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This trend is driven by an increasing need to personalize treatments to fit the molecular profile of a patient s disease. By illuminating key proteomics and genomic differences, human tissue based models will continue to be key contributors to the development of new diagnostic tools and treatments for cancer.</P> <P>You may need to upgrade to Adobe<sup>®</sup> Reader 9.0 to view the PDF's below. <A href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/" id=a14 target=_blank> Click here</A> to download the latest version of Adobe<sup>®</sup> Reader.</P> <table width="740" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="line-height: 16px; border: 1px;" align="center"> <tr align="left"> <td style="width: 610px; height: 40px;"><b>Conference Speakers</b></td> </tr> <p> <tr align="left" style="background-color: whitesmoke;"> <td style="width: 750px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Biomarker Strategies for Developing Novel Cancer Therapeutics</strong> <br /><i>John C. Bloom, V.M.D., Ph.D., Bloom Consulting Services, LLC</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_bloom.pdf" id=a4 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="width: 750px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Human Cell Systems Biology for Drug Discovery and Development: Applications to Inflammation and Cancer</strong> <br /><i>Eugene Butcher, M.D., Stanford University</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_butcher.pdf" id=a1 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></td> </tr> <tr align="left" style="background-color: whitesmoke;"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Establishing a Tumor Tissue Collection for Discovery Research and Development</strong> <br /><i>Han Chang, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_chang.pdf" id=a2 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Human Tissue-based Research Models and Drug Discovery in 2010: Where are we now?</strong> <br /><i>Bob Coleman, Ph.D., Safer Medicines Trust</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_colman.pdf" id=a5 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left" style="background-color: whitesmoke;"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>For Tissue-based Models, High-Quality Human Specimens Are the Key to High-Quality Research Results</strong> <br /><i>Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D., Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, NCI</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_compton.pdf" id=a6 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>PaxGene Tissue System: Two Worlds in One Sample</strong> <br /><i>Daniel Groelz, Ph.D., Qiagen</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_grolz.pdf" id=a7 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left" style="background-color: whitesmoke;"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Organizations, Societies, Networks and the Development of a Global Biobanking Community</strong> <br /><i>Robert E. Hewitt, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Biobanking Consultant</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_hewitt.pdf" id=a8 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>BioMAP<sup>®</sup> Systems: A Human Cell-based Model to Distinguish Anti-inflammatory Kinase Inhibitors that Impact Oncogenesis</strong> <br /><i>Alison O Mahony, Ph.D., BioSeek, LLC</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_omahony.pdf" id=a9 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></td> </tr> <tr align="left" style="background-color: whitesmoke;"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Tissue-Based Biomarker Discovery and Validation</strong> <br /><i>Michael R. Pisano, Ph.D., NextGen Sciences</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_pisano.pdf" id=a10 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Cancer Gene Expression and Copy Number Data from Small, Degraded, and Difficult to Replace Samples</strong> <br /><i>John Smutko, NuGEN Technologies</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_HTC_April15_smutko.ppt" id=a11 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left" style="background-color: whitesmoke;"> <td style="width: 740px; height: 30px;"><p><strong>Achieving a Human Sample Biobank Network: Global to Local</strong> <br /><i>Christopher Womack, AstraZeneca</i></p> </td> <td align=center style="width: 35px; height: 40px"><A href="about/Asterand_April2010_Womack.pdf" id=a12 target=_blank><strong>View</strong></A></td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="width: 610px; height: 100px;"><b>Conference Agenda</b> <p>To view the conference agenda <A href="about/HTRC Agenda_25February2010.pdf" id=a13 target=_blank><strong>click here</strong></A>.</p></td> <p><b>Access to Conference Movies Coming Soon!</b></p> </tr> </table> </b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <br /> <table align="center" width="1000" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="middle"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; color: gray; font-family: Tahoma; width: 900px;" align="left"> <font style="font-size: 10px; color: gray; font-family: Tahoma;">© 2010 Asterand plc. 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