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1997-98
Progress Report

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Presentations, CY 1997-1998

Adams, V., M. Bennett, L. Bishop, K. Deacon, T. Mims, R. Sheely, K. L. Yuracko, P. B. Selby, G. D. Kerr, M. J. Gresalfi, C. Johnson, and C. Goddard, "U.S. Department of Energy National Center of Excellence for Metals Recycle," presented at the DOE 14th Pollution Prevention Conference, Seattle, WA, June 1-4, 1998 (Invited).

Adams, V., M. Bennett, L. Bishop, K. Deacon, T. Mims, R. Sheely, K. L. Yuracko, P. Selby, G. Kerr, M. Gresalfi, C. Johnson, and C. Goddard, "U.S. Department of Energy National Center of Excellence for Metals Recycle," presented at Spectrum '98, International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Denver, CO, September 13-18, 1998 (Invited).

Allison, D. P., M. J. Doktycz, P. R. Hoyt, T. Thundat, P. I. Oden, and R. J. Warmack, "Investigating Molecular Interactions of Biological Nanoparticles by AFM," presented at the USDOE Workshop on Instrumentation and Measurement Issues for Nanometer Particles, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, MN, December 5-7, 1997 (Invited).

Allison, D. P., P. R. Hoyt, M. J. Doktycz, and R. J. Warmack, "Resolving Proteins Bound to Individual DNA Molecules by AFM," presented at the Scanning Microscopy Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 10-15, 1997 (Invited).

Allison, D. P., M. J. Doktycz, P. R. Hoyt, T. Thundat, and R. J. Warmack, "AFM Imaging Site-Specific Protein Binding to DNA Molecules," presented at the 9th International Conference on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Hamburg, Germany, July 20-25, 1997 .

Allison, D. P., R. J. Warmack, M. J. Doktycz, T. Thundat, and P. R. Hoyt, "Resolving Proteins Bound to Individual DNA Molecules," presented at STM-AFM-SNOM and Biological "Objects", Noisy le Grand, France, April 16-18, 1997 (Invited).

Allison, D. P., M. J. Doktycz, P. R. Hoyt, T. Thundat, and R. J. Warmack, "The Analysis of Genomes by AFM," presented at Scanning 97, Monterey, CA, April 19-22, 1997 (Invited).

Allison, D. P., "Applications of Scanning Probe Microscopes for Biological Research," presented at the Symposium on Frontiers of Microscopy, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, April 23, 1998 (Invited).

Allison, D. P. and P. R. Hoyt, "Investigating Protein-DNA Interactions by AFM," presented at Partnering for Functional Genomics Research, Oak Ridge, TN, April 16-17, 1998 (Invited).

Arlinghaus, H. F., M. N. Kwoka, and K. B. Jacobson, "Detection of Unlabeled DNA on Peptide Nucleic Acid-Based Genosensor Chips," presented at the 9th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference, Hilton Head, SC, September 13-16, 1997.

Barshick, S.-A., A. Vass, and D. Wolf, "Differentiation of Microorganisms Using Pyrolysis-Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Ionization," presented at the 46th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 31-June 4, 1998.

Beattie, K. L., H. Fredrickson, E. Perkins, K. Diedrich, M. J. Doktycz, J. T. Fleming, A. Nagel, and R. Tonucci, "Genosensor-Based Ecotoxicity Response Monitoring," presented at the Symposium on Partners in Environmental Technology, Washington, DC, December 1, 1998 (Invited).

Beatty, B. R., S. G. Shinpock, K. J. Houser, and M. J. Justice, "Artificial Insemination in the Mouse ," presented at the 25th Anniversary of "Frozen" Mice: Embryo and Gamete Cryopreservation, Bar Harbor, ME, September 23, 1997 (Invited).

Beets, A. L., S. Guhlke, S. Mirzadeh, H.-J. Biersack, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "Use of 'Tandem' Cation/Anion Exchange Column System Provides High Specific Volume Tc-99m Solutions from Low Specific Activity (n,y) Mo-99," presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1998.

Bergstrom, K. A., D. W. McPherson, C. Halldin, M. Greenbaum, J. Hiltunen, C.-G. Swahn, H. Ito, N. Ginovart, H. Hall, S. Larsson, P.-O. Schnell, F. F. Knapp, Jr., and L. Farde, "Metabolite Pattern of Radioiodinated E-(R,R)-IQNP in Rodent and Primate Plasma," presented at the 11th International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Uppsala, Sweden, June 15-19, 1997.

Bergstrom, K. A., C. Halldin, A. Savonen, Y. Okubo, J. Hiltunen, C.-G. Swahn, D. McPherson, F. F. Knapp, Jr., S. Larsson, P. O. Schnell, and L. Farde, "Iodine-123 Labelled Z-(R,R)-IQNP: A Potential Radioligand for Visualization of M2 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Brain with SPET," presented at the Joint World Federation of Nuclear Medicine (WFNM&B) and European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 30, 1998.

Bergstrom, K. A., C. Halldin, A. Savonen, Y. Okubo, C.-G. Swahn, D. McPherson, F. F. Knapp, Jr., J. Hiltunen, S. Larsson, P. O. Schnell, and L. Fardel, "Iodine-123 Labelled Z-(R,R)-IQNP: A New Radioligand for Visualization of M2 Muscarinic Acetycholine Receptor in Brain," presented at the Joint World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology-European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 30, 1998.

Bililign, S., L. Liu, C. S. Feigerle, and J. C. Miller, "Metal-Ion Chemistry in Clusters Initiated by Ionization/Dissociation of Organometallic Precursors," presented at the Gordon Conference on Structures, Energetics and Dynamics of Gaseous Ions, Ventura, CA, February 23-27, 1997.

Bililign, S., L. Liu, C. S. Feigerle, and J. C. Miller, "Metal-Ion Chemistry in Clusters Initiated by Ionization/Dissociation of Organometallic Precursors," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society, April 19, 1997.

Bililign, S., L. Liu, C. S. Feigerle, and J. C. Miller, "Metal-Ion Chemistry in Clusters Initiated by Ionization/Dissociation of Organometallic Precursors," presented at the 17th International Symposium on Molecular Beams, Paris, France, June 2, 1997 (Invited).

Bililign, S., C. S. Feigerle, and J. C. Miller, "Inverse Laser Ablation: Formation and Chemistry of Nanoparticles from Gaseous Precursors," presented at the 4th International Conference on Laser Ablation, Monterey, CA, July 21-25, 1997.

Bogard, J. S., "Performance Requirements for Pocket-Sized Alarm Dosimeters and Alarm Ratemeters - Status and Comparison with Related Standards," presented at the NIST/NRC Electronic Dosimetry Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, October 14-16, 1997 (Invited).

Bogard, J. S., K. L. Yuracko, M. E. Murray, R. A. Lowden, and N. L. Vaughn, "Application of Life Cycle Analysis: The Case of Green Bullets," presented at the 14th U.S. DOE Pollution Prevention Conference, Seattle WA, June 1-4, 1998 (Invited).

Bogard, J. S., K. L. Yuracko, M. E. Murray, R. A. Lowden, and N. L. Vaughn, "Application of Life Cycle Analysis: The Case of Green Bullets," presented at Spectrum '98, International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Denver, CO, September 13-18, 1998 (Invited).

Boll, R. A., S. Mirzadeh, S. J. Kennel, D. W. Depaoli, and O. Webb, "Ac-225/Bi-213 Biomedical Generator," presented at the Winter Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Albuquerque, NM, November 16-20, 1997.

Borges, H. T., J. Watkins, R. Stafford, P.-Y. Lu, R. Biggar, and J. Goedert, "Collection and Verification of Matched Data from Selected United States Cancer and HIV/AIDS Registries," presented at the National AIDS Meeting, Bethesda, MD, April 10, 1998.

Brandes, H. K., F. W. Larimer, and F. C. Hartman, "Mutagenesis of Tryptophanyl Residues of Spinach Phosphoribulokinase (PRK)," presented at the 17th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, San Francisco, CA, August 24,1997.

Britton, C. L., W. L. Bryan, S. F. Smith, R. J. Warmack, P. I. Oden, T. G. Thundat, R. L. Jones, and J. M. Rochelle, "MEMS Sensor Arrays for Low-Concentration Chemical and Biological Sensing (Nose-On-A-Chip)," presented at United Technologies Corporation, East Hartford, CT, July 7,1998.

Brown, A.-D., T. G. Thundat, and M. S. Smith, "Detection of Charged Particles Using Microcantilevers," presented at the 45th International Symposium of the American Vacumn Society, Baltimore, MD, November 2-6,1998.

