| 8:30-9:00 |
Arrival & Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Opening Comments |
| 9:15-11:15 - Presentations |
Robert Yu: “Autoimmune Mechanisms of Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Role of Antiglycolipid Antibodies” |
Binghe Wang: “Selective PDE4 Inhibitors for Asthma Treatment” |
Wendy Bollag: “Topical phosphatidylglycerol liposomes as treatment for disorders of keratinocyte proliferation” |
Irene Weber: “Crystal Structures of Proteases Guide Design of Drugs for Resistant HIV and Control of Apoptosis” |
| Lunch - 11:15-12:15 |
| 12:15-1:45 - Presentations |
Dave Wilson: “DNA Structures As Drug Targets: From Duplexes and Parasitic Microorganisms to Quadruplexes and Cancer” |
Lin Mei: “Neuregulin-1 signaling in schizophrenia” |
Jenny Yang: “Rational design of Protein-based MRI contrast agents for molecular imaging” |
| Break - 1:45-2:00 |
| 2:00-3:30 - Presentations |
Ying Song: “Biotechnology Development in Xytex Research Inc” |
Charles Derby: “Antimicrobials and other bioactive chemicals in sea slug ink” |
Xingming Shi: “Regulation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation by glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper" |
3:30-4:00 |
Set up posters |
4:00-5:00 |
Dinner and Poster Session |
