The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience will host a symposium designed to acquaint the biocommunity with our growing number of core facilities. The half day meeting will include a series of rapid fire presentations from each of our 12 distinct cores and will conclude with a poster session.

All faculty, students and staff of the Petit community are invited to attend.

Session I
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:10 a.m. Andrew Shaw - Petit Microscopy
9:15 a.m. Aaron Lifland - EBB Microscopy
9:20 a.m. Johannes Leisen - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
9:25 a.m. Angela Lin - Micro Computed Tomography
9:30 a.m. Q&A

Session II
9:35 a.m. Sha-Aqua Asberry - Petit Histology
9:40 a.m. Bo Yang - Petit Neurodesign Suite
9:45 a.m. Angela Lin - Petit Biomechanics
9:55 a.m. Nadia Bogulslavsky - Petit Cellular Analysis /EBB Cytometry
9:55 a.m. Q&A
10:00 a.m. Break

Session III
10:05 a.m. Dalia Arafat - EBB Genome Analysis
10:10 a.m. Shweta Biliya - Petit High Throughput DNA Sequencing
10:15 a.m. Q&A Session IV
10:20 a.m. TBD - EBB Molecular Evolution
10:25 a.m. Bettina Bommarius - EBB Biopolymer Characterization
10:30 a.m. Nadia Bougslavsky and Andrew Shaw - Petit Biomolecular Analysis
10:35 a.m. Q&A

Session V
10:40 a.m. Cameron Sullards - Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry
10:45 a.m. David Smalley - Systems Mass Spectrometry
10:50 a.m. Q&A

Session VI
10:55 a.m. Julian Dorsey BME Core @ Technology Enterprise Park (TEP)
11:00 a.m. Jason Herrington (IEN) – Shared User Management System
11:05 a.m. Q&A
11:10 a.m. Closing Remarks and Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Poster Session
12:30 p.m. Adjourn

For more information about the symposium, please contact Steve Woodard, Petit Institute Core Facilities Manager. No registration required.


The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, an internationally recognized hub of multidisciplinary research at the Georgia Institute of Technology, brings engineers, scientists, and clinicians together to solve some of the world’s most complex health challenges. With 17 research centers, more than 170 faculty members, and $24 million in state-of-the-art facilities, the Petit Institute is translating scientific discoveries into game-changing solutions to solve real-world problems.