Biotechnology 2001
June 21-22, 1996
Invited Speakers: Dr. Maxine Singer, President, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC; Scientist Emeritus at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Dr. Steven Shak, Project Team Leader of DNA Research and Director of Pulmonary Research, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Dr. Paula Gregory, Director of Education Outreach, National Center for Human Genome Research at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Dr. Tracy Wilkins, Director, Fralin Center for Biotechnology, Virginia Tech; and President, TechLab, Inc., Blacksburg, VA
Dr. Doris Zallen, Director of Choices and Challenges Program, Center for the study of Science in Society, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Ms. Melissa Smrz, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC
Dr. Alvin Young, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
Dr. Carole Cramer, Professor, Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Dr. Brenda Shirley, Assistant Professor, Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Program:
Friday, June 21, 1996 (Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center)
8:00 - 9:00 AM Coffee and Registration
9:00 - 9:15 AM Welcome, Dr. Tracy Wilkins
9:15 -10:15 AM Dr. Paula Gregory, HUMAN GENE THERAPY AND GENE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
10:15 -10:30 AM Break
10:30 -11:30 AM Dr. Tracy Wilkins, BIOTECHNOLOGY; IT'S NOT JUST MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ANYMORE
11:30 - 1:00 PM Buffet Luncheon
1:00 - 2:00 PM Dr. Maxine Singer, LINE-1 SEQUENCES AND TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS (OR JUMPING GENES)IN HUMANS
2:00 - 3:00 PM Dr. Steven Shak, THE POWER OF BIOTECHNOLOGY - A NEW TREATMENT FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS
3:00 - 3:15 PM Break
3:15 - 4:15 PM Dr. Doris Zallen, THE ETHICAL ISSUES OF GENETIC TESTING
4:15 - 5:15 PM Ms. Melissa Smrz, THE USE OF DNA IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
5:15 - 6:30 PM Reception - Light hors d'oeuvres
6:30 - 7:30 PM Dr. Alvin Young, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NEW PRODUCTS IN AGRICULTURE
Saturday, June 22, 1996 (Virginia Tech Fralin Biotech Center)
8:00 - 8:45 AM Coffee and Registration
8:45 - 9:30 AM Dr. Carole Cramer, PRODUCTION OF HUMAN BIOPHARMACEUTICALS FROM TRANSGENIC PLANTS
9:30 -10:15 AM Dr. Brenda Shirley, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF FLOWER COLOR
10:15 -10:30 AM Break
10:30 -11:15 AM Access Excellence Demonstration
11:15 -12:00 PM Biotechnology Resources on the Internet
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 PM Concurrent Tours of Fralin Biotechnology Center Labs
Registration :
Contact:
Jack Lilly
Division of Continuing Education
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0104
540 231-4849
540 231-9886
jacklily@vt.edu
Deadline for Abstracts: N/A
Email for Requests and Registration: jacklily@vt.edu