CHI’s Screening & Functional Analysis of 3-D Models Conference Set for October 29-30, 2013

NEEDHAM, Mass. - July 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) released the final agenda for its Inaugural Screening & Functional Analysis of 3-D Models conference being held on October 29-30, 2013 at Le Méridien Cambridge-MIT in Cambridge, MA. The conference will explore how to use 3-D models to profile compound action and predict toxicity and efficacy. The meeting will cover assay development using 3-D cellular models, high-content analysis and imaging of 3-D models, and applications of screening 3-D models for compound profiling and target discovery/validation from 18 prominent scientists:

Anne Bang, Ph.D., Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Geoffrey A. Bartholomeusz, Ph.D., University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sylvain Costes, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Anthony M. Davies, Ph.D., Irish National Center for High-Content Screening and Analysis (INCHA)
Eugen Dhimolea, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Dordick, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Marina Fitzek, AstraZeneca
Bumsoo Han, Ph.D., Purdue University
Mitchell Ho, Ph.D., NIH
Daniel V. LaBarbera, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Lisa Minor, Ph.D., In Vitro Strategies, LLC
Aaron Morris, Ph.D., Sanofi Oncology
Michelle Palmer, Ph.D., Broad Institute
Nathalie Picollet-D’Hahan, Ph.D., Biomics
Fredika M. Robertson, Ph.D., University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Caroline Shamu, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
D. Lansing Taylor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Adina Vultur, Ph.D., Wistar Institute

View the full agenda and register at www.fastcongress.com/Analysis-of-3D-Models.

Writers and editors are invited to attend. To request a press pass, contact Lisa Scimemi, lscimemi@healthtech.com.

This conference is part of FAST: Functional Analysis & Screening Technologies Congress (Oct. 28-30).

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