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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: 

 TOPICS INCLUDE:

• microRNA in Cancer
• microRNA in Biomarker and Diagnostic Development
• microRNA in Therapeutic Development
• microRNA in Human Development and Disease
• microRNA Pathways and Mechanisms

PRE-CONFERENCE SHORT COURSE:

microRNA Identification, Profiling and Validation Techniques

MONDAY, MARCH 22 * 8:00am – 12:00pm

Direct, Electronic microRNA Profiling on a Multiplexed Chip

Shana O. Kelley, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry, University of Toronto

The Regulation of microRNA Biogenesis in Cancer and Development

J. Michael Thomson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Integrating Micro, Messenger and Non-Coding RNA Expression
Analysis via a Single Array Profiling Platform

Xiaolian Gao, Ph.D., Professor, Biology and Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston

High-Content Assay to Screen for Modulators of the miRNA Machinery

David Shum, Ph.D., Assay Development Specialist, HTS Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Nuclear miRNAs and Cytoplasmic miRNAs

Clark Jeffries, Ph.D., Research Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

microRNAs and Breast Cancer Metastasis: The Power of Pleiotropy

Scott Valastyan, Ph.D., Laboratory of Robert A. Weinberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Development and Validation of a miRNA-Based Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) for Pancreatic Cancer

Anna Szafranska-Schwarzbach, Ph.D., CLIA Laboratory Supervisor, Pharmacogenomics Services, Asuragen, Inc.