Buchanan, M. V., G. B. Hurst, M. J. Doktycz, P. F. Britt, K. Weaver, M. Lidstrom, and A. Costello, "Monitoring Genetic and Metabolic Potential for In Situ Bioremediation: Mass Spectrometry," presented at the Environmental Management Science Program Workshop, Chicago, IL, July 27-30, 1998 (Invited).

Buncick, M. S., P. I. Oden, F. Meriaudeau, J. DePriest, and T. L. Ferrell, "Detection of Hydrogen by Surface Plasmon Resonance ," presented at the Meeting of the American Vacumn Society, Baltimore, MD, November 2-6, 1998.

Chen, C. H., N. I. Taranenko, Y. F. Zhu, C. N. Chung, and S. L. Allman, "Laser Mass Spectrometry for DNA Sequencing, Disease Diagnosis, and Fingerprinting," presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineering Conference on Advances in Nucleic Acids Monitoring, Manipulation and Sequencing Technologies, San Jose, CA, February 8, 1997.

Chen, C. H., N. I. Taranenko, Y. F. Zhu, C. N. Chung, S. L. Allman, I. Narayan, and K. J. Matteson, "Various Approaches for Sequencing Single-Stranded and Double-Stranded DNA by MALDI," presented at the 45th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Related Topics, Palm Springs, CA, June 1-5, 1997 (Invited).

Chen, C. H., V. V. Golovlev, W. R. Garrett, R. V. Goedert, T. A. Whittaker, and D. W. Templeton, "Optical Power Limiting for Eye Protection from Tunable Lasers," presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineering and Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation Conference on Nonlinear Optical Liquids and Power Limiters, San Diego, CA, July 27-August 1, 1997 (Invited).

Chen, C. H., N. I. Taranenko, V. V. Golovlev, N. R. Isola, S. L. Allman, L. Y. Chang, K. J. Matteson, and N. T. Potter, "MALDI for DNA Sequencing, Disease Diagnosis and Forensic Applications," presented at the 46th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 30, 1998.

Collins, E. D., S. Mirzadeh, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "Development of a Modular Concentrator for Improved Medical Application of Technetium-99M," presented at The Impact of Emerging Technology on Health, Knoxville, TN, December 3-4, 1998.

Cosman, M., R. Xu, B. E. Hingerty, S. Amin, N. E. Geacintov, S. Broyde, and D. J. Partel, "Comparison of the Solution Structures of (+)-and(-)-trans-anti-methylchrysene-DNA Duplex Adducts," presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 12-16, 1997 (Invited).

Crawford, O. H., "A Bayesian Threading Algorithm for Protein Fold Recognition," presented at the 17th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, San Francisco, CA, August 24-29, 1997 (Invited).

Crawford, O. H., "A New Threading Algorithm for Protein Fold Recognition," presented at the 2nd International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB '98, New York, NY, March 22, 1998.

Crawford, O. H., "A New Tool for Protein Fold Recognition: A Bayesian Heuristic Threading Algorithm," presented at the 2nd Annual International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology, New York, NY, March 22, 1998.

Crawford, O. H., Y. Xu, D. Xu, and E. C. Uberbacher, "A New Threading Algorithm for Proteins," presented at the 3rd Community Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction, Asilomar, CA, December 13, 1998.

Crilly, P. B., W. B. Dress, D. L. Hedden, and T. L. Ferrell, "Analysis of Pulse Oximetry Data Using the Wavelet Transform," presented at the Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, IMTC '98, St. Paul, MN, May 18-20, 1998.

Datskou, I. C. and C. L. Arquiett, "Effects of Funding Delays on Environmental Problems," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Risk Analysis, Washington, DC, December 7-10, 1997.

Davis, I. A. and S. J. Kennel, "Radioimmunotherapy Using Vascular Targeted 213Bi: The Role of TNF-Alpha in the Development of Pulmonary Fibrosis," presented at the 7th Conference on Radioimmunodetection and Radioimmunotherapy of Cancer, Princeton, NJ, October 14-18, 1998.

DePaoli, D. W., O. F. Webb, S. S. Laughlin, and R. A. M. Boll, S., "Separation/Purification of Thorium-229 for Medical Applications," presented at the 10th Symposium on Separation Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Gatlinburg, TN, October 20, 1997.

Dichtl, B., A. Stevens, and D. Tollervey, "Lithium Toxicity in Yeast is Due to the Inhibition of RNA Processing Enzymes," presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of RNA Society, RNA '97, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 27, 1997.

Ding, W. X., D. L. McCorkle, and L. A. Pinnaduwage, "Enhanced Radical Formation by Electron Attachment to Highly-Excited States of Molecules in Plasmas," presented at the 25th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Raleigh, NC, June 1-4, 1998.

Ding, W. X., D. L. McCorkle, C. Y. Ma, and L. A. Pinnaduwage, "Decomposition of Volatile Organic Compounds in a Positive Column Glow Discharge Plasma," presented at the 25th IEEE Interenational Conference on Plasma Science, Raleigh, NC, June 1-4, 1998.

Doktycz, M. J. and K. L. Beattie, "The Flowthrough Genosensor Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory," presented at Biomarkers, The Genome and the Individual, Charleston, SC, May 4-8, 1997.

Downey, T., F. Meriaudeau, A. Passian, A. Wig, P. Crilly, T. L. Ferrell, and T. L. Ferrell, "Development of a Fiber Optics Sensor Based on Gold Island Plasmon Resonance," presented at the International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, Ottawa, Canada, July 27-30, 1998.

Efroymson, R. A., B. E. Sample, C. T. Hunsaker, B. Lyon, A. Simcock, and G. W. Suter, "A Dynamical Model for Terrestrial Ecological Exposure to Toxic Air Pollutants," presented at the Meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicological Chemistry, San Francisco, CA, November 16-20, 1997 (Invited).

Efroymson, R. A., B. E. Sample, C. T. Hunsaker, B. Lyon, A. Simcock, and G. W. Suter, II, "A Dynamic Model for Terrestrial Ecological Exposure to Toxic Air Pollutants," presented at the Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, Washington, DC, December 7-10, 1997 (Invited).

Egidi, P. V., "Introduction to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material," presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, San Antonio, TX, June 30, 1997 (Invited).

Egidi, P. V., "The Independent Verification Process in Decommissioning, Decontamination, and Reutilization Activities - Description, Benefits, and Lessons Learned," presented at the Meeting of the American Nuclear Society on Decommissioning, Decontamination and Reutilization, Knoxville, TN, September 7-12, 1997.

Egidi, P. V., C. R. Flynn, M. S. Blair, and R. J. Selfridge, "Real-Time, Automated Characterization of Surfaces for Alpha and Beta Radiation," presented at X-Change '97, Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology, Miami, FL, December 1-5, 1997.

Eigler, N., J. Whiting, A. Chernomorsky, J. Jackson, F. F. Knapp, Jr., and F. Litvack, "Radiant™ Liquid Radioisotope Intravascular Radiation Therapy System," presented at the 2nd Annual Symposium on Radiotherapy to Reduce Restenosis, LaJolla, CA, January 16, 1998.

England, C. A. and J. E. Turner, "Statistical Analysis of a Radiological Site Characterization Plan," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, San Antonio, TX, June 29-July 3, 1997.

Ericson, M. N., D. K. Johnson, R. S. Burlage, T. L. Ferrell, D. E. McMillan, K. G. Falter, A. D. McMillan, S. F. Smith, G. E. Jellison, and C. L. Britton, Jr., "A Subdermal Physiological Monitoring System for Mass Screening Mice in Gene Expression Studies," presented at the 6th DOE Contractor and Grantee Workshop of the Human Genome Program, Santa Fe, NM, November 9-13, 1997 (Invited).

Evans, B. R., J. Zhou, T. L. Poole, G. J. Bunick, A. V. Palumbo, and J. Woodward, "Extremozymes for Bioprocessing," presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 23-27, 1998 (Invited).

Feigerle, C. S., S. Bililign, and J. C. Miller, "Chemistry in Metal Microclusters," presented at the Symposium on Laser-Induced Chemstry in Clusters, XIII Interdisciplinary Science Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 12-17, 1997 (Invited).

Feigerle, C. S. and J. C. Miller, "Nanochemistry: Chemical Reactions Within Clusters," presented at Instrumentation and Measurement Issues for Nanometer Particles, Minneapolis, MN, December 5-7, 1997 (Invited).

