Date/Time: TBA
Organized by the FASEB MARC Program Advisory Board. Sponsored by the FASEB Career Resources and MARC Program Office. Coordinated by Dr. Sunny Ohia, Dean and Professor of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, TX; Dr. Mary Frances Lopez, Instructor, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Dr. Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR; Dr. Georges Haddad, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Dr. Jayne Reuben, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Dentistry/Texas A&M University, Dallas, TX.
The EB2008 and FASEB MARC Genomics Symposium will focus on understanding disparities of:
- Molecular and genetic mechanisms of obesity
- Lifestyle influence on obesity
- Morbidity and mortality of obesity
- Prevention and treatment of obesity
The symposium will feature 5 keynote speakers addressing health disparities in obesity, and will include posters from students and postdoctoral fellows who are involved in research related to the genetic basis of obesity and the treatment in diverse populations. For more information, please contact the FASEB MARC Program, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998; Email: marc@faseb.org; Tel: 301-634-7020.
Related Poster Session: Posters will be selected from the abstracts submitted to Experimental Biology 2008 participating societies. At least 20 posters from students and postdoctoral fellows involved in research related to the genetic basis of obesity and the treatment in diverse populations will be selected for display during the symposium and reception/mixer. Travel awards for poster presenters (first authors only) included in this special session will be available through the FASEB MARC Program. NOTE: You must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident of the U.S. (green card required) in order to receive a FASEB MARC Program travel award.
For further information, please contact the FASEB MARC Program, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998; Email: marc@faseb.org; Tel: 301-634-7020.
The EB 2008 and FASEB MARC Genomics Symposium is funded by a grant from the national Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health (T36-GM-08637.)
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