam Kyu Kim; Hyun Cheol Chung; Tae-Jeong Oh; and Sungwhan An: Accurate Detection of Colorectal Cancer by a New Sensitive SDC2 Methylation Assay (LAT-qMSP meSDC2) in Stool DNA
Genoptix, Inc., a Novartis Company
Jennifer Bordeaux; Krupa Scott; Thai Tran; Beiru Chen; Jessica Paulson; Van Nguyen; Shabnam Tangri; Jelveh Lameh; Naveen Dakappagari; and Ju Young Kim: Novel Automated Quantitative Analysis (AQUA) Algorithms for Reproducible Assessment of PD1-PD-L1 Interaction and Immune Cell Subsets by Multiplex Fluorescence Immunohistochemistry in Cancer Immunotherapy Trials
Maia Butsashvili; Marika Kochlamazashvili; Nona Tadumadze; Olga Chubinishvili; Lela Serebryakova; Karen Mulkijanian; Iuri Migriauli; David Razmadze; and George Kamkamidze: Rapid Identification of the Etiological Factors Causing Diarrheal Diseases
Alexander Piskunov; Maria Aksenova; Maxim Lykov; and Dmitry Poteryaev: Pre-Clinical Development of CXCR4 Antagonist Antibody for Cancer Immunotherapy
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Robert P. Sebra; Brandon Bruhn; Boris Reva; Hardik Shah; Brad Evans; Thomas Silvers; Kimaada Allette; Maya Strahl; Hanane Arib; Alesia Antoine; Nenad Bozinovic; Peter Dottino; John Martignetti; Mark White; Eric Schadt; and Wissam Hamou: Flexible Single Cell Isolation Technologies Combined with High-Throughput Targeted Sequencing Enable Characterization of Intratumor Heterogeneity
Evgeni V. Sokurenko; Veronika Tchesnokova; Hov Avagyan; Mariya Billig; Sujay Chattopadhyay; Diana Chan; Huxley Smart; Elena Rechkina; James Johnson; Kim Riddell; Delia Scholes; and Kaveri Parker: High-Fidelity Clonal Diagnostics Guide Antibiotic Choices for UTIs at the Point-of-Care
Etienne Matous; Nathaniel Liddy; Giovanna Bossi; Jane Harper; Joseph Dukes; Samantha Paston; Tara Mahon; Frayne Bianchi; Peter Molloy; Malkit Sami; Penio Todorov; Emma Baston; Brian Cameron; Andrew Johnson; Namir Hassan; Annelise Vuidepot; Bent Jakobsen; and Rute Sousa: IMCgp100 ImmTAC: A Novel Bi-Specific Agent Targeting Malignant Melonoma
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Seung Won Jung; Jun Sun Kim; and Sang Kyung Kim: A Highly Multiplexed Real-Time PCR for Quantitative Profiling of RNAs from Limited Clinical Specimens
Jung Ok Park; Jeong Won Kang; Jae Hun Jung; and Kyang Pyo Kim: Identification of Proteins Isolated from Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Lung Cancer Pleural Effusions
Bandita Parhy; Sam Park; Li Yu; David E. Tabor; Hoyin Mok; Mark T. Esser; C. Kathy Wang; and Marla Chu: Development and Pilot Study of a Dual-Target RSV Assay to Detect and Subtype Respiratory Syncytial Viruses in Nasal Swab Samples
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dana Tsui: Circulating Tumour DNA for Noninvasive Cancer Genome Profiling
National Tsing Hua University
Hung-Tsu Cheng; Chaang-Ray Chen; and Ian C. Hsu: Applying Gene Expression Profiling for the Classification of Sini Decoction Pattern in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Sean T. Maxwell; Mark R. Chance; and John L. H. Schenkel, Jr.: YourCrosstalker™: A Biological Network Analysis Platform with an Emphasis on Openness
Stacey Markovic; Noah Pestana; Eric Zettergren; Mark Niedre; and Vivian Pera: Optical Detection, Enumeration, and Tracking of Rare Circulating Cells In Vivo
Helen Zhou and Aihua Fu: Circulating Tumor Cell and Cell-Free DNA Capture Using MagVigen™ Nanoparticles
Michael Farrell; Jeffrey Roeder; Julie Baggs; Luke Linz; Mike Freeman; Steven Nesbit; Joan Gordan; and Travis Butts: Complete High-Throughput Pharmacogenomics Workflow: From Sample to Results
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Karolina Czajka; Danielle Pasternack; Lee Timms; Michelle Sam; Thomas Hudson; and Faridah Mbabaali: Assessment of FFPE and LCM RNA Quality Using DV200 Metrics
