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Lumera launches podcast series featuring nanotech experts Craig Beeson, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is one of a handful of experts in science, technology and medicine who is featured in podcasts through Lumera Corp., a leader in the emerging field of nanotechnology.   Lumera announced April 18 that it would host a series of podcast interviews with industry leaders who are familiar with Lumera’s technology and are experts in nanotechnology, bio-arrays, drug discovery, electro-optics, and wireless technologies.   Beeson is one of a select group of beta users of Lumera’s ProteomicProcessor.   Niro Ramachandran, Ph.D., a research associate at the Harvard Institute of Proteomics, was the first individual featured in the podcasting series. Ramachandran is an expert in next generation drug discovery and diagnostics and is one of the early beta users of Lumera’s instrument.   The podcasts can be downloaded at http://www.podtech.com and at http://www.lumera.com/Company/Podcasts.php.   Other individuals who will be featured in the podcasting series include: Larry Dalton, Ph.D., a distinguished professor at the University of Washington who pioneered the electro-optic polymer technology, which is the foundation of Lumera’s photonic modulators; Panos Lekkas, Ph.D., an expert in wireless security and high speed wireless communications systems development; and Chris Lausted, Ph.D., senior research engineer at the Institute for Systems Biology. Lausted made a breakthrough in his research on identifying a novel biomarker panel associated with liver toxicity.     Friday, May 4, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.