Welcome to the

PNACP 2007 Meeting

Biophysics

Clark College

  April 13 & 14, 2007




The schedule is largely set, but changes are likely to occur.  Links on names are for e-mailing.  Check back every so often to keep up-to-date.  For a page showing abstracts, click here.  A preliminary schedule for the meeting follows:


Friday, April 13, 2007

Penguin Student Union (PSU) 258 B & C
Time
 Title
 Speaker/Affiliation
8:00
 Welcome
 Richard Shamrell, Clark College
8:10
 Surface Plasmon Resonance and Optical Sensors
 Partha Sircar, Eastern Washington University
8:30
 Thin Lipid Membranes: A model system suitable for undergraduate
 Tom Herrmann, Eastern Oregon University
8:50
 In Vivo Optical Spectroscopy for the Diagnosis and Management of Disease: an Industrial Perspective
 Ed Hull, Senior Scientist, InfraReDx, Inc.
9:50
 BREAK
10:05
 The Role of Mechanical Stimuli on Heart Development
 Sandra Rugonyi, Oregon Health Sciences University
11:05
 Jim Gerhart Remembered
 Marv Nelson, Bob Gibbs, Chuck Robertson
11:20
 James Gerhart Lecture: Exploring the Inner Light: Tissue Optics and Other Examples of the Integration of Biophysics into the Curriculum
 John Larkin, Whitworth College
12:20
 LUNCH
 Board of Directors lunch -- PSU Fireside room
2:00
 Becoming a Medical Physicist
 Jeff Limmer, Chief Medical Physicist, UW Cancer Centers, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids
3:00
 Panel Discussion on Undergraduate Physics Research
 Shannon Mayer, University of Portland; Tom Olsen, Lewis and Clark College; Jeff Bierman, Gonzaga University
4:00
 BREAK
4:20
 What if radiation is actually GOOD for you? Ed Hiserodt, Author


Banquet

Gaiser Student Center

Banquet Time
 Title
 Speaker
6:00
 The Challenges of Presenting Cutting Edge Science in an Informal Setting
 Ray Vandiver, Senior Scientist, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry


Saturday, April 14, 2007

PSU 258 B & C


Time
 Title
 Speaker/Affiliation
8:00
 Vore Tasks and Instant Note Capture: New Software Tools Coming Soon to Your Classroom
 Toby Dittric, Portland Community College
8:20
 Pulsed-Laser Manipulation of Biomaterials -- Enzyme, Proteins, and Human Cells
 Peter Wu, Southern Oregon University
8:40
 A Hybrid Computational Model for Bursting Neurons
 Barbara Breen, University of Portland
9:40
 BREAK
10:00
 As the Gantry Turns: A Day in the Life of a Radiation Oncology Physicist
 Al Ratkewicz, Physicist, Holy Family Hospital
11:00
 Fusion: The Unlikely Union of Physics and English Comp
 Asa Bradley, Spokane Falls Community College
11:20
 Business Meeting and Elections
 Sharon Rosell, Central Washington University; Steve Hoffmaster, Gonzaga University



Washington State Science Olympiad held at Clark College on Saturday, April 14, 2007.  Click here for details.


Please contact me if you have any comments/concerns about the meeting.

Steve Hoffmaster
Executive Officer, PNACP
(509) 323-6755








AJG 2/22/07