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Eighth Annual CBC Symposium
"Protein Folding and Misfolding in Health and Disease"
DATE: October 29, 2010
TIME: 9:00 AM - 5:45 PM
LOCATION: Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago Campus
1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Registration and poster submission are now open:
To registrer click here. Registration deadline: October 22, 2010.
To present a poster, submit your abstract here. Submission deadline: noon, October 8, 2010.
To download symposium announcement (pdf) click here or click the icon to the right.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
| 9:00 AM | Registration and Poster set-up – continental breakfast |
| 9:45 AM | Welcome |
| 9:50 AM | Introduction by Sangram S. Sisodia, PhD, University of Chicago |
| 10:00 AM | Scott T. Brady, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Protein folding, Signal Transduction, and Fast Axonal Transport in Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| 10:45 AM | Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco Untangling the Role of Protein Misfolding and Other Knotty Problems in Neurodegenerative Disease |
| 11:30 PM | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:00 PM | Randal J. Kaufman, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School Protein Misfolding, Oxidative Stress, and the Unfolded Protein Response |
| 1:45 PM | Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Selective Autophagy and Aging |
| 2:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:00 PM | Judith Frydman, PhD, Stanford University Molecular Origami: Protein Folding and Misfolding in the Eukaryotic Cytosol |
| 3:45 PM | Richard I. Morimoto, PhD, Northwestern University The Stress of Misfolded Proteins in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease |
| 4:30 PM | Closing Remarks by Sangram S. Sisodia, PhD, University of Chicago |
| 4:40 PM | Reception |
| 5:45 PM | Adjourn |
ORGANIZERS:
Scott T. Brady, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Richard I. Morimoto, PhD, Northwestern University
Sangram S. Sisodia, PhD, University of Chicago
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Seventh Annual CBC Symposium
"The Biology of Non-Coding RNAs: Old Molecules, New Actions"
DATE: October 30, 2009
TIME: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center, 251 East Huron, Chicago, Illinois, 60611
Description:
One of the most amazing discoveries in the last decade is the realization that non-coding RNAs perform a wide variety of cellular functions. The days are long gone when RNAs were only considered as information carriers of DNA. Today, we know RNA molecules control many cellular processes including chromatin organization, splicing, translation, and viral defense. Functional non-coding RNA molecules range from hundreds in bacteria to possibly tens of thousands in humans.
"The Biology of Non-Coding RNAs: Old Molecules, New Actions" was the topic of the Seventh Annual Chicago Biomedical Consortium Symposium held Friday, October 30, 2009 at the Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Each year CBC annual symposia focus on a specific research area featuring outstanding guest speakers and highlighting local researchers. This year’s symposium brought together speakers who are at the forefront of non-coding RNA research:
Jennifer Doudna, PhD
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California Berkeley; Winner of 2000 Alan T. Waterman Award
Gisela Storz, PhD
Head of the Section on Environmental Gene Regulation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
John Rinn, PhD
Assistant professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Richard Carthew, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University
Alexander Mankin, PhD
Professor, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago Manyuan Long, PhD
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago.
The topics ranged from regulatory and functional RNAs in bacteria to small and large non-coding RNAs in eukaryotes.
Close to 200 participants attended this year's symposium. The day also included a morning poster session and a closing reception. Nicholas Reiter from the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, received first prize for his poster titled: Structural studies of an RNase P/tRNA ternary complex.
Sixth Annual CBC Symposium
"Frontiers in Molecular Imaging: From Promise to Practice"
DATE: October 31, 2008
TIME: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: UIC Forum, University of Illinois at Chicago
Description:
The Sixth Annual Chicago Biomedical Consortium Symposium, Frontiers in Molecular Imaging: From Promise to Practice, was held Friday, October 31, 2008 at the UIC Forum. CBC annual symposia feature outstanding guest speakers and also highlight local researchers, focusing on a specific subject area.
This year’s symposium included distinguished guest speakers Christopher Contag, PhD (Stanford University), winner of the Society for Molecular Imaging Achievement Award; Robert S. Balaban, PhD, Scientific Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute intramural program; and Michael Phelps, PhD (UCLA), recipient of multiple accolades including the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award presented by President Clinton. Local researchers highlighted in the program include Thomas Meade, PhD, Northwestern University; Chin-Tu Chen, PhD, The University of Chicago; and Keith Thulborn, MD, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Approximately 200 people attended the 2008 Symposium. Along with informative presentations, opportunities for networking at this daylong event were offered during lunch and at a closing reception. Twenty-four posters prepared by researchers at Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, and The University of Chicago were presented during the poster session. Two were selected as best poster and the authors received an IPod.
