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October 6 - 9, 2009

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Opening Plenary Session

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FARE Awards Ceremony

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Concurrent Symposia Sessions

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Natcher Conference Center

*All symposia are held in the Natcher Conference Center
Concurrent Symposia Session I: 7		2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
	Stem Cells of All Kinds: What We Know About Them and How We Might Use Them Chair: Pamela Gehron Robey, NIDCR and Ronald G. McKay, NINDS	Main Auditorium
	Tissue-specific Regulation of the Immune Response Co-Chairs: Rachel Caspi, NEI and Thomas Wynn, NIAID	Balcony A
	Recent Advances in Basic and Translational Research on Bacterial Pathogenesis Chair: Harris Bernstein, NIDDK	Balcony B
	Neurogenesis: From Cell Fate to Neural Circuitry Co-Chairs: Thomas Brody, NINDS and Ward F. Odenwald, NINDS	Balcony C
	Genetics and Genomics of Immune and Immunodeficiency Diseases Chair: Dennis D. Hickstein, NCI	Conference Room D
	Finding Additional High-risk Susceptibility Genes: Problems and Solutions Chair: Alisa Goldstein, NCI	Conference Room E1/E2
	Lymphatic Biology and Disease: The Cinderella of the Vascular System Finally Gets Invited to the Ball Chair: John A. Hanover, NIDDK	Conference Room F1/F2

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Natcher Conference Center

*All symposia are held in the Natcher Conference Center
Concurrent Symposia Session II: 6		9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
	Large-scale RNAi Screening for Gene Function Discovery Co-Chairs: Natasha Caplen, NCI and Chris Austin, NCGC	Main Auditorium
	Cross-regulation of Innate Resistance and Adaptive Immunity Co-Chairs: Anil Shaker, NCI and Francesco M. Marincola, CC	Balcony A
	From Synapse to Stroke: The Plastic Nervous System Chair: Michael O’Donovan, NINDS	Balcony B
	Antibody-based Therapies for Human Disease Co-Chairs: David FitzGerald, NCI and Mitchell Ho, NCI	Balcony C
	Epigenetics, Chromatin, and Gene Regulation Chair: Raja Jothi, NIEHS	Conference Room E1/E2
	Mechanisms of Membrane Morphogenesis Chair: James Hurley, NIDDK	Conference Room F1/F2

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Natcher Conference Center

*All symposia are held in the Natcher Conference Center
Concurrent Symposia Session III: 6		1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
	Towards Better Understanding of Gene Regulation: Mechanisms of Sequence and Structure Recognition, Impact of Chromatin Remodeling, and Genetic Variations Co-Chairs: Ivan Ovcharenko, NLM/NCBI and Teresa Przytycka, NLM/NCBI	Main Auditorium
	Understanding Human Immunology Chair: Neal S. Young, NHLBI	Balcony A
	Emerging Therapeutic Targets in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases Co-Chairs: Afonso Silva, NINDS and Francesca Bosetti, NIA	Balcony B
	Human Immunity in Tropical Parasitic Diseases Co-Chairs: Thomas Wellems, NIAID and Alan Sher, NIAID	Balcony C
	Protein Networks in Human Health Co-Chairs: Salvatore Sechi, NIDDK and Mark Knepper, NHLBI	Conference Room E1/E2
	Organ Morphogenesis Co-Chairs: Ivan Rebustini, NIDCR and Matthew Hoffman, NIDCR	Conference Room F1/F2

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