Symposium: Biomedical Science and Medicine in the Next 50 Years

Scope/Topic

Jul 31, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009 College of the Atlantic, Gates Auditorium, Bar Harbor, Maine

What will medicine look like 50 years from now?

Some of the world's leading scientists will attempt to answer that tantalizing question at a one-day symposium co-sponsored by The Jackson Laboratory and The Johns Hopkins University. The symposium, intended for general audiences, will fall on the last day of the 50th Annual Short Course on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics.

Luminaries such as Nobel Laureates Richard Axel and Mario Capecchi, former National Institutes of Health Director Elias Zerhouni, Rudolf Jaenisch, Janet Rowley and more will discuss the future of genetics research and medicine, including cancer, neurogenetics, stem cells, public policy and individualized medicine. The agenda also includes panel discussions about the presentations, moderated by National Public Radio science correspondent Joe Palca. A reception, dinner and lecture by MIT genome researcher Eric Lander at the Bar Harbor Club will culminate the symposium.

A limited number of tickets are available to the public.

There are services available for the disabled.  If special arrangements are required for an individual with a disability to attend this program, please contact Erin McDevitt at 207-288-6659.

Organizers

Jul 31, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009 College of the Atlantic, Gates Auditorium, Bar Harbor, Maine

Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Juergen Naggert, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Patsy Nishina, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
David Valle, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard Woychik, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory

Speakers

Jul 31, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009 College of the Atlantic, Gates Auditorium, Bar Harbor, Maine

Confirmed speakers include:

Richard Axel, M.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and University Professor, Columbia University, 2004 Nobel Laureate

Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine

Mario Capecchi, Ph.D.
Co-Chairman of the Deaprtment of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 2007 Nobel Laureate

Andrew Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H.
King Fahd Professor of Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Eric Lander, Ph.D.
Director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Professor of Biology, MIT, and Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D.
Member, Whitehead Institute and Professor of Biology, MIT

Janet Davison Rowley, M.D.
Blum Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics, University of Chicago

David Valle, M.D.
Henry J. Knott Professor and Director of the Institute of Genetic Medicine; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Molecular Biology and Genetics; Director, Predoctoral Training Program in Human Genetics; Director, Center for Inherited Disease Research, Johns Hopkins University

Kenneth M. Weiss, Ph.D.
Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology, and Genetics and Science, Technology and Society, Penn State University

Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
Senior Fellow, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Former Director, National Institutes of Health

Schedule

Jul 31, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009 College of the Atlantic, Gates Auditorium, Bar Harbor, Maine

The Symposium Schedule (.pdf) is available for download. Please note that CME credits are not available for this one-day symposium.

The 2009 Short Course Schedule (.pdf) is available for download. Please note that this is in draft form and speakers and dates may change.

Please contact the event planner (link below) with any questions you might have regarding the schedule.

Registration

Jul 31, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009 College of the Atlantic, Gates Auditorium, Bar Harbor, Maine

Registration Fee:
$100; includes symposium materials, lunch and banquet dinner.

Online registration is now available using our secure contracted registration service.  

Registration for this event is included for all Short Course attendees. Course attendees - please contact Erin McDevitt for more information.

Press and all others - please visit the Press Week Information Page or contact Joyce Peterson for more information.

Hotel/Travel

Jul 31, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009 College of the Atlantic, Gates Auditorium, Bar Harbor, Maine

Attendees are responsible for making their own travel arrangments.

Shuttle transporatation will be provided on the morning of the symposium from the following locations:

The College of the Atlantic is also located on the Island Explorer Eden Street route.

Air

Bar Harbor is served by two airports:

New visa rules by the U.S. State Department now in effect. Beginning in August 2008, visitors traveling to the U.S. from visa waiver countries (i.e. Europe, Japan, Australia, etc.) will have to register online 3 days in advance of travel.

Car

Bar Harbor is approximately 6 hours by car from the greater Boston area.

Area information:

 

Sponsors

Jul 31, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009 College of the Atlantic, Gates Auditorium, Bar Harbor, Maine

Other level

Event Contact: Erin McDevitt p: 207-288-6659