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Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Separation Science in the Omics Era
Milos V. Novotny
Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Abstract:
Scientific discoveries in biology, biochemistry and medicine largely stimulate the development of new measurement technologies and instrumentation. Additionally, the sudden availability of new analytical methodologies can be a powerful catalyst to scientific investigations at unprecedented scales, which is evident with the recent and unabaiting impact of biomolecular mass spectrometry, HPLC, capillary separation techniques and microarray technologies in the fields of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, functional glycomics, metabolomics, etc. These holistic and comprehensive approaches to assess analytically multiple components of the living entities stimulate, in turn, the development of the best bioinformatic tools, thus integrating the new findings into the “systems biology” knowledge. This lecture will deal with selected examples of using separation methodologies and biomolecular mass spectrometry (as analytical platforms for functional glycomics, glycoproteomics, and metabolomics) for the benefits of cancer diagnosis/prognosis and inquiries into the molecular mechanisms of alcoholism.
About the Speaker:
Milos V. Novotny is a faculty member at Indiana University (Bloomington) holding the titles of Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Lilly Chemistry Alumni Chair, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine. He is Director of the National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics and also of the Institute for Pheromone Research. He received his undergraduate education (majoring in chemistry/physics) and graduate training (doctorate in biochemistry) at University of Brno, Czechoslovakia. After the postdoctoral stints at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (fundamentals of chromatography), Royal Karolinska Institute, Sweden (mass spectrometry) and University of Houston, Texas (biomedical chromatography), Dr. Novotny joined the faculty of Indiana University (IU) in 1971.
At IU, he has established strong research programs in separation science and bioanalytical chemistry and trained numerous students and postdoctorals who later became strong leaders at their own institutions. Professor Novotny has been recognized internationally as a pioneer of capillary separation techniques and a leader at the interface between analytical chemistry and biomedical sciences. Dr. Novotny has authored more than 400 publications in peer-reviewed literature and participates regularly in most separation science symposia. He has been honored with 36 awards and distinctions, worldwide. These include four major ACS awards, all major chromatography awards including the Dal Nogare Award, three honorary doctorates from European universities, and election to membership in two foreign science academies.
Details:
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| Times: | 5:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting 5:45 PM Social "Hour" 6:30 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Presentation |
| Cost: | $24 |
| Dinner Choices: | Chicken Marsala Flounder Stuffed with Crab Cake Eggplant Parmesan |
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