Eighth Principal Investigators (PI) Meeting for the Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program

July 24-25, 2007
Sofitel San Francisco Bay, Redwood City California


Participants

Participant Roster

James R. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Director
Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences
University of Michigan
Medical Science Research Building III,
Room 9220
1150 West Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(734) 647-2777
(734) 936-2990 Fax
jbakerjr@umich.edu


Brian M. Balgley, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Calibrant Biosystems, Inc.
Suite 220N
910 Clopper Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
(301) 977-7900, ext. 14
(301) 977-7981 Fax
brian.balgley@calibrant.com


Paul J. Bertics, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomolecular Chemistry
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical Sciences Building, Room 571A
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-8667
(608) 262-5253 Fax
pbertics@wisc.edu


Rustom B. Bhiladvala, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Materials Research Institute and Department of Electrical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Davey Laboratory, Room 104
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-5344
rbb16@psu.edu


Wei-Sing Chu, M.D.
Director of Research and Development
Chief
Hematopathology Laboratory
Department of Scientific Laboratories
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
6825 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20306-6000
(202) 782-2816
chu@afip.osd.mil


Kevin Claffey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Center for Vascular Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-3501
(860) 679-8713
(860) 679-1201 Fax
claffey@nso2.uchc.edu


Gary A. Clawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director
Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation
Chief
Division of Experimental Pathology
Department of Pathology
Penn State College of Medicine
The Pennsylvania State University
Room H059
500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
(717) 531-5632
(717) 531-0661 Fax
gac4@psu.edu

Andrew Ellington, Ph.D.
Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professor in Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Natural Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Mail Code A5300
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 232-3424
(512) 471-7014 Fax
euneoh@mail.utexas.edu


Bevin P. Engelward, Sc.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Engineering
Biological Engineering Division
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-631
7 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 258-0260
(617) 258-0499 Fax
bevin@mit.edu


Shoshana Frankenburg, Ph.D.
Sharett Institute of Oncology
Hadassah University Hospital
P.O. Box 12000
Jerusalem 91120
Israel
9722677-8442
9722677-8721 Fax
franks@cc.huji.ac.il


Sandra M. Gaston, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Division of Surgical Research
Department of Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Stoneman 8M, Room 10D
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 667-1804
sgaston@bidmc.harvard.edu


William Garrow Kerr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
School of Medicine
University of South Florida/H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
SRB2
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612-9416
(813) 903-6840
(813) 979-7265 Fax
kerrw@moffitt.org


Stephen Kron, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research
The University of Chicago
Room 320
924 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 834-0250
skron@uchicago.edu


David Andrew Largaespada, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
University of Minnesota Cancer Center
Jackson Hall, Room 6-160
321 Church Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-4979
larga002@umn.edu


Philip J. Lee, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Development
CellASIC Corporation
2551 Merced Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 895-1985
pjlee@cellasic.com


Richard M. Levenson, M.D.
Director of Research
Biomedical Systems
Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc.
35B Cabot Road
Woburn, MA 01801
(781) 935-9099
(781) 935-3388 Fax
rlevenson@cri-inc.com


G. Mike Makrigiorgos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
Radiation Therapy, Level L2
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 525-7122
(617) 582-6037 Fax
mmakrigiorgos@partners.org


Kristie M. Melnik
Principal and Partner
Columbus NanoWorks, Inc.
Suite 100
1381 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
(614) 485-9293
(614) 485-9291 Fax
kmelnik@columbusnanoworks.com


Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Human Genome Sequencing Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Alkek Building, Room 1619
1 Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 798-4357
(713) 798-4373 Fax
amilosav@bcm.tmc.edu


Hans Minderman, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Flow and Image Cytometry Facility
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo Life Science Complex, Room L1-412
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
(716) 845-1162
hans.minderman@roswellpark.org


Lance L. Munn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Room 3409
149 13th Street
Charlestown, MA 02129
(617) 726-4085
lance@steele.mgh.harvard.edu

Leslie B. Poole, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Structural Biology
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
School of Medicine
Wake Forest University
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
(336) 716-6711
(336) 777-3242 Fax
lbpoole@wfubmc.edu


Niroshan Ramachandran, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Harvard Institute of Proteomics
Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
320 Charles Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
(617) 324-1384
(617) 324 0824 Fax
niroshan@hms.harvard.edu


Arfaan A. Rampersaud, Ph.D.
Principal and Partner
Columbus NanoWorks, Inc.
Suite 100
1381 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
(614) 485-9293
(614) 485-9291 Fax
arfaan@columbusnanoworks.com


Bing Ren, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0653
(858) 822-5766
biren@ucsd.edu


Rick A. Rogers, Ph.D.
Director
Biomedical Imaging Laboratory
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Building I, Room 1402A
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(781) 962-0866
rogers@bioimage.harvard.edu

Shan-Rong Shi, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Pathology
Department of Pathology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
HMR 310A
2011 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-3399
(323) 442-1154 Fax
sshi@usc.edu


Darryl Shibata, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Unit I, Room 2428
1200 North State Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 226-7067
dshibata@usc.edu


