Research techniques and capabilities are constantly expanding. Join us to learn about breakthroughs in imaging, in vitro and in vivo models, and sensors with new and significant sensitivities.

Presenters:

Szczepan Baran, VMD, MS, President, Veterinary Bioscience Institute: Rodent laparoscopy leads to refinement for rodent models of neoplastic diseases

James Kehler VMD, PhD, Application Development Scientist, Stemgent: Conserved methods for deriving induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in the development of comparative mammalian models of neurodegenerative diseases

Joan Krakowsky PhD, Taconic: The Use of Biophotonic Imaging to Facilitate the Study of Disease

Bozena Michniak-Kohn PhD, Director, and Zheng Zhang PhD, Center for Dermal Research, Rutgers University: Development of Human Skin Equivalents for Permeability Testing

 Mark O. West,  PhD Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University: New approaches in addiction studies using ultrasonic vocalizations of rats during cocaine self-administration.

 Additional Remarks by: Jayne Mackta, NJABR; Karen Marquis, PhD; Joanne Gere, BioScience Collaborative