JOINT AREMS/SEMS MEETING
                           GREENVILLE, SC
 
WEDNESDAY
 
8:00 am - 4:00 pm    REGISTRATION
12:30 pm-12:45 pm    OPENING REMARKS
                Dennis Barr, AREMS President-Elect
                Jay Jerome, SEMS President
 
SESSION I
 
12:45 pm- 1:30 pm    INVITED SPEAKER
                Margaret Ann Goldstein
                Baylor College of Medicine
 
           "Imaging with microscopes and computers"
 
1:30 pm -2:30 pm     ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
                     MODERATOR: Gene Michaels, Univ of GA
 
           "Microscopy for kids of all ages"
 
2:30 pm -4:30 pm     POSTER SESSION
 
     Pennington      SEM evaluation of the surface of an intra-arterial sensor
                     retrieved from critically ill pediatric patients
 
     Johnsrude       Intraerythrocytic inclusions associated with iridoviral
                     infection in a fer-de-lance (Bothrops moojeni) snake
 
     Vaughn          The effects of exogenous calcium oxalate crystals on
                     renal epithelial cells
 
     Vaughn          Electroreceptor organ development in larval electric eels
                     (Electrophorus electricus)
 
     Gambling        Remote printing of large format images
 
     Whittaker       Role of electron microscopy in diagnosis of the
                     transmission of fibropapillomas in Green turtles,
                     Chelonia mydas.
5:00 pm- 6:00 pm     AREMS BUSINESS MEETING AND RECEPTION
 
2:30 pm -8:00 pm     VENDOR SESSION
 
4:00 pm -8:00 pm     VENDOR SPONSORED TUTORIALS
 
 
THURSDAY
 
SESSION II
 
9:00 am - 9:45 am    INVITED TALK
                Mike Kizer
                Clinch Valley College
           "Life Cycle Stages of H. diminuta by SEM & Freeze Cracking"
 
 
                     RUSKA STUDENT COMPETITION
 
           Abstract
              No.
 
9:45          1      Effects of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) on
                     satellite cell and myofiber nuclei proliferation of beef
                     calves. R.C. Vann.
 
10:00 am -10:45 am   INVITED TALK
                Mark Teaford
                Johns Hopkins
     "Analysis of rates of tooth wear via scanning electron microscopy"
 
10:45-11:15 am  COFFEE BREAK
 
SESSION III
 
11:15 am -12:00 pm   INVITED TALK
                Norman Herz
                University of Georgia
     "Innovative uses of SEM in the determination of weathering of statues"
 
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm   LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
 
SESSION IV
 
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm    INVITED TALK
                Fred Stevie
                AT&T
     "Focused Ion Beam application in semiconductor applications"
 
2:15       2    Low kV analysis of uncoated and of coated artificial root
                caries. DG Gantt
 
3:00       3    Computer-assisted analysis of radial symmetry in airway
                epithelial cilia: a new perspective on assesment of congenital
                ciliary defects. JL Carson.
 
3:15       4    Free radical derived oxidants and endothelial cell dysfunction
                in a rat model of diabetic retinopathy. E Ann Ellis.
 
3:30       5    Fungi associated with heating, ventilating, and air
                conditioning (HVAC) systems in the southeastern united states.
                RB Simmons.
 
3:45       6    Negative stain electron microscopy (EM) of self-assembled
                gastroenteric virus capsids. CD Humphrey.
 
4:00       7    Ultrastructure of conida and conidium germination in the plant
                pathogenic fungus Alternaria cassiae. CW Mims.
 
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm    COFFEE BREAK
 
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm    INVITED TALK
 
                Locke Christman
                FEI Co.
           "Focused ion beam secondary ion mass spectrometry (FIB SIMS)
           expands the capabilities and the applications of focused ion beam
           systems."
 
 
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm    SOCIAL HOUR
7:00 pm-             AREMS/SEMS AWARDS BANQUET
                FEATURING AN AFTER DINNER TALK BY:
                     Mark Teaford
                    Johns Hopkins
                   "Making teeth talk"
 
FRIDAY
 
 
7:30 am - 9:00 am    SEMS BUSINESS BREAKFAST
 
SESSION V
 
9:00 am - 9:45 am    INVITED SPEAKER
 
                Robert Price
                University of South Carolina, Medical School
           "Experimental models in the study of early heart development"
 
9:45       8    Microanalysis in environmental science: determination of the
                micro-environment of pollutants and the mechanism of
                remediation of contaminated soils. TB Vander Wood.
 
10:00-10:40     INVITED SPEAKER
                Michael M. Thomason, Diane Petrovich, Steve Myles
                Analytical Services Group, Simpsonville, SC
     "SEM Analysis of nonwoven fabrics used in disposable diapers and other
     converted products."
 
10:40      9    The quantification of structure within polycrystalline fiber.
                KE Robinson.
 
10:55-11:10     COFFEE BREAK
 
11:10 - 11:50   INVITED SPEAKER
                Rathna Perera
     " The use of electron microscopy in high performance textiles"
 
11:50      10   Microscopic and chemical analyses of flax and flax retting. DE
                Akin.
 
12:05-12:45     INVITED SPEAKER
                T.J. Stark, D.P. Griffis, P.E. Russell
                North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
                "H2O Enhanced focused ion beam micromachining"
 
12:45           CLOSING REMARKS
                Mark Farmer, SEMS President-Elect
                John Herr, AREMS President
 
 
For further information contact:
Jay Jerome
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