Discovery Day 2010
October 1, 2010
New and exciting research breakthroughs in fields such as cancer, malaria, and behavioral neurobiology will be showcased on Thursday, October 7, 2010, as part of Drexel University College of Medicine’s annual Discovery Day.
This year’s Discovery Day will also feature guest speaker Gregory Pesko, DPhil, Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacodynamics, Brandeis University. He will present the lecture “Pharmacological Chaperones: Protein Stabilization as a Therapeutic Approach for the Treatment of Protein Conformational Diseases.”
Schedule of Events:
8 - 9 a.m.: Registration/Continental Breakfast
9 - 12 p.m.: Poster Presentations
12 - 1 p.m.: Lunch
1 - 2 p.m.: The L.M. “Bill” Stephenson Lecture, presented by Gregory Petsko, DPhil, Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacodynamics, Brandeis University
2:15 - 4:30 p.m.: The Joseph R. DiPalma Research Symposium, Platform Presentations
6 -8:30 p.m.: Dinner and Awards Ceremony, Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue (by invitation only)