Robert Hanson discussed the application of patent requirements to biotechnology and life science inventions....

Robert Atcher discussed the historical, present and future use of radioisotopes in medicine, including current work done in the field by the Society of Nuclear Medicine....

Thomas Sack, the senior vice president and director of technical operations for Midwest Research Institute, discussed the Midwest Research Institute's work in the area of life sciences....

and biologists at KU, KUMC, UMKC, and beyond, and look forward to exploring further opportunities at the Missouri Regional Life Sciences Summit....

Rainer Bussmann discussed the Missouri Botanical Garden's research efforts in areas such as ethnobotany, natural products, seed and germination ecology, and natural resource management....

The presentation will examine the challenges of the university technology transfer office in assessing new invention disclosures and the various means of doing so. The presentation will also provide information on different models for justifying...

The panelists presented corporate perspectives on the building blocks necessary to sustain innovative, profitable partnerships....

with schizophrenia exhibit dysfunction in multiple brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex. Using functional MRI, we have found that people at-risk for schizophrenia only exhibit dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex...

consortium is developing advanced bioactive glasses and investigating their use for repairing traumatized bone and tissue. The latter part of this presentation discusses entrepreneurship and the locations of creative activity (patents) in Missouri...

. Animal experiments have formed the framework of preclinical studies used to stimulate cortical neuronal assemblies. This talk presents an overview of these techniques and will seek to facilitate a discussion of how these techniques in combination...

is worthy of exploration for a number of health problems, such as obesity. The presentation will describe a program of research aimed at testing dog walking as an intervention aimed at improving physical activity and health for humans and dogs...

. The availability of this "weak link" would greatly improve the reliability and convenience of continuous monitoring technology. Work at Missouri S&T addresses these issues and provides solutions toward reliable and continuous monitoring of metabolites (glucose...

Orthopaedic disorders of the major joints, specifically, osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joints have an enormous economic and functional impact on our society, affecting millions of patients every day. In the late 1960s ...

Shor-Line has been a part of the animal health industry since the company's founding in 1927. In the early years, Shor-Line's involvement related mainly to large animal applications. Back then the local vet took care of ...

to solving the Alzheimer's disease problem. Clinical and basic science investigators with a wide range of backgrounds have dedicated themselves to this disease. This talk will review the current state of Alzheimer's disease research and discuss where we...

This invention describes the synthesis of carbon fullerene molecules and nanotubes using biological or enzymatic means. Presently carbon nanotubes are synthesized by either chemical vapor deposition or by electrical discharge in a controlled...