Invited Speakers:
Symposia: Eric Kandel, Leland Hartwell, Kim Nasmyth, Carol Greider, Cynthia Kenyon, Sean Carroll, Cliff Tabin, Richard Hynes, Mary Beckerle, Judah Folkman, Laurence Hurst, Ursula Goodenough, Robin Lovell-Badge, Ron Vale, Ivan Rayment, Mary Porter, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Story Landis, Jeff Lichtman, Randy Schekman, Douglass Forbes, Richard Scheller, Roger Tsien, Heidi Hamm, Stuart Schreiber
Program:
National leaders in science, science policy, and Congress, including National Cancer Institute Director Richard Klausner, NIH Director Harold Varmus, fellow Nobel Laureate Paul Berg, Chiron Corporation CEO Edward Penhoet, and Congressman John Porter (R-IL) will be featured at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting. This 35th ASCB Annual Meeting will be held at the Washington, DC Convention Center from
December 9-13. Some of the issues of special interest to members of the scientific community include:
Educating the Public: Ideas for Scientists as
Advocates, will be moderated by Robert Goldman of
Northwestern University on Saturday, December 9
from 2:00-4:00 PM. Panelists will include
Washington Post science writer Boyce Rensberger,
Harold Silverman of Interscience Communications
Ltd, Ellen Stoval of the National Coalition for
Cancer Survivorship, and Congressional
Representatives. The seminar will focus on how
scientists can more effectively address some
common misperceptions the public has about
medicine, and how they might become more effective
advocates to the press and public at-large.
Richard Klausner, NCI Director, will give the
Policy Keynote Address on Saturday, December 9 at
6:00 PM. Klausner will discuss The New NCI:
Opportunities and Responsibilities. Eric Kandel
of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
will give the Science Keynote on Genes, Synapses,
and the Cell-Term Memory.
The E.B. Wilson Medal Presentation and Lecture by
Bruce Nicklas of Duke University will take place
on Sunday, December 10, at 6:15 PM. Nicklas'
lecture is Needling the Chromosomes in Mitosis.
The E.E. Just Award Presentation and Lecture by
James R. Gavin III of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute will be held on Sunday, December 10 at
2:00 PM. Gavin will discuss Cellular Calcium
Dysregulation in Insulin-resistant Diabetes
Mellitus: Role in Disease Pathophysiology.
ASCB President Ursula Goodenough of Washington University
will address local high school students on Sunday, December
10 from 12:30-4:00 PM. Students and members of the press
will have the opportunity to ask questions following the
presentation entitled Why do Cells Have Sex, and How Does
Sex Evolve?
Harold Varmus, NIH Director, will be the featured speaker at
the first ASCB College Student Symposium on Sunday, December
10 from 2:00-5:30 PM. Following the presentation, students
will be invited to ask questions as well as to listen to
selected graduate students discuss their career options and
decisions.
Congressman John Porter (R-IL) will receive the ASCB Public
Service Award and address the ASCB Membership on Sunday,
December 10 from 7:30-8:30 PM. Rep. Porter is Chairman of
the House Labor, Health & Human Services Appropriations
Subcommittee and one of the NIH's strongest Congressional
supporters.
Paul Berg of Stanford University School of Medicine will
present The Scientific Enterprise: Entering the Next
Millennium, on Monday, December 11, from 1:00-2:30 PM. Berg
will discuss career optio
Registration :
Preregistration deadline: October 6
Special Poster Session Submission: October 2
For general information, contact ASCB Public Affairs Director Jim Bernstein at 301/530-7153. To register for the Annual Meeting by e-mail, write jbernste@ascb.faseb.org. Provide your name, business affiliation/address, phone, fax. Write "Press Registrant" in your reply. A confirmation will be mailed to you.
Deadline for Abstracts: August 1, 1995
Email for Requests and Registration: jbernste@ascb.faseb.org