Ferrell, T. L., P. B. Crilly, S. F. Smith, A. L. Wintenberg, C. L. Britton, G. W. Morrison, M. N. Ericson, D. L. Hedden, and D. Bouldin, "Medical Telesensors," presented at the International Biomedical Optics Symposium, BiOS '98, San Jose, CA, January 24-30, 1998.

Foltz, C. J., K. C. Goss, D. K. Johnson, and J. C. Schryver, "Behavioral and Functional Analysis of the Laboratory Mouse," presented at the 49th National Meeting of American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), Cincinnati, OH, October 18,1998.

Forbes, G. H., "Independent Verification Process for Environmental Restoration Program Activities," presented at the Topical Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Knoxville, TN, September 7-12, 1997.

Forbes, G. H., "Independent Verification Process for Environmental Restoration Program Activities," presented at the 8th Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils and Groundwater, Oxnard, CA, March 9-12, 1998 (Invited).

Geck, M. K. and F. C. Hartman, "Interactions of Chloroplastic Thioredoxins with Target Enzymes," presented at the Joint Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiology/Canadian Society of Plant Physiology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 2-6, 1997.

Gledd, L. N., H. Amols, C. Marboe, F. F. Knapp, Jr., and J. Weinberger, "Effectiveness of a Beta-Emitting Liquid-Filled Perfusion Balloon to Prevent Restenosis," presented at the Annual Meeting of American Heart Association, Orlando, FL, November 9-12, 1997.

Goss, K. C., J. C. Schryver, and D. K. Johnson, "Behavioral Testing Results for the p30Pub Mutants at ORNL," presented at the 7th International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Conference, Richmond, VA, June 11-14, 1998.

Goss, K. C., D. K. Johnson, and J. C. Schryver, "Behavior Testing in the 30Pub Deletion Mutation: An Animal Model for Angelman Syndrome," presented at the 49th National Meeting of American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), Cincinnati, OH, October 18, 1998.

Goss, K. C., K. Mattson, and R. Mervis, "Enriched Motor Learning Enhances Neuroplasticity in the Lurcher Mouse," presented at the 49th National Meeting of American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), Cincinnati, OH, October 18,1998.

Gu, Z., A. Gorin, B. Mao, B. E. Hingerty, S. Broyde, and D. J. Patel, "Solution Structure of a Template-Primer Model Containing an AF Modified G Opposite C or A at the Junction," presented at Supercomputing '98, Orlando, FL, November 7-13, 1998.

Gunter, L. E., G. T. Roberts, K. Lee, F. W. Larimer, and G. A. Tuskan, "RAPD and SCAR Markers Linked to Femaleness in Salix viminalis L.," presented at the 6th Conference on Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, CA, January 18-22, 1998.

Gunter, L. E., G. T. Roberts, K. L. Lee, G. A. Tuskan, and F. W. Larimer, "RAPD and SCAR Markers Linked to Femaleness in Salix viminalis L.," presented at Frontiers of Forest Biology 1998, Joint Annual Meeting of North American Forest Biology and WFGA, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 21-26, 1998.

Harp, J. M., D. E. Timm, and G. J. Bunick, "Protein Crystal Annealing: Overcoming Increased Mosaicity Associated with Cryocrystallography," presented at the Annual Meeting of American Crystallographic Association, St. Louis, MO, July 19-25, 1997.

Harpel, M. R., F. W. Larimer, and F. C. Hartman, "Covalent Chemical Rescue of Rhodospirillum robrum Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Mutants," presented at the 17th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, San Francisco, CA, August 24, 1997.

Hartman, F. C., Y.-R. Chen, T.-Y. S. Lu, and F. W. Larimer, "Characterization of Recombinant Spinach Ribulose-5-Phosphate 3-Epimerase (Ru5P Epimerase)," presented at the 12th Symposium of the Protein Society, San Diego, CA, July 25-29, 1998.

Hettich, R. L., A. Lahamer, and R. Compton, "Characterization of the Fragmentation and Reactivity of Endohedral Fullerenes with FTICR," presented at the 46th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 31-June 4, 1998.

Hingerty, B. E., S. B. Singh, and S. Broyde, "DNA - The Molecule, State of the Art," presented at the Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Symposium on DNA - The Molecule, State of the Art, Dallas, TX, March 30,1998.

Hoyt, P. R., D. P. Allison, M. J. Doktycz, and R. J. Warmack, "Resolving Proteins Bound to Individual DNA Molecules by Atomic Force Microscopy," presented at Biomarkers, The Genome and the Individual, Charleston, SC, May 4-8, 1997.

Hu, Z., P. I. Oden, T. Thundat, and R. J. Warmack, "Real-Time Mercury and Hydrogen Vapor Detection Using Microcantilever Sensors," presented at the March Meeting of the American Physics Society, Los Angeles, CA, March 16-20, 1998.

Hurst, G. B., K. Weaver, M. Doktycz, and M. V. Buchanan, "Analysis of PCR Products Using Delayed-Extraction MALDI-TOF," presented at the 45th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Palm Springs, CA, June 1-5, 1997 (Invited).

Hurst, G. B., K. Weaver, M. J. Doktycz, M. V. Buchanan, A. M. Costello, and M. E. Lidstrom, "TOF-MS Detection of PCR Products," presented at the 10th Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Sanibel Island, FL, American Society of Mass Spectrometry, January 24-27, 1998.

Hurst, G. B., K. Weaver, M. Doktycz, M. V. Buchanan, A. M. Costello, and M. E. Lidstrom, "Identification of Methanotrophic Bacteria Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction with MALDI-TOF Detection," presented at the 46th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 31-June 4, 1998.

Jacobson, K. B., L. J. Stubbs, D. P. Allison, R. P. Woychik, M. J. Justice, D. K. Johnson, E. C. Uberbacher, J. M. Ramsey, K. L. Beattie, and T. Vo-Dinh, "The Mouse/Human Genome Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory," presented at the Human Genome and Gene Theory Symposium, Seoul, South Korea, May 28, 1997 (Invited).

Jacobson, K. B., L. J. Stubbs, D. P. Allison, R. P. Woychik, M. J. Justice, D. K. Johnson, E. C. Uberbacher, J. M. Ramsey, K. L. Beattie, and T. Vo-Dinh, "The Mouse/Human Genome Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory," presented at the 3rd International Engelhardt Symposium on Molecular Biology, Moscow, Russia, June 9, 1997 (Invited).

Ji, Y., M. J. Walkowicz, E. M. Rinchik, J. M. Amos-Landgraf, R. E. Tarvin, K. Buiting, B. Horsthemke, D. K. Johnson, L. Stubbs, and R. D. Nicholls, "The Ancestral Gene for the Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndrome END Repeat Element Encodes a Giant Protein and Causes the jdf2 Syndrome in Mouse," presented at the International Chromosome 15 Workshop (SCW15), Baltimore, MD, October 28, 1997 (Invited).

Johnson, D. K., M. J. Justice, K. L. Beattie, M. V. Buchanan, M. Ramsey, L. R. Ramsey, M. J. Paulus, M. N. Ericson, D. P. Allison, D. L. Kress, R. J. Mural, E. C. Uberbacher, and R. C. Mann, "The Functional Genomics Initiative at Oak Ridge National Laboratory," presented at the 6th DOE Contractor and Grantee Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, November 9-13, 1997 (Invited).

Johnson, D. K., "Mouse Genetics and Mutagenesis at ORNL ," presented at the Partnering for Functional Genomics Workshop, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, April 16, 1998 (Invited).

Jung, C.-H., T.-Y. S. Lu, and F. W. Larimer, "Heterologous Expression and Characterization of Ribose-5-Phosphate Isomerase from Spinach," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biochemical Molecular Biology, Washington, DC, May 16-20, 1998.

Justice, M. J. and D. A. Carpenter, "Generating Allelic Series at 'Beige' and 'Satin' by ENU Mutagenesis," presented at the 11th International Mouse Genome Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, October 12, 1997 (Invited).

Justice, M. J., G. M. Hansen, B. Sheppard, and T. Shountz, "Using Retroviral Tags to Identify Cancer Susceptibility Genes in Mouse AKXD B-Cell Lymphomas," presented at the 11th International Mouse Genome Conf., St. Petersburg, FL, October 16, 1997 (Invited).

Katkov, I. I. and P. Mazur, "Influence of Centrifugation on Motility, Yield, and Cell Associations of Mouse Spermatozoa," presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cryobiology, Barcelona, Spain, June 8, 1997 (Invited).

Katkov, I. I. and P. Mazur, "Factors Affecting Yield and Survival of Cells When Suspensions Are Subjected to Centrifugation," presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cryobiology, Barcelona, Spain, June 8, 1997 (Invited).

