Harold (Skip) Garner (UTSWMC)

Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board

Endowed Professor of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine. A leading scientist and inventor, recognized for his work in the fields of genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, biocomputing and drug discovery. Founder of successful venture capital funded start-up companies, including Nimblegen. During 12 years at General Atomics Inc., he was founding member of two major strategic business units in biosciences. He serves on the scientific advisory boards of several companies. (Ph.D. Physics)

Jonathan Uhr (UTSWMC)

Member, Scientific Advisory Board

Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, in Honor of Laverne and Raymond Willie, Sr., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Kevin Rosenblatt (UTMB)

Member, Scientific Advisory Board

Kevin P. Rosenblatt, M.D., Ph.D.: Molecular Pathologist and Molecular Biologist. Associate Prof. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Internal Medicine at UTMB, pioneer in new laboratory methodologies such as proteomics and functional genomics, diagnostics technologies and biomarker development, and novel drug target discovery. He has pioneered the use of hyperspectral imaging for protein microarrays and multiplexed immunohistochemistry with Dr. Garner’s laboratory.

• Geho, D., Lahar, N., Gurnani, P., Huebschman, M., Herrmann, P., Espina, V., Shi, A., Wulfkule, J., Garner, H., Petricoin III, E.F., Liotta, L.A., and Rosenblatt, K.P. (2005) Pegylated, Streptavidin-Conjugated Quantum Dots are Effective Detection Elements for Reverse Phase Protein Microarrays. Bioconjugate Chemistry 16: 559-566.
• Geho, G.H., Killian, J.K., Nandi, A., Pastor, J., Gurnani, P., and Rosenblatt, K.P. (2007) Fluorescence-based analysis of cellular protein lysate arrays using quantum dots. Methods in Molecular Biology 374: 229-238.
• Huebschman, M.L., Rosenblatt, K.P., and Garner, H.R. (2009) Hyperspectral microscopy imaging to analyze pathology samples with multi-colors reduces time and cost. Proceedings of SPIE, BiOS 2009, in press.
• Rosenblatt, K.P., Michael L. Huebschman, M.L., and Garner, H.R. (2009) Construction and Hyperspectral Imaging of Quantum Dot Lysate Arrays. Methods in Molecular Biology, in press.