Florida Genetics 2006
Program
University of Florida
Gainesville,Florida
Check-in - Grand Ballroom Registration Desk, 2nd floor
Opening Remarks
Indra K. Vasil, Ph.D., and Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D.
Session I Chair - Ken Berns
"DNA replication and cell cycle checkpoints"
Thomas J. Kelly, M.D., Ph.D., Director,
Sloan-Kettering Institute
"Plant mitochondrial genomes: unexpected bounties of lateral gene transfer"
Jeffrey D. Palmer, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor,
Department of Biology, Indiana University
Poster Session and Reception
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Continental Breakfast
Session II Chair - Nick Muzyczka
"Isolation, induction and use of stem and progenitor cells of the adult brain"
Steven A. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Pediatrics,
and Chief of the Division of Cell and Gene Therapy, University of Rochester Medical Center
"Embryonic, adult and cancer stem cells in vitro and in vivo"
Dennis A. Steindler, Ph.D., Executive Director,
Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute,
and Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida
"Genetic analysis of adaptive traits in forest trees"
John M. Davis, Ph.D., Professor,
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida
Coffee Break
"Whole genome optical mapping"
Michael S. Waterman, Ph.D., Professor,
Departments of Biological Sciences, Mathematics, & Computer Science, University of Southern California
"Pharmacogenetics"
Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D., Professor and Chair,
Department of Pharmacy Practice,
and Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics, University of Florida
Poster Session and Lunch
Session III Chair - Pam Soltis
"Genetics in vitro: synthesizing the RNA world"
Gerald F. Joyce, M.D., Ph.D., Professor,
Departments of Chemistry & Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute
and Investigator, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
"Darwin's abominable mystery: developmental genetic/genomic insights into angiosperm evolution"
Douglas E. Soltis, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Botany, University of Florida
"Development of tumor vasculature targeted nanoplexes for treatment of malignant brain cancer"
Sean M. Sullivan, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Florida