Kerr, G. D., "A Review of Biologically and Physically Related Dosimetric Data for Hiroshima," presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Minneapolis, MN, July 12-16, 1998.

Kerr, G. D., "Chromosome Aberrations and Neutron Doses at Hiroshima," presented at the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Louisville, KY, April 25-29, 1998.

Knapp, F. F., Jr., A. L. Beets, S. Mirzadeh, and S. Guhlke, "Use of a New Tandem Cation/Anion Exchange System with Clinical-Scale Generators Provides High Specific Volume Solutions of Technetium-99m and Rhenium-188," presented at International Trends in Radiopharmaceuticals Diagnosis and Therapy, Lisbon, Portugal, March 30-April 3, 1997.

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Coronary Irradiation with Beta-Emitting Radioisotopes to Inhibit Restenosis After PTCA - An Old Therapy for a New Problem," presented at the Symposium on Accelerating Nuclear Medicine, Richland, WA, April 19-24, 1997 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr. and the Nuclear Medicine Group, "Therapeutic Clinical Applications of Reactor-Produced Radioisotopes," presented at the American Nuclear Society Symposium on Isotope Production and Applications, Albuquerque, NM, November 16-20, 1997 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "The Development and Use of Radionuclide Generators in Nuclear Medicine - Recent Advances and Future Perspectives," presented at the International Symposium on Modern Trends in Radiopharmaceuticals for Diagnosis and Therapy, Lisbon, Portugal, March 30-April 3, 1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Overview of the Production of Therapeutic Medical Radioisotopes in the ORNL HFIR for Applications in Oncology, Nuclear Medicine and Interventional Cardiology," presented to the Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Vienna, Austria, April 6, 1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Overview of the Production of Therapeutic Medical Radioisotopes in the ORNL HFIR for Applications in Oncology, Nuclear Medicine and Interventional Cardiology," presented at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in conjunction with Department of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Svent Georgi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary, April 9,1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., A. L. Beets, S. Mirzadeh, C. W. Alexander, and R. L. Hobbs, "Production of Medical Radioisotopes in the ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) for Cancer Treatment and Arterial Restenosis Therapy After PTCA," presented at the 13th Radiochemical Conference, Marianzke Lazne, Czech Republic, April 19-24, 1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Radioisotopes for Cancer Therapy - The Importance and Availability of Reactor-Produced Radioisotopes ," presented at the 8th Mediterranean Meeting on Nuclear Medicine and Radiopharmaceuticals for Oncology, Rome, Italy, May 19-24,1998.

Knapp, F. F., Jr., A. L. Beets, S. Guhlke, H.-J. Biersack, K. N. Gledd, C. Marboe, H. Amols, and J. Weinberger, "Rhenium-188 Liquid-Filled Balloons Effectively Inhibit Restenosis in a Swine Coronary Overstretch Model - A Simple New Method Bridging Nuclear Medicine and Interventional Cardiology," presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1998.

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Reactor-Produced Radioisotopes for Therapeutic Applications," presented at Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., St. Louis, MO, August 11, 1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Development and Use of the ORNL Alumina-Base Tungsten-188/Rhenium-188 Generator System," presented at Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., St. Louis, MO, August 11, 1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., A. L. Beets, S. Guhlke, H.-J. Biersack, M. Stabin, and R. E. Spencer, "Liquid-Filled Balloons for Coronary Restenosis Therapy - Strategy and Dosimetry for Use of Rhenium-188," presented at the Joint World Federation of Nuclear Medicine (WFNM&B) and European Assoc. of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), Berlin, Germany, August 30, 1998.

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Production of Therapeutic Radioisotopes," presented at the Pre-Congress Symposium on New Strategies for Radioimmunotherapy and Radioreceptortherapy, Berlin, Germany, August 31, 1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr., "Opening Remarks and Introduction of the Symposium," presented at the Symposium on Radiopharmaceuticals and Radiopharmacy, Berlin, Germany, September 2, 1998 (Invited).

Knapp, F. F., Jr. and J. H. Kropp, "Opening Remarks," presented at the Symposium on Radioiodinated Free Fatty Acids, Dresden, Germany, September 6, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "NCRP Recommendations on Risk-Based Classification for Radioactive and Hazardous Chemical Wastes," presented at the meeting of East Tennessee Chapter of Health Physics Society, Oak Ridge, TN, January 21, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Dose Coefficients for Internal and External Exposure," presented at Radiological Assessments Corporation short course on Calculating and Understanding Risk from Radionuclides Released to the Environment, Santa Fe, NM, April 30, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Regulations for Radionuclides and Hazardous Chemicals in the Environment," presented at Radiological Assessments Corporation short course on Calculating and Understanding Risk from Radionuclides Released to the Environment, Santa Fe, NM, April 30, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Context for Performance Assessment," presented at the DOE Low-Level Waste Management Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 20-22, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Sources, Classification, and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--History and Legal and Regulatory Requirements," presented at Harvard School of Public Health short course on Management and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, Boston, MA, June 16, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Classification and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--History and Legal and Regulatory Requirements," presented at Professional Enrichment Program of Health Physics Society, San Antonio, TX, June 29, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "NCRP Study on Risk-Based Classification for Radioactive and Hazardous Chemical Wastes," presented at National Research Council Board on Radioactive Waste Management meeting on New Developments in Low-Level/Low-Activity Waste Management and Disposal, Washington, DC, July 17, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Review of Standards for Limitation of Radiation Dose to Radiation Workers and Members of the Public and Laws and Regulations and Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace and the Environment," presented at The University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear Engineering short course on Radiological Assessment, Knoxville, TN, August 18, 1997 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Review of Standards for Limitation of Radiation Dose to Radiation Workers and Members of the Public and Laws and Regulations and Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace and the Environment," presented at Colorado State University, Department of Radiological Health Sciences course on Radiation Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, March 5, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--Review of Legal and Regulatory Requirements," presented at Colorado State University, Department of Radiological Health Sciences course on Radiation Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, March 6, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Regulation of Public Exposures to Radionuclides and Hazardous Chemicals: Seeking Common Ground," presented at Rutgers University, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, NJ, May 6, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Sources, Classifications, and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--History and Legal and Regulatory Requirements," presented at Harvard School of Public Health short course on Management and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, Boston, MA, June 15, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Classification and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--History and Legal and Regulatory Requirements," presented at Professional Enrichment Program of Health Physics Society, Minneapolis, MN, July 12, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Current Approaches to Regulating Public Exposures to Radionuclides and Hazardous Chemicals," presented at Professional Enrichment Program of Health Physics Society, Minneapolis, MN, July 14, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "U.S. Regulatory Approaches to Residual Radioactive Material," presented at the International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear, Radiation, and Radioactive Waste Safety, Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, August 31-September 4, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Classification and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--History and Legal and Regulatory Requirements," presented at Moeller and Associates short course on Management and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, September 21, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Assessment of Radiation Doses from Consumer Products," presented at Department of Physics, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, October 5, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Regulations for Management and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes," presented at Idaho State University, Department of Physics course on Radiation Regulations, Pocatello, ID, October 6, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., "Classification and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--History and Legal and Regulatory Requirements," presented at Moeller and Associates short course on Management and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations, December 7, 1998 (Invited).

Kocher, D. C., G. D. Kerr, J. S. Bogard, P. A. Scofield, F. R. O'DOnnell, S. J. Cotter, and C. R. Mattsen, "Systematic Assessment of Exemptions for Source and Byproduct Materials," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Minneapolis, MN, July 12-16, 1998.

Kocher, D. C. and K. F. Eckerman, "On the Use of Age-Specific Effective Dose Coefficients in Radiation Protection of the Public," presented at the International Confernce on Topical Issues in Nuclear, Radiation, and Radioactive Waste Safety, Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, August 31-September 4, 1998.

Kotzerke, J., M. Rentschler, G. Glatting, E. Schneider, F. F. Knapp, Jr., and S. N. Reske, "Radiation Dose Measurements of a Balloon Catheter Filled with Liquid RE-188 by Means of a TLD-System," presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1998.

Kotzerke, J., S. Fenchel, A. Guhlmann, M. Stabin, F. F. Knapp, Jr., and S. N. Reske, "Pharmacokinetics of TC-99M-Pertechnetate and RE-188-Perrhenate After Oral Application of Perchlorate - Significant Radiation Reduction Achievable," presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1998.

Kressin, M. D., P. D. Schreuders, and P. Mazur, "Effects on Motility and Aster Formation of Mouse Spermatozoa from a Reduction in Oxygen Concentration by OxyraseTM, an E. Coli Membrane Preparation," presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cryobiology, Barcelona, Spain, June 8, 1997 (Invited).

