Technical Advisory Conference

February 5-7, 2008

Bozeman, Montana


We enjoyed hosting 65 attendees at this winter's conference.  Forty-three of the attendees represented 25 member companies. Two of the member companies represented were government agencies.  We welcomed 13 attendees who represented 11 visiting companies interested in getting acquainted with our research program.  Four universities were represented by 5 attendees who are current collaborators or came as invited speakers.

 

Session Topics

 

Industrial Biofilm Investigations

Visualizing Biofilms

Health Care-Related Biofilms

 

See Agenda (pdf)


Invited Speakers

Keynote speaker: Jeremy Webb, University of Southampton, UK
Sarah McHatton, Novozymes A/S Howland Jones, Sandia National Laboratories Martin Desrosiers, University of Montreal Alex Rickard, Binghamton University
 

CBE Presenters

Phil Hochwalt, University of Washington,  Collaborator Brent Peyton, Chemical & Biological Engineering, CBE Robin Gerlach, Chemical & Biological Engineering, CBE Matthew Fields, Microbiology, CBE
Anne Camper, Civil Engineering, CBE Al Cunningham, Civil Engineering, CBE Phil Stewart, CBE Director Garth James, CBE Medical Projects Manager

Photo Acknowledgements

 

We have some great pictures of people participating in TAC events, thanks to these photographers!!

 

Willy Davison

Rocky Ross (scenic Bridgers)

Logan Schultz

Anitha Sundararajan

Smita Sutrave

Mike Sutton

 

Pat Secor, PhD Candidate, Cell Biology & Neuroscience, MSU Kelly Kirker, Research Scientist, CBE    

POSTER SESSION & OPEN HOUSE

 

Thirty posters were presented during the open house session, so there was plenty of research to talk about.

 

 

Pictured: At left Elinor Pulcini, CBE, is visiting with Jeremy Webb, University of Southampton, UK.  To the right is Mel Czechowski, Church & Dwight; and Diane Gray, Invitrogen.


POSTER AWARD

 

We captured several shots of Jennifer Hornemann showing her poster and she must have made an impression because she won the "best poster" award. Congratulations, Jen!

 

Poster title: “Magnetic resonance microscopy diffusion study of biofilm EPS”

 

Pictured:  Dinesh Aggrawal (Covidien); Francois Ahimou (3M); and Jennifer Hornemann, PhD candidate in Chemical & Biological Engineering.


3M Novozymes Church & Dwight Covidien Bausch & Lomb Procter & Gamble

Glanbia Nutritionals Ciba Speciality Chemicals IFC Medical  GlaxoSmithKline

Sandia National Laboratories MIOX University of Southampton UK Reckitt Benckiser

▪ BioSurface Technologies ▪ Binghamton University ▪ Midwest Research Institute

▪ Cubist Pharmaceuticals ▪ Fluxion Biosciences Ashland Water Technologies


MEMBERS AND GUESTS

 

We meet new faces, welcome members, present research, interact, discuss, and learn together.  That's TAC time in Montana!  

 

 

 

Pictured: Bryan Humphreys, Wes Bradford, MIOX, and Diane Walker


Dow Chemical Co. NASA Colgate-Palmolive QuoNova Ltd Whirlpool Corp. Embro

Nitric BioTherapeutics Cascade Design enturia, Inc ▪ Boeing ▪ Stepan Company

Rohm and Haas   Whirlpool Corporation W.L. Gore ▪ Bozeman Deaconess Hospital

▪ University of Montreal   Masco ▪ NovaBay Pharmaceutical ▪ Bacterin International

Kimberly-Clark Corp. University of Washington ▪ BioSciences  ▪ Bridge PTS


Next Conference

Summer Conference:
      July 15-17, 2008

Summer Workshop:
      July 14, 2008

 

Contact Paul Sturman at (406) 994-2102, for information about the Industrial Associate Program or the Technical Advisory Conferences and Workshops.

 

We look forward to seeing you this summer! 

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