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POEM Annual Review
The annual review for the Princeton Center for Photonics
and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM) will focus on biotechnology, particularly
bioterrorism suppression. It will launch the new Center for Molecular
and Biomolecular Imaging, partly supported by the New Jersey Commission
on Science and Technology, and expected to support new technologies
for environmental, security, and medical applications. It is the first
in a statewide series developed in cooperation with the committee
on SMART NJ (Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow).
POEM’s review takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 29 and
30, at Princeton University. Cost: $250, but less with advanced registration
(until October 25). Register and find more information at www.poem.princeton.edu.
“Many of the spectacular achievements of 20th century science
followed the same simple paradigm,” says Joe Montemarano,
Princeton University’s director of industrial liaison. “As new
directions in basic atomic or molecular physics matured, they were
adopted by chemists and applied physicists. This work in turn enabled
applications in biological, clinical, and environmental science.”
The first session, beginning on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., is “Advances
in Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging.” Panelists include Wolfgang
Richter of Princeton, who speaks on Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging; and Mitchell Schnall of Penn, who speaks on Advances
in Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Princeton University president Shirley Tilghman gives a welcome
at the luncheon, at noon, followed by U.S. Senator Jon Corzine,
who speaks on “Security through Technology.”
A workshop on “Enabling Technologies for Bioterrorism Suppression”
takes place in the afternoon. Panelists include Jonathan Cohen
of Princeton, who speaks on Understanding Moral Decision Making by
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Marlan Scully of Texas
A&M, who speaks on Novel Approaches to Biological Agent Detection;
Will Happer of Princeton, who speaks on National Trends in Homeland
Defense Research; Krishna Kodukula of Sarnoff, who speaks on
Bug to Drug Identification and Counter Measures, and George Spitalny
of EluSys, who speaks on Immunity Enhancement Systems.
Speakers at a 7 p.m. dinner at Prospect House include
Montemarano of POEM, who speaks on Bringing Companies to Princeton
Technology; and Steven Hilton of Buchanan Ingersoll, who speaks
on Homeland Defense Issues and Anti-Bioterrorism Commercialization
Funding.
The keynote speech, given at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 30, by John
Tesoriero of the New Jersey Council on Science and Technology is
“The Impact of NJ Commission on Science and Technology Investments.”
At the Wednesday morning session, beginning at 9:30 a.m., speakers
include Jeffrey Carbeck of Princeton, who speaks on Patterning
Proteins on Surfaces for Applications in Enzyme Screening and Cell
Biology; Wlodek Mandecki of Pharmaseq, who speaks on Microtransponders
in Gene Diagnostics; and Antoine Kahn of Princeton, who speaks
on The New NJCST Center on Organic OptoElectronics. Gregory Olsen
speaks on Sensors Unlimited: A Princeton Success Story.
Owens Frank of the Picatinny Arsenal speaks on Applications
of Nanotechnology to Energetic Systems at the luncheon, at 12:30 p.m.
At the afternoon session, beginning at 2:30 p.m., speakers include
Ivan Glesk of Princeton and Ultra Fast Optical Systems, who
speaks on All-optical Processing in Future Ultrafast Networks; and
his wife, Helena Gleskova, director of the POEM Nano/Microfabrication
Laboratory.
Top Of PageEmerging Technology
Hard on the heels of the October 30 discussions of nanotechnology
will come another conference in which that science — the manipulation
of material at the atomic or molecular level — plays an important
part. The second annual Emerging Information Technology Conference
is geared to promote collaboration between scientists from the Pacific
Rim and North America. It will be held on Friday and Saturday, November
1 and 2, at 9 a.m. at Princeton University’s Friend Center on Olden
Avenue. Cost: $90. Call 212-752-2340 or go to www.eitc.org.
Stephen Chou and Robert Austin of Princeton University,
Mow S. Lin of Brookhaven National Lab, and James Yardley
of Columbia all discuss nanotechnology on Friday. Also to be covered
are MEMS, bioinformatics, and system-on-chip (SOC). On Saturday the
bioinformatics speakers include Cathy Wu of Princeton University,
and Jingchu Luo of Peking University on bioinformatics. Zheng
Zheng of Lucent will speak on MEMS, and Howard Chen the of
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on System on Chip (SoC). Among the
coordinators are Wei-hsing Wang of NicheUSA.
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