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June 3, 2009 |
| WHERE: | Boston University, Life Science and Engineering Building (LSEB), Room B01 |
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Organization of each aspect of this symposium is controlled by the entire Bioinformatics Program graduate student community, including the selection of a theme, proposal of candidate speakers, and ultimately voting for invitees. This year’s theme of Bioinformatics and Human Health was at the forefront of many students’ minds. Join us to hear a panel of scientific innovators from the academic and private sectors share their work and ideas as they relate to this highly important field. Attendance is free and open to the general public. The Symposium is sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the Boston University Bioinformatics IGERT interdisciplinary graduate research and training grant.
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▪ Schedule for the Day ▪
| 09:50 am |
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OPENING REMARKS FROM THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE |
| 10:00 am |  |
Manolis Kellis,
Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at MIT affiliated
with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the
Broad Institute. He will present a talk entitled
Regulatory Genomics and
Epigenomics in Fly and Human. |
| 11:00 am |
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Boris Tabakoff,
Ph.D., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at
the University of Colorado, Denver.
He will speak about
Genetical/Genomics and Phenomics Approaches for Understanding Complex
Behaviors. |
| 12:00 pm |
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BREAK FOR LUNCH (On Your Own) |
| 01:30 pm |
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Dietrich Stephan, Ph.D., is Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Navigenics, Inc. and Chairman of the National Institutes of Health Neuroscience Microarray Consortium. Talk title: TBA. (Navigenics) |
| 02:30 pm |
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Roy Kishony,
Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical
School. He will present a
talk entitled Antibiotic
Resistance in Multi-Drug Environments. |
| 03:30 pm |
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COFFEE & SNACKS (LSEB First Floor) |
| 04:00 pm |
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Jorge Conde,
M.S., M.B.A., is President and CEO of Knome, Inc. |
| 05:00 pm |
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POSTER FAIR / MEET THE SPEAKERS (LSEB First Floor) |
▪ Getting to BU ▪
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DIRECTIONS / PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Take a
Green Line B train
(Boston College) to the Blandford Street stop. From this stop,
cross Commonwealth Avenue (towards the Metcalf Center - a large brick
building with a large, metal sculpture in front of it) and walk down
Blandford Street. Turn Right onto Cummington Street and continue down
the street to The Life Science and Engineering Building at 24
Cummington Street (left
side).
DIRECTIONS / DRIVING
WEST or SOUTHWEST.
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike
(I-90) East to Exit 18,
Brighton/Cambridge. Exit left.
Follow signs to Cambridge to the second set of lights. Turn
right at the
lights onto
Soldiers Field Road/Storrow
Drive. Exit Storrow Drive at the
Kenmore exit. See below
for directions from Kenmore
Square. NORTH. Take
I-93 or
Route 1 South to Boston.
Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit
26). Continue on Storrow Drive to the
Kenmore Square exit. See
below for directions from
Kenmore Square. SOUTH. Take
I-93
North to Boston. Exit
onto Massachusetts Avenue Exit.
Continue on Mass Ave. for a few miles. Turn left onto Beacon Street.
Drive to Kenmore Square. See below for directions from
Kenmore Square.
Kenmore Square exit.
At the first set of traffic
lights, turn right onto
Beacon Street. At this point, the
road forks. Take the
left fork into Kenmore
Square (the large building on the right is the Myles Standish Residence
Hall). Bear right at the
far end of
Kenmore Square onto
Commonwealth Avenue.
Continue down Commonwealth Avenue until the first intersection. Make a
left turn onto Blandford
Street and then a right turn onto Cummington Street.
In the opposite direction: You will
pass the
Warren Towers Residence Hall
on your right. Take your
second right onto
Blandford Street and then make a right turn onto Cummington Street. For more information about Boston University visit: www.bu.edu
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