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Inter-Continental
Hotel
–
San
Jose,
Costa
Rica
Jan. 16-19
Scientific Sessions:
- Biochemical
Education
in
Costa
Rico, Dr.
Alvaro Apestegui-Barzuna,
Vice
President
of
Academic
Affairs
at
the
Universidad
de
Ciencias Medicas,
San
Jose,
Costa
Rica
- Dr.
Ken
Blumenthal,
Chair;
Department
of
Biochemistry;
State
University
of
New
York
at
Buffalo;
School
of
Medicine
&
Biomedical
Sciences
- Dr.
Bill
Landis,
Chair;
Department
of
Biochemistry
and
Molecular
Pathology;
Northeastern
Ohio
Universities
College
of
Medicine
- Dr.
Tim
Townes,
Chair;
Department
of
Biochemistry
and
Molecular
Genetics,
University
of
Alabama
at
Birmingham
School
of
Medicine
- Dr.
Bill
Klein,
Chair;
Biochemistry
and
Molecular
Biology;
University
of
Texas
M.
D.
Anderson
Cancer
Center
- Dr.
Bettie
Sue
Masters,
U.
Texas
HSC,
San
Antonio,
President,
ASBMB
public
policy
issues
&
accomplishments.
- What
should
lab
notebooks
contain? B.
Thompson
Education Sessions:
- How
do
we
evaluate
students
before,
during
and
after
the
grad
experience?
Jose
Rodriguez
Medina
- How
to
teach
biochemistry
in
integrated
programs.
-
ASBMB
role
in education. Dr.
Bettie
Sue
Masters,
U.
Texas
HSC,
San
Antonio, President.
Outside Speakers:
- "Where is NSF Going? Doubling the NSF
Budget," Dr.
Matthew
Kane,
Program
Director
Division
of
Molecular
and
Cellular Biosciences.
National
Science
Foundation.
- "Effects of Bioterrorism on NIH Funding," Dr.
John
J.
McGowan,
Deputy
Director
of
the
National
Institute
of
Allergy
and
Infectious
Diseases (NIAID)
- Dr.
Lana Skirball,
Director,
Office
of
Science
Policy,
NIH
Stem
cell
cloning,
and
other
policies
of
the NIH
Dinners/Parties:
- Welcome Party
- Banquet at Pueblo Antiquo - Show/Dinner
Optional Tours:
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