Larimer, F. W., C.-H. Jung, Y.-R. Chen, and F. C. Hartman, "Heterologous Overexpression of Pentose-5-Phosphate Isomerase and Pentose-5-Phosphate 3-Epimerase from Methanococcus jannashii," presented at the Conference on Microbial Genomes, Hilton Head, SC, January 31-February 3, 1998.

Larimer, F., R. Mural, M. Shah, A. Subramanian, and E. Uberbacher, "Microbial GRAIL Gene-Finding Systems," presented at the ASM (American Society of Microbiology) Conference on Small Genomes, Arrowhead, CA, September 20, 1998.

Li, A. N., B. E. Zimmerman, F. F. Knapp, H. I. Amols, and J. S. Whiting, "Reconciliation of Directly Measured Re-188 Balloon Dosimetry with Calculations Based on a New NIST Activity Calibration," presented at the 2nd Annual Symposium on Radiotherapy to Reduce Restenosis, LaJolla, CA, January 16, 1998.

Lowndes, D. H., C. M. Rouleau, T. Thundat, G. Duscher, E. A. Kenik, and S. J. Pennycook, "Silicon and Zinc Telluride Nanoparticles Synthesized by Pulsed Laser Ablation: Size Distributions and Nanoscale Structure," presented at the 4th International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA '97), Monterey, CA, July 21-25, 1997.

Lowndes, D. H., C. M. Rouleau, T. Thundat, and E. A. Kenik, "Silicon Nanoparticles Synthesized by Pulsed Laser Ablation into Helium: Formation Mechanism and Characterization," presented at the 4th International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA '97), Monterey, CA, July 21-25, 1997.

Lowndes, D. H., V. I. Merkulov, A. A. Puretzky, D. B. Geohegan, G. E. Jellison, Jr., C. M. Rouleau, and T. Thundat, "Amorphous Diamond Films Deposited by Pulsed-Laser Ablation: The Optimum Carbon-Ion Kinetic Energy and Effects of Laser Wavelength," presented at the Spring Meeting of the Material Research Society, Symposium Y: Advances in Laser Ablation of Materials, San Francisco, CA, April 13-17, 1998.

Luo, H., A. L. Beets, M. J. McAllister, M. Greenbaum, D. W. McPherson, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "Resolution, In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Fluorine-18-Labeled Isomers of 1-Azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl Alpha-(1-Fluoropent-5-yl)-Alpha-Hydroxy-Alpha-Phenylacetate (FQNPe) as New PET Candidates for the Imaging of Muscarinic-Cholinergic Receptor," presented at China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China, December 29, 1997 (Invited).

Luo, H., A. L. Beets, and F. F. Knapp, Jr. , "A New Derivatized Aza-Thio (N3S4) Crown Ether Ligand for Bifunctional Chelate Labeling of Therapeutic Agents with Silver-111," presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1998.

Lyon, B. F., G. Rice, and R. Ambrose, "The Utility of a Screening Model for Predicting Environmental Concentrations," presented at the Conference on Issues and Applications in Toxicology and Risk Assessment, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH, April 9, 1997 (Invited).

Ma, C.-Y., D. McCorkle, W. Ding, and L. Pinnaduwage, "Methodology for Direct Sampling of Volatile Organic Compounds Emerging from a Low Pressure, Flow-Through Reaction Cell for Subsequent GC/MS Analysis," presented at the 46th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, June 5, 1998.

Manges, W. W., S. F. Smith, C. L. Britton, W. L. Bryan, K. J. Scott, K. B. Jacobson, P. I. Oden, T. G. Thundat, R. J. Warmack, L. N. Howell, Jr., R. P. Hosker, Jr., and D. L. Auble, "A New Microtelesensor Chip for Meteorology," presenteed at the Atmospheric Research Management Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 4-7,1997.

Mann, R. C., "Functional Genomics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory," presented at the Conference on Functional Genomics, Waltham, MA, November 16-17, 1998 (Invited).

Mao, B., B. E. Hingerty, S. Broyde, and D. J. Patel, "Slow Interconversion Between SYN 2-Aminofluorene (AF)-Intercalated and ANTI External Conformers in the NARI Mutation Hotspot Sequence Context," presented at the Workshop on Quantitative Modeling Approaches for Understanding and Predicting Mutagenicity and Carcinogenicity, Rome, Italy, September 3-5, 1997 (Invited).

Mazur, P., "Biophysical and Biological Factors Determining the Ability to Achieve Long-Term Cryobiological Preservation," presented at the BESTCapsule 2001 Workshop, Osaka, Japan, November 2-6, 1997 (Invited).

McPherson, D. W., W. K. Breeden, III, H. Luo, A. L. Beets, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "Resolution, Radiolabeling, and In Vivo Evaluation of the Isomers of IPIP. An Attractive Ligand for Imaging mAChR," presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1998.

McPherson, D. W., H. Luo, J. Kropp, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "Synthesis and Radioiodination of 1,2-Dipal-3-Ippa via a Tributyltin Intermediate," presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1998.

McPherson, D. W., H. Luo, J. Kropp, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "Improved Radioiodination of 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-3-IPPA via a Tributyltin Intermediate," presented at the Joint World Federation of Nuclear Medicine (WFNM&B) and European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 30, 1998.

McPherson, D. W., H. Luo, A. L. Beets, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "A Novel In Vivo Method for the Determination of Muscarinic Ligand Subtype Selectivity," presented at the Joint World Federation of Nuclear Medicine (WFNM&B) and European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 30, 1998.

Melnichenko, Y. B., G. D. Wignall, R. N. Compton, G. Bakale, and K. A. Affholter, "Characterization of Fullerenes and Fullerene Derivatives by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Transmission Measurements," presented at the Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Symposium on Fullerenes, Montreal, Canada, May 4-9, 1997 (Invited).

Meriaudeau, F., T. Downey, A. Passian, P. I. Oden, A. Wig, P. Crilly, and T. L. Ferrell, "Thin Metal Island Plasmon Sensor," presented at the International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, Ottawa, Canada, July 27-30, 1998.

Meriaudeau, F., J. C. De Priest, P. I. Oden, T. Downey, A. Passian, A. Wig, and T. L. Ferrell, "Chemically Sensitive Surface Plasmon Devices Employing a Self-Assembled Composite Monolayer Film," presented at the International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, Ottawa, Canada, July 27-30, 1998 (Invited).

Miller, J. C., "Molecular-Clusters: Itsy-Bitsy Bits of Matter," presented at the Department of Physics and Chemistry, North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC, April 7, 1997 (Invited).

Miller, J. C., "The Photophysics and Photochemistry of Molecular Nanoclusters," presented at the Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece, May 29, 1997 (Invited).

Miller, J. C., "Laser-Induced Organometallic Chemistry Within Clusters," presented at the Sixth Annual Workshop of the Consortium for Nanostructured Materials, Lexington, KY, October 24-25, 1997 (Invited).

Miller, J. C., "Nanochemistry, Chemical Reactions Within Clusters," presented at the Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, March 6, 1998 (Invited).

Miller, J. C., "Lasers in Science and Art," presented at the Department of Physics, Berea College, November 13, 1998 (Invited).

Mirzadeh, S., "Recent Medical Applications of Radium Isotopes," presented at the 26th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 23-27, 1998 (Invited).

Mirzadeh, S., M. Du, C. W. Alexander, and F. F. Knapp, Jr., "Thermochromatographic Separation of Medical Radioisotopes," presented at the 26th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 23-27, 1998 (Invited).

Mural, R., E. C. Uberbacher, F. W. Larimer, M. Parang, S. Petrov, M. Shah, J. R. Snoddy, Y. Xu, D. Davey, S. Spengler, M. Zorn, K. Worley, and C. Overton, "Automated Uniform Annotation of Genomic DNA Sequence: The Genome Channel," presented at the18th International Congress of Genetics, Beijing, China, August 10, 1998 (Invited).

Mural, R. J. and L. Hauser, "Current Automated DNA Sequencing and Genotyping Capacity at ORNL," presented to ORAU, Pollard Auditorium, Oak Ridge, TN, April 16, 1998.

Murcia, N. S., B. K. Yoder, W. G. Richards, J. R. Dunlop, M. Mucenski, J. E. Wilkinson, and R. P. Woychik, "TG737 is Highly Expressed in the Node of the Primitive Streak and is Required for Proper Patterning and Survival of the Midgestational Embryo," presented at the Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Pattern Formation During Development, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May 28-June 2, 1997.