Rohit K. Shukla, M.A.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Larta Institute
Suite 750
714 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 765-4835
(213) 744-1791 Fax
rshukla90064@larta.org


Robert H. Singer, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Chairman
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
(718) 430-8646
(718) 430-8697 Fax
rhsinger@aecom.yu.edu

Frederic M. Waldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Urology
Director
Molecular Pathology Clinical Laboratory
Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco
Box 0808
2340 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94143-0808
(415) 476-3821
(415) 476-8218 Fax
waldman@cc.ucsf.edu


Binghe Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design
Georgia State University
Campus Box 4098
Atlanta, GA 30302-4098
(404) 413-5544
(404) 413 -5543 Fax
wang@gsu.edu


Yue Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Suite 750
4300 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 387-6056
yuewang@vt.edu


John Welsh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
10905 Road to the Cure
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 450-5990, ext. 282
jwelsh@skcc.org


Xiaowei Xu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Founders Building, Room 6
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-6503
xug@mail.med.upenn.edu
Ian Burbulis, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Biochemistry
The Molecular Sciences Institute
2168 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 647-0690, ext. 252
(510) 647-0699 Fax
burbulis@molsci.org


Han Cao, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
BioNanomatrix, LLC
Suite 5E
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 266-5124
(267) 499-2001 Fax
han@bionanomatrix.com


Paul D. Chastain, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Room 603
Campus Box 7525
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-1396
(919) 966-5046 Fax
pchastai@med.unc.edu


Jung-Hye Choi, Ph.D.
Division of Gynecology
Departments of Pathology, Oncology, and Gynecology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Cancer Research Building II, Room 376
1550 Orleans Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 502-7773
jchoi63@jhmi.edu


Richard J. Cote, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Urology
Department of Pathology
Director
Genitourinary Cancer Program
Director
Laboratory of Immuno and Molecular Pathology
Co-Director
USC Biomedical Nanoscience Initiative
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
NOR 2424
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 865-3294
(323) 442-3089 Fax
cote_r@ccnt.usc.edu


Roger Cubicciotti, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
NanoMedica, Inc.
258 Midland Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 634-7537
rcubic@comcast.net


Zhiyong Ding, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Systems Biology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 563-4225
(713) 563-4235 Fax
zding@mdanderson.org


Norman J. Dovichi, Ph.D.
Endowed Professor of Analytical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
Box 351700
Seattle, WA 98195-1700
(206) 543-7835
dovichi@chem.washington.edu


Thaddeus C. George, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
Biology Department
Amnis Corporation
Suite 210
2505 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 576-6859
t.george@amnis.com


Neal F. Gordon, Ph.D.
President
Epitome Biosystems, Inc.
100 Beaver Street
Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 891-3816
(781) 891-3843 Fax
bberger@epitomebiosystems.com


Faqing Huang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Southern Mississippi
Room 5043
118 College Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5043
(601) 266-4371
(601) 266-6075 Fax
faqing.h.huang@usm.edu


Jingfang Ju, Ph.D.
Head
Cancer Genomics Laboratory
Mitchell Cancer Institute
University of South Alabama
MSB 2316
307 North University Boulevard
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
(251) 460-7393
jju@usouthal.edu


David G. Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Room 620
160 North Medical Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525
(919) 966-1396
(919) 966-5046 Fax
uncdgk@med.unc.edu


Sheng Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Employee
Department of Medicine
School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Biomedical Science Building, Room 4011
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92122
(858) 822-2164
(858) 534-2606
lisheng@ucsd.edu


Xiang Li, Ph.D., M.S.
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
(410) 455-2629
lxiang@umbc.edu


Henry K. Lin
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Hoffman Medical Research Building, Room 312
2011 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-3477
henrylin@usc.edu


Darren R. Link, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Research and Development
RainDance Technologies, Inc.
530 Whitfield Street
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 458-2947, ext. 301
(203) 458-2514 Fax
dlink@raindancetechnologies.com


Paul M. Lizardi, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
310 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 785-5107
(203) 737-1064 Fax
paul.lizardi@yale.edu


Hiroshi Nakashima, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dardinger Laboratory for Neuro-Oncology and Neurosciences
Department of Neurological Surgery
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Wiseman Hall, Room 352
Comprehensive Cancer Center
400 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-1321
hiroshi.nakashima@osumc.edu


Maikel Petrus Peppelenbosch, M.D.
Department of Cell Biology and Immunology
University Medical Center Groningen
P.O. Box 30.001
Groningen 9713 AV
The Netherlands
31 50 3632522
31 50 3632512 Fax
m.peppelenbosch@med.umcg.nl


Rossanna C. Pezo, M.S.
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Golding Building, Room 601
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
(718) 430-8716
(718) 430-8996 Fax
rpezo@aecom.yu.edu


Sylvia K. Plevritis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Lucas MRS Imaging Center
Stanford University
Room P267
1201 Welch Road
Stanford, CA 94305-5488
(650) 498-5261
(650) 723-4595 Fax
sylvia.plevritis@stanford.edu


