| General Schedule of Events |
| No Registration Required for
Scientific Sessions |
Tuesday,
September 25
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Masur Auditorium, Building 10 |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Opening Plenary Session |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michael M. Gottesman, M.D.
Deputy Director for Intramural Research, NIH
Chromosomes in Modern Biology and Medicine
Co-Chairs: John Niederhuber, Director, NCI, and Tom Misteli,
NCI
- Genetics of Common Disease: Empowered at Last, Dr. Francis Collins,
Director, NHGRI
- Chromatin Boundaries, Dr. Gary Felsenfeld, NIDDK
- Heterochromatin: A Versatile Platform of the Genome, Dr. Shiv Grewal,
NCI
- Cancer: A Disease of the Chromosome, Dr. Thomas Ried, NCI
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to Natcher Conference Center |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research |
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| 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Poster Session I |
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Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research |
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Festival Food & Music Fair |
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| 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Symposia Session I - 7 Concurrent Symposia: |
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Genome - Wide SNP Assays Reveal a
Role for Genetics in Normal and Abnormal Variation |
Main Auditorium |
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Role of TOR in Cell Growth and Cancer |
Balcony A |
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Reasearch is Going Swimmingly at the NIH: Aquatic Model
Organisms in the Intramural Program |
Balcony B |
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Emerging Imaging Technologies: From the Synapse to the
Brain |
Balcony c |
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Chemistry from the Beaker to the Bedside |
Conference Room D |
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Cytokines in Development and Disease |
Conference Room E1/E2 |
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Mechanisms of Viral Persistence |
Conference Room F1/F2 |
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| 4:15: p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
FARE 2008 Awards Ceremony |
Main Auditorium |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
FARE 2008 Awards Reception |
Natcher Cafeteria |
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Wednesday,
September 26
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Natcher Conference Center |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Poster Session II |
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Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research |
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Continental Breakfast |
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| 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. |
Symposia Session II - 7 Concurrent Symposia: |
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Organelle Trafficking and Dysfunction in Diseases
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Main Auditorium |
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Beta Cell Biology |
Balcony A |
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Immune Cell Dynamics: From Monkeys to Models to Movies |
Balcony B |
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New Molecular Insights in Vascular Development and Disease |
Balcony C |
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Non-Invasive Methods for Detecting Stress and Immune Biomarkers
in Sweat |
Conference Room D |
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G-Proteins- The Second Generation |
Conference Room E1/E2 |
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RNA Structure/Function and RNA Nanobiology |
Conference Room F1/F2 |
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| 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
Poster Session III |
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Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research |
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Festival Food & Music Fair
(advance registration required) |
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| 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Symposia Session III – 7 Concurrent Symposia: |
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Immunotherapy vs. Immunosuppression |
Main Auditorium |
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Glycans in Biology: Highly Relevant Yet Still Under Appreciated |
Balcony A |
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Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine |
Balcony B |
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Molecular Genetics of Development |
Balcony C |
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The Role of Prostaglandins and Other Inflammatory Markers
in Brain Physiology and Pathology |
Conference Room D |
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Biomarkers and Pathogenic Mechanisms
of Parkinson’s Disease |
Conference Room E1/E2 |
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Forestalling Blindness: Two Decades of Progress |
Conference Room F1/F2 |
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Thursday, September
27
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Natcher Conference Center |
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| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Job Fair for NIH Postdoctoral, Research, and
Clinical Fellows Opening Plenary Session:
The Future Direction of Biomedical Research |
Main Auditorium |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Job Fair for Postdoctoral, Research, and Clinical Fellows |
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| Technical Sales Association (TSA)
Research Festival Exhibit Tent Show |
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| Thursday, September 27 |
9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. |
Parking Lot 10H |
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| Friday, September 28 |
9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
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