Dr. Mukesh Verma is Chief of the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program\'s (EGRP) Methods and Technologies Branch (MTB), and oversees its research portfolio and initiatives that focus on methods to address epidemiologic data collection, study design and analysis, and to modify technological approaches developed in the context of other research endeavors for use as biomarkers and methods to understand cancer susceptibility. He is responsible for stimulating EGRP-funded research on epigenetic approaches in cancer epidemiology and has been instrumental in developing epigenetics research for NIH as a whole. Dr.Verma helped to develop a Request for Applications (RFA) on Environmental Influences on Epigenetics with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and represents the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), in NIH\'s Roadmap Initiative on Epigenetics . He helped develop an RFA on Comparative Systems Genetics of Cancer with NCI\'s Division of Cancer Biology (DCB), and is known within the extramural research community as an EGRP Program Director for Program Announcements (PAs) on Small Grants for Cancer Epidemiology and Pilot Studies in Pancreatic Cancer. He also organized a workshop to explore developing a concept for a research initiative on mitochondrial DNA and cancer epidemiology. Dr.Verma was, and continues to be, a co-Program Director for initiatives in gene-environment interactions in cancer etiology, including the Breast and Prostate Cancer and Hormone-Related Variants Cohort Consortium (BPC3), which is a collaborative project to pool data and biospecimens from a group of large prospective cancer epidemiology cohorts. Dr. Verma joined EGRP as a Program Director in 2004. In 2005, he was appointed Acting Chief of EGRP\'s former Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch (AERB). When EGRP reorganized in 2007, he was appointed Acting Chief of MTB and of the Host Susceptibility Factors Branch (HSFB), for which he served as Acting Chief through 2008. Before joining EGRP, he was a Program Director in NCI\\\\\\\'s Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP), where he worked in the areas of biomarkers, early detection, risk assessment, and prevention. He also was Coordinator of DCP\'s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. He was on the faculty in the Biochemistry Department of Georgetown University before joining NIH.

Biomarkers, epigenetics, epidemiology technologies, proteomics, microRNA, methylation, mitochondria, nanotechnology, risk assessment, susceptibility factors, and systems genetics

Prof. Ara Kanekanian gained his PhD from Reading University – UK in 1983. He has been in academia for over 20 years with main interest in protein chemistry and fermentation technology and with over 10 years experience in the food industry and consultancy. He is a member of the publication committee of the International Journal of Dairy Technology and has several scientific publications. Current research activities include, milk allergy, immune modulation in colostrum and microencapsulation of neutraceuticals. He is editing a book titled “Milk & dairy products as functional foods” commissioned by the society of dairy technology –UK to be published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2012.

Dawen Gao is an associate professor at the Northeast Forestry University in Harbin, China. January 2006-2007, he spent a year at Stanford as a visiting scholar in Professor Criddles research group. He received M.S. in Environmental Engineering, and Ph.D. in Municipal Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. His current research focuses on the fouling of membrane bioreactors (MBRs), including anaerobic and aerobic membrane bioreactors, investigating the relationship between the production of foulants and microbial community structure in MBRs, and the effects of changing bioreactor operational conditions to select against microbial populations that generate membrane foulants.

Wastewater treatment by environmental biotechnology, Molecular biologic techniques for characterizing environmental microbial community, Bioprocesses and bioremediation of soils and sediments with POPs

G.Sivakumar holds a BS in 1994, an MS in 1996, and a PhD in 2001. He joined the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University faculty in 2007. He is the author or co-author of over 40 peer-reviewed journal or book chapter publications. He is a pioneer in industrial-scale liquid-phase bioreactor for root culture at huge scales and linking research with multinational pharmaceutical industries. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Nanomedicine & Biotherapeutic Discovery and Journal of Bioprocessing & Biotechniques. His research group is currently focusing industrial technologies for therapeutic management of cancer using effective natural stereoisomers of the unique anticancer molecules and planning directions for the future potential new medicine.

Sivakumar’s lab is currently focused in two major industrial research areas: A) Natural anticancer drug development, and B) Renewable bioenergy. Both researches are collaborated with multinational pharmaceutical and energy industries. Our long term goals are to build on the innovation and discoveries of: 1) plant-made potential anticancer medicine, while preventing side effects; and 2) to develop a next generation clean alternative energy and hydrocarbon sustainability. Sivakumar’s lab provides a unique opportunity to explore pharmaceutical and energy research.

Shears earned his Ph.D. in Biology in 1979 at the University of York (U.K.), where he examined the regulation of mitochondrial transmembrane proton fluxes by thyroid hormone. During an MRC Research Fellowship at the University of Birmingham, he studied the metabolism of inositol trisphosphate, an \"off-switch\" for cell signaling by certain calcium channels. In 1988, Dr. Shears joined NIEHS to head the Inositol Signaling Section, where he has studied the roles of inositol phosphates and inositol lipids in signal transduction. His current interests include the control of chloride ion channels by inositol phosphates (in both excitable and non-excitable cells) and the regulation of cellular energy homeostasis by inositol pyrophosphates.

One of our research topics is to study the mechanisms by which inositol phosphates regulate calcium-activated chloride conductance in both excitable and non-excitable cells. We also study the roles of inositol pyrophosphates in the regulation of cellular energy homeostasis, particularly in organs with high metabolic rates, such as brain and skeletal muscle. These two projects underpin the over-arching goal of understanding the spatial dynamics of intracellular communication. It is this intracellular compartmentalization of signaling entities that ensures the appropriate degree of specificity of cellular responses. We study the molecular basis for compartmentalization.

