Preliminary Program subject to change
BEC102 Biomolecular Probes as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Reagents
OverviewThis session will include the design, development, enhancement, and use of engineered biomolecules including nucleic acid and peptide aptamers, proteins, and small molecules for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Topics appropriate for this session include (but are not limited to) design and engineering of affinity, target/non-target specificity, serum stability/half-life, immunogenicity, multi-functionality, combination reagents, reagent arrays for in vitro diagnostic use (e.g. protein/enzyme/antibody profiling), and in vivo imaging reagents.
Primary SponsorEngineering Functional Biomolecules (BEC1)

Chair

Patrick S. Daugherty
Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Engineering II, Room 3357
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone Number: (805)-893-2610
Email: psd@engr.ucsb.edu

CoChair

Balaji Rao
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University
Box 7905, Engineering Bldg. I
911 Partners Way
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone Number: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Email: bmrao@ncsu.edu
Molecular Design and Cellular Delivery of Oligonucleotides
Charles M. Roth, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Identification of a Pentapeptide That Inhibits HIV Protease Dimerization
Ichiro Matsumura, Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 and Taryn O'Loughlin, Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Engineered High Affinity Integrin Binding Peptides for Tumor Targeting and Molecular Imaging Applications
Aron M. Levin1, Richard H. Kimura2 and Jennifer R. Cochran1, (1)Bioengineering, Stanford University, 318 Campus Dr. West, MC5439, James H. Clark Center, W250, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Radiology, Stanford University, 318 Campus Dr. West, MC5439, James H. Clark Center, W250, Stanford, CA 94305

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