2003 Fifth Annual BSP Symposium

2003 Fifth Annual Beckman Scholars Symposium
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Located at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the
National Academies of Sciences and Engineering
100 Academy, Irvine, CA 92612
July 24 - 26, 2003

Thursday, July 24, 2003
Noon - 5:00 p.m.	Arrival at the Sutton Place Hotel
3:30 p.m.	SCHEDULED SCHOLARS SHOULD SET UP POSTERS IN THE BISTROT TERRASSE AT THE SUTTON PLACE HOTEL
4:00 p.m.	Symposium Registration
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Reception Sutton Place Hotel, Bistrot Terrasse/Garden Gazebo Attire: Casual
	Welcome Remarks:			William Polik , Ph.D. Department of Chemistry Hope College
	All Scholars - Please pick up your gift, compliments of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, at the registration table. Viewing of Scholars' Poster Presentations throughout the reception (Scholar should stay with poster to answer any questions).
5:45 p.m.	Scholars take down poster presentations
6 - 9 p.m.	Informal Buffet Dinner Sutton Place Hotel, The Calypso Poolside (Third Floor) Attire: Business Casual
Friday, July 25, 2003
6:45 a.m.	*SCHEDULED SCHOLARS SHOULD SET UP POSTERS AT THE BECKMAN CENTER IN THE ATRIUM* BY 7:15 A.M. 1^ST BUS WILL DEPART HOTEL AT 6:45 A.M.**
6:45 - 7:30 a.m.	Shuttles run from the hotel in 15 minute intervals beginning with departures at 6:45 a.m. and traveling to the Beckman Center. The LAST BUS from the hotel departs at 7:30 a.m.
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast in the Beckman Center Dining Room Viewing of Scholars' Poster Presentations throughout the day - Beckman Center Atrium
8:00 a.m.	Auditorium
	Introduction:		Gary Firestone, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology University of California, Berkeley
8:05 - 9:00 a.m.	Guest Speaker:		Scott Fraser, Ph.D California Institute of Technology Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Grants Advisory Council "Biological Imaging: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Biological Development"
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.	Break
Beckman Scholar Presentations
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.		Introduction: Presenter: Institution: Topic:	Professor Linda Jen-Jacobsen Crystal dela Torre University of Pittsburgh "Probing Molecular Recognition at a Protein-DNA Interface using the H114Y Promiscuous Mutant EcoRI Endonuclease"
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.		Introduction: Presenter: Institution: Topic:	Professor Graham Peaslee Andrew John Huisman Hope College "Development of an In Situ Method for the Detections of Bioavailable Trace Metals in Sediments"
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.		Introduction: Presenter: Institution: Topic:	Professor Laura Mays Hoopes Michelle Yuen Pomona College "Age-dependent Effects of SIR2 Dosage on Yeast Gene Expression and Replication Fork Stalling"
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.		Introduction: Presenter: Institution: Topic:	Professor John Fourkas Thomas Kempa Boston College "Characterization and Study of Single-molecules through Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy"
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.		Lunch in the Beckman Center Dining Room
12:30- 1:15 p.m.		Concurrent Session Seminars (posted in Atrium)
		Seminar 1:
		Presenter:	Henry Riggs , M.D., Ph.D President, Keck Graduate Institute "Education in Response to the New Biology"
		Seminar 2:
		Presenter:	Roya Maboudian , Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering University of California, Berkeley "Manipulating Surfaces Forces in Silicon Micromachining"
		Seminar 3:
		Presenter:	J. Stuart Nelson, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic University of California, Irvine "Dynamic cooling of human skin in conjunction with laser mediated surgery"
		Seminar 4:
		Presenter:	Tim Tully, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biology Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory "From Genes to Drugs for Memory Enhancement "
		Seminar 5:
		Presenter:	Alan Dixson , Ph.D., D.Sc. Director of Conservatiobn and Science for the Zoological Society of San Diego Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES) "Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Mammalian Reproduction"
		Seminar 6:
		Presenter:	George Whitesides , Ph.D. Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry Harvard University "Polyvalency in Biochemistry. The biochemistry of systems that interact with on another by multiple, simultaneous points of interaction"
1:15 - 3:15 p.m.		Break/ Poster Viewing
3:15 p.m.		Auditorium
