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Cell and Molecular Biology & Molecular Biophysics Training Grants - 20th Annual Research Symposium

Friday, November 2nd, 2007
9:30 am - 6:00 pm

NCSA building

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• Deadlines
• Submitting Registration and Abstract Information
• Schedule
• Poster Number Assignments
• Keynote Address
• Poster and Oral Presentation Winners!

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Deadlines:

Registration with abstract for talks: Friday, September 28th, 2007
Registration with abstracts for posters: Friday, October 19th, 2007
Registration only: Thursday, October 25th, 2007

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Registration and Abstract Submission Forms

• Symposium Registration (Attend Only)
• Symposium Registration (Poster Presentation)
• Symposium Registration (20-Minute Talk)

*The suggested format for the abstract is a Microsoft Word (.doc) file in 12 point Arial font with all authors listed below the title.
*Registration fees are used for meeting expenses including alcohol for those individuals 21 years or older.

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Schedule

9:30-10:00		Registration, Coffee
10:00-10:20		Mehmet Yigit. New Smart "Turn-on" MRI contrast agents based on Functional DNA Nanotechnology.
10:20-10:40		Jeong Ho Kim. A Novel Mechanism of Cellular Insulin Resistance:mTOR activation of STAT3 and SOCS3.
10:40-11:00		Yongcheng Song. A Cholesterol Lowering Drug Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus Virulence.
11:20-11:40		Short Course I Buffet Lunch
11:30- 1:00		Poster Session I
1:00- 1:20		Marcos Sotomayor. The Allosteric Role of Ca2+ Switch in Adhesion and Elasticity of C-Cadherin.
1:20- 1:40		Miri Kim. mRNA Exporter TAP/NXF1 Associates with mRNA in Nuclear Export of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein.
1:40- 2:00		Santhi Sridharan. Identification of a Gene Critical for Sertoli Cell Development Using a Conditional Knockout System.
2:00- 2:30		New Faculty Talk, Carin K. Vanderpool, UIUC Microbiology
2:30- 4:00		Poster Session II
3:00- 3:20		Short Course II
4:00- 5:00		Keynote Address, Barry Honig , Columbia University, HHMI, NAS
5:00- 6:00		Awards, Reception

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2007 Speaker and Poster Presentation Winners!

Speakers:

• Jeong Ho Kim
• Marcos Sotomayor

Posters:

• Michael Hudock
• Davis Cervantes
• Jamie Boney
• Kristen Willis
• David Aggen

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For more information regarding the Symposium, please contact one of the following co-chairs:

Brad Evans: bsevans2@uiuc.edu
Fatemah Hermes: fhermes2@uiuc.edu

Contact information for committee members:

Stefanie Martin: smarti21@uiuc.edu
Sharon Fluss: sfluss2@uiuc.edu
Kirsten Walt: kwalt2@uiuc.edu
Mindy Hoffman: mtonks2@uiuc.edu

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