Pennsylvania State University
James Lata; Liqiang Ren; Tony Jun Huang; and Feng Guo: Assessment of FFPE and LCM RNA Quality Using DV200 Metrics
Saku Ruohonen; Harri Jukarainen; and Jukka Rissanen: Novel Long Term Substance Delivery Method in Preclinical Cancer Studies
Jenni Bernoulli; Johanna Tuomela; Matthias Bozza; Katja M. Fagerlund; Mari I. Suominen; Esa Alhoniemi; Suzanne Dilly; George Morris; Jussi M. Halleen; Richard Harbottle; and Jukka Rissanen: Novel Luciferase-Labeling Technique to Improve Imaging of Orthotopic Pancreatic Cancer Model
Sathit Niramitmahapanya; Pornake Athipan; and Suchada Suphanpayak: Detection of RET Mutation in Thai Families with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2A (MEN2A) by Real Time PCR Technique: Rajavithi Hospital
Shunsuke Nakano; Toshimitsu Ichijo; Manabu Sugiyama; Rie Sakai; Masakazu Akahori; Tatsuro Saito; Makoto Kubo; and Akihiro Tsuyada: A Single Tube Screening of Endocrine Therapy Resistance ESR1 Mutations in ER-Positive Breast Cancer
Hillary Berman; Duylinh Nguyen; Amy Tsuchiyama; Kemin Zhou; Khai Luong; Ashley Hayes; Monica Herrera; Jenny Johnson; and Michael D. George: A Streamlined Library Protocol for Analysis of Full-Length 16S rDNA in Clinical Fecal Samples Using Single Molecule Real Time Sequencing
Duylinh Nguyen; Monica Herrera; Michael D. George; Jenny Johnson; Persis Wadia; Arrezo Moghaddasi; and Ashley Hayes: A Streamlined Library Preparation Workflow for Single Molecule Real Time Sequencing (SMRT) of HIV-1 Amplicons Ranging from 1kb to 8.9kb
M. Gonzalez-Hernandez; A. McNulty; K. Charizanis; E. Jan; M. Carroll; K. Hecker; E. Kamberov; J. Langmore; and Egon Jacopo Ranghini: Comparison of Commercially Available miRNA NGS Library Preparation Technologies
Dominique Wilson; Tim Tesmer; Maureen Carey; Kamran Shazand; Emmanuel Kamberov; Karl Hecker; John Langmore; and Fang Sun: Detection of Rare Alleles in cfDNA Using Libraries Prepared with ThruPLEX® Plasma-seq
Sandia National Laboratories
Aashish Priye; Ron Renzi; Cameron S. Ball; Yooli K. Light; and Robert J. Meagher: Smart Phone-Enabled Diagnostic Platform Detection of Pathogen Nucleic Acids
Stephanie Greene; Angel Rodriguez; Jerry Lee; Tod Klingler; Laura Leitz; Adam Jendrisak; Ryon Graf; Jessica Louw; Shannon Werner; Yipeng Wang; Mark Landers; Ryan Dittamore; Dena Marrinucci; and Mark Landers: Single Cell Genomic Profiling of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) from Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) Identify Tumor Heterogeneity and Rare Somatic Driver Alterations
T. M. Klingler; R. D. Goold; and Antoaneta Vladimirova: Integrative Genomic Analysis of TCGA on the
Cloud Using GenePool™
Joel M. Lechner and Scott E. Whitney: The Philisa Real-Time PCR System: Engineering a Rapid and
Versatile Real-Time Thermal Cycler
Yong Shin; Wen Ying Tang; Swee Yin Lim; Mi Kyoung Park; and Timothy Barkham: Novel POCT
Device Safely Extracts Tuberculosis DNA from Clinical Samples
Marie Bosnes; Lise Aagaard; Hannah Lindstrom; and Frauke Henjes: Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Dynabeads
Patrice Godard; Eugene Myshkin; Lee Lancashire; Richard Harrison; Marina Bessarabova; and Alexander
Ivliev: Bioinformatics Pipeline for Knowledge-Based Drug Repositioning
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bertram G. Lee; Jaszemyn C. Yambao; Todd J. Martinsky; Paul K. Haje; Michael B. Cooley; and Beatriz
Quiñones: A Fast, Sensitive and High Throughput Array-Based Method for Typing Strains of Human
Noroviruses and Hepatitis A Virus Recovered from Clinical and Environmental Samples
Hyeun Joong Yoon; Shamileh Fouladdel; Yang Wang; Molly Kozminsky; Costanza Paoletti; Daniel F.
