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Concurrent Symposia Sessions

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

Concurrent Symposia Session I
Monday, September 22, 2014 — 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. — FAES Academic Center
New biological targets for drug discovery/development Chair: John Williamson, NCCAM	Lipsett Auditorium
The role of cues and contexts in adaptive and maladaptive behaviors: From mice to humans Co-chairs: Kenzie Preston, NIDA; and Yavin Shaham, NIDA	Classrooms 1 and 2
Commercial development of my research discoveries: Still more personal stories from former NIH intramural scientists Co-chairs: Steven Ferguson, OD; and Todd Chappell, OD	Classroom 3
Cyclic AMP signaling in the nervous system: A translational perspective Chair: Lee Eiden, NIMH	Classroom 4
The epidemiology of aging Co-chairs: Francesca Macchiarini, NIAID; and Evan Hadley, NIA	Classrooms 6 and 7

Concurrent Symposia Session II
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 — 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. — FAES Academic Center
Demystifying Medicine: A sampler Chair: Win Arias, CC	Lipsett Auditorium
Optogenetic approaches to investigating the nervous system Chair: Lex Kravitz, NIDDK	Classrooms 1 and 2
Moving molecules from model systems to medicine in pain research Co-chairs: Alexander Chesler, NCCAM; and Yarimar Carrasquillo, NCCAM	Classroom 3
Using BTRIS to accelerate the clinical research process from idea to publication Chair: James Cimino, CC	Classroom 4
Stem cells in development and diseases Chair: Steven Hou, NCI	Classrooms 6 and 7

Concurrent Symposia Session III
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 — 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. — FAES Academic Center
Glia: A new frontier Co-chairs: Michael O'Donovan and Amy Shafqat, NINDS; and R. Douglas Fields, NICHD	Lipsett Auditorium
“Opening the CC doors”: Opportunities for collaborative research at the NIH Clinical Center (U01) Co-chairs: John Gallin, CC; and Constantine Stratakis, NICHD	Classrooms 1 and 2
The health of women of color: A critical intersection at the corner of sex/gender and race/ethnicity Co-chairs: Janine Clayton, OD; and Marie Bernard, NIA	Classroom 3
Role of the autophagic and endo/lysosomal systems in disease and survival Co-chairs: Rosa Puertollano and Nihal Altan-Bonnet, NHLBI; and Peng Loh, NICHD	Classroom 4
Advances in molecular microscopy Chair: Sriram Subramaniam, NCI	Classrooms 6 and 7

Concurrent Symposia Session IV
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 — 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. — FAES Academic Center
Assays to lead the way: High throughput screening and probe discovery at the NIH Co-chairs: Marc Ferrer, NCATS; and Matthew Hall, NCI	Classrooms 1 and 2
Mechanisms of biological self-organization from the molecular scale to behavior Co-chairs: Edward Giniger, NINDS; and Ajay Chitnis, NICHD	Classroom 3
Rare tumor research at NIH: Strategies to accelerate development of therapies Co-chairs: Abby Sandler, NCI; and Karlyne Reilly, NCI	Classroom 4
Searching for imaging biomarkers of brain disorders: From preclinical models to clinical treatments Chair: Yihong Yang, NIDA	Classrooms 6 and 7