Program

5:00-6:30 p.m. Thursday February 9, 2006          Shamrock Ballroom		Poster Session C: Nano- and Microtechnologies
	Host Immune Response to Implanted Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules
		C.S. Nallapati, S.P.Chilakal, M.J.McShane and D. Mills — Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
	Nanoassembled Polyelectrolyte Multilayers as Platforms for Chrondrocyte Culture
		J. Shaik, J.S. Mohammed, M.J. McShane and D.K. Mills — Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
	Applicability of Lithography-layer-by-layer (L-LBL) Method to Cell Patterning and Prospects
		J.S. Mohammed1, M.A. DeCoster2 and M.J. McShane1 — 1Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana and 2Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
	Transduction of pH and Glucose-sensitive Hydrogel Swelling Through Fluorescence Energy Transfer
		A.C. Mack, J. Mao and M.J. McShane — Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
	In-vivo Compatibility Studies of Polymeric Materials for Use in Implantable Glucose Sensors
		S.P.Chilakal, C.S.Nallapati, M.J. McShane and D. Mills — Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
	A Battery Operated Portable Thermocycler for Rapid PCR
		N. Agrawal and V.M. Ugaz — TAMU, College Station
	A Comparison of Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Analysis: Phylogenetic Relationships in a Subtropical Insect Pest
		R. G. Shatters, Jr.1, L. M. Boykin1, R. A. Bagnall2, R. C. Rosell2, C. L. McKenzie1 and D. R. Frohlich2 — 1USDA, ARS, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL and 2University of St. Thomas