ARC Celebratory Event
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http://www.bumc.bu.edu/evanscenteribr/arc-celebratory-event/
or to Robin MacDonald (remac@bu.edu)
Responses appreciated by 2/8/10
EVANS CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARC) Celebratory Event
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
650 Albany Street, X714/715
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11:30 – 12:30
Speakers Luncheon with PostDocs and Graduate Students
1:00 – 1:15
Welcome Notes by Evans Center Director, Dr. Katya Ravid
Introductory Notes by Dean and Provost, Dr. Karen Antman
Welcome and Introductory Notes by Dr. David Coleman, Chairman, Department of Medicine
1:15 – 2:15
Presentations by Evans Center ARC Directors
Dr. Lindsay Farrer, Director
Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Drs. Marie McDonnell and Lisa Ganley-Leal, Directors
Blood Microbiome
Dr. Kenneth Walsh, Director
Dr. Richard Cohen
Cardiovascular Consequences of Metabolic Disease
Drs. Orian Shirihai and Anthony Molina, Directors
Mitochondrial Dynamics in Health and Disease
2:15 – 3:00
Dr. Phillip Zamore, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School
“What Fruit Flies Teach Us About RNA Silencing”
Introduction by Dr. David Coleman
3:00 – 3:30
Reception with wine and cheese
3:30 – 4:15
Presentations by Evans Center ARC Directors
Drs. Mark McComb, Catherine Costello, Richard Cohen, Directors
Proteomics Approach to Identify Biomarkers of Metabolic Disease
Drs. Gustavo Mostoslavsky and Darrell Kotton, Directors
Advancing Regenerative Medicine with The Boston University
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Bank
Drs. Susan Fried and Paul Pilch, Directors
Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue: Mechanisms and role in
disease risk associated with obesity
4:15 – 5:00
Dr. Bruce Spiegelman, Professor of Cell Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
“Transcriptional Control Of Adipogenesis and Systemic Energy Homeostasis”
Introduction by Dr. Stephen Farmer
5:00 –
Reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres
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