New Jersey Research Cores Partnering Conference Agenda

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration, Poster Session, Continental Breakfast 

9:00 - 9:20 a.m.

Opening Remarks

• Vincent Smeraglia, JD, Executive Director of Core Services at the Office for Research, Rutgers University
• Jim Golubieski, President of the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF)
• Judith Sheft, Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (NJCSIT)

9:20 - 9:30 a.m.

Introduction of Keynote

• The Honorable Andrew Zwicker, New Jersey State Senator

9:30 - 10:15 a.m.

Keynote Address: "Research Core Services as Force Multipliers"

• Michael E. Zwick, PhD, Senior Vice President for Research, Rutgers University 

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break and Poster Review

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Rutgers University Cores - Introduction by Paul Copeland, PhD

• Ed Yurkow, PhD, Executive Director of Translational Pharmacology and Director of Rutgers University Molecular Imaging Core

• David Zald, PhD, Director, Rutgers Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) and Henry Rutgers Professor of Psychiatry

• Reynold Panettieri, MD, PhD, Director, Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine 

11:00 - 11:05 a.m.

Core Life Analytics

• Dave Egan, PhD, CEO of Core Life Analytics

11:05 - 11:35 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Working with Industry 

• Colgate, Prokaryotics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School - Genomics, and Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE)

11:35 a.m. - Noon

Princeton University Cores -  Introduction by Dean Edelman, JD, Sr. Associate Director of Corporate Engagement & Foundation Relations at Princeton University

• Nan Yao, PhD, Director of Imaging and Analysis Center at Princeton University
• Zuzanna Lewicka, PhD, Senior Research Specialist at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials at Princeton University

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch and Poster Review/Judging

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Otto H. York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Presentation by Somenath Mitra, PhD, Director of the Otto H. York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology

1:45 - 2:00 p.m. 

Rowan University Cores - Introduction by Tabbetha Dobbins, PhD, Vice President for Research at Rowan University

• Joe Stanzione, PhD, Director of AMMI Core Facility at Rowan University

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Coffee Break and Poster Review

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.

NanoString Technologies, Inc.

• Presentation by Amy Wahba, PhD, Regional Spatial Biology Specialist

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Cores

• Presentation by Stephen Park, PhD, Director of CDI Core Facilities

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Metabolon, Inc.

• Presentation by Heino Heyman, PhD, Metabolomics Specialist

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

Coriell Institute for Medical Research

• Presentation by Nahid Turan, PhD, Chief Biobanking Officer

3:15 -3:45 p.m.

Agilent Technologies Life Sciences Group

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.

Poster Winners Announced

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Core Leadership Roundtable Discussion