		Introduction:	Carlos Gutierrez , Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry California State University, Los Angeles
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.		Beckman Scholar Alumni Speaker Jonathan M. Spenner- 1998 Beckman Scholar B.S. Northwestern University Presently pursuing Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Molecular Biophysics "Thermodynamics of Hydrophobic Interactions across a Protein ß-sheet"
4:00 - 4:55 p.m.		Guest Speaker:	Alan Heeger , Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Physics University of California, Santa Barbara Nobel Laureate 2000 - Chemistry "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers" *“Gene Sensors”: Detection of Specific Targeted Sequences on DNA*
4:55 p.m.		Closing remarks:	Margaret Saha , Ph.D. Department of Chemistry College of William and Mary
5:00 p.m.		Scholars take down poster presentations
5:00 - 5:45 p.m.		Shuttle departs from the Beckman Center to return to hotel at 15 minute intervals. LAST BUS departs at 5:45 p.m.
6:30 p.m.		Reception Sutton Place Hotel, Deauville South Attire: Jacket & Tie/Business Attire
7:00 p.m.		Sit-Down Dinner Sutton Place Hotel, Deauville North & Central
		Remarks:	Dr. L. Donald Shields
8:15 p.m.		Film: Arnold O. Beckman Documentary
Saturday, July 26, 2003
6:45 a.m.		SCHEDULED SCHOLARS SHOULD SET UP POSTERS AT THE BECKMAN CENTER BY 7:15 A.M. 1^ST BUS WILL DEPART HOTEL AT 6:45 A.M.
6:45 - 7:30 a.m.		Shuttles run from the hotel in 15 minute intervals beginning with departures at 6:45 a.m. and traveling to the Beckman Center. The LAST BUS from the hotel departs at 7:30 a.m.
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.		Breakfast in the Beckman Center
		Viewing of Scholars' Poster Presentations throughout the day
8:00 a.m.		Auditorium
		Introduction:	James Lisy , Ph.D Professor of Chemistry University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
8:05 - 9:00 a.m.		Guest Speaker:	Rick Smalley , Ph.D. Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy Rice University Nobel Laureate 1996 - Chemistry "for the(ir) discoveries of fullerenes *"Our Energy Challenge"*
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.		Break
Beckman Scholar Presentations
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.		Introduction: Presenter: Institution: Topic:	Professor Jennifer Punt Samuel Edmondson Haverford College "Nur-77 and Negative Selection in the Thymus"
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.		Introduction: Presenter: Institution: Topic:	Professor Gary Firestone Jennifer Giampaolo University of California, Berkeley "Characterization of SGK’s Interaction with the Epithelial Sodium Channel"
10:15 - 11:00 a.m.		Beckman Scholar Alumni Speaker Kelly Plummer- 1998 Beckman Scholar B.S. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Presently pursuing Ph.D./Chemistry Harvard University "Selection of RNA Aptamers Against a Protein/Drug Composite Surface"
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.		Break/Poster Viewing
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.		Lunch in Beckman Center Dining Room
12:30- 3:00 p.m.		Auditorium:
		Moderator:	Theodore Krontiris, M.D., Ph.D Executive Vice President for Medical & Scientific Affairs City of Hope National Medical Center Chairman, Grants Advisory Council Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
		Panel Discussion: Stem Cell Research
12:35 - 12:55 p.m.		Panel Member :	Meri Firpo , Ph.D. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of California, San Francisco "National Perspective on Stem Cell Research"
12:55 - 1:15 p.m.		Panel Member :	Martin Raff , M.D/Ph.D. MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Cell Biology Unit University College London "International Perspective on Stem Cell Research"
1:15 - 1:35 p.m.		Panel Member :	Baldwin Wong National Institutes of Health Representative Chief, Science Policy and Planning Branch NIDCD, NIH "National Institutes of Health: Stem Cell Initiative "
1:35 - 1:55 p.m.		Panel Member :	John Fletcher, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Ethics and Internal Medicine University of Virginia School of Medicine "Ethical Considerations of Stem Cell Research"
1:55 - 2:15 p.m.		Panel Member :	Greg Wasson Parkinson's Action Network "Patient Advocate for the Advancement of Stem Cell Research"
2:15 - 3:00 p.m.		Panel Discussion/Question & Answer
3:00 - 4:55 p.m.		Break/ Poster Viewing
4:55 - 5:00 p.m.		Closing remarks/ Billion Dollar Life Video
5:00 p.m.		Scholars take down poster presentations
5:00 - 5:45 p.m.		Shuttle departs from the Beckman Center to return to hotel at 15 minute intervals. LAST BUS departs at 5:45 p.m.
Sunday, July 27, 2003
12:00 p.m.		Hotel Check-out

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