Brain Image Courtesy of
Ralph B. Puchalski,
Allen Inst. for Brain Science
HCS and ASBMB Joint Symposium
Laser Capture Microdissection for Molecular Analysis
Sunday, April 6, 2008
3:00PM-5:00PM

San Diego Convention Center, Room 1B, Upper Level
Chairs: Thomas N. Wight, Hope Heart Program, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA
and

Denis G. Baskin, Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA

Speakers and Presentations


James L. Wittliff, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Laser Capture Microscopy as a Tool for Deciphering the Clinical Relevance of Molecular Signatures of Cancer Cells

Amy Juraszek, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Coupling LCM to gene expression and microproteomics: Novel approaches to molecularly define pediatric coronary artery intimal occlusive lesions

Thomas Montine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
The Use of LCM for Proteomic Analysis of Inclusions in Neurodegenerative Disease

Hannah Brinkman, Pfizer, Drug Safety Resarch and Development, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, UK
Tracing studies in rat provide sensitive gene expression data for neurons innervating the bladder and urethra

John A. Curry, Pfizer, Biomarkers and Translational Biology, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, UK
Laser capture microdissection: Combining LCM with immunohistochemistry to investigate NMDA receptor subunit composition

Robert Y. Osamura, Tokai Univeristy School of Medicine, Isehara-City, Kanagawa, Japan
Use of laser capture microdissection for the study of functional differentiation of pituitary adenoma cells