2nd Biennial National IDeA Symposium of

Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE)


August 6 - 8, 2008

Washington, DC

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
5:00 -  6:30PM Sidney A. McNairy, Jr., PhD
Presentation of Student Travel Awards
Reception / Student Only Poster Session
All are welcome!
6:30PM Dinner On Your Own

Thursday, August 7, 2008

8:30 - 8:35AM Welcome
Charles G. Irvin
8:35 - 9:00AM Barbara M. Alving, MD
Director, NCRR, NIH
9:00 - 10:00AM Plenary Lecture
Dissecting the Molecular Basis of Quality Protein Maize
 
Brian Larkins, PhD
University of Nebraska Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research
Member National Academy of Sciences
10:00 - 10:15AM Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15AM The Sidney McNairy Lecture: INBRE Lecture
11:15 - 12:15PM The Thomas Maciag Lecture: COBRE Lecture
12:15 - 1:30PM Luncheon
1:30 - 3:30PM Workshop Session I
Note: All workshops except the workshop on grantsmanship / grant writing are being offered more than once. An attendee could participate in up to three
workshops.
Scientific Skills:
SiRNA-cells (in vivo and in vitro)
Rachele Kardon, Ambion (Biosystems)
Stem Cells
Meri Firpo, University of Minnesota
SNPs
Debbie Nickerson, University of Washington
Bioinformatics
Faye D. Schilkey, National Center for Genome Resources
Live Cell Imaging
George Langford, University of Massachusetts
Scientific Skills & Proteomics
Scott Gerber, Dartmouth College
Career Skills:
Mentoring
John Estrada, Louisiana State University
Time Management
Jerry Boss, Emory University
Scientific Writing
Larry Forney, University of Idaho
 
Presentation Skills
Jesse Roman, MD, Emory University
3:30 - 5:00PM Unopposed Viewing of Posters
Dinner On Own

Friday, August 8, 2008

8:00 - 9:50AM Scientific Session I
Cancer
Moderator: Christophe Nicot, University of Kansas
Speaker: Daniel Flynn, University of West Virginia
Infectious Diseases
Moderator: Ralph Budd, University of Vermont
Speaker: Charles Wood, University of Nebraska
Neuroscience
Moderator: George Spirou, University of West Virginia
Speaker: Nicholas Bazan, Louisiana State University HSC
Health Disparities
Moderator: Gerry Mohatt, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Speaker: Marjorie Mau, University of Hawaii
 
Translational Biology & Medicine
Moderator: Ralph Shohet, University of Hawaii
Speaker: TBN
9:50 - 10:10AM Coffee Break
10:10 - 12:00PM Scientific Session II
Cardiovascular Diseases
Moderator: Rebecca Sommer, Bates College
Speaker: James Gavin, III, Emory University School of Medicine
Stem Cells
Moderator: Jim Turpen, University of Nebraska
Speaker: Jim Battey, National Institutes of Health
Genetics and Genomics
Moderator: J. Denry Sato, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Speaker: Scott Weiss, Channing Laboratory, Harvard
Harvard Medical School
Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
Moderator: Mary Davis, University of West Virginia
Speaker: William Southerland, Howard University
Community Based Research
Moderator: Edgar Garcia-Rill, University of Arkansas
Speaker: Keith Norris, Charles R. Drew Medical School
12:00 - 1:30PM Lunch
12:00 - 1:30PM Core Services Breakout Session
Katia Sol-Church, Nemours Biomedical Research
Tim Hunter, Vermont Cancer Center
1:30 - 3:30PM Workshop II
Scientific Skills:
Stem Cells
Meri Firpo, University of Minnesota
Inducible KO and TG+ Mice
Franco Demayo, Baylor College of Medicine
Live Cell Imaging
George Langford, University of Massachusetts
SNPs
Debbie Nickerson, University of Washington
Scientific Skills & Proteomics
Scott Gerber, Dartmouth Medical School
Career Skills:
Time Management
Jerry Boss, Emory University
Presentation Skills
Jesse Roman, Emory University
Grantsmanship / Grantwriting (Part 1)
Rodney Nairn, University of Texas
and
NIH Peer Review Process
Sally Amero, NIH
3:30 - 5:30PM Workshop Session III
Scientific Skills:
Live Cell Imaging
George Langford, University of Massachusetts
Nanotechnology
Robert Cohn, University of Louisville
Bioinformatics
Faye D. Schilkey, National Center for Genome Resources
SiRNA - Animals (in vivo and in vitro)
Rachele Kardon, Ambion (Biosystems)
Career Skills:
Grantsmanship / Grantwriting (Part 2)
Rodney Nairn, University of Texas
and
NIH Peer Review Process
Sally Amero, NIH
Scientific Ethics: Investigating Scientific Misconduct
John Krueger and John Dahlberg, ORI
Mentoring
John Estrada, Louisiana State University
Collaborations / Communication
David Warshaw, University of Vermont
Meeting Adjourns