Poster Presentations
101 - microRNA-Mediated Regulation of BDNF Expression in Human Prefrontal Cortex, including Potential Alterations in Schizophrenia
Nikolaos Mellios, Graduate Student, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School
102 - Semliki Forest Virus Interactions with RNAi in Mosquito Cells
Ghassem Attarzadeh-Yazdi, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh and Bandar Abbas University
103 - Identification of Host Proteins Required for HIV Infection through a Functional Genomic Screen
Abraham Brass, Clinical and Basic Research Fellow, Harvard University
104 - Quantitation of microRNA using Multiplexed Standard Curves in a Multiplex Assay
Cora Lahey, Associate Research Scientist, Luminex Corporation
105 - microRNAs Function in the Regulation of NFAT Pathway
Deming Gou, Assistant Research Professor, Oklahoma State University
106 - A microRNA Mediated Double Negative Feed Back Loop in Cocaine Induced Synaptic Plasticity
Chandrasekar Vijay, PhD Student, University of Fribourg
107 - MicroRNAs as Markers of Development Toxicity
Randal Streck, Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer Global Research & Development
108 - In vitro Inhibition of Nipah Virus Infection by RNA Interference
Bruce Mungall, Project Leader, CSIRO
109 - Lentiviral shRNA Screen of Multidrug Resistant Associated Genes Identifies PRP-4 as a New Regulator of Chemoresistance in Human Ovarian Cancer
Zhenfeng Duan, Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
110 - Rapid and Efficient Procedure for Isolation and Tagging of micro RNAs for Cloning, Identification, Quantitation, Expression Profiling and High Throughput Sequencing
Ramesh Vaidyanathan, Senior Research and Devleopment Scientist, Epicentre Biotechnologies
111 - Validation of IKK-beta Synthetic siRNAs for the Interference with Inflammation Signaling in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts
Jörg Rippmann, Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma
112 - High-Throughput Validation of Gene Silencing with siRNA
Suzanne Hibbs, R&D Scientist, Sigma-Aldrich Biotechnology
113 - A Practical Oligonucleotides Delivery System for Medical Use
Shunji Nagahara, Team Manager, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma
114 - Stat3-Mediated Induction of microRNA-21 Expression Contributes to IL-6-Dependent Multiple Myeloma Cell Survival
Katja Brocke-Heidrich, Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Leipzig
115 - Synthesis and Properties of Nonionic RNA Analogues as Potential Modifications for Design of Therapeutic siRNAs
Eriks Rozners, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
116 - Highly Sensitive and Specific LNA™-Enhanced Detection Technologies for microRNA Expression Analysis
Nana Jacobsen, Senior Scientist, Exiqon
117 - Diagnostic Significance of microRNA Tumor Biomarkers in Fine Needle Aspirates (FNA) of Pancreatic Cancer
Martina Doleshal, Scientist I, Asuragen
118 - Non-Viral Nanonoparticles for Targeted Delivery of siRNA- A Promising Approach for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Meenakshi Malhotra, Graduate Student, McGill University
119 - Expression of MicroRNAs in Influenza A Virus Infected MDCK Cell Line
Ruixue Wang, Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
120 - Knocking Down BIRC4 and Related Anti-Apoptosis Genes Enhances Curcumin’s Anti-Cancer Effect: An Application of the Pathway Specific siRNA Array
Song Tian, Scientist, SuperArray Bioscience
121 - Identification and Characterization of microRNAs Expressed in the Developing Chicken Embryo
Robert Moore, Project Leader, CSIRO Livestock Industries
122 - RNA Interference in Cryptococcus Neoformans: Complications and Solutions
Jon Ochoa de Eribe Casas, Research Student, Medical Mycology Research Center
123 - MicroRNA Enhances Adipocyte Differentiation through Targeting Pleiotrophin
Yaou Zhang, Professor, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University
124 - Real-Time PCR Array-Based Cancer and Development micro RNA Expression Profiling
Bill Wang, Senior Scientist, SuperArray Bioscience
125 - Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Screening for Anticancer Activity of New Molecules
Hasmukhbhai Natvarlal Patel, Research Student, M.G. Science Institute
126 - Identification and Characterization of Degradation Products of Dicloxacillin in Bulk Drug and Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
Popatbhai Kuberbhai Patel, Research Guide, M.G. Science Institute
127 - Validated Dicer-Substrate siRNAs Mediate More Potent Gene Silencing for RNAi Research
Eli Hefner, Senior Scientist, Bio-Rad Laboratories
128 - Estimation of Tadalafil Tablet Dosage Form by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
Jagdishchandra Pranlal Dave, Professor and Head of the Chemistry Department, St. Xavier's College
129 - pH Sensitive Polymer Enhancement of PEI Mediated siRNA Delivery
Sariah Khormaee, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge/National Institutes of Health
130 - Targeted Delivery of siRNA Attenuates Dengue Virus Infection in Human Dendritic Cells
Sandesh Subramanya, Research Fellow, Immune Disease Institute (Harvard Medical School)
131 - Serum Starvation in Cell-Microarray Increases siRNA-Dependent Gene Silencing
Valérie Haydont, Post Doctoral Fellow, CEA
132 - Knockdown of Aurora B Kinase Causes Prostate Tumor Regression by Inhibiting Angiogenesis
Vidyadhar Reddy Gopavaram, Research Scientist, Reliance Life Sciences
133 - A Novel Class of Endogenous Short Hairpin RNAs in Human
James Yin, Professor of Systems Biology, Institute of Biophysics
134 - Targeting of miR-150 and miR-451 in Hemin Induced Erythropoiesis
Hana Bruchova, Senior Scientist, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
135 - Effect of siRNA and shRNA Interference on Mutant Transcripts Associated with Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
Miguel Carballo, Head of Department, Hospital de Terrassa
136 - A Novel FACS-Based Approach for Identifying Functional RNAi Effectors
James Lorens, Professor, University of Bergen
137 - Lentiviral Primary microRNA Library for in vitro and in vivo Gain-of-Function Studies
Gwen Fewell, Director, Product Marketing, Open Biosystems
138 - Investigating the Role of PA2G4 in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells by RNA Interference
Nazanin Fatima Dolatshad, Project Supervisor, Royan
139 - Next-Generation siRNAs: Combining Support Vector Machine Learning with Novel Chemical Modifications for more Consistent siRNA Performance in High-Content Screens
Diana Batten, R&D Scientist, Ambion, An Applied Biosystems Business
140 - Expression of microRNAs 146 and let-7a during Progression of Human Melanoma: Possible Role of Protein Kinase PKR and NF-kappaB
Fernando Luiz De Lucca, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo
141 - Causal Network Model for siRNA-Mediate Cancer Cell Inhibition
Joseph Loureiro, Group Leader, Genstruct
142 - The Geniom® Platform Provides an Ideal Tool for the High-Throughput Analysis of miRNAs
Stefan Matysiak, VP and General Manager, febit
143 - In silico Identification of Multiple Catalytic Motifs and Transcription Factor Binding Sites in DICER mRNAs
Sayak Ganguli, Guest Lecturer, Barasat Government College