The Graduate Partnerships Program, Office of Intramural Training and Education, and the Trans-NIH MD/PhD Partnership Program, are pleased to present a special symposium on “Molecular Medicine: From Disease to Gene and Gene to Therapy” on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, from 8:30 – 11:30 am, in the Natcher Building Auditorium, on the NIH main campus.
The symposium will feature three of the country’s premier physician-scientists presenting their exciting work at the interface of genetics and medicine, as well as student presentations from two of NIH’s up-and-coming trainees in the MD/PhD partnership program, which coordinates and supports training for MD/PhD students to do their research in the NIH intramural program. The symposium is open to all interested NIH staff and trainees.
See below for a detailed agenda. Sign Language Interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this(event/training/conference/program) should contact Bridget Lampert at 301.496.6083, lampertb@mail.nih.gov, and/or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).
8:30 AM: Welcome and Opening remarks
Michael Gottesman, MD
Deputy Director for Intramural Research, NIH
Richard Siegel, MD, PhD.
Director, Trans-NIH MD/PhD Partnership Program
8:45 AM “Adventures in the Genomics of Inflammation”
Daniel Kastner, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator and Clinical Director, NIAMS, NIH
9:20 AM Student Presentation
Regan M. Memmott, MD/PhD Student, NCI, and the University of Cincinnatti School of Medicine
“Phosphatidylinositol ether lipid analogues induce AMPK-dependent death in LKB1-mutant NSCLC cells”
9:35 AM Coffee Break
9:50-10:25 “Genetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases”
Kenneth H. Fischbeck, MD
Senior Investigator, NINDS, NIH
10:25-10:40 Student Presentation
Jacob Brown, M.D./Ph.D. Student, NEI, and Georgetown University School of Medicine
“Expression Profiling During Optic Fissure Closure Leads to Identification and Characterization of Novel Candidate Genes for Uveal Coloboma”
10:40-11:30 Featured Speaker: Hal Dietz, MD
Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics
Johns Hopkins University
“Genetics and Treatment of Diseases of the Arterial Wall"