ITP2012

ITP2012.okstate.edu Baltimore, MD, 
September 30 to October 3, 2012 
Chair: Prof. Ziad El Rassi

ITP 2012 is a completely new edition of the ITP meeting series with a wide spectrum of lectures covering many brilliant research ideas and various disciplines. The program draws world renowned speakers who discuss novel approaches in liquid phase separations, detection and sample preparation using LC, micro and nano-LC, capillary and chip-based electroseparation techniques (e.g., CZE, CIEF, CITP, MEKC, MEEKC, CEC), as well as stationary phases and coatings, nanotechnology, microfluidics, LC-MS, CE-MS, CEC-MS, and Dielectrophoresis.

This week, we are proud to feature a series of lectures on various omics, biomarker discovery, disease diagnosis and biomedical applications. DO NOT MISS the ITP event, and be a part of its rich scientific program by submitting abstracts for poster and oral presentations. Your presence at the meeting will not only inspire you with new research ideas but will also provide you with an excellent visibility to your research program among prominent scientists and colleagues from all over the world.


Featured lectures on various omics, biomarker discovery, disease diagnosis and biomedical applications

• Yoshinobu Baba, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. "Nanofluidics based single biomolecule and single cell analysis for cancer diagnosis and stem cell therapy"  
• Coral Barbas, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain. "Multiplatform metabolomic strategy to study Leishmania resistance mechanisms"  
• Jonas Bergquist, Uppsala University, Uppsala,  Sweden.  "Neurochemical patterns in CNS disorders - A molecular diagnostic tool" 
• Shu-Hui Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. "Gold nanoparticle-based immuno probes for targeting proteomics"  
• Alejandro Cifuentes, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. "Effect of dietary polyphenols on K562 leukemia cells: A foodomics approach"  
• Rafael Davalos, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.  "Isolation of cancer stem cells (CSCs) based on their dielectrophoretic signature" 
• Norman Dovichi, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA . "Capillary zone electrophoresis coupled with an electrokinetically-pumped electrospray interface for applications in proteomics"  
• Ying-Sing Fung, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. "Microfluidic chip-capillary electrophoresis devices for metabolomics applications"  
• Norberto A. Guzman, Princeton Biochemicals Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA. "Profiling of comprehensive proteomics in inflammatory diseases by immunoaffinity capillary electrophoresis"  
• Samir Hanash, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research  Center, Seattle, WA, USA. "The wide world of proteomic  technologies for biomarker discovery"  
• Milton Hearn, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. "Application of biomimetic molecularly imprinted polymer thin films in the electro- and liquid phase-separation of biomolecules" 
• Michael J. Heller, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. "Dielectrophoretic/electrophoretic device for in-situ sample preparation and PCR detection of disease biomarkers"  
• Jun Hirabayashi, National Institute of  Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Research Center for Medical  Glycoscience, Tsukuba-Ibaraki, Japan.  "Development of lectin affinity separation technologies and their  applications to bioscience/bioindustry"  
• Cornelius Ivory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. "Concentration of low-abundance proteins from serum using microchip isotachophoresis"  
• Kyung-Jin Jang and Kahp-Yang Suh, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA; Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. "Biomimetic approaches for organ on chips: neuron and kidney chip for tissue engineering and drug screening"  
• Barry Karger, Northeastern University, Barnett  Institute, Boston, MA, USA. "The critical role of the front end to the mass spectrometer for protein and proteome analysis"
• Joseph R Lakowicz, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.  "Plasmon-controlled fluorescence: Applications to the biosciences" 
• Herbert Lindner, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. "CESI-MS, a promising tool for the analysis of peptides and their post-translationally modified forms in proteomic studies"  
• Craig E. Lunte, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. "Monitoring oxidative stress using capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical and fluorescence detection"  
• Michal J. Markuszewski, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland. "Metabolite profiling in urine of cancer patients by LC-TOF-MS and LC-MS/MS" 
• Yehia Mechref, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. "Assessing the glycomic changes of breast cancer tissues by LC-MS"  
• Terry Phillips, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.  "A recycling immunoaffinity microfluidic device for assessing immune function in infants using dried blood spots"  
• Pier Giorgio Righetti, Milan Polytechnic of  Chemistry, Milano, Italy. "The silk-road, Marco Polo, the Bible and its  proteome: a detective story"  
• David C. Schwartz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. "Genomic claustrophobia via nanoconfinement systems"
• Govert W. Somsen, Utrecht University,  Utrecht, Netherlands. "Enhanced coverage of the anionic urine metabolome by CE-TOF-MS" 
• Miroslava Stastna, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.  "Analysis of secretome and plasma using reversed phase liquid chromatography in mass spectrometry-based pipeline for enhanced biomarker development"  
• Marina Tavares, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo,  Brazil. "Urinary evaluation of amino acids and  peptides of children affected by vesicoureteral reflux" 
• Ann Van Schepdael, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. "Capillary electrophoresis coupled to ESI mass spectrometry for the study of matrix metalloproteinase"
• Timothy Veenstra, SAIC Frederick, Inc., Frederick, MD, USA. "Effect of phytoestrogen genistein on human breast cancer cells" 
• Dajana Vuckovic, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "In vivo solid-phase microextraction: new tool in metabolomics"

See the Full Preliminary List of Confirmed Speakers

 Interest to be a part of the premier conference in the broad field of electro- and liquid phase-separation techniques continues to grow. As a result, the program is being expanded to include additional parallel sessions that will accommodate 130+ oral presentations. A number of openings is still available, and abstract submission for oral presentation is welcomed until the program is filled. Posters will be prominently featured in an environment that will welcome deeper discussions with colleagues from around the globe. If you have not done so, we encourage you to share your research by contributing a poster to the meeting. Poster abstracts will be accepted through September 7.

Visit: http://itp2012.okstate.edu/