Concurrent Symposia Sessions

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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.
	Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Platforms: Changing the Landscape of Genomics and Genetics Chair: Eric Green, NHGRI	Main Auditorium
	Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Development & Disease Chair: Susan Mackem, NCI	Balcony A
	Genetic Susceptibility - The Link between Environmental Exposure and Human Disease Chair: John E. French, NIEHS	Balcony B
	Chemistry from the Beaker to the Bedside Chair: Craig J. Thomas, NHGRI	Balcony C
	Frontier Biology and Structural Biology of RNA Chair: Yun-Xing Wang, NCI	Conference Room D
	T cell Heterogeneity and Plasticity in Inflammatory and Immune Disease  Chair: Yasmine Belkaid, NIAMS	Conference Room E1/E2
	Bridging the Gap between Research Discoveries and Clinical Evaluation Chair: Minkyung (Min) Song, NCI	Conference Room F1/F2

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Natcher Conference Center

*All symposia are held in the Natcher Conference Center

Concurrent Symposia Session II: 7		10:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
	MicroRNAs in Cancer Biology Chair: Curtis C. Harris, NCI	Main Auditorium
	Immunotherapy vs. Immunosuppression Chair: Arya Biragyn, NIA (end time is 1:30 p.m.)	Balcony A
	TGF-beta Superfamily Signaling in Health and Disease  Co-Chairs: Lalage Wakefield, NCI and Sushil G. Rane, NIDDK	Balcony B
	Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease  Chair: Terry Yamaguchi, NCI	Balcony C
	Molecular and Functional Imaging: Image and Treat Paradigm  Amir H. Gandjbakhche, NICHD	Conference Room D
	Genome-wide.Seq  Chair: Rafael Casellas, NIAMS	Conference Room E1/E2
	Racial Disparities in Chronic Disease: Clues to Pathogenesis   Co Chairs: Charles Rotimi, NHGRI and Ola Landgren, NCI	Conference Room F1/F2

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Natcher Conference Center

*All symposia are held in the Natcher Conference Center

Concurrent Symposia Session II: 4		2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
	Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Biology: Challenges Today and Promises for the Future Co-Chairs: Barbara K. Vonderhaar, NCI and Snorri Thorgeirsson, NCI	Main Auditorium
	Imaging at the Nano-scale Co-Chairs: Catherine Galbraith, NIDCR and James Galbraith, NINDS	Balcony A
	Telomeres: The Transition from Basic Science to Clinical Medicine Chair: Sharon Savage, NCI	Balcony B
	Systems Biology – A Multi-method, Multi-scale Perspective for Cell Research Co-Chairs: Eric Billings, NHLBI and Martin Meier-Schellersheim, NIAID	Conference Room E1/E2