Jimmy Thomas Efird completed his Doctorate in Epidemiology (Biostatistics Concentration) at Stanford University School of Medicine. He currently is an Associate Professor at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University (ECU) and has a joint appointment as Epidemiologist/Chief Statistician in the Center for Health Disparities Research. Prior to joining ECU, Dr. Efird was Director of the Biostatistics Facility at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (Honolulu, Hawaii) and an Associate Member of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii.

Genetic epidemiology, cancer informatics, brain tumours, soft-tissue sarcomas, and HPV-related cancers. Additionally, he is founding co-chair for the Advances in Bioinformatics and Genomics Symposium series. Dr. Efird has over 100 publications in scientific journals and proceedings.

Dr. Tanja Dominko obtained a DVM at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and a PhD in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,USA. She was a staff scientist at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center in Portland, Oregon, investigating mechanisms of somatic cell reprogramming in non-human primates.

Cellular reprogramming, Cell transplantation, Skeletal muscle tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine

George Perry is dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio Perry is recognized in the field of Alzheimemiddot;s disease research particularly for his work on oxidative stress Perry received his bachelormiddot;s of arts degree in zoology with high honors from University of California Santa Barbara After graduation he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and obtained his PhD in marine biology under David Epel in 1979 He then received a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Cell Biology in the laboratories of Drs Bill Brinkley and Joseph Bryan at Baylor College of Medicine where he laid the foundation for his observations of abnormalities in cell structures In 1982 Perry joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University where he currently holds an adjunct appointment He is distinguished as one of the top Alzheimer�s disease researchers with over 800 publications one of the top 100 mostcited scientists in neuroscience and behavior and one of the top 25 scientists in free radical research http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/GeorgePerry28neuroscientist29 citenote3 Perry has been cited over 24000 times and is recognized as an ISI highly cited researcher Perry is editor for numerous journals and is editorinchief for the Journal of Alzheimermiddot;s Disease He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences and pastpresident of the American Association of Neuropathologists Most recently he has been named a Foreign Correspondent Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences Perrymiddot;s research is primarily focused on how Alzheimer disease develops and the physiological consequences of the disease at a cellular level He is currently working to determine the sequence of events leading to damage caused by and the source of increased oxygen radicals.

Alzheimer disease Oxidative stress Parkinson disease Cytoskeleton Mitochondria Amyloidosis Neuropathology Cytochemistry.

Alejandro Giorgetti is a Assistant Professor at the University of Vero na. Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Dep. of Biotechnology. He has received a PhD in Statistical and biological Physics, cum laude. SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati. Trieste, Italy (10-10-2004), Quality Control expert of the SPECT system. Sanatorio Privado del Sur. Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He has authored about research publications that include3 book chapters.He invited 11 Speaker and Teaching.He is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and reviewer of 17 journals.

Protein modeling from sequence, in particular using comparative modeling techniques; protein structure analysis; protein sequence analysis; protein design; and the development of tools aimed at the investigation and understanding of the relationship between protein sequence, structure and function, in particular in systems that include membrane proteins. Membrane protein modeling: An important expertise in the field of membrane protein modeling, comprising the modeling of mammalian ion channels (CNG and HCN), modeling of odorant receptors (GPCR), modeling of efflux pumps, modeling of outer membrane proteins in gram-negative bacteria.

In 1976 B.Sc., 1979 M.Sc.and 1974 Ph.D in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, on Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. In 1989 Establish European Federation on Biotechnology Bioreactor Engineering Course, doctoral/post doctoral engineering course, Control, Islola di Albarella, Venice, Italy. In 1996 European Section on Bioprocess Sciences (ESBES) founding member and Head of Task Force Bioprocess Engineering Courses

* Submerged technology * Bioreactor Design and process operations * Bioprocess instrumentation control * Engineering Aspects of Solid State Cultivation technology and its benefits * Bioprocess rheology * Process Integrated Systems * Scale-up of industrial processes * Foam and foaming separation in bioprocess technology * Redox potential as a key physiology parameter in submerged fermentations * Pharmaceutically interesting mushrooms in submerged cultivation

Mehdi Shadaram is the Briscoe Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Dean of Engineering and the founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Prior to joining UTSA in 2003, he was the Schellenger Endowed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). His areas of research activities include optical biosensors and fiber optics. He has published more than hundred articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has been the General Chair, Session Chair, TPC Chair, and Panelist in several conferences. He has served in numerous review panels. He has been either PI or Co-PI for numerous grants and contracts, totaling more than $15 million in the past 15 years. NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Instruments and Lucent Technologies have funded his research projects. He is the recipient of the Excellence in Engineering Research Award in the College of Engineering at UTSA in 2009, the best teacher award in the College of Engineering at UTEP in 1994 and NASA monetary award for contribution to the space exploration. He is senior member of IEEE and member of OSA, SPIE, ASEE, and HKN. He is also a Professional Registered Engineer in the State of Texas. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1984 from University of Oklahoma

Fiber Optic Communications, Coding and Error Correction

Prof. Daniel M Barry has completed his veterinary degree at the age of 23 years from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and his master and doctoral degrees (cum laude) from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He is presently a professor and head of the department of Animal Science at the University of Venda, South Africa. He was elected as Agricultural Scientist in South Africa in 2003 after being the team leader in the embryo and stem cell development project at the International Space Station in outer space the previous year

Vijaya K.Kanna completed his B.Sc from Delhi Univesity, M.Sc Genetics and Ph.D from H.A.U., Hisar, Haryana and he is FAO of UN Fellow in The University of Queensland, Australia. He has published 55 research papers in the Journal of International level and 85 in National Journals.

Interspecific hybridization for gene transfer in cultivated crops, embryo rescue, tissue culture, molecular markers and marker assisted selection, transgenics.