[IEEE-bhpjobs] EMBS 4/13 Meeting - Siemens/Westinghouse Award Winners Guo and Li

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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter meeting in rtp, 6pm April 13.



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From: Thomas Jepsen <tjepsen at MINDSPRING.COM>
Sent: Apr 5, 2005 9:06 PM
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Subject: Reminder: EMBS 4/13 Meeting - Siemens/Westinghouse Award Winners Guo and Li

All,

Just a reminder to be sure and put the April 13 EMBS meeting on your
calendars. The URL given below for information on the presenters is
incorrect - try http://www.siemens-foundation.org/2004/Gtech/yueqi guo and
xianlin li.html

The Eastern North Carolina chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society is sponsoring a presentation by Lucie Guo and Xianlin Li,
students at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and winners
of the 2004-5 Siemens-Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and
Technology, on their winning project and research methodology. This
presentation is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Women in Engineering affinity
group and the IEEE Biotech Job Hunt Collaboration.

Date:   Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Time:    6:00-8:00 pm
         Refreshments 6:00-6:30
         Presentation 6:30-8:00
         Q&A following presentation

Place:  MCNC Auditorium
        3021 Cornwallis Rd
        Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3910
        Directions:

http://www.mcnc-rdi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=location_and_dire
ctions.html

Cost:   no charge

RSVP:   Please RSVP for this (tjepsen at ieee.org)

Featured Topic: "CpG island methylation of GADD45(alpha) is marker of breast carcinogenesis"

The winners of the team competition in the 2004-2005
Siemens-Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology will
speak at the next EMBS meeting. Lucie Guo and Xianlin Li, students at
the North Carolina School of Science and Math, won the prize for  "CpG
island methylation of GADD45a is marker of breast carcinogenesis". Ms.
Guo and Ms. Li's genetics research project examined the effect of a
natural gene silencing process or methylation on breast cancer. In their
project the two students demonstrated that breast cancer cell lines
exhibit a specific pattern of silent (methylation) sites in GADD45a, a
prospective tumor-suppressor gene. The methylation sites in the gene
present potential new biomarkers for personalized methods of early
detection as well as treatment of breast cancer, a critical step in the
successful treatment of the disease. An abstract of their paper (to be
published in the journal Oncogene) is available at
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/2004/Gtech/yueqi%20guo%20and%20xianlin%20l
i.html

Speakers: Lucie Guo and Xianlin Li

The pair worked with Dr. Wei Wang in Dr. Jeffrey Marks' lab at Duke University. Ms Guo and Ms Li have been interviewed by NPR and MSNBC.

best regards
Tom Jepsen
Chapter Chair,
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Eastern North Carolina Section
(919)933-0377
tjepsen at ieee.org


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