

Fall 2009 Activity Schedule
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Date/Location
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Day
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Time
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Activity/Event
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Sponsor
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August 28th
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Friday
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Deadline Abstract Submission- HBCU-UP Conference, Washington, DC
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CREST
HBCU-UP
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September 11th
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Friday
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11:00 a.m.
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Deadline Abstract Submission- ABRCMS Conference, Phoenix, AZ
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CREST
MARC
HBCU-UP
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September 17th
LSB 105
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Thursday
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11:00 a.m.
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Seminar: Dr. Shivani Soni, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow- Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: "Role of Erythroblast Macrophage Protein (Emp) in Erythropoietic Niches”
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CREST
HBCU-UP
MARC
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September 18th
Faculty and Staff Development
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Friday
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10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Scientific Workshop: "Translational Research Strategies for Characterization of Nanoscale Particles for Efficacy and Safety Evaluation”
Facilitator: Dr. Shivani Soni, Harvard Medical School- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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CREST
HBCU-UP
MARC
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September 29th
LSB 105
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Tuesday
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11:00 a.m.
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Seminar: Dr. Jaideep Chaudhary, Associate Professor,
Dept. of Biological Sciences- Clark Atlanta University
Topic: “In Silico to Bench-side: New Pathways in Prostate Cancer Progression”
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CREST
HBCU-UP
MARC
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October 1st
LSB 105
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Thursday
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11:00 a.m.
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Seminar: Dr. Glenn Harris, Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Biology, Virginia State University
Topic: "Using Bioinformatics to Find Candidate Genes for Human Disease”
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CREST
HBCU-UP
MARC
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October 29th- November 1st
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Thursday- Sunday
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HBCU-UP National Conference- Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
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November 4th-7th
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Wednesday- Saturday
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Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)- Phoenix, AZ
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November 17th
LSB 105
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Tuesday
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11:00 a.m.
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Seminar: Dr. Jain Han, Faculty Investigator,
Hudson Alpha Institute
Topic: “Biotech Innovation: Multiplex PCR, a Case Study”
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CREST
HBCU-UP MARC
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November 19th
LSB 105
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Thursday
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11:00 a.m.
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Seminar: Dr. Yogesh Vohra, Professor & University Scholar
Director, Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration
Director, Graduate Program in Physics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Topic: “Nanostructured Materials for Biomedical Applications”
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CREST
HBCU-UP
MARC
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December 3rd
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Thursday
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GRE PREP ENDS/ LAST DAY OF CLASS
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December 5th-10th
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Saturday- Tuesday
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Final Exams
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December 11th
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Friday
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End of Semester
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