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updates on MSNO May meeting 2015 (Partner with 59TH aNNUAL SAS/acs/avs JOINT May cONFERENCE) 
mAY 20, 2015 jOHN cARROLL uNIVERSITY, dOLAN SCIENCE CENTER

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Online registration (close at 5pm on May 18)
Map and direction (free parking at Dolan center)
Registration/Continental Breakfast: from 7:00am 

Joint Sessions


Opening remark (Brian Perry, Lord; Mike Setter, JCU) 8:00am

Keynote (Chair: Min Gao, Kent State University) 8:15 - 9:25am
William Landis (University of Akron): Title: Mineralization of the vertebrate skeleton and teeth:  A possible role for the small, non-collagenous protein, osteocalcin, deduced from electron microscopy of immunocytochemistry

ACS/SAS Yeager Award (Chair: Rick Rus, De Nora Tech, Inc.) 11:10 - 11:40am
Kevin Budge (Kent State University): The Secret Life of DGPP: Physicochemical Properties and Function of an Enigmatic Signaling Lipid

Poster session 12:45 - 1:45pm

ACS Morley Lecture (Chair: Mark Waner, John Carroll University) 5:25 - 6:30pm
James Allan Cowan (The Ohio State University): Catalytic Metallodrugs – Toward a New Therapeutic Paradigm

General Sessions and talks

9 oral sessions (30 talks, 6 sessions have 3 talks; 3 sessions with 4 talks); Posters: ~30

IA: Advanced microscopy/spectroscopy studies of hard-matter materials (Chair: Dingqiang Li, Youngstown State Univ.) 9:45 - 11:00am 
Ruigang Wang (Invited, Youngstown State Univ.): Applications of In Situ Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy in Catalysis
Maryam Zahiri Azar (Student, Case Western Reserve University): Early Stage Na2SO4 induced Type-II Hot Corrosion Behavior of Pt/Cr-modified β-NiAl Alloys at 700°C
Tara Nylese (Vendor, EDAX): Visualizing the True Structure of Materials with Quantitative 3D EDS Microanalysis

IB: Nanomaterials/Nanodevices (Chair: Zhenmeng Peng, Univ. of Akron) 9:45 - 11:00am
Steven Chuang (Invited, University of Akron): Vibrational Spectroscopy of Adsorbed CO2 on the Surface of Nanostructured Sorbents
Michael Plantz (Vendor, ThermoScientific): Nanoparticle Characterization using spICP-Q-MS and FFF-ICP-Q-MS
Yubing Guo (Student, Kent State University): Liquid Crystals Confined in Micro- and Nano-channels

IC: Characterization of soft-matter materials (Chair: Adam Smith, Univ. of Akron) 9:45 - 11:00am
Emmanuel Anim-Danso (Student, University of Akron): Shedding Light on Water and Ice Interactions with Solid Surfaces
Seyyed M. Salili (Student, Kent State University): PolScope made easy, inexpensive and versatile
Tomer Avidor-Reiss (Invited, University of Toledo): How Do Animals Inherit Their Microtubule Organization Centers? 

IIA: AVS session (Chair: Wayne Jennings, CWRU) 1:50 - 3:30pm
Jonathan Cole (Student, Case Western Reserve University): Homogeneous nucleation and materials analysis of nanodiamonds synthesized in an atmospheric-pressure microplasma
Zhorro Nikolov (Invited, Univ. of Akron): Applications of XPS in polymer and surface science. 
Nicholas Goble (Student, Case Western Reserve University): Effects of structural phase transitions on the 2D conductivity at the interface of perovskite oxides
Richard McLaughlin (Vendor, Oxford): Compositional and Thickness Measurements of Thin Films in the Scanning Electron Microscope

IIB: Analytical forensics (Chair: Doug Rohde,  Lake County Crime Laboratory) 1:50 - 3:30pm
Carey Baucher (Invited, Cuyahoga County Regional Forensic Science Laboratory): An Overview of Forensic DNA Technology
Shaena Taylor (Invited, Cuyahoga County Regional Forensic Science Laboratory): Drugs: The Underbelly of Our Society
Daniel Mabel  (Invited, Cuyahoga County Regional Forensic Science Laboratory): Trace Evidence at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office 
Harold Schueler (Invited, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office): The Use of Mass Spectrometry in Analytical Forensic Toxicology – Approaching the Blackbox

IIC: Important local issues and microscopy/spectroscopy (Chair: Doug Jayne, Lubrizol) 1:50 - 3:30pm
Christopher Woolverton (Invited, Kent State Univ.): Controlling Infectious Diseases at the Source
Christopher Winslow (Invited, The Ohio State Univ.) Ecological and Economic Importance of Lake Erie: the Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms and Current Research Efforts
Dharamdeep Jain (Student, University of Akron): Tracing lipids and their association with keratin in the adhesive gecko setae by NMR spectroscopy
William Wihlborg (Vendor, ThermoFisher): Characterizing Multi-layered food packaging with Molecular Spectroscopy

IIIA: Microscopy/spectroscopy on energy issues (Chair: Ina Martin, CWRU) 3:50-5:05pm
Bjorn Lussem (Invited, Kent State University): Flexible Organic Transistors – Challenges and Prospects
Jeremiah S. McNatt (Invited, NASA): Microscopic analysis of space solar array degradation
Lili Wang (Case Western Reserve University): A Modified Two-step Sequential Deposition Method with Addition of Quaternary Ammonium Salts for Planar-Architectured Perovskite Solar Cells

