The 2020 Diagnostics & Bio Imaging symposium will highlight innovations in development and commercialization of diagnostic and imaging technologies and imaging materials for clinical and health applications. Submit an abstract and plan to join researchers and innovators from around the world at this exciting event.
Back to Top ↑2021 Symposium Sessions |
| Monday October 18 |
| 1:30 | COVID-19: Diagnostics |
| Tuesday October 19 |
| 8:30 | Biotech & Medtech Track Keynotes |
| 10:30 | Innovations in Diagnostics I |
| 1:30 | Innovations in Diagnostics II |
| Wednesday October 20 |
| 10:30 | Applied Biomaterials: Drug/Gene Delivery |
| 1:30 | New Nano Delivery Technologies |
|
2021 Symposium Program |
| Monday October 18 |
|
| 1:30 | COVID-19: Diagnostics | Baltimore 4 |
| Session chair: Jeannine Coburn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Prakash Nallathamby, University of Notre Dame |
| 1:30 | Merging biochemistry and photonic chip technology to enable ubiquitous point-of-need and at-home diagnostics
D. Vermeulen, SiPhox, Inc., US |
| 1:55 | Low-cost diagnostic biosensors for COVID-19
C. de la Fuente, University of Pennsylvania, US |
| 2:20 | Femtomolar SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Detection Using the Microbubbling Digital Assay with Smartphone Readout
P. Wang, University of Pennsylvania, US |
| 2:45 | SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity
A.L. Wyllie, C.B.F. Vogels, O. Allicock, A.E. Watkins, M.E. Petrone, D. Yolda Carr, C.A. Harden, D.E. Brackney, C.C. Kalinich, M. Breban, I.M. Ott, R. Sikka, L. Kadiri, N.D. Grubaugh, Yale School of Public Health, US |
| 3:05 | Ultrafast COVID-19 Diagnosis using Saliva Sample
A. Ramanujam, G.G. Botte, Texas Tech University, US |
| 3:25 | Rapid and Inexpensive Point-of-Use (POU) Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Quantification with Membrane-Based in-Gel Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (mgLAMP) System
J. Li, Y. Zhu, X. Wu, A. Gu, L. Dobelle, C.A. Cid, M.R. Hoffmann, California Institute of Technology, US |
| 3:45 | Fast COVID-19 diagnosis with deep learning and chest X-rays: from toy datasets to clinical applications, pp. 165-168
S.D. Dias, P.E.M. Lopes, FastCompChem, Lda, PT |
| Tuesday October 19 |
|
| 8:30 | Biotech & Medtech Track Keynotes | Woodrow Wilson C |
| Session chair: Jeannine Coburn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 8:30 | Integrating Nanotechnology with 3D Bioprinting for Vascularized Tissue Regeneration
H. Cui, T. Esworthy, L.G. Zhang, The George Washington University, US |
| 9:00 | Innovation in Interbody Spinal Fusion Implants with Porous and Bioactive Composites: The Journey from Concept to Commercialization
R.K. Roeder, University of Notre Dame, US |
| 9:30 | Accessing Intracellular Targets for Therapeutic Gain in Major Diseases
S. Dhar, University of Miami, US |
|
| 10:30 | Innovations in Diagnostics I | Magnolia 3 |
| Session chair: Prakash Nallathamby, University of Notre Dame |
| 10:30 | Engineering Nanoparticle Probes for Detecting Disease and Monitoring Therapy with Computed Tomography
R.K. Roeder, T.E. Curtis, C.J. Evans, T.A. Finamore, L. Li, T.L. McGinnity, P.D. Nallathamby, University of Notre Dame, US |
| 10:55 | Multifunctional Dendronized Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapies
M-C. Daniel, University of Maryland Baltimore County, US |
| 11:20 | Non-Specific Gold Nanoparticle – Blood Serum Protein Interactions: Not Foe, but Powerful Tool for In Vitro Diagnostic Applications
Q. Huo, University of Central Florida, US |
| 11:45 | Glycation of the lipoprotein ApoAI is a novel biomarker for early predicting diabetic cardiovascular complications
A. Arias-Alvarado, S. Ilchenko, E. Reed, S. Kashyap, T. Kasumov, Northeast Ohio Medical University, US |
|
| 1:30 | Innovations in Diagnostics II | Magnolia 2 |
| Session chair: Prakash Nallathamby, University of Notre Dame |
| 1:30 | MALDI Imaging: Taking Biomedical Research to the Next Level of Molecular Microscopy
C. Tressler, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, US |
| 1:55 | Microbubbling Digital Assay
P. Wang, University of Pennsylvania, US |
| 2:15 | PEST-enabled Precision Medicine Platform for Viral Diagnostics and Therapeutics
X. Wang, S. Yao, Atom Bioworks, US |
| 2:35 | A Bioaffinity Approach to Circulating Tumor Cells Capture
K. Morris, C. Bilynsky, A.-L. Papa, The George Washington University, US |
| Wednesday October 20 |
|
| 10:30 | Applied Biomaterials: Drug/Gene Delivery | Baltimore 4 |
| Session chair: Jeannine Coburn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 10:30 | Examining and exploiting lymphatic vessels for drug delivery at mucosal surfaces
K. Maisel, University of Maryland, US |
| 11:00 | Identifying the cytosolic fate of DNA nanostructures
D. Mathur, K. Rogers, S.A. Díaz, M. Muroski, W.P. Klein, L. Field, J.B. Delehanty, I.L. Medintz, George Mason University, US |
| 11:20 | Novel Guidewire Design and Coating for Continuous Delivery of Adenosine During Interventional Procedures
E. Brewer, Z. Brown, M. Foreman, A. Lowman, E. Menshikova, E. Jackson, Rowan University, US |
|
| 1:30 | New Nano Delivery Technologies | Baltimore 4 |
| Session chair: Puneet Tyagi, AstraZeneca & Steve Zullo, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering |
| 1:30 | Nanotechnology-based Tools for Addressing Viral and Cardiovascular Diseases in Pregnant Women
S. Dhar, University of Miami, US |
| 1:55 | Targeted Transport of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria by Soil Protists
L.M. Shor, C. Hawxhurst, J.L. Micciulla, D.J. Gage, University of Connecticut, US |
| 2:15 | The Development of Quick-Set, High-Solids Pharmaceutical Tablet Coatings
T. Kalantar, M. Ladika, H. Shao, S. Dean, K. Harris, P. Sheskey, K. Coppens, K. Balwinski, D. Holbrook, Dow, Inc., US |
| 2:35 | mRNA: from addressing global pandemics to medicines of the future
L. Santos, AstraZeneca, US |
| 3:00 | Investigation of Lyophilized Platelet Interactions with Human Platelets In Vitro
B. Schnoor, A.-L. Papa, George Washington University, US |
| 3:20 | A Cancer-Favoring, Engineered Vaccinia Virus for Cholangiocarcinoma.
S.Y. Yoo, Pusan National University, KR |
|
MALDI Imaging: Taking Biomedical Research to the Next Level of Molecular Microscopy
Engineering nanoparticle probes for detecting disease and monitoring therapy with computed tomography
