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Schedule of Events
All events except the Friday, April 18 luncheon are free and open to the public.
(The Research Awards Ceremony immediately following the luncheon is open to all.)
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
Exploring Life Science at MU – A conference for mid-Missouri high school students and their teachers. Morning seminars followed by lunch and touring the research poster session.
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., McQuinn Atrium, Bond Life Sciences Center
POSTER SESSION with more than 150 posters! (Section 1)
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., McQuinn Atrium, Bond Life Sciences Center
EXHIBITS - MU CORE FACILITIES and RESEARCH CENTERS
Find out what's new in the cores and other campus research centers!
3:30 p.m., Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
SEMINAR:
Innate immunity and self-recognition in the social amoeba Dictyostelium
Adam Kuspa, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Salih J. Wakil Professor, Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
4:30 p.m., McQuinn Atrium, Bond Life Sciences Center
OPENING RECEPTION
1:30 – 3:00 p.m., Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
WORKSHOP:
"The entrepreneurial scientist: Exploring the business side of scientific discovery"
Jack Schultz, Moderator
Director, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
Panelists
Tara Nealey, Polsinelli | Shalton | Flanigan | Suelthaus, intellectual property law firm, St. Louis, MO
JB Waggoner, Inovatia, Fayette, MO
Mike Nichols, UM Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Ed Sauter, Professor of Surgery, MU School of Medicine
Peter Sutovsky, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., McQuinn Atrium, Bond Life Sciences Center
POSTER SESSION 150+ posters - different from those presented Monday! (Section 2)
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., McQuinn Atrium, Bond Life Sciences Center
VENDOR SHOW - scientific supplies and equipment
3:30 p.m., Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
SEMINAR:
"Arabidopsis stem cell niches: Systems biology from few parts"
Ben Scheres, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
3:30 p.m., Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
"A CONVERSATION with MISSOURI LEGISLATORS:
Outcomes from the Inaugural Missouri Bio Benchmarking Tour"
(webcast)
MU Chancellor Brady Deaton, Moderator
Legislative participants:
State Representative Judy Baker ( District 25–Columbia, D)
State Representative Mark J. Bruns ( District 113 –Jefferson City, R)
State Representative Kathlyn Fares (District 91–Webster Groves, R)
State Representative Paul LeVota (District 52–Independence, D)
State Representative Mike Parson (District 133–Bolivar, R)
State Representative Charlie Schlottach (District 111–Owensville, R)
State Representative Ryan Silvey (District 38 – Kansas City, R)
State Representative Rachel Storch (District 64 – St. Louis, D)
State Representative Michael Talboy (District 37 – Kansas City, D)
4:30 – 6:00 p.m., Monsanto Auditorium Foyer, Bond Life Sciences Center
SPARC Networking Reception
(Scientific Partnership and Resource Connection)
11:30 a.m., Student Recreation Complex, West Entrance
POSTER SESSION LUNCHEON (by invitation only)
12:15 a.m., Student Recreation Complex, West Entrance
POSTER AWARDS PRESENTATION (open to all)
Awards also presented for winning images from the Molecular Cytology Core and Electron Microscopy Core; plus Sigma Xi Mentor Award
1:30 p.m. , Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
SEMINAR:
The genetic components of community structure and their conservation implications
Tom Whitham, Regents' Professor of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
10:30 a.m., Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
SATURDAY MORNING SCIENCE:
"Winners and losers in climate change"
Tom Whitham, Regents' Professor of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University