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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, April 3
12:00
noon - 6:00 pm
Ecdysone Workshop
Organizers:
Robert Ward, University of Kansas; and
Ginger Carney, Texas A & M University
Delaware
Lobby Level
3:00
pm – 5:00 pm Federal Funding Opportunities & the Proposal
Review Process
A GSA Career Development Workshop
Organizers:
Joyce Fernandes, National Science
Foundation (NSF); and Leslie Pick, NSF and University
of Maryland
Washington 2
Exhibit Level
3:00
pm - 6:30 pm
Speaker Ready Room
Park Tower Suite 8228
Lobby Level
3:30
pm - 9:00 pm
Registration and Book/T-Shirt Pickup Open
Convention Registration Desk
Lobby Level
5:00
pm - 12:00 am
Posters Open
Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level
5:00
pm - 7:00 pm
GSA Education Special Interest Group Mixer
Virginia Suite, Lobby Level
7:00
pm - 9:00 pm
Opening General Session
Moderators:
Richard Mann, Columbia University, New
York; and Kristin Scott, University of California,
Berkeley
Marriott Ballroom Salons 1-3
Lobby Level
7:00
pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Richard Mann, Columbia University, New York
7:15
pm
GSA Welcome and Update
Adam Fagen, Genetics Society of America (GSA),
Bethesda, Maryland
7:25
pm
Larry Sandler Award Presentation
Ken Irvine, Rutgers University, Waksman Institute,
Piscataway, New Jersey
7:30
pm
Larry Sandler Lecture
8:00
pm
Jules Hoffmann Introduction
Kristin Scott, University of California, Berkeley
8:05
pm
Innate Immunity: From Flies to Humans
Jules A. Hoffmann, IBMC, University of Strasbourg,
France
8:50
pm
Presentation of George W. Beadle Award to R. Scott
Hawley, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Adam Fagen, GSA, Bethesda, Maryland
9:00
pm - 11:00 pm
Mixer/Reception
Washington Room 2-6
Exhibition Level
