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....

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...

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...

The Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) at the University of Missouri-Columbia has a long history of integrating Internet accessibility with emerging technologies to assist underserved, under-resourced, and special needs...

Most of us regard plants as quite different from animals, and many of us think of them as furniture. But plants actually share a very large number of biological functions with the animal kingdom, including mechanisms for ...

Thomas Melzer spoke about the impact that the recent financial downturn has had on venture capital investment, specifically addressing bioscience investments.

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

Inspired by the opportunity to grow educational and entrepreneurial capacity, the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation (IAMI) was established upon the belief that: ideas are translated to innovation to improve health. ...

. The detailed experimental conditions will be presented at the life science summit. After analysis of over 60 urine samples from cancer patients, we also discovered that two chemical components exist only in the urine of cancer patients but are not present...

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....

Synthetic genomics is a new field that engages in the design and assembly of genes and chromosomes from chemically synthesized oligonucleotides to create cells with properties unobtainable by conventional molecular biology ...

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...

Biomaterials are critically important to future developments in the life sciences. They provide a backbone for biomedical research in academia and industry, and are a key component of reconstructive medical and dental research as well as patient...

three different approaches in developing corporate agreements that were successful in translating MU life sciences research into radiopharmaceuticals that are for use as diagnostic and therapeutic applications in human patients....

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