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2012 Research Festival General Schedule

Tuesday, October 9 • Wednesday, October 10 • Thursday, October 11 • Friday, October 12

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 — Masur Auditorium, Building 10
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Opening Plenary Session The NIH at 125: Today's Discoveries, Tomorrow's Cures

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 — Natcher Conference Center, Building 45
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	A Discussion with Dr. Andy Harris (R-MD) Dr. Harris, the Congressman from Maryland's 1^st district, speaks and answers questions from the NIH community
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Poster Session I Aging Apoptosis Biochemistry Bioinformatics and High Throughput Data Analysis Biophysics Infectious Disease Virology NGSRC Graduate Students
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Concurrent Symposia Session I CHI Symposium: The Human Immune System after Perturbation and in Disease - Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium Beyond the Fig Leaf: The Science of Sex and Gender Differences - Room E1/E2 Disease in a Dish - Modeling Human Diseases Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells - Balcony A Gene and Neuronal Networks Implicated In Behavioral and Cognitive Deficits Associated with Neuropsychiatric Disorders - Balcony B Development of Neuroimaging Based Biomarkers - Balcony C Quantitative Biology at the Single-cell Level - Room D Here, There, Everywhere: The Journey of Nuclear Receptors - Room F

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 — Natcher Conference Center, Building 45
10:00 a.m. – Noon	Concurrent Symposia Session II Translational Research of Aging - Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium Translational Research in Addiction, Stress, and Anxiety - Room E1/E2 Mapping Neural Circuits and Functions - Balcony A Protective Roles of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Injury and Diseases of Brain and Retina: Translation from Mechanisms to Treatment Potential - Balcony B Molecular Tools: Using Chemistry to See, Wrestle, Unravel, and Trap Biology - Balcony C How to Put the Translational into Your Research - Room D Health Disparities: Advances in Translational, Clinical, and Population Sciences - Room F
Noon – 2:00 p.m.	Poster Session II Cancer Cell Biology Chemistry Clinical and Translational Research Cultural/Social Sciences and History of Medicine Development Molecular Biology Signaling Structural Biology
Noon – 2:00 p.m.	Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Concurrent Symposia Session III Stem Cells in Development and Diseases - Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium Imaging Traumatic Brain Injury: Challenges and Solutions - Room E1/E2 Rare Disease Research in the Bedside to Bench Program : Intramural-Extramural Partnerships Advancing Translational Science at the NIH Clinical Center - Balcony A Mitosis: From Molecular Detail to Human Disease - Balcony B Microbiome Research at the NIH: From Disease to Therapeutics - Balcony C Matrix Biology and Matrix Remodeling - Room D
4:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	FARE Awards Ceremony and Reception

Thursday, October 11, 2012 — Natcher Conference Center, Building 45
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Technical Sales Association Research Festival Exhibit Tent Show Parking Lot 10H
10:00 a.m. – Noon	NIH Core Poster Session South Lobby of Building 10
10:00 a.m. – Noon	Poster Session III Disease Prevention Endocrine/Diabetes/Metabolism Epidemiology Epigenetics/Transcription/Chromatin Genetics/Genomics Host Defense Imaging Technology
10:00 a.m. – Noon	Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research
Noon – 2:00 p.m.	Concurrent Symposia Session IV Obesity - New Insights on Epidemiology, Investigational Models, and Therapeutic Targets - Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium Common Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pathogenesis and Treatment of Human Diseases - Room E1/E2 Commercial Development Of My Own Research Discoveries: The Personal Stories of Former NIH Scientists - Balcony A Linking Genotypes to Phenotypes: Recent Advances and Insights for Future Research - Balcony B Epigenetic Variation and Disease Susceptibility - Balcony C Increasing Awareness of NIH Clinical Research to Improve Participation in Trials: Extending New Collaborations - Room D
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Poster Session IV Immunology/Inflammation Microbiology Neurobiology and Behavior Oxidative Stress Pharmacology Proteomics Research Support Services Sensory Systems Small RNAs Stem Cells Translational
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research

Friday, October 12, 2012 — Building 10
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Technical Sales Association Research Festival Exhibit Tent Show Parking Lot 10H