Rodney J. Rothstein, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Genetics and Development
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University Medical Center
Hammer Health Sciences Center, Room 1608
701 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032-2704
(212) 305-1733
rothstein@cancercenter.columbia.edu


Yoshinaga Saeki, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Wiseman Hall, Room 385B
Comprehensive Cancer Center
400 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-3804
saeki.6@osu.edu


Cleo M. Salisbury, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Departments of Cell Biology and Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
The Cravatt Laboratory
BCC 159
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 784-7728
cleos@scripps.edu


Jeffrey E. Segall, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
(718) 430-4237
(718) 430-8996 Fax
segall@aecom.yu.edu


Steven A. Soper, Ph.D.
William L. and Patricia Senn, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director
Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems
Louisiana State University
Choppin Hall, Room 229
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-0092
(225) 578-3595 Fax
chsope@lsu.edu


Wendy D. Streitz
Director
Policy, Analysis, and Campus Services
Office of Technology Transfer
University of California System
Fifth Floor
1111 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
(510) 987-9108
(510) 587-6090 Fax
wendy.streitz@ucop.edu


Ye Sun, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
SciTec, Inc.
Room 300
10425 Cogdill Road
Knoxville, TN 37932
(865) 671-2166
(865) 671-2167 Fax
sun_ye1@yahoo.com


Luke Tolley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Southern Illinois University
1245 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 453-6459
ltolley@chem.siu.edu


Timothy J. Triche, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathologist-in-Chief and Chairman
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 669-4516
(323) 667-1123 Fax
triche@usc.edu


Hui Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Clinical Chemistry Division
Department of Pathology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Cancer Research Building II, Room 3M-07
1550 Orleans Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 502-8149
hzhang32@jhmi.edu


Yingming Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390-9038
(214) 648-7947
(214) 648-8856 Fax
yingming.zhao@utsouthwestern.edu


Siyang Zheng, Ph.D., M.S.
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
MC 136-93
1200 East California Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91125
(626) 395-2227
(626) 584-9104 Fax
siyang@mems.caltech.edu


Jiang (John) Zhong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Director of Bioinformatics
School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Gene Therapy Laboratories, Room 210
2025 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-2371
(323) 442-2311 Fax
jzhong@usc.edu
 

 
Federal Participants


Richard Aragon, Ph.D.
Acting Technology Program Manager
Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research and
Office of Technology and Industrial Relations
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 10A-52
MSC 2580
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2580
(301) 435-3877
(301) 496-7807 Fax
raragon@mail.nih.gov


Kevin Brand, J.D.
Technology Transfer Specialist
Technology Transfer Center
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Executive Plaza South, Room 450
6120 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 451-4566
(301) 402-2117 Fax
brandk@mail.nih.gov


Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research and
Office of Technology and Industrial Relations
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 10A-03
MSC 2580
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2580
(301) 496-2741
(301) 480-4814 Fax
comptcar@mail.nih.gov


Jennifer Couch, Ph.D.
Program Director
Divison of Cancer Biology
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Executive Plaza North, Room 5000
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 435-5226
(301) 480-2854 Fax
couchj@mail.nih.gov


J.P. Kim, J.D., M.B.A., M.S.
Director and Policy Officer
Division of Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration
Office of Extramural Research
National Insitutes of Health
Suite 310
MSC 7980
6705 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-7980
(301) 435-0679
(301) 480-0272 Fax
jpkim@nih.gov


J. Randy Knowlton, Ph.D.
Program Director
Structural Biology and Molecular Applications Branch
Divison of Cancer Biology
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Executive Plaza North, Room 5006
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 435-5226
(301) 480-2854 Fax
knowltonj@mail.nih.gov


Avraham Rasooly, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Executive Plaza North, Room 6035
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 435-9012
rasoolya@mail.nih.gov


Lynn R. Sorbara, Ph.D.
Program Director
Cancer Biomarkers Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Executive Plaza North, Room 3137
MSC 7362
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-7362
(301) 435-0584
(301) 402-8990 Fax
lynns@mail.nih.gov
Jeffrey E. DeClue, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Administrator
Special Review and Logistics Branch
Division of Extramural Activities
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Room 8053
MSC 8329
6116 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-8329
(301) 435-1822
(301) 402-0742 Fax
decluej@mail.nih.gov


Daniela S. Gerhard, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Cancer Genomics
National Cancer Institute
National Insitutes of Health
Building 31, Room 10A-07
MSC 2580
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2580
(301) 451-8027
(301) 480-4368 Fax
gerhardd@mail.nih.gov


James W. Jacobson, Ph.D.
Chief
Diagnostic Biomarkers and Technology Branch
Cancer Diagnosis Program
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Executive Plaza North, Room 6035A
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 402-4185
(301) 402-7819 Fax
jacobsonj@ctep.nci.nih.gov


Paul Wagner, Ph.D.
Program Director
Cancer Biomarkers Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Executive Plaza North, Room 3140
MSC 7362
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-7362
(301) 496-9424
(301) 402-8990 Fax
wagnerp@mail.nih.gov

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