UTHSCSA Advanced Technology Expo 2013

	Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013 Location: STRF Board Room (102) and Lobby Promoting awareness of core technologies and services available to the UTHSCSA research community. Lunch and refreshments provided to registered participants. Click here to to register online now or register at the event.
	Program Speakers
	10:00 - 10:20 am (Abstract)	What Analytical Ultracentrifugation Reveals about Macromolecular Interactions. Borries Demeler, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA
	10:25 - 10:45 am	The Application of Surface Plasmon Resonance for Drug Discovery. Eileen Lafer, Professor of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA.
	10:50 - 11:10 am	Experimental Design and Quality Control Considerations for RNA-Seq. Zhao Lai, Director, GCCRI Genome Sequencing Facility.
	11:15 - 11:35 am	Mass Spectrometry Proteomics with Applications in Biomedical Research. Susan T. Weintraub, Professor of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA.
	11:40 - 12:00 noon	Targeted Quantitative Analysis and Discovery of Differentially Abundant Small Molecule Metabolites. Xiaoli Gao, Technical Director, Metabolomics Core Laboratory
	12:00 - 12:15 pm	break
	12:15 - 1:00 pm (Abstract)	Practical Tips for Applying the MIQE Guidelines for qPCR. Greg Shipley, MIQE Co-Author and former Director of the Quantitative Genomics Core, UTHSC-Houston
	1:00 - 1:30 pm (Abstract)	Levitating Cells for Developing In vivo-like 3D Cell Culturing Tools and Assays. Glauco R. Souza, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Nano3D Biosciences, Inc.

	Visit the Vendor Demonstration Tables 10:30am - 1:30 pm South Texas Research Facility (STRF) Lobby. The Best Solutions Deliver the Best Results For Your Research






			Contact Mike Wilson, Director of Research Core Laboratories (wilsonma@uthscsa.edu)

Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013