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Gene Expression Studies for Skin Product Development: Basics and Beyond
February 16-17, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ

Nava Dayan, Ph.D.; Skin Care Research Expert

Dr. Dayan earned her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem specializing in skin delivery. She is currently an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, and the Research and Development and Safety Assessment Director at Lipo Chemicals Inc. During her 24 years of experience she has specialized in a variety of areas related to skin treatment.

Dr. Dayan has received numerous awards of excellence for various papers she has authored. She is the author and coauthor more then 150 publications including book chapters and was granted 8 patents. She is also the editor of the “Skin Aging Hand Book” published by Elsevier; “Innate Immunity of Skin and Oral Mucosa” Book co-edited with Prof. Philip Wertz, “Formulating Skin Care with Natural Products” Book coedited with Dr. Lambros Kromidas; both published by Wiley and sons. Dr. Dayan is a member of the Dermatopharmaceutics Focus Group, and the Abstract Review Committee for the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). She is serves as the Educational Chair of the NYSCC Chapter and on the Scientific Advisory Board of Health Beauty America Expo and the Center for Dermal Research at the Center for Biomaterials. Dr. Dayan teaches at Rutgers University and is the Director of a variety of courses at the Center for Professional Advancement.

Anna Jelaso Langerveld, Ph.D.; President and CEO, Genemarkers LLC

Dr. Langerveld has more than ten years of experience with state-of-the-art genomics methods. The former director of the Western Michigan University Environmental Institute Genomics Facility (2000-2005), Dr. Langerveld played an instrumental role in carrying out Affymetrix and Taqman qRT-PCR analyses for neurobiological, environmental and animal health applications. Dr. Langerveld founded Genemarkers LLC in 2007 and conducts contract-based genomics research for a myriad of clients, ranging from small organic skin care companies and university researchers to large companies, such as Pfizer and NuSkin. Her gene expression work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, cited in the Wall Street Journal , and featured in Cosmetics & Toiletries (May, 2009) and GCI (June, 2010). Dr. Langerveld received her BA from SUNY Binghamton and her Ph.D. from the Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences at Tulane University (1998).