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Acknowledgements:

 

The SC STH Conference is organized jointly by SC INBRE and the SC Academy of Science, with support from SC INBRE (NIH/NCRR), the State EPSCoR/IDeA Office, Health Sciences South Carolina, Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina, Francis Marion University, the SC Research Authority, and SCAMP. Sponsors and contributors include DARPA, the National Science Foundation, the NIH/NIGMS, the USC/Claflin EXPORT Center, USC’s Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities, and many industry sponsors including: Merck Co.; Martin Microscope; VWR International; Whatman, Inc./GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp.; Axygen Scientific; Greiner Bio-One; Wheaton Science Products; Beckman Coulter; Labcon, Inc.; Hirschmann, Inc.; Mediatech, Inc.; Olympus Co. (see the Conference web site for a full list of sponsors.)

 

Many thanks to Scott Argraves (MUSC, Director of the SC INBRE Bioinformatics Core), Roger Markwald (MUSC, COBRE Director and PI of the MUSC component of the SC INBRE Program) and Dick Swaja (Director, SC Bioengineering Alliance) who, together with their support staff and students, have worked tirelessly over the past several months to put together an outstanding program for the Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Symposia.

 A special recognition goes to the SCAS Business Manager, James Powell, SCAS President, Dave Gangemi, SCAS Treasurer, Vernon Beaty, the entire SCAS Council, the SCJAS Director and staff and the SCJAS Board for critical help and support in the organization of the SCAS and SCJAS conferences.

 Thanks to SC EPSCoR/IDeA, Merck Co., the NSF, DARPA, HSSC, the NIH/NIGMS and South Carolina’s three Comprehensive Research Universities for support of invited speakers and student travel. 

We gratefully acknowledge Saundra Glover and her staff at the USC IPEHD, and the Moving To Action group of the USC/Claflin University EXPORT for their work in the organization of the Health Disparities Symposium. 

Many thanks to Dr. Don Jordan and the Governor’s Awards Selection Committee for selecting this year’s recipients of the three Governor’s Awards, and for organizing the awards ceremony. 

Many thanks to Barbara Speziale (Clemson University) and James Powell for organizing the teachers training workshop, and we are indebted to the speakers who make this event possible.

We are very grateful for SCRA’s support to the Conference and the Academy, and very much look forward to the SC Launch workshop. 

Many thanks to Dr. Judith Salley, of SC State University, for supporting the Undergraduate Research Colloquium which adds an entire new dimension and much value to the overall program of the STH Conference. 

We are very grateful to Roche Carolina, Mead WestVaco, and Michelin North America for their long-standing support of the SC Academy of Science, and in particular for their sponsorship (respectively) of the Governor’s Award for Scientific Research; the Award for Scientific Awareness; and the Gifted Young Scientist Research Award.