Nandagopal, K., M. B. Murray, D. E. Davies, C. C. Reddy, D. A. Lauffenburger, and S. K. Niyogi, "Genetically Engineered Variants of Human Epidermal Growth Factor and Their Use in Elucidating the Mechanism of Growth Signaling ," presented at the 1st Annual B.C. Guha Symposium on Recent Trends in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Genetics, Calcutta, India, December 17-21, 1997 (Invited).

Niyogi, S. K., K. Nandagopal, M. B. Murray, S. M. Puddicombe, A. Richter, D. E. Davies, C. C. Reddy, and D. A. Lauffenburger, "Use of Engineered Variants of Human Epidermal Growth Factor (hEGF) in Elucidating Growth Signaling," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Washington, DC, May 16, 1998.

Nourse, B. D., "UEFPC Characterization Area Baseline Human Health Risk," presented at the Upper East Fork Poplar Creek Characterization Area Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment(s) Summary Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, February 18,1997.

Oden, P. I., "Microsensors: An Alternative Use for Scanning Force Microscopy Cantilevers," presented at the Scanning Microscopy Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 10-15, 1997 (Invited).

Oden, P. I., T. Thundat, and R. J. Warmack, "Chemical, Physical and Biological Sensing: An Alternative Use of Scanning Probe Microscopy Cantilevers," presented at the 9th International Conference on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Hamburg, Germany, July 20-25, 1997

Oden, P. I., T. Thundat, and R. J. Warmack, "Nanoscale Materials Property Determination for Sensing and Materials Science Appplications Utilizing Microelectrochemical Structures ," presented at the U.S. DOE Energy Workshop on Instrumentation and Measurement Issues for Nanometer Particles, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, December 5-7, 1997 (Invited).

Oden, P. I., "Scanning Probe Microscopy - Fundamentals and Applications in Surface and Material Science ," presented at the Symposium on Frontiers of Microscopy, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, April 23, 1998 (Invited).

Oden, P. I., "Atomic Force Microscopy Instrumentation Technology Applied Micromechanical (MEMS) Sensing ," presented at the Symposium on Frontiers of Microscopy, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, April 23, 1998 (Invited).

Oden, P. I., "Scanning Probe Microscopy: Applications to Surface Science and Sensing," presented at Memphis University, Physics Department, Memphis, TN, June 4, 1998 (Invited).

Oden, P. I., R. L. Jones, C. L. Britton, R. J. Warmack, S. F. Smith, G. M. Brown, W. L. Bryan, J. C. DePriest, M. S. Emery, M. R. Moore, T. Thundat, G. W. Turner, A. L. Wintenberg, T. D. Threatt, Z. Hu, and J. M. Rochelle, "Micromechanical Sensors as Applied to Sensing Various Chemical and Physical Species," presented at NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA, September 16, 1998 (Invited).

Oden, P. I., R. J. Warmack, J. Storey, and C. L. Britton, "Micromechanical Cantilevered Structures for Automotive Sensing Applications," presented at the 1st Annual Compression-Ignition, Direct-Injection (CIDI) Engine Review, Oak Ridge, TN, October 6, 1998.

Oden, P. I., "Chips Come Alive," presented at the Defense Manufacturing Conference, "Gee Whiz" Technologies Session, New Orleans, LA, November 30, 1998 (Invited).

Owen, P. T., "Scientific and Technical Information Sharing with the Decommissioning Community by the Remedial Action Program Information Center (RAPIC)," presented at the Communication and Information Management Workshop X-Change '97, Miami, FL, December 3, 1997 (Invited).

Paulus, M. J., H. Sari-Sarraf, D. K. Johnson, D. H. Lowndes, M. L. Simpson, C. L. Britton, Jr., F. F. Knapp, Jr., and J. S. Hicks, "A New Program to Develop a High-Resolution, High-Throughput Tomographic Imaging System for Mutagenized Mouse Phenotype," presented at the 6th DOE Contractor and Grantee Workshop of the Human Genome Program, Santa Fe, NM, November 13, 1997 (Invited).

Pierce, G. A., A. R. Jones, and S. M. Smith, "Combining a Global Positioning System with Environmental Detection Instruments," presented at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Combined Military Programs Environmental Technical Conference and Biennial Safety and Occupational Health, Albuquerque, NM, March 16, 1998.

Pinnaduwage, L. A., W. Ding, D. L. McCorkle, S. H. Lin, A. M. Mebel, and A. Garscadden, "Enhanced Electron Attachment to Rydberg States in Molecular Hydrogen Volume Discharges," presented at the ICPP (International Congress on Plasma Physics) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 29, 1998.

Pinnaduwage, L. A., P. G. Datskos, W. X. Ding, and D. L. McCorkle, "Enhanced Electron Attachment to Highly-Excited States of Molecules: Implications for Plasma Processing Discharges presented at the ICPP (International Congress on Plasma Physics) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 29, 1998.

Pinnaduwage, L. A., W. X. Ding, D. L. McCorkle, and P. G. Datskos, "Enhanced Electron Attachment to Superexcited Rydberg States of Molecular Hydrogen Using a Plasma Mixing Scheme," presented at the ICPP (International Congress on Plasma Physics) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 29, 1998.

Poole, T. L., B. R. Evans, G. J. Bunick, and J. Woodward, "Expression and Characterization of the Enzymes Encoded by Methanococcus jannaschii Clones MJ0555 and MJ0960," presented at the 20th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Gatlinburg, TN, May 3-7, 1998 (Invited).

Popp, R., S. Shinpock, D. Popp, G. Clemons, and D. Van Wyck, "Erythropoietin (EPO) Level and Effect of rHuEPO in Beta-th Mice," presented at the 7th Cooley's Anemia Symposium, Boston, MA, May 30-June 2, 1997 (Invited).

Popp, R. and D. Popp, "Expression of Natural and Induced Variants of Mouse and Human Hemoglobins in Normal and Transgenic Mice," presented at the 9th International Congress on Genes, Gene Families, and Isozymes, San Antonio, TX, April 14, 1997 (Invited).

Puddicombe, S. M., A. Richter, S. G. Chamberlin, M. B. Murray, L. Wood, K. Nandagopal, S. K. Niyogi, and D. E. Davies, "Evidence for Selective Heterodimerisation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) by Site Mutants of EGF," presented at the Symposium on Modes of EGF Receptor Signaling/9th Annual Growth Factor and Signal Transduction Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, September 25-28, 1997.

Ramsey, R. S., R. S. Foote, S. A. McLuckey, F. C. Hartman, and J. M. Ramsey, "Microfluidic Devices Coupled to Mass Spectrometry for Proteome Mapping," presented at Partnering for Functional Genomics Conference, Oak Ridge, TN, April 16, 1998.

Redus, K. S. and K. L. Yuracko, "Optimal Facility and Equipment Specification to Support Cost-Effective Recycling," presented at SPECTRUM '98, International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Denver, CO, September 13-18, 1998.

Rice, G., B. F. Lyon, C. L. Arquiett, M. Keating, C. Maxwell, J. Nichols, and J. Swartout, "Assessing Exposure to Mercury Emissions from a Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plant," presented at the Annual Conference of the Society of Toxicology, Cincinnati, OH, March 12, 1997 (Invited).

Richter, A., B. Neelam, S. G. Chamberlin, S. M. Puddicombe, M. B. Murray, K. Nandagopal, S. K. Niyogi, and D. E. Davies, "Structure-Activity Studies of Ligand-Induced Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Dimerization," presented at the Symposium on Modes of EGF Receptor Signaling/ 9th Annu. Growth Factor and Signal Transduction Conf., Iowa State University, Ames, IA, September 25-28, 1997.

Rinchik, E. M., C. T. Culiat, C. J. Foltz, P. R. Hunsicker, E. J. Michaud, L. B. Russell, Y. You, M. J. Justice, T. Vo-Dinh, K. L. Beattie, M. J. Doktycz, S. J. Kennel, M. J. Paulus, M. N. Ericson, G. A. Sega, M. V. Buchanan, and D. K. Johnson, "Mouse Genetics and Mutagenesis for Functional Genomics," presented at the Life Sciences Division Information Meeting, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, April 28, 1998 (Invited).

Rinchik, E. M., D. A. Carpenter, L. Webb, D. K. Johnson, Y. Ji, and R. D. Nicholls, "Regional Mutagenesis with Hemizygosity Screening and N-Ethyl-N-Nitrosourea (ENU): New Data on the Pink-Eyed Dilution (p) Region of Mouse Chromosome ," presented at the Mouse Molecular Genetics Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, September 2-6, 1998 (Invited).

