CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

The 19^th International Conference on Advanced Science and Technology

in conjunction with

Taiwan - US Biotechnology Workshop 2004

Sponsors:

National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC

Mid-America Chinese American Professionals Association

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Chicago

Illinois Institute of Technology

ICAST 2004

Pharmacy Building, University of Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, USA

September 18, 2004

Biotechnology: Basic Sciences and Future Applications

Conference Chairs

Dr. Brenda Russell

Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL 60612

russell@uic.edu

Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li

Professor

Department of Ecology & Evolution

University of Chicago

Zoology 202A

Chicago, IL 60637

whli@uchicago.edu

Technical Program Chairs

Dr. Ying-Hao Chou

Research Associate Professor

Cell and Molecular Biology

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL 60611

ych892@northwestern.edu

Dr. William Beck

Professor and Head of

Biopharmaceutical Department

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL 60612

wtbeck@uic.edu

Track Coordinators

(A) Dr. Vincent Turitto

Professor and Chair

Biomedical Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL 60616

turitto@iit.edu

(B) Dr. Yie W. Chien

Provost

Kaohsiung Medical University

Taiwan, ROC

(C) Dr. Andrew H. J. Wang

Director

Institute of Biochemistry

Academia Sinica

Taiwan, ROC

The annual ICAST is a tradition initiated 19 years ago by the Chinese American professionals in the Greater Chicago area. This annual gathering provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments and trends in biological, chemical and physical sciences, and their related technologies. Scientists, industrial practitioners as well as policy makers come together for a full day of the free exchange of ideas with the aim to promote cross-field interactions and collaboration among academic and industrial participants. This year¡¦s meeting will be held on September 18, 2004, in the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center at 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612. This year¡¦s program will focus on ¡§Biotechnology: Basic Sciences and Future Applications¡¨. The program will cover, but is not limited to, the following three topics:

(A) Bio-informatics and Bio-metrics

¡P bio-sensors

¡P bio-chips

¡P computational biology

¡P systems biology

¡P biotech ventures

(B) Molecular Herbal Medicine

¡P anti-cancer drugs

¡P immunity boosting compounds

¡P cardiovascular drugs

(C) Genomics & Proteomics

¡P cell and gene based therapy

¡P genetic screening

¡P gene mutation and diseases

¡P signal transduction networks

¡P pharmacogenomics

Format of the Meeting

The conference language is English, and the scientific section of the meeting will include three parallel sessions that address the three main topics outlined above. Each session will consist of 6 to 8 seminars presented by invited speakers (the list of speakers will be announced in our forthcoming meeting update). As in previous ICAST meetings, seminar speakers are requested to submit an English abstract of 200-400 words. Each submission must include the title, the authors¡¦ names, affiliations, mailing addresses, emails, and telephone numbers. Please make your submission in electronic form via email as embedded plain text or as an attached Word file to either one of the Technical Program Chairs at the following addresses no later than July 16, 2004.

Please submit your electronic abstract to Technical Program Chairs:

Dr. Ying-Hao Chou Cell and Molecular Biology Northwestern University 303 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 ych892@northwestern.edu

Dr. William Beck Biopharmaceutical Department University of Illinois at Chicago 833 S. Wood Street, M/C 865 Chicago, IL 60612 wtbeck@uic.edu