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Fifth Annual CBC Symposium
"Where Science Goes Next: Translation of Basic Discovery for Human Health"
DATE: October 19, 2007
TIME: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Illinois Science + Technology Park, Skokie, IL
Description:
The Fifth Annual Chicago Biomedical Consortium Symposium, "Where Science Goes Next: Translation of Basic Discovery for Human Health", was held Friday, October 19, 2007 at the Illinois Science + Technology Park in Skokie, IL. The CBC welcomed Keynote speakers John Kessler, MD (NU); Mark Ratain, MD (UC); and Anna Barker, PhD (National Cancer Institute).
The afternoon programming included a panelist discussion, "BioScience, Industry and Academic Collaborations: Today and Tomorrow", with moderator Michael Rosen, Senior Vice President, New Business Development, Science & Technology Group, Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and panelists Norbert Riedel, PhD (Baxter), Gary Gordon, MD, PhD (Abbott), Mark Weinberg, MD (Takeda), and Michael Flavin, PhD (Advanced Life Sciences).
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Fourth Annual CBC Symposium
"Infrastructures for Systems Biology"
DATE: September 29, 2006
TIME: 8:30 AM - 3:45 PM
LOCATION: Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago
Description:
The CBC held the Fourth Annual Symposium on September 29, 2006. Speakers included:
Ken Buetow, PhD
Director, Center for Bioinformatics, and Chief of Laboratory for Population Genetics, National Cancer Institute, winner of The Editor’s Choice Award from Bio-IT World (2008);
Leroy Hood, MD, PhD
President, Institute for Systems Biology, Winner of Lasker Award and Kyoto Prize;
Kevin White, PhD
Director, Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory.
The all day event also included a poster session and a CBC Infrastructures Panel discussion with the Proteomics/Informatics Advisory Board.
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Third Annual CBC Symposium
"Proteomics and Informatics"
DATE: April 22, 2005
TIME: 12:45 PM - 4:30 PM
LOCATION: McCormick Auditorium, Norris Center, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, Northwestern University
Description:
Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover, PhD delivered the keynote address at a free public symposium, “Proteomics and Informatics,” on Friday, April 22, sponsored by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium.
The CBC acquired a Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer (FTMS), the world’s most powerful tool for studying the structures of proteins and other biomolecules. The special symposium focused on how researchers can take advantage of the new technology and related analytic techniques when addressing the basic questions of proteomics (the study of proteins and their functions).
Ciechanover, who, together with two others, received the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a key way cells destroy unwanted proteins, spoke on “Proteomics and the Future of Medicine.” Ciechanover, Distinguished Professor at the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Haifa, was visiting professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Following Ciechanover’s address, Richard Carthew, PhD, professor of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology at Northwestern, spoke on “Proteomics and RNA Mediated Regulation of Gene Expression.” Dr. Carthew's talk was followed by Alexander Schilling, PhD, Director, Proteomic and Informatics Services Proteomic Services Facility, UIC. The event concluded with a panel discussion entitled “How the CBC Will Change Your Proteomics/Informatics Life.”
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Second Annual CBC Symposium
"Proteomics Day"
DATE: April 17, 2004
TIME: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Molecular Biology Research Building, UIC
First Annual CBC Symposium
"The New Biology: Technological Innovations Applied to Health and Disease"
DATE: September 2, 2002
TIME: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL
Description:
The first symposium was the initial CBC organizational event which brought scientists from the three CBC institutions together in order to promote interest in planning large-scale regional initiatives.
Speakers included:
Andrzej Joachiemiak, PhD
Director of the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab
Janet Rowley, MD
Professor of Medicine, U. Chicago; Winner of Lasker Award and National Medal of Science; 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom
Milan Mrksich, PhD
Professor Chemistry, University of Chicago
Robert Grossman, PhD
Professor of Math and Director, Laboratory for Advanced Computing, UIC
Thomas Meade, PhD
Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
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