ABRCMS
ASM Education Department
1752 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Ph: 202-942-9348
Fax: 202-942-9329

Email:abrcms@asmusa.org

© American Society
for Microbiology 2012

RISE and MARC Technical Assistance Workshop

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Tour St. Louis (on your own)

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12:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Washington Univesity in St. Louis Campus Tour

Registration Open

2:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Exhibit Set-up

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

5:15 - 6:00 p.m.

PRE-CONFERENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS

Session 1

Immunocytochemistry 101: How Best to Do It and Show Your Results

Session 2

Presentation Techniques:  How to Make Effective Poster and Oral Presentations

6:30 – 7:15 p.m.

Dinner

7:15– 8:15 p.m.

Conference Overview/Keynote Address

8:15 – 9:15 p.m.

Networking with Disciplinary Society Representatives

9:30 – 10:00 p.m.

ABRCMS Student Travel Awardees Orientation

9:30 – 10:30 p.m.

GRADUATE STUDENT/POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST MIXER

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration Open

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Networking Breakfast

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Peer Mentoring Orientation (Mandatory for ABRCMS Peers Mentors and Mentees)

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scientists Session: Opoortunities for a Successful Postdoctoral Experience

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Exhibit Set-up

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

CONFERENCE ORIENTATIONS

Orientation for Undergraduate Students and Postbaccalaureates

Orientation for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scientists

Orientation for Exhibitors

Orientation for Judges (All 12 Disciplines)

11:00 a.m. –12:15 p.m.

CONCURRENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS

12:30– 1:15 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:15– 2:15 p.m.

PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION

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

Speaker:

Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Ph.D.

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

2:15 – 6:30 p.m.

Exhibits Open

2:30 – 3:45 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 1

3:15 – 4:15 p.m.

Career Coaching Corner/“Meet and Greet” Speakers

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 2

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

ORAL PRESENTATION SESSIONS 1 – 12(All disciplines)

6:45 – 730 p.m.

DINNER

9:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Dessert and Networking

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration Open

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Networking Breakfast

8:15– 9:15 a.m.

Concurrent Professional Development Sessions

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION

"Exploring the Grand Universe"

Speaker

Sylvester James Gates, Jr., Ph.D.,

University Of Maryland, College Park

10:45 a.m. –12:15 p.m.

Exhibits Open

11:00 a.m. –12:15 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 3

12:30 – 1:15 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:15– 2:15 p.m.

PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION

"Using Simple Cells to Model Complex Diseases "

Speaker

Susan Linquist, Ph.D.

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

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS

3:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Exhibits Open

3:45 – 5:00 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 4

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Career Coaching Corner Open/Meet and Greet  Speakers

5:15 – 6:30 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 5

6:45 – 7:45 p.m.

Small Group Discussion Sessions (five session options)

6:45 – 8:30 p.m.

RECEPTION FOR EXHIBITORS, SPEAKERS, PROGRAM  DIRECTORS, AND JUDGES

(This event is NOT open to undergraduates, postbaccalaureates, graduate students, or postdoctoral scientists)

8:45 – 10:00 p.m.

MARC/MBRS/RISE/SCORE Program Director Meeting

9:15 – 10:00 p.m.

BRIDGES Program Director Meeting

7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Registration Open

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Networking Breakfast

8:30 – 9:15 a.m.

Exhibitor Feedback Session

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

ORAL PRESENTATION SESSIONS (All Disciplines)

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Exhibits Open

9:45 – 11:00 a.m.

POSTER SESSION 6

11:15 a.m. –12:30 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 7

12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Exhibit Takedown

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Closing Keynote Address:

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

Speaker:  

Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D.

Numerous Honorary Degrees, Educator, Poet, Author and Entertainer

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

CONCURRENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS

5:15 – 6:15 p.m.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION

6:15 – 7:30 p.m.

FREE TIME! FREE TIME! FREE TIME!

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

BANQUET, CONFERENCE WRAP-UP, AND AWARDS CEREMONY

9:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Photo Session for ABRCMS Presentation Award Winners

10:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Dance and Social (All Are Invited)