Hayes; Monika L. Burness; Ebrahim Azizi; Max S. Wicha; Sunitha Nagrath; and Tae Hyun Kim:
Molecular Profiling of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Functional Graphene Oxide Assay
Misha Kovalenko; Ilker Ersoy; Filiz Bunyak; Chi-Ren Shyu; Richard Hammer; and Dmitriy Shin:
PathEdEx - Uncovering Diagnostic Heuristics Using Multi-Dimensional Gaze-Tracking Data and Whole
Slide Imaging
Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference 2016
Symposia Posters Presenters
S1: New Frontiers in Gene Editing
Nga Nguyen; Ruby Yanru Chen-Tsai; LinJie Kong; and Jimmy Tai: An Overview of CRISPR Efficiency in
Blood Derived Immune Cells
Dharmacon, part of GE Healthcare
Alex J. Blasky; Rytis Prekeris; John A. Schiel; Melissa L. Kelley; Anja van Brabant Smith; and Amanda
Haas: DNA-Free CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Engineering in Zebrafish
S2: Circulating Cell-Free DNA
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Susan Mitchell; Konsta Duesing; Glen Brown; Thu Ho; Peter L. Molloy; and Jason Ross*: HDCR, a
Sensitive and Specific Technology to Detect Methylated Circulating Cell-Free DNA
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Natalia Mendelev; Sean Chen; Maria Milekic; Yongchao Ge; Andrew Dwork; Fatemeh Haghighi; and
Zac Chatterton: Bisulfite Sequencing for Peripheral Detection of Brain Atrophy
Korea University Anam Hospital
Jong Won Lee; Nak-Jung Kwon; Won-Chul Lee; Hae Mi Kim; Won Jin Jang; Kyung Hwa Park; and
Yeul Hong Kim: Detection of Multiplex Gene Mutations Using Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot Panel in
Cell Free DNA of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc.
Bjarne Barlett; Julie Brahmer; Nilo Azad; Sarah Bonerigo; Ilene Browner; Amy Ryan; Victor E.
Velculescu; Mark Sausen; Luis A. Diaz, Jr.; and Sonya Parpart-Li*: Optimized Plasma Collection
Procedures for Liquid Biopsy Analyses in Cancer
Jennifer Jackson; David Chappell; Christina Read; Damien Slater; and Michael L. Samuels: Quantification of Circulating Tumor DNA in Multiple Cancer Types Using Picodroplet Technology
SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc.
Russell Garlick; Seth B. Harkins; Yves Konigshofer; Alice Ku; Farol Tomson; and Bharathi Anekella:
Biomimetic Reference Materials for Liquid Biopsies
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dana Tsui: Molecular Profiling: From Tumour to Blood
Timothy Taxter: Incidence and Mechanistic Implication of Scavenger Receptor B-1 in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas Treated with Therapeutic High‐Density Lipoprotein-Like Nanoparticles
S3: Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Stefano Begolo; Said Ehrlich; Jason McDowell; Justin Podczerviensky; and Leanna M. Levine: Integrating Polymer Microfabrication Techniques to Enable Complete Lab-on-a-Chip Functions
Søren M. Echwald: TINA Modified Primers Allow Faster PCR
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Young Jun Kim; Yoon-Tae Kang; and Young-Ho Cho: Efficient Capture and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Handheld Poly(ethylene glycol)-Modified Tapered-Slit Filter(pTSF) Device
Hong Cai; R. Bruce Cary; Mark Nowakowski; Michaela Hoffmeyer; Andrej Grkovich; Geping Cai; Warnie Salcedo; Bee Yang; Conrad Lindberg; Donald Thomas; and Emily S. Winn-Deen: A Rapid, Deployable Point-of-Care Molecular System for Infectious Disease Diagnosis
Kritika Mohan; Crystin Eggers; Alana Olagata; Shae Schlegel; Jeffrey Briggs; Joshua Edgar; Sudipta Majumdar; Andrew Nguyen; Reginald M. Penner; Gregory A. Weiss; and Ming Tan: Putting Viruses to Work for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Jessie Fecteau; Laura Ruff; Neil Senturia; Bradley Messmer; and Dina Uzri*: Lateral Flow Immunoassays for Point-of-Care Dose Monitoring of Antibody Therapeutics
Jared Patterson: AmpliFire®: A Portable, Battery-Powered, Chemistry Agnostic, Isothermal Nucleic Acid Testing Instrument
Washington State University
Yu-Chung Chang; Rongrong Sun; Allison T. Osmanson; Lei Li; and Li-Ju Wang: Affordable Smartphone Optosensing Platform for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
North Carolina A & T State University
Youngmi Koo and Yeoheung Yun: Fluorescence-Based Alkaline Phosphatase Detection Using Self-Powered Paper-Based Point of Care Device
S4: Biomarkers for Cancer Immunotherapy
Merck Research Laboratories
Eric Rimmer; Wolfgang Seghezzi; Gulesi Ayanoglu; and Xiaoyan Du: Immunoassay Development for Soluble Human PD-L1, a Potential Serum Biomarker for Anti-PD-1 Therapy
S7: Commercialization of Molecular Diagnostics
Tae Hyun Kim; Molly Kozminsky; Jiaoyang Li; Shamileh Fouladdel; Hyeun Joong Yoon; Diane
Simeone; Daniel F. Hayes; Meredith A. Morgan; Theodore Lawrence; Kyle Cuneo; Ebrahim Azizi; Max
S. Wicha; Sunitha Nagrath; and Yang Wang: Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells
(CTCs) Using Graphene Oxide Based Microfluidic Device (GO Chip)
Poster Presenters noted with * are Conference Speakers.