Retreat 2004, Barnett Institute

Barnett Institute Annual Science Retreat
September 10, 2004
Raytheon Auditorium,, Egan Research Center

As in past years, the Barnett Institute sponsored a Retreat that brings all of the Institute research groups together to review their current scientific goals and results. The September 2004 retreat was again a very informative session, with active discussion during the buffet luncheon.

Dr. Karger opened the 2004 Science Retreat with a welcoming address, followed by Dr. Michael Sitkovsky's presentation "Cross-Talk between New England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute and Barnett Institute in Mugar and Beyond".

After Prof. Sitkovsky's lecture, all research groups presented their research work. Each Faculty Fellow gave a research overview, followed with detailed presentations by members of the research group

The speakers and the titles of their presentations are given below:

Prof. Barry Karger's Research Group	Prof. Barry Karger	"Research Overview"
	Dr. Tomas Rejtar	"Bioinformatics"

Prof. William Hancock's Research Group	Prof. William Hancock	"Research Overview (New Platforms for Clinical Proteomics)"
	Ms. Ziping Yang	"Multi-lectin Column"
	Dr. Jo Tsai	"Lectin Arrays"
	Dr. Billy Wu	"FTMS"

Prof. Graham Jones' Research Group	Prof. Graham Jones	"Organic Synthesis at the Chemistry-Chemical Biology Interface"

Prof. Paul Vouros' Research Group	Prof. Paul Vouros	"Research Overview"
	Mr.Jimmy Flarakos	"High Throughput Screening of Medicinal Libraries by LC-MC"
	Ms. Dyanna Argotti	"Reactive Metabolite Trapping and Profiling by LC-MS"

Prof. Bill Giessen's Research Group	Prof. Bill Giessen and Mr. Jian Yao	"Progress in the Detection of Non-Random Pattern in Futures Prices"

Prof. Roger Giese's Research Group	Prof. Roger Giese	"Research Overview"
	Dr. Poguang Wang	"Mass Registry of DNA Adducts"