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Bowlin for Colons


Dates: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Time: 8-6pm
Location: UW-Madison
Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Dr.
Cost: Free but you must register by May 16, 2008
Abstract submission deadline: Friday, April 25, 2008
Registration deadline: Friday, May 16, 2008
Contact: Dr. Christine Seroogy via email

Tentative Symposium Schedule:

8am-8:30 Registration and Poster Setup
Session I
8:30-10am
Dr. Jenny Gumperz - CD1-restricted T cells: monitors of inflammatory lipid messengers?

4 short talks chosen from submitted abstracts

                                   
Session II
10:30-12pm
Dr. Chuck Czuprynski - The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a new player in innate immunity to bacterial infection.

4 short talks chosen from submitted abstracts
12-1pm Lunch
1-2pm Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology
Seattle Washington
2-3pm Keynote Address
Oliver Smithies
Nobel Laureate
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
3-4pm Round Table with Oliver Smithies and Leroy Hood
4-5:30pm Poster Session
5:45-6pm Poster contest results (3 cash prizes!!!)

Abstract Information

Abstract submission deadline:  April 25th
Email your abstract to Dr. Christine Seroogy by April 25th.  Please indicate whether you wish to be considered for an oral presentation, or for presentation of a poster only.  Please limit your abstract to about 1/2 page of 12-point font with 1 inch margins, and include: your name, the name of your collaborators, and your faculty mentor (if applicable), your department’s name, a list of 5 key words, and the general topic area of your work (e.g. allergy and inflammation, anti-microbial responses, autoimmunity, cancer biology, transplantation biology, etc.)

Registration Information

Registration deadline:  May 16th
To register, please email at Dr. Christine Seroogy and indicate your full name and departmental affiliation. Registration is FREE, but performing this simple step will allow us to reserve a box lunch for you and to provide you with refreshments during breaks in the schedule.

Please feel free to post this invitation and call for abstracts, and to forward this to other UW Immunologists, or Immunologists at neighboring institutions, who may not have received it. We hope you will plan to attend and participate, and we look forward to an exciting symposium!

2008 Immunology Symposium Planning Committee
Jenny Gumperz, Jackie Hank, Mary Maas, Mirek Malkovsky, Manish Patankar, Chris Seroogy, Paul Sondel, Gary Splitter, Colleen Hayes, and Bruce Klein



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