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Retreat 2007 Schedule
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Schedule for June 15 and 16 PDF document

Friday, June 15, 2007
9:30 am - 10:45 am Opening Remarks in the Kennedy Auditorium Room G027
Research Presentations: Susan Suarez, Robert Gilmour, David Lin, John Schimenti
Moderators: Kim Holloway & Kai-Su Greene
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break in the Science Atrium
11:00 am - noon Research Presentations in the Kennedy Auditorium Room G027 : Alex Nikitin, Robin Davisson, Gerald Duhamel, Alex Travis
Moderators: Kim Holloway, Kai-Su Greene
Noon - 1:00 pm
Lunch in the Atrium
State of the Department Address by Dr. Michael Kotlikoff
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Faculty Students & Postdocs
Pathology Discussion & Strategic Planning Session
Room G041
Career Development Session:
Kennedy Auditorium Room G027
Christine Holmes, Director of Cornell Postdoctoral Studies Program
"Preparing for the Job Search"
Dr. Robin Davisson, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
"On Mentoring and Being Mentored"
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Teaching Session 1: Veterinary Education Poster set-up & recreation
North & South Atriettes of ground floor
2:30 - 3:30 Overview and presentation on emerging issues in medical education
Room G042
3:30 - 3:45 Break in the Atrium
3:45 - 4:30 Break-out groups
G029, 1038, 1039, 2015, 2017, 2072
4:30 - 5:00 Discussion
Room G042
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Poster Session and Refreshments in the Atrium
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Dinner in the Tolles Pavillion - Beinecke Student Village
Presentation by Dr. Sol Gruner, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics
"Synchronotron X-ray Bioscience at Cornell: Past, Present and Future."
9:00 pm - Music: Blue Sky Mission Club in the Little Pub


Saturday, June 16, 2007
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast in the Atrium
8:30 am - 10:00 am Research Presentations in the Kennedy Auditorium G027
Mark Roberson, Joanne Fortune, Timothy O'Brien, Michael Kotlikoff, Robert Weiss, Elizabeth Buckles
Moderators: David Infanger & Andres Matoso
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break with refreshments in the Atrium
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Faculty Students & Postdocs
Research Strategic Planning Session
Room G042
Student and postdoc departmental advisory council organizational session
Kennedy Auditorium G027
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch in the Commons Dining Hall
Presentation by
Dr. George Yancopoulos, Chief Scientific Officer,
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

"Beyond the Traps & VEGF: Using Veloci - Technologies to Identify the Next Angiogenesis Target"
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Faculty Students & Postdocs
Teaching Session II:
Undergraduate and Graduate Education
Room G042
Career Development Session II:
Kennedy Auditorium Room G027
Dr. Meitraya Dunham, Princeton University
"Fellow positions: an early path to independent research"

Dr. Wesley Sine, Johnson School of Management,
The business of science and innovation

Dr. George Yancopoulos, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
"From Academia to Biotech - One Scientists Journey"
1pm - 1:45pm Overview & discussion
1:45pm - 2:45pm Teaching and strategic planning session
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break with refreshments in the Atrium
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Wrap-up session in the Kennedy Auditorium G027
Planning summaries and recommendations
4:00 pm Departure and T-shirt distribution in the Atrium