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2009 Research Festival General Schedule
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 |
Masur Auditorium, Building 10 |
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8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am – 9:30 am |
Opening Remarks |
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Director, National Institutes of Health |
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Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. |
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9:30 am –11:30 am |
Opening Plenary Session | |
| Influenza A – Pathogenesis and Pandemics | ||
-- Move to Natcher Conference Center, Building 45 --
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11:30 am –12:00 pm |
Coffee Break |
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Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research |
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12:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Poster Session I |
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Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research |
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2:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Symposia Session I: 7 Concurrent Symposia |
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| Stem Cells of All Kinds: What We Know About Them and How We Might Use Them | Main Auditorium |
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| Tissue-specific Regulation of the Immune Response | Balcony A |
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| Recent Advances in Basic and Translational Research on Bacterial Pathogenesis | Balcony B |
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| Neurogenesis: From Cell Fate to Neural Circuitry | Balcony C |
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| Genetics and Genomics of Immune and Immunodeficiency Diseases | Conference Room D |
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| Finding Additional High-risk Susceptibility Genes: Problems and Solutions | Conference Room E1/E2 |
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| Lymphatic Biology and Disease: The Cinderella of the Vascular System Finally Gets Invited to the Ball | Conference Room F1/F2 |
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4:15 pm – 6:00 pm |
FARE Awards Ceremony and Reception | Main Auditorium |
Cafeteria - Natcher Conference Center
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Wednesday, October 7 – Natcher Conference Center |
Natcher Conference Center |
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8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast | |
9:00 am – 11:00 am |
Concurrent Symposia Session II: 6 Concurrent Symposia |
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| Large-scale RNAi Screening for Gene Function Discovery | Main Auditorium |
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| Cross-Regulation of Innate Resistance and Adaptive Immunity | Balcony A |
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| From Synapse to Stroke: The Plastic Nervous System | Balcony B |
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| Antibody-based Therapies of Human Disease | Balcony C |
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| Epigenetics, Chromatin, and Gene Regulation | Conference Room E1/E2 |
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| Mechanisms of Membrane Morphogenesis | Conference Room F1/F2 |
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11:00 am –1:00 pm |
Poster Session II | |
| Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research | ||
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
Concurrent Symposia Session III: 6 Concurrent Symposia |
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| Towards Better Understanding of Gene Regulation: Mechanisms of Sequence and Structure Recognition, Impact of Chromatin Remodeling, and Genetic Variations | Main Auditorium |
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| Understanding Human Immunology | Balcony A |
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| Emerging Therapeutic Targets in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases | Balcony B |
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| Human Immunity in Tropical Parasitic Diseases | Balcony C |
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| Protein Networks in Human Health | Conference Room E1/E2 |
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| Organ Morphogenesis | Conference Room F1/F2 |
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3:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Poster Session III |
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| Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research | ||
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm |
Festival Food & Music Fair | Tent behind Natcher Cafeteria |
Thursday, October 8, 2009 and Friday, October 9, 2009 |
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Technical Sales Association (TSA)
Research Festival Exhibit Tent Show |
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 |
9:30 am - 3:30 pm | Parking Lot 10H |
Friday, October 9, 2009 |
9:30 am - 2:30 pm | |

