CALL FOR
POSTERS - Anyone interested in participating is
invited to submit an abstract for their poster or for an oral
presentation. We welcome
any life science, chemistry or science education posters.
Those who wish to
present their work as research in progress are also encouraged to attend. Students in all areas
of
biology or chemistry are welcome to participate.
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The 2007
Northwest Regional UAN Meeting is going to be a fun and informal chance
for students and faculty to connect, network form new relationships and
present their work.
Biochemists
and Molecular biologists participants
are encouraged to present their
work at the 2008
Annual ASBMB Meeting in San Diego April 5 - 9.
Chemists should consider participating in the 235th
National ACS Meeting in New Orleans April 6 - 10
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- Meeting Highlights -
Registration Includes: Friday Dinner, Saturday breakfast and
lunch, meeting padfolio, ASBMB, JBC and ACS collectors Pins.
Travel Awards: The top three
biochemistry and molecular biology
posters and one talk will
be presented with a $400
travel award to support attending the ASBMB at the Experimental Biology
Meeting in San Diego. The Red River ACS will be awarding two $400
Travel awards for the top oral or best poster presentations so the
students can present their work at the National ACS meeting in New
Orleans.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will assist MnSCU schools to
travel to this Meeting! Email provost@mnstate.edu for information.
Speakers: The meeting will have talks from Forensic
Chemist, Holly Long, Mn Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Forensic
Science Laboratory "The World of Forensics: From the Field to the Lab".
The meeting will also highlight Carrers in industry with talks from and
industrial leader and a
speaker from Kelly Scientific.
Small Meeting Format: A small and inexpensive format allows you
the flexibility to meet old friends and culture new
relationships. Learn about what happens at other schools and
potential future plans! Top
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Meeting Schedule
Friday October
26 Science Lab First Floor
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Registration 5:00 – 6:00 pm
- Dinner 6:15 pm
- Speaker 7:00 pm Sophia deAzevedo Kelly
Scientific “Careers
in Industry”
- Speaker 7:30 Holly Long, BCA Forensic Science Lab
"The World of Forensics: From the Field to the Lab
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Breakfast 8:00 – 8:30 am
- Oral Presentations 8:30 – 9:30 am
- Poster Presentations 9:30 – 11:30 am
- Speaker Phil Gerhlach 11:30 am
- Lunch 12:30
- ASBMB and ACS awards 1:15 pm
- Meeting Close 1:30 pm
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Registration: Pre-registration
(by 19 Oct. 2007) = $25, After 19 Oct. 2006 = $35
- Payment should be
made
as a check or money order addressed to MSUM UAN. All
pre-registrants must submit
the completed registration form found below.
- Mail registration with payment by postal mail
- Abstracts must be submitted in
electronic format only
(email to
provost@mnstate.edu - see the link on abstracts info).
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Abstract Format and Submission
Information: Click Here Abstract
Submission Instructions. Remember, the abstract must be
submitted by
email! Send abstracts to SciMtg@mnstate.edu
Abstracts must
be submitted to SciMtg@mnstate.edu no later than 19
October 2007 to appear in the program. Top |
Poster Format: Posters are to be
on a single piece of posterboard (no specific size requirement). All posters
must be able to be hung on a one inch wide cork
strip. Posterboard / tagboards will not be available at
the
meeting. Top
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| Oral Presentation Format:
Talks are to be 12 min long with three min for questions. Each
room will be equiped for laptop, MacIntosh or PC presentations.
If nessessary, computers will be provided. Each speaker must
bring their talk on a flash drive and or burned to a CD. email Dr.
Provost at MtgSci@mnstate.edu if you have any questions. Top |
Directions and Lodging: The meeting
will be held in a new science laboratory, research and
classroom building on the MSUM Campus. Tours of the teaching and
research laboratories will be availible on Friday
during registration.
- Directions to Moorhead
MN and the Science
Laboratory Building
- Parking is just north of the Science
Laboratory Building
Lodging:
Days Inn, Moorhead
Phone 218-287-7100
Ask for Corporate Rate
$70/night standard room
$80/night suite with microwave and refrigerator
Courtyard by Marriott, Moorhead
Phone 218-284-1000
Ask for Concordia College Chemistry Department Block (held until 3
weeks before conference)
$99.00/night standard room
Travel Lodge and Suites, Moorhead
Phone 218-233-5333
Ask for Concordia College Faculty Rates
$71.95/night Thursday and 67.96/night Friday and Saturday
standard room
$80.95/night Thursday and 76.46/night Friday and Saturday suite
room
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Speakers:
Friday'
Research Presentation: "The World of
Forensics: From the Field to the Lab"
Holly
Long - Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Forensic Science
Service Laboratory
Holly is a Forensic Scientist in the Drug Chemistry section at the MN
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and is also a member of the BCA
Crime scene team. Mrs. Long spends the majority of her time in the
laboratory analyzing items of evidence for the presence of controlled
substances. There, Mrs. Long works many hours in the courtroom
testifying to her findings. She also gets the opportunity to work in
the field. Mrs. Long is trained in the documentation, identification,
and collection of evidence at crime scenes. At the meeting, Mrs Long
will be presenting on the different areas of forensic science,
educational requirements needed for a career in this field and some
specifics on the area of drug chemistry and crime scene response.
Sophia
deAzevedo - District Manager, Kelly Scientific Resources
Saturday's
Biotechnology and Industry Presentation:
Phil
Gerlach - Former Senior director for manufacturing services at PDL
BioPharma
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| Partners (ASBMB and Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities) and Sponsors (ND
INBRE and RRV Section of the ACS): The event is hosted
by Minnesota State University Moorhead Department of Biosciences & Chemistry and Concordia
College Department of Chemistry
. Meeting coordinators are Drs. Joseph Provost, Mark Wallert and
David Mork. Top |
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ASBMB 2008 Annual Meeting
with guest society The Histochemical Society
held in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2008 (EB'08)
April 5-9, 2008
San Diego, CA
Click
for Details!
Submit your abstract by November 7, 2007!
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| 2008 SPECIAL SYMPOSIA |
The
American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is pleased to
announce its support of the following meeting(s).
2008
Symposia
Cellular Lipid Transport-Connecting Fundamental Membrane Assembly
Processes to Human Disease
Dates TBD • Location TBD
Organizers: Dennis R. Voelker, National Jewish Medical Research Center
and Todd Graham, Vanderbilt University
Glycobiology of Human Disorders Symposium
Dates TBD • Atlanta, GA
Organizer: Richard D. Cummings, Emory University
Post Translational Modifications: Detection and Physiological Evaluation
October 23-26, 2008 • Granlibakken, Lake Tahoe
Organizers: Katalin F. Medzihradszky, and Ralph A. Bradshaw, UCSF
Transcriptional Regulation by Chromatin and RNA Polymerase II
October 16-20, 2008 • Granlibakken, Lake Tahoe
Organizer: Ali Shilatifard, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Plenary Lecturer: Robert G. Roeder, The Rockefeller University
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| 2009 SPECIAL SYMPOSIA! |
2009 Symposia
Proposals are being accepted
for 2007 Special Symposia.
Click here for more information |
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| HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SMALL
MEETING? |
Submit a proposal to the ASBMB for a
Special Symposia in 2009!
The ASBMB announces its
continued support for Special Symposia and Joint Meetings of 2-4 days
in length for 2007. Proposals should be 3-4 pages in length and
emphasize the unique aspects of the topic. The proposals should be
submitted to the ASBMB Meetings Committee, Small Meetings Advisory and
Evaluation Subcommittee. For details of the proposal requirements and
evaluation, please click here. |