2012 ABRCMS preliminary program will be available May 1, 2012.

2011 ABRCMS Preliminary Program

Speakers scheduled for ABRCMS 2011

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Opening Keynote Address

Cora Marrett, Ph.D.

National Science Foundation

Arlington, VA

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Concurrent Scientific Speakers: 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

From the Study of DNases to Anticancer Drug Screening; an Unexpected Scientific Journey

Renato Aguilera, Ph.D.

University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

Shiga Toxins: Potent Poisons Essential for Virulence of Escherichia coli Causing Food-Borne Bloody Diarrhea and Kidney Disease

Alison O'Brien, Ph.D.

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

A Tale of LINEs: Epigenetic Reactivation of L1 Retrotransposon by DNA-Damaging Agents

Ken Ramos, Ph.D.

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

People and Plants: What Does Ethnobotany Offer Biomedicine, and at What Cost?

Karen C. Hall, Ph.D.

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Learning the Grammar for Selective Acylation of Polyamines for Biomedical Application

Carlos Gutierrez, Ph.D.

California State University at Los Angeles, CA

Evaluating the Harms of Repeat Cancer Screening for Use in Health Policy Decision Making

Rebecca Hubbard, Ph.D.

Group Health Research Institute and University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Understanding the Transmission Dynamics of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Megan Murray, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Interagency Collaboration and Coordination in Social Policy Research: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Sustainable Employment

Pamela Scott-Johnson, Ph.D.

Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Plenary Scientific Session: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Dying Young as Late in Life as Possible: Stem Cells, Tissue Renewal, and Regeneration

Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Ph.D.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of Utah School of Medicine

Friday, November 11th, 2011

PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION: 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Is Our Reality In ‘The Matrix?’

Sylvester James Gates, Jr., Ph.D.

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Using Simple Cells to Model Complex Diseases

Susan Lindquist, Ph.D.

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

Closing Keynote Address: 2:00 - 2:30 P.M.

Skin in the Game: Biomedical Research, Health Disparities, and the Role of Researchers of Color

Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D.

Bennett College, Greensboro, NC

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