Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Registration: 8:00 am
Opening Remarks and Welcome
8:30-8:45am
Lucia Pirisi-Creek, Scott Argraves, Dick Swaja
Joint session of the
2nd SC Bioinformatics Symposium
2009 SC Bioengineering Symposium: Opportunities and Directions
8:45am-12:00pm, Room: Lexington A/B
Program:
8:45-9:45 am: Keynote Lectures:
Keeping up with Bioinformatics and Computational Biology as applied to Biomedicine--Where has it been? Where is it going?
Brian D. Athey (University of Michigan – College of Medicine - Professor of Psychiatry, Computational Medicine and Biology)
Grand Opportunities for Bioengineering
Wolf von Maltzahn (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -Acting Vice President for Research and Professor of Bioengineering)
10:15-12:00 Collaborative Science: Regional and National Perspectives
Perspectives on Collaborative Science in South Carolina Kenneth Wingate, Chair of SC Commission on Higher Education; James Barker, President – Clemson University; Ray Greenberg, President – Medical University of South Carolina; Harris Pastides, President – University of South Carolina
Bioengineering Funding Opportunities at NSF Semahat Demir, Director of Bioengineering – NSF
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at NIH: Building Bridges to Discovery Karin Remington, Director – Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - NIH/NIGMS
The Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Symposia continue throughout Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Click on specific links here above for detailed programs
Bioengineering/Bioinformatics Posters
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 4:00-6:00 pm
Room: Richland B/C
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
2009 Annual Meeting of the SC Academy of Science
Wednesday, 8:30am - 6:00pm
Contributed Oral Presentation sessions
2nd SC Bioinformatics Symposium
2009 SC Bioengineering Symposium: Opportunities and Directions
(continued)
8:30am-12:15pm, Rooms: Lexington A and B
HPV-Mediated Disease Symposium
Wednesday, 8:45-11:45 am, including
Keynote Lecture: Epidemiology of HPV infection and HPV-mediated cancers in men, Anna Giuliano Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, and Program Leader, Risk Assessment, Detection and Intervention Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
11:00am Room: Richland A
Translating Health Disparities Research
Wednesday, 1:00-3:00 pm
A Health Disparities Forum Organized by the USC/Claflin EXPORT and USC's Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities;
Room: Carolina A
Invited Plenary Lectures,
Wednesday, April 15
1:30-2:00pm
“Advancing Stroke Care in South Carolina” Robert J. Adams, MD, Director South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence; Director MUSC Stroke Center
2:00-2:30pm
“Key Technology Requirements for Practical Human Simulators” John Schaefer, MD, Professor. Assistant Dean, Statewide Clinical Effectiveness Education, Medical University of South Carolina
Room: Lexington A
Undergraduate Research Colloquium
organized by the SC Alliance for Minority Participation to introduce undergraduate students to active researchers and potential research mentors - Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 12:00-1:00pm. Lunch provided
Room: Richland A
Wednesday, 1:00-1:30pm Room: Lexington A
The annual SCAS Business Meeting 2:45-3:30pm
Room: Lexington A
The Entrepreneurial Scientist
a workshop by SC Launch!
This workshop will give participants an overview of the steps required protect intellectual property and how to commercialize inventions - Presented by the SC Launch, SC Research Authority
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 4:00-6:00pm
Room: Lexington A
Thursday, April 16, 2009
8:15am-5:30pm
entire Convention Center
Invited Plenary Lectures
Thursday, April 16
11:15-12:00 am
The Chemistry of Aging and Disease
Dr. John Baynes, Professor, Arnold School of Public Health, USC
3:00-3:45 pm
Human-assisted Neural Devices
COL. Geoffrey Ling, MD, Program Manager,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA)
Room: Lexington A
Second Annual High School Teachers Workshop
Thursday, April 16, 8:30am-12:00pm
Scientific Method, Critical Thinking, and the Example of Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Michael Matthews, Chemical Engineering, USC
Materials and Processes for Regeneration of Skeletal Tissues Esmaiel Jabbari, Chemical Engineering, USC
Discussion of High School End of Course Examinations and Available Preparation Programs
Linda Sinclair, SC Dept. of Education
Barbara Speziale, Clemson University
Continuing education credits and lunch provided with free registration
COLONIAL CENTER Conference Room
Thursday, April 16, Closing Events:
Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony, Student Awards Ceremony and Pizza Party!
5:30-7:00 pm
COLONIAL CENTER ARENA
DIMENSIONS The SC Contemporary Dance Festival Opening Gala Performance
Koger Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
The SC Contemporary Dance Festival
Opening Gala Performance
Featuring some of the best contemporary choreographers in the nation, showcasing a variety of contemporary dance genres and styles. Click here for information
Discounted tickets are available to registered
Conference participants: click here to purchase
or e-mail the Festival organizers to reserve your ticket