2007 Annual Retreat
Agenda
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Day 1 September 17, 2007 DoubleTree Hotel 4727 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803 |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Introductions |
| Bernard J. Clark, M.D. | Associate Chief Executive of the Practice Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children |
| Vicky L. Funanage, Ph.D. | Director of Nemours Biomedical Research |
| Thomas H. Shaffer, MS.E., Ph.D. | Associate Director, Nemours Biomedical Research Principal Investigator Director of the Nemours Center for Pediatric Research |
| 9:00 a.m. | Presentations by Target Investigators |
| Moderators: Carolyn Schanen, M.D., Ph.D and George R. Dodge, Ph.D | |
| 9:00 - 9:40 a.m. | Julia Barthold, M.D., Associate Chief, Division of Urology "Developmental Mechanisms of Undescended Testis" |
| 9:40 - 10:20 a.m. | Wenlan Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist "Mechanisms of Cell Death in Spinal Muscular Atrophy" |
| 10:20 - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:10 a.m. | Grace Hobson, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist "Molecular Mechanisms in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease" |
| 11:10 - 11:50 a.m. | Aaron C. Chidekel, M.D., Attending Physician "Oxygen and Barotrauma Effects on Human Airway Epithelium" |
| 11:50 - 12:30 a.m. | Andy Tsuda, M.D., Attending Physician, Assistant Professor "Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Cardiovascular Diseases" |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:45 - 3:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions with Target Investigators & External Advisory Committee |
| 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Poster Session |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Keynote Presentation "Surface Chemistry Meets Neuroscience - COBRE III at the University of Delaware" Thomas P. Beebe, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Director, Surface Analysis Facility, University of Delaware; Principal Investigator, University of Delaware COBRE grant |
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Day 2 September 18, 2007 Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 |
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| 8:45 a.m. | Workshops |
| 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | John Gaughan, Ph.D. Department of Physiology Temple University School of Medicine "Research Statistics" |
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. | George Frank, Esquire Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP Philadelphia, PA "Patent Law What You Need to Know" |
| 12:00 p.m. | Adjournment |