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Bioinformatics: Informatics in the areas of Medicine, Health, Drug Discovery, Forensics, and Imaging
Friday, March 28th, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 3:35 p.m. CDST
RUSH University Medical Center, Searle Conference Center
Rush Professional Building, 5th floor,
1725 W. Harrison St.
Chicago, IL, 60612-3244
Become part of an on-going forum to bring life science researchers from universities and business together to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, and explore potential collaborations to promote commercialization. At this forum, you will address problems that need solving and explore opportunities to move research from the bench to the bedside and for the greater public good.
This forum is the Fourth in a series of collaborations between Midwest area universities and biotech/healthcare/pharmaceutical firms. The forum provides a unique combination of presentations, roundtable discussions, and networking.
Meet and network with people from all areas of the life sciences! Register for this Forum via this link: www.research.uic.edu/air
Invited Companies: Abbott, Baxter, Takeda, TAP, Eli Lilly and Co., Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Pfizer and Advanced Life Sciences
RESERVE EARLY; LIMITED SEATING!!!!!
Agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 AM Registration
10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks & Welcome –
Matthew Raymond, Ph. D. Rush University
Sam Pruett, Executive Director - Illinois Medical District, President - Chicago Technology Park.
Brief Overview: History and Goals of the Symposium –
Ron Kirschner, M.D., President, Heartland Angels
10:15- 10:45 Keynote Address: Text mining for Biological Target Annotation
Jeremy Packer PhD
Bioinformatics Group Leader, Abbott Laboratories
10:45-11:15 Abstract Presentation: An Interactive, Web-based Collaborative Pathway Repository Based on Java and Wiki Technology
Casey Frankenberger
Student, Rush University
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 PM Roundtables
Section I: TBA
Section II: TBA
12:30-1:30 Lunch and Poster Discussions
1:30-2:00 Keynote Address: Data Mining in the Life Sciences: What can we learn from the social sciences and marketing?
Eric Bremer, PhD
Precision Biomarker Resouces, Inc., Evanston, IL
2:00-2:30 Abstract Presentation: Computational Analysis of Dynamic Interaction Networks
Tanya Berger-Wolf,
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Roundtables
End of Formal Program, Start of New Informational Sessions
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Early Stage Investing: Angel and Venture Capital Investors
– Ron Kirschner, MD, MBA, President Heartland Angels, Inc.
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Getting Money: Private, State and Federal Experiences
-Matthew Raymond, Ph.D., Rush University
-David Gulley, Ph.D., University of Illinois Chicago
-William Ragland, Ph.D., MBA., Argonne National Laboratories
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Networking: Connecting, Re-connecting and Feedback
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