Rinchik, E. M., D. A. Carpenter, E. J. Michaud, and D. K. Johnson, "The Chromosome-7 Mutagenesis Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory," presented at the 12th International Mouse Genome Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, September 30, 1998 (Invited).

Rouleau, C. M., D. H. Lowndes, J. D. Budai, and T. Thundat, "Growth and p-Type Doping of Epitaxial II-Vi Compound Semiconductor Films by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Ammonia," presented at the 4th International Conference on Laser Ablation, Pacific Grove, CA, July 21-25, 1997.

Russell, L. B., P. R. Hunsiker, D. K. Johnson, and M. D. Shelby, "Unlike Other Chemicals, a Topoisomerase-II Inhibitor Produces Peak Mutagenicity in Primary Spermatocytes of the Mouse," presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, Anaheim, CA, March 21, 1998 (Invited).

Ryman, J. C. and K. F. Eckerman, "Improved Specific Absorbed Fractions of Photon Energy for Age- and Gender-Dependent Internal Dosimetry," presented at the American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shield Top Conference (RP&S), Nashville, TN, April 19-23, 1998.

Schmoyer, R. L., B. F. Lyon, P. B. Selby, and S. E. Stinnette, "Estimation of Concentration of Chemicals in the Environment: What Is Background?," presented at the Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Birmingham, AL, May 6, 1997 (Invited).

Schryver, J. C., K. C. Goss, and D. K. Johnson, "Behavior Testing in 723SJ/1060SJ Carrier Animals: A Chemically-Induced Point Mutation," presented at the 7th International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Conference, Richmond, VA, June 11-14, 1998.

Shafizadeh, N., Ph. Bréchignac, M. Dyndgaard, D. Gauyacq, J. H. Fillion, M. Raoult, B. Levy, and J. C. Miller, "Bound-Bound and Bound-Free A-X Transition of the NO-Ar van der Waals Molecule Studied by Laser Induced Fluoroscence; Preliminary Theoretical Interpretation," presented at the XVII International Symposium on Molecular Beams, Paris, France, June 2-6, 1997.

Siegrist, R. L., K. S. Lowe, L. W. Murdoch, T. Case, D. A. Pickering, and T. C. Houk, "In Situ Chemical Oxidation by Emplaced Reactive Solids," presented at the Workshop on In-Situ Chemical Oxidation for Site Remediation, WEFTEC '97, Chicago, IL, Water Environment Federation, October 19, 1997 (Invited).

Siegrist, R. L., O. R. West, S. R. Cline, N. E. Korte, K. S. Lowe, F. G. Gardner, R. M. Schlosser, D. A. Pickering, T. L. Case, M. A. Urynowicz, L. W. Murdoch, and T. C. Houk, "In Situ Chemical Oxidation at DNAPL Sites Using KmnO4 Reactive Solids and Solutions," presented at the National Research Council's Committee on Technologies for Cleanup of Subsurface Contaminants in the DOE Weapons Complex, Augusta, GA, February 18-20, 1998 (Invited).

Siegrist, R. L., K. S. Lowe, D. A. Pickering, T. L. Case, L. W. Murdoch, and T. C. Houk, "Horizontal Barriers with Emplaced Iron Metal and Permanganate Reactive Sheets," presented at the NATO/CCMS Country Representatives Meeting, Special Session on Treatment Wells, Vienna, Austria, February 24, 1998.

Snoddy, J., "The Genome Annotation Consortium: Development of a Biological Information System," presented at the Strategic Planning Workshop on a Comparative Database, Minnesuing Aces, WI, November 2, 1997 (Invited).

Snoddy, J., M. Parang, S. Petrov, R. Mural, M. Shah, Y. Xu, S. Martin, P. LoCascio, E. Uberbacher, B. Worley, C. Overton, M. Zorn, S. Spengler, and D. Davey, "Progress Towards a Decision Support System for Genome Annotation," presented at the Genome Mapping, Sequencing and Biology Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May 13, 1998 (Invited).

Snoddy, J., M. Parang, S. Petrov, R. Mural, M. Shah, Y. Xu, S. Martin, P. LoCascio, and E. Uberbacher, "Progress in Automating Genome Annotation," presented at the 5th International Automation in Mapping and DNA Sequence Conf., St. Lous, MO, October 7, 1998 (Invited).

Stabin, M. G., M. Konijnenberg, F. F. Knapp, Jr., and R. H. Spencer, "Rhenium-188 Liquid Filled Balloons for Vascular Therapy - Tungsten-188/Rhenium-188 Generator Performance and Concentration of Re-188 to High Specific Volumes," presented at Advances in Cardiovascular Radiation Therapy, Washington, DC, March 8, 1998.

Stabin, M. G., M. Konijnenberg, F. F. Knapp, Jr., and R. H. Spencer, "Interactive Computer Program for Calculation of Radiation Dose to the Walls of Blood Vessels in Intravascular Radiation Therapy," presented at Advances in Cardiovascular Radiation Therapy, Washington, DC, March 8, 1998.

Taranenko, N. I., L.-Y. Chang, C. H. Chen, S. L. Allman, V. V. Golovlev, and Y. F. Zhu, "DNA Typing by MALDI for Forensic Applications," presented at the 45th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Related Topics, Palm Springs, CA, June 1-5, 1997 (Invited).

Taranenko, N. I., L.-Y. Chang, C. H. Chen, K. J. Matteson, S. L. Allman, K. Tang, S. A. Martin, and L. Haff, "Population Screening of DNA Mutation by MALDI," presented at the 45th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Related Topics, Palm Springs, CA, June 1-5, 1997 (Invited).

Taranenko, N. I., V. V. Golovlev, N. R. Isola, S. L. Allman, Y. F. Zhu, K. J. Matteson, N. T. Potter, L. Y. Chang, and C. H. Chen, "Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry for DNA Analysis and Sequencing," presented at the Partnering for Functional Genomics Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN, April 16, 1998.

Thundat, T., P. I. Oden, and R. J. Warmack, "Chemical, Physical, and Biological Detection Using Microcantilevers," presented at the Symposium on Microstructures and Microfabricated Systems, Spring Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Montreal, Canada, May 4-9, 1997 (Invited).

Thundat, T., "Chemical, Physical, Biological Detection Using Microcantilevers," presented at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, June 16, 1997 (Invited).

Thundat, T., "Microcantilever Array Sensors," presented at the Thermophysical Phenomena in Microscale Sensors, Devices, and Structures Workshop, Baltimore, MD, August 9, 1997 (Invited).

Thundat, T., "Microcantilever Array Sensors," presented at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, September 14, 1997 (Invited).

Thundat, T., "Microcantilever Array Sensors," presented at the Alabama Material Research Society Meeting, Huntsville, AL, September 25-26, 1997 (Invited/Keynote Address).

Thundat, T., "Microcantilever Sensors," presented at the 37th ORNL-DOE Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Energy Technology, Gatlinburg, TN, October 7-9, 1997 (Invited).

Thundat, T., "Microcantilever Array Sensors," presented at the Materials Science Department Colloquium, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, November 24, 1997 (Invited).

Thundat, T., "Imaging and Non-Imaging Applications of Scanning Probe Microscopy," presented at The University of Tennessee Materials Science Department, Knoxville, TN, February 5, 1998 (Invited).

Thundat, T., P. I. Oden, and R. J. Warmack, "Microcantilever Array Sensors," presented at the Weld. Test. Technology Conference, WATTEC-98, Knoxville, TN, February 7, 1998 (Invited).

Thundat, T., "Micromechanical Chemical and Biological Sensors," presented at Monsanto, St. Louis, MO, April 23, 1998 (Invited).

Thundat, T., P. I. Oden, R. J. Warmack, and G. M. Brown, "Microcantilever Sensors for Environmental Monitoring," presented at the Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, San Diego, CA, May 3-5, 1998.

Thundat, T., "Micromechanical Array Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection," presented at the University of Bourgogne, Laboratoire de Photoelectricite, Dijon, France, May 18, 1998 (Invited).

Thundat, T., P. I. Oden, M. J. Doktycz, R. J. Warmack, and C. L. Britton, "Microcantilever Sensors," presented at the Gordon Research Conference, New England College, Henniker, NH, July 12-18, 1998 (Invited).

Uberbacher, E., R. Mural, M. Shah, Y. Xu, S. Martin, S. Petrov, J. Snoddy, M. Parang, M. Zorn, S. Spengler, D. Davey, T. Gaasterland, and C. Overton, "Large-Scale Framework for Analysis and Annotation of Genomic Sequences," presented at the Conference on Computational Genomics, Herndon, VA, November 1, 1997.