IIIB: New technical developments in microscopy/spectroscopy (Chair: Chris Holp, FirstEnergy) 3:50-5:05pm
Leanna Ergin (Student, Cleveland State University): A Novel Correlation Method for Hyperspectral Image Analysis
Kai Sun (Invited, University of Michigan): Aberration-corrected electron microscopy and its applications in materials research
Vernon Robertson (Vendor, JEOL): Soft X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy- Coupled with New Field Emission SEM Technology, Coming Close To Doing The Impossible

IIIC: SEM on biological materials (Chair: Grahame Kidd, Cleveland Clinic) 3:50-5:05pm
Samuel D. Crish (Invited, NEOMED): Use of Serial Blockface Imaging to study Synaptopathy in Glaucoma
Gabriella Kiss (Vendor, FEI): 3-dimensional characterization of resin embedded biological samples using SBF-SEM and MEDSEM
Arpan De (Student, Bowling Green State University): Study of Endosome Trafficking by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Session talks: 25 minutes including Q&A

Lunch 11:40am - 12:45pm

Posters 12:45-1:45pm

1. Qing Yu (University of Akron): A TISSUE-ENGINEERED MODEL OF A TENDON-TO-BONE ENTHESIS
2. Harry Scott (Case Western Reserve University): Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of Anthrax Pore Formation
3. Rania A Elrashidy (Case Western Reserve University): Characterization of myocardial remodeling in a rat model of metabolic syndrome: Biochemical and histological study
4. Elliott Pawloski and Jacob Haller (Lorain County Community College): Exploring Possible Gene Therapies for HIV
5. Lu Zou (Kent State University): Cryogenic electron microscopy techniques for soft-matter materials
6. Kyle Whiddon (University of Akron): Rapid Assessment of Intracytoplasmic Membranes in Bacteria by Fluorescence Microscopy
7. Chinthasagar Bastian (Cleveland Clinic Foundation): AGE-DEPENDENT MODIFICATIONS OF AXONS, MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS, AND CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS UNDERLIE THE VULNERABILITY OF AGING WHITE MATTER TO ISCHEMIA 
8. Aubrie Thompson/Christopher Kazee (Lorain County Community College): GC-MS Analysis of the Flavor of Bourbon Whiskey Produced by a Novel Accelerated Aging Process
9. Roger Teppert (Hitachi): New preparation method using ionic liquid for rapid and reliable SEM observation of uncoated biological specimens
10. Jo, Kyoung Ha (University of Toledo): Atypical centriole during fertilization
11. Jibin Abraham Punnoose (Kent State University): DNA Secondary Structures in the Full-length 3’ Telomeric Overhang
12. Tiyash Bose (Cleveland State University): Ruthenium-Modified Sensitive NO Sensors: Quantifying Nitric Oxide in the pathobiology 
13. Gaurav Amarpuri (University of Akron): Ubiquitous distribution of salts and proteins in spider glue enhances spider silk adhesion 
14. Brandon Gibbons (Kent State University): A microscopic study of cell volume dysregulation in apoptosis: evidence of the involvement of organic cation transporters (OCT)
15. Christopher Francy (Case Western Reserve University): The Mechanoenzymatic Core of Dynamin-Related Protein 1 Comprises the Minimal Machinery Required for Membrane Constriction
16. Saide Tang (Case Western Reserve University): Three Dimensional Self-assembly of Mixed Poly(tert-butyl acrylate)/Polystyrene Brush-grafted Silica Nanoparticles by Electron Tomography
17. Nathaniel Jurcago (Case Western Reserve University) Chia Seed Exudate used for Separation of Oil and Water
18. Natasha Eklund/Caroline Oehlerich (Oberlin College): Simple Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography of Automotive Paints
19. Samantha Mock/Thomas Stoner (Youngstown State University): Morphological Support Effects in Metal-CeO2 Catalysts for CO Oxidation
20. Dave Grenda (Perkin Elmer): Improved Analysis of Petroleum Isomer Distribution Using Cold EI GC/MS
21. Haitham Kalil (Cleveland State University): Metal-Decorated Graphene for Enhanced Detection of Peroxynitrite 
22. Young-Ki Kim (Kent State University): Domain Walls and Anchoring Transitions Mimicking Nematic Biaxiality in the Bent-Core Liquid Crystal C7
23. Neetu M. Gulati (Case Western Reserve University): Structural Characterization of Polyethylene Glycol on Viral Nanoparticle Surface
24. Dingqiang Li (Youngstown State University): Electron Microscopy Analysis on Nano Materials, Multi-layer Films and Novel Ceramic Composites
25. Qiyi Chen (Case Western Reserve University): Inorganic−Organic Thiol-ene Coated Mesh for oil/water separation
26. Al de Leon (Case Western Reserve University): Extruded Polymer Nanosheets: Towards Mass Production of Polymer Nanosheets
27. Paul Advincula (Case Western Reserve University): Grafted Carbazole - Assisted Electrodeposition of Graphene Oxide
28. Andrew Davis (CAMECA): Characterizing Modern Nanostructures with Atom Probe Tomography
29. Cassandra Pittman (Unviersity of Toledo) Virtual Field Trip: How the University of Toledo Uses Cyber Access and Sophisticated Microscopes to Create a Unique Classroom Experience 
30. Jennifer C. Espartero (Case Western Reserve University): Polymer/clay Nanocomposite: A Viable Anti-Corrosion Coating for Geothermal Applications

Reception, award presentations, and sponsor recognition (Amir Avishai, Tom Steele, Mark Waner, Brian Perry) 6:30pm

Dinner 7:20pm
Meeting Registration (Preregistration will end on Monday May 18th 5:00pm)
Payment for Meeting

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