TEACHING POSTER SESSIONS

Recognizing that techniques and issues related to teaching and the use of computers in research and teaching cross all biomedical disciplines, EB 2006 will combine education posters from all participating societies into two special poster sessions. Although posters will be on display during exhibit hours Sunday through Tuesday, authors are required to be present at their posters during an assigned day and time for demonstration, which will be listed in the Program. Authors must prepare standard-sized posters in addition to their demonstrations.

Computers in Research & Teaching - Topic Category 8100-EB

Demonstrate collegial (not for sale) software for research and teaching purposes. A special area of the exhibit hall will have poster boards and provisions for both IBM PC compatible and Mac computers with Inter net access. Authors are encouraged to bring laptops. For more info rmation, please contact Dr. Jerry Collins at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , and Nashville . Tel: 615-322-3003. Email: jerry.collins@vanderbilt.edu

Teaching, Learning and Testing in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Topic Category 8200-EB

This is for all teaching/education related posters, regardless of discipline, that do not require a computer. Posters describing any aspect of teaching and learning in the biological and biomedical sciences should be submitted to this category. For presentations that involve a demonstration, authors are encouraged to bring the actual materials that they use for teaching. Tables and electrical outlets will be available at each poster board for demonstrations.

EB 2006/FASEB MARC GENOMICS SYMPOSIUM AND POSTER SESSION

Health Disparities in Prostate and Breast Cancer: Genetic and Therapeutic Applications 

Organized by the FASEB MARC Program Advisory Board.  Sponsored by the FASEB Career Resources and MARC Program Office.  Coordinated by Dr. Nancy Thompson , Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Deputy Director of  RIH, COBRE, CCRD, Brown University , Providence and Dr. Sunny Ohia, Dean and Professor of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, TX.

MODERATOR:  

DR. MARILYN HUGHES GASTON, Co-Director of The Gaston & Porter Health Improvement Center, Potomac, MD

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (PROSTATE CANCER):

DR. JOHN D. CARPTEN, Senior Investigator and Director, Genetic Basis of Human Disease Division; Head, Prostate Cancer Research Unit, TGen ( Phoenix , Arizona )

DR. CURTIS A. PETTAWAY, Associate Professor Cancer Biology/Urology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

DR. RICK KITTLES, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Human Cancer Genetics Program

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (BREAST CANCER):

DR. MARILYN GASTON HUGHES, Co-Director of The Gaston & Porter Health Improvement Center, Potomac, MD

DR. RONDA HENRY-TILLMAN, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

DR. DIONE FARRIA, Co-Director, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD), Assistant Professor of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine

RELATED POSTER SESSION: Posters will be selected from the abstracts submitted to Experimental Biology 2006 participating societies. At least 20 posters from students and postdoctoral fellows involved in research related to the genetic basis of prostate and breast cancer and its treatment in diverse populations will be selected for display during the symposium and reception/mixer. Travel awards for poster presenters (first authors only) included in this special session will be available through the FASEB MARC Program.  NOTE: You must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident of the U.S. (green card required) in order to receive a FASEB MARC Program travel award.

For further information, please contact the FASEB MARC Program, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998;

Email: marc@faseb.org ; Tel: 301-634-7020.

The EB 2006/FASEB MARC Genomics Symposium is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health (T36-GM-08637).