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Concurrent Symposia Sessions

Please be aware that all symposia are held in the Natcher Conference Center.

Concurrent Symposia Session I • Concurrent Symposia Session II • Concurrent Symposia Session III • Concurrent Symposia Session IV

Concurrent Symposia Session I
Monday, October 24, 2011 — 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. — Natcher Conference Center
New Insights into Disease Pathogenesis and Treatment Through Genomewide RNAi Screening Co-chairs: Natasha Caplen, NCI and Christopher Austin, NHGRI	Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
Advances in Immune Targeted Therapies Co-chairs: Liliana Guedez, NCI and Shaden Kamhawi, NIAID	Room E1/E2
Informing Therapeutic Interventions with Mechanism-Based Pharmacology and Toxicology Co-chairs: Minkyung (Min) Song, NCI and Juan Lertora, CC	Balcony A
Protecting the Brain From Traumatic Injury Co-chairs: Lee Eiden, NIMH and John Hallenbeck, NINDS	Balcony B
Primary Cilia—the Antenna of the Cell: From Biogenesis to Disease Chair: Anand Swaroop, NEI	Balcony C

Concurrent Symposia Session II
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 — 10:00 a.m. – Noon — Natcher Conference Center
Computational Approaches to Study Protein Interactome in Context of Disease Co-chairs: Myra Derbyshire, NLM and Maria Morasso, NIAMS	Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
Signals and Patterns: Basic and Clinical Research in Developmental Biology Co-chairs: Mitch Eddy, NIEHS and Humphrey Yao, NIEHS	Room E1/E2
Telomerase and Telomeric Proteins in Telomere Maintenance, Cellular Plasticity, and Age-Related Disease Co-chairs: Yie Liu, NIA and Sharon Savage, NCI	Balcony A
Neural Systems Underlying Social Function in Normal and Pathological Conditions Co-chairs: Alex Martin, NIMH and Bruno Averbeck, NIMH	Balcony B
Molecular Logic of Angiogenesis in Development and Disease Co-chairs: Yosuke Mukoyama, NHLBI and Xuri Li, NEI	Balcony C

Concurrent Symposia Session III
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 — 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. — Natcher Conference Center
Notes from the RNA-Seq Revolution: Deep Sequencing Transcribed RNA in Health and Disease Co-chairs: Francis McMahon, NIMH and Mark Cookson, NIA	Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
CHI Symposium: Measuring the Perturbed Human Immune System Co-chairs: Neal Young, NHLBI and Ron Germain, NIAID	Room E1/E2
Neural Plasticity in Sensation and Cognition Co-chairs: David Leopold, NIMH and Bruno Averbeck, NIMH	Balcony A
Dynamic Protein Assemblies: Large and Small Co-chairs: Sriram Subramaniam, NCI and James Hurley, NIDDK	Balcony B
Environmental Influences on Reproductive Tract Development and Function Co-chairs: James Segars, NICHD and Kenneth Korach, NIEHS	Balcony C

Concurrent Symposia Session IV
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 — Noon – 2:00 p.m. — Natcher Conference Center
Post-translational Modifications: From Protein Structure to Systems Biology Co-chairs: Aleksandra Nita-Lazar, NIAID and Mark Knepper, NHLBI	Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
Advances in Rare Diseases Research Chair: Stephen Groft, OD	Room E1/E2
Mitochondria in the Brain Co-chairs: Zheng Li, NIMH and Craig Blackstone, NINDS	Balcony A
IPSC Cells for Screening and Therapy Co-chairs: John O'Shea, NIAMS and Mahendra Rao, OD	Balcony B
Mast Cells in Health and Disease Co-chairs: Andy Hurwitz, NCI and Alasdair Gilfillan, NIAID	Balcony C