Uberbacher, E. C., R. J. Mural, M. B. Shah, Y. Xu, S. A. Martin, S. Petrov, J. R. Snoddy, M. Parang, M. Zorn, S. Spengler, D. Davey, T. Gaasterland, P. Schaad, S. Letovsky, B. Cottingham, D. Haussler, P. Pavzner, and C. Overton, "The Genome Channel and Genome Annotation Consortium," presented at the 6th DOE Contractor and Grantee Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, November 9-13, 1997 (Invited).

Uberbacher, E. C., Y. Xu, M. B. Shah, V. Olman, M. Parang, and R. J. Mural, "An Editing Environment for DNA Sequence Analysis and Annotation," presented at the 3rd Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, Kapalua, HI, January 5, 1998.

Uberbacher, E., R. Mural, M. Shah, Y. Xu, S. Martin, S. Petrov, M. Parang, J. Snoddy, M. Zorn, S. Spengler, D. Davey, T. Gaasterland, and C. Overton, "Large-Scale Framework for Analysis and Annotation of Genomic Sequences," presented at ORAU, Pollard Auditorium, Oak Ridge, TN, April 16, 1998.

Uberbacher, E., "Computational Biosciences Sections Research ," presented at the Life Sciences Division Information Meeting, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, April 28, 1998 (Invited).

Uberbacher, E. C. and Y. P.-I. D. D. P. Xu, "Overview of PSB Track on Gene Structure Identification in Large-Scale Genomic Sequence," presented at the 3rd Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, Kapalua, HI, August 5, 1998.

Uberbacher, E., D. Hyatt, F. Larimer, P. LoCascio, R. Mural, M. Parang, S. Petrov, M. Shah, J. Snoddy, Y. Xu, D. Davey, S. Spengler, M. Zorn, K. Worley, and C. Overton, "Genome Analysis by the Genome Annotation Consortium: Progress Towards a Comprehensive Analysis Process to Aid Biologists in Studying Genes and Genomes," presented at the10th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference, Miami, FL, September 17, 1998 (Invited).

Valencia, M., P. Mazur, and L. H. Miller, "The Use of Phloroglucinol in the Permeabilization and Vitrification of Anopheles Mosquito Embryos," presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cryobiology, Spain, June 8, 1997 (Invited).

Vo-Dinh, T., D. M. Hueber, A. D. Campiglia, and F. Moreau, "A Novel Phosphorescence Imaging System Using an Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter (AOTF) Device for PACs Monitoring," presented at the 16th International Symposium on PACs (Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds), Charlotte, NC, November 4-8, 1997 (Invited).

Vo-Dinh, T., "Chemical Sensors and Biosensors for Measurement of Nanosystems in Liquids," presented at the U.S. DOE Energy Workshop on Instrumentation and Measurement Issues for Nanometer Particles, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, December 5-7, 1997 (Invited).

Wachter, E. A., W. P. Partridge, W. G. Fisher, H. C. Dees, and M. G. Petersen, "Simultaneous Two-Photon Excitation of Photodynamic Therapy Agents," presented at Photonics West, San Jose, CA, January 1998.

Warmack, R. J., "Biotechnology," presented at the Life Sciences Division Information Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, April 28,1998 (Invited).

Weaver, K., M. Doktycz, P. Britt, G. D. Hurst, and M. V. Buchanan, "96-Well Microtiter-Format Purification of DNA for MALDI-TOF Analysis," presented at the 46th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 31-June 4, 1998.

Webb, L. S., D. K. Johnson, and G. A. Sega, "Analysis of Fatty Acids in Plasma by GC/MS: An Integral Part of an Applied Cloning Strategy," presented at Pittsburgh Conference '98, New Orleans, LA, March 1, 1998.

Webb, O. F., R. A. Boll, S. J. Kennel, and A. M. Krichinsky, "Separation of the Thorium-229 Alpha Emitter Chain for Cellular Surgery," presented at the Purdue Chromatography Workshop '97, West Lafayette, IN, October 6-7, 1997.

Webb, O. F., R. A. Boll, D. W. Depaoli, A. M. Krichinsky, and B. D. Patton, "Separation of Thorium-229 for Production of Alpha Emitters," presented at the Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Albuquerque, NM, November 16-20, 1997 (Invited).

Webb, O. F., B. D. Patton, S. J. Kennel, S. Mirzadeh, and A. M. Krichinsky, "Oak Ridge National Laboratory Alpha-Emitter Program, Beneficial Uses in Targeted Cellular Surgery," presented at WATTeC, Knoxville, TN, February 16-18, 1998 (Invited).

Webb, O. F., A. M. Krichinsky, S. Mirzadeh, and B. D. Patton, "Oak Ridge National Laboratory Alpha Emitter Program--Production of Thorium-229 from Uranium-233," presented at the Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, TX, March 29-April 2, 1998.

Weber, J. S., S. Braunstein, D. A. Carpenter, and M. J. Justice, "Physical Mapping and ENU Mutagenesis in the 'Brown' (b) Delection Complex," presented at the 11th International Mouse Genome Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, October 16, 1997 (Invited).

Weeks, R. A., J. M. Elam, J. S. Bogard, and C. Davenport, "Age of the Harrison Street Beast: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra from Tooth Enamel," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeologists, Seattle, WA, March 25-29, 1998.

West, O. R., S. R. Cline, R. L. Siegrist, T. C. Houk, W. L. Holden, F. G. Gardner, and B. M. Schlosser, "A Field-Scale Test of In-Situ Chemical Oxidation Through Recirculation," presented at. Spectrum '98, International Conference on Decommissioning and Decontamination/Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Denver, CO, September 13-18, 1998.

Wilson, J. E., J. R. Davidson, Jr., and C. A. Little, "Visual Sample Plan," presented at TechnoVentions '98, Lake Buena Vista, FL, December 9-12, 1998 (Invited).

Wilson, J. E., J. R. Davidson, Jr., and C. A. Little, "Visual Sample Plan," presented at the 10th National Technology Information Exchange (TIE) Workshop, Willowbrook, IL, October 27-29, 1998 (Invited).

Woychik, R. P., E. J. Michaud, R. L. Mynatt, R. J. Miltenberger, M. L. Klebig, J. E. Wilkinson, W. O. Wilkison, and M. B. Zemel, "Role of the Agouti Gene in Obesity," presented at the University of Arkansas Symposium on Obesity: Common Sympton of Diverse Gene-Based Metabolic Dysregulations, Fayetteville, AR, March 4, 1997 (Invited).

Xu, D., M. A. Unseren, Y. Xu, and E. C. Uberbacher, "Assessing the Specificity of an Energy Function Through Threading at the Protein Secondary Structure Level," presented at the 3rd Community Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction, Asilomar, CA, December 13, 1998.

Xu, Y., M. B. Shah, J. R. Einstein, M. Parang, J. Snoddy, S. Petrov, V. Olman, G. Zhang, R. J. Mural, and E. C. Uberbacher, "GRAIL and GenQuest Sequence Annotation Tools," presented at the 6th DOE Contractor and Grantee Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, November 9-13, 1997 (Invited).

Xu, Y., D. Xu, and E. C. Uberbacher, "A New Method for Modeling and Solving the Protein Fold Recognition Problem," presented at the 2nd Annual International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology, New York, NY, March 22, 1998.

Xu, Y., D. Xu, and E. Uberbacher, "Solving Globally Optimal Threading Problem in Polynomial-Time," presented at Structure-Based Functional Genomics, Avalon, NJ, October 4-7, 1998.

Xu, Y., O. Crawford, J. R. Einstein, M. A. Unseren, D. Xu, G. Zhang, and E. C. Uberbacher, "A Template-Based Secondary Structure Prediction System," presented at the 3rd Community Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction, Asilomar, CA, December 13, 1998.

Xu, Y., D. Xu, O. H. Crawford, J. R. Einstein, F. W. Larimer, M. A. Unseren, G. Zhang, and E. C. Uberbacher, "PROSPECT: A Threading-Based Protein Structure Prediction System," presented at the 3rd Community Wide Experiment on Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction, Asilomar, CA, December 13, 1998 (Invited).

Yuracko, K. L., M. Gresalfi, P. Yerace, J. Flora, M. Krstich, and D. Gerrick, "A Life Cycle Analysis Approach to D&D Decision-Making," presented at Spectrum '98, International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Denver, CO, September 13-18, 1998 (Invited).

Zeighami, E. A., E. A. Goldberg, and K. M. Spencer, "LEADIS - A Computer Decision System for Identifying Potentially Contaminated Nuclear Material Use Sites (Draft)," presented at the Topical Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Knoxville, TN, September 5-7, 1997.