This year’s scientific meeting will offer five plenary sessions, to take place daily from Sunday, July 31, to Thursday, August 4.
John T. McDevitt, PhD, New York University College of Dentistry.
The July 31 opening session, titled “The Programmable Bio-Nano-Chip: A Platform to Digitize Biology,” will feature John T. McDevitt, PhD, chair of the department of biomaterials and biomimetics at the New York University College of Dentistry. Attendees will learn more about p-BNC technology and its potential to digitize biological signatures for a variety of health conditions. Equipped with multiplexed and multiclass capabilities, the powerful technology has been developed and validated for applications in cancer diagnostics, cardiovascular disease, cell imaging systems, drugs-of-abuse detection, infectious disease, and saliva-based diagnostics.
Other sessions include:
Monday, August 1
“Halving Premature Death”
Presented by Sir Richard Peto, FRS, professor of medical statistics and epidemiology and codirector of the clinical trial service unit at the University of Oxford
Andrew P. Feinberg, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Tuesday, August 2
“The Epigenetic Basis of Common Human Disease”
Presented by Andrew P. Feinberg, MD, MPH, director of the center for epigenetics and King Fahd professor of medicine, oncology, and molecular biology and genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Wednesday, August 3
“Direct Mass Spectrometric Profiling of Biological Tissues: A New Paradigm in Histology”
Presented by Zoltan Takats, PhD, professor of analytical chemistry at Imperial College, London, and Virginia LiVolsi, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD, National Institutes of Health.
Thursday, August 4
“The Great Cannabis Experiment: Medical Miracle? Harmless High? Civil Consequences?”
Presented by Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD, senior investigator and chief of the chemistry and drug metabolism section in the intramural research program at National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, and adjunct professor in the department of epidemiology and preventive medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
Access to these sessions is included in full, daily, or guest registration.
