2009 Agenda

The Forefront of Multidisciplinary Science and Outreach

Monday October 12, 2009

Location: Hyatt Regency Bethesda

Check-in to Hotel

19:00 - 21:00

Reception with light fare and soft drinks. Cash bar.

Tuesday October 13, 2009

Location: Hyatt Regency Bethesda

07:30 - 08:30

Breakfast buffet and set up posters

08:30 - 09:00

Welcome by Chair and NCRR/NIBIB Directors

New Research Resource Centers
Chair: Leslie Loew, Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center

09:00 - 09:30

Michael Weiner, M.D., Director, Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disease, San Francisco VA Medical Center

09:30 - 10:00

Pavel Pevzner, Ph.D., Director, Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry, University of California, San Diego

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break and Open Discussion

Basic and Emerging Technologies
Chair: Joel Stiles, M.D., Ph.D., Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

10:30 - 11:00

Clay Reid, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience & Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
Towards complete structural and functional imaging of cerebral cortical circuits

11:00 - 11:30

David S. Cafiso, Ph.D., Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia
Protein structure and function revealed by site-directed spin labeling

11:30 - 12:00

Shimon Weiss, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Multiscale, Superresolved, Ultrasensitive Optical Molecular Imaging

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Buffet

13:00 - 14:00

Poster Session I

National Centers for Biomedical Computing ~ Impact on Personalized Medicine
Chair: Joel Stiles, M.D., Ph.D., Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

14.00 - 14.30

Andrea Califano, Ph.D, National Center for the Multi-Scale Analysis of Genomic and Cellular Networks, Columbia University
Building the "assembly manual" of the cell: A systems biology perspective on cell physiology and pathology.

14:30 - 15:00

Ron Kikinis, M.D., National Alliance for Medical Imaging Computing, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Medical Image Computing as Enabler of Translational Clinical Science

15:00 - 15:30

Brian Athey, Ph.D., National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics, University of Michigan
NCIBI--An NIH NCBC Resource to Enhance Basic and Translational Research

15:30 - 16:30

Poster session II

Connectivities among Resources and Centers
Chair: Carmen Mannella, Ph.D., Wadsworth Center

16:30 - 17:30

• Alan Johnson, Ph.D., Duke University
• Peter Smith, Ph.D., Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
• Keith Hodgson, Ph.D., Stanford University
• Mehmet Toner, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital

17:30 - 18:00

Panel discussion

Opportunities for Integrated Educational activities
Chair: Joel Stiles, M.D., Ph.D.

18:00 - 18:30

Panel discussion

Dinner and Plenary Speaker

19:00 - 21:00

David Shaw, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, D.E. Shaw Research
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Columbia University
Past Chairman, D.E. Shaw Group
Millisecond-Long Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Location: Hyatt Regency Bethesda

07:30 - 08:00

Breakfast Buffet

Dissemination Opportunities for P41 Centers
Chair: Peter van Zijl, Ph.D., Kennedy Krieger Institute & Johns Hopkins University

08:00 - 09:20

• Emma Fernández-Repollet, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Technology, University of Puerto Rico
• K.C. Kent Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Dean for Veterinary Research and Graduate Education Programs, University of California, Davis
• L. Tony Beck, Ph.D., SEPA Program, Division for Clinical Research Resources, NCRR, NIH
• Nicholas J. Schork, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

09:20 - 10:00

Panel discussion on dissemination opportunities

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break and Open Discussion

10:30 - 11:30

Breakout for Parallel Meetings

• NCRR
• NIBIB

11:30 - 11:45

Break

11:45 - 12:30

Combined Discussion Session

12:30 - 13:30

Combined Working Lunch

• Selection of organizing committee for 2010
• Program evaluation/Hand in of evaluation sheets