Northeast Regional IDeA Meeting

A Northeast Regional Meeting of IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) and Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), will be held at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine, on Sunday, July 17 and Monday, July 18, 2005.

The meeting will include both Principal Investigators and research scientists from all COBREs and INBREs in the Northeast region including the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Delaware. This meeting will contain both scientific and administrative sessions, and will provide attendees multiple opportunities for informal discussion with each other and with NCRR staff.

SCHEDULE (final, with talks in PDF format, 8/17/05)

All sessions held in the MDI Biological Laboratory Conference Center unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, July 17
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Registration and Poster Set Up
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Welcome John N. Forrest, Jr., M.D., Director, MDI Biological Laboratory Patricia H. Hand, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Maine INBRE
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm	National Center for Research Resources Sidney A. McNairy, Ph.D., D.Sc., Associate Director, National Center for Research Resources, Director, Division of Research Infrastructure
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm	The National IDeA Program W. Fred Taylor, Ph.D., Director, IDeA Program, Division of Research Infrastructure, NCRR, NIH
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm	The Annual Progress Report Celeste E. Dade, Program Analyst, Division of Research Infrastructure, NCRR, NIH
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm	IDeA Program Evaluation Martin B. Blumsack, Scientific Program Specialist, Division of Research Infrastructure, NCRR, NIH
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Grants Management Andrew Diggs, Grants Management Officer, NCRR, NIH
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Question and Answer Session
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm	Poster Session #1 & Refreshments
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm	Maine Lobster Dinner MDIBL Dining Hall Group Pictures
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Genetics & Genomics COBRE Rhode Island - Center for Genetics and Genomics John Sedivy, Ph.D., PI COBRE Delaware - COBRE in Structural and Functional Genomics Abraham Lenhoff, Ph.D., PI INBRE Maine - Comparative Functional Genomics INBRE in Maine Patricia Hand, Ph.D., PI; and Nicole Theodosiou, Ph.D. INBRE Vermont - The Vermont Genetics Network Judith Van Houten, Ph.D., PI
Monday, July 18
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Blueberry pancake Breakfast MDIBL Dining Hall PIs and NCRR working breakfast
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Welcome - Senator Dennis Damon, ME House of Representatives
9:15 am - 10:30 am	Cell Proliferation & Cancer COBRE Maine - Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Angiogenesis, Robert Friesel, Ph.D., PI COBRE Maine - Center for Regenerative Medicine, Joseph Verdi, Ph.D., PI COBRE New Hampshire - Immune Mechanisms Controlling Inflammation and Cancer, William Green, Ph.D., PI COBRE Rhode Island - Center for Cancer Research Development, Douglas Hixson, Ph.D., PI COBRE Rhode Island - The New Stem Cell Biology Peter J. Quesenberry, Ph.D., PI
10:30 am - 11:15 am	Poster Session & Refreshments
11:15 am - 11:45 am	Perinatal and Pediatric Research COBRE Delaware - Center for Pediatric Research Katia Sol-Church, Ph.D. Thomas Shaffer, Ph.D., PI COBRE Rhode Island - COBRE for Perinatal Biology James Padbury, Ph.D., PI
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	Lung Biology and Disease COBRE New Hampshire - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Lung Disease, Bruce Stanton, Ph.D., PI COBRE Vermont - Translational Research in Lung Biology and Disease, Charles Irvin, Ph.D., PI
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch MDIBL Dining Hall
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm	Molecular Toxicology & Biotechnology INBRE Rhode Island - Molecular Toxicology, Environmental Health, and Cell Biology, Zahir Shaikh, Ph.D., PI INBRE Delaware - Biomedical Research, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Public Health, David Weir, Ph.D., PI
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm	Break out Sessions Diversity, Moderated by Sidney McNairy, Ph.D. Technology and Management of Shared Resources, Moderated by Katia Sol-Church, Ph.D. Mentoring Junior Research Faculty, Moderated by W. Fred Taylor, Ph.D. Grants Management, Moderated by Andrew Diggs
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm	Break out reports and discussion
3:15 pm - 6:30 pm	Free time
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm	Evening Program 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm: Bus departs from MDIBL Conference Center; Driving tour of Acadia National Park, ending at the Asticou Inn 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm: Dinner at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor 9:00 pm - 9:40 pm: Keynote Speaker -- Colin Woodward, author, The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Stuggle for a Forgotten Frontier 9:40 pm - 10:00 pm: Question and Answer Session 10:00 pm: Bus departs for MDIBL
Tuesday, July 19
8:30 am - 10:00 am	Continental Breakfast MDIBL Dining Hall Open Discussion with NCRR officials

TRAVEL, PARKING AND HOTELS

Flights: The closest airports to the Laboratory are Bar Harbor Regional (BHB) and Bangor International (BGR). Bar Harbor is ~15 min away from the Laboratory by car. Bangor is ~1.25 hr away from the Laboratory by car.

Ground Transportation: Taxi and rental car agencies are available at both airports. Public transportation is available on the Island Explorer bus system from Bar Harbor airport, and between the hotels and the Laboratory.

Driving Directions: Are available here. MDI Biological Laboratory is located on Old Bar Harbor Road in the village of Salisbury Cove, 04672. Old Bar Harbor Road is a left hand turn approaching from Ellsworth on Rt. 3 (approximately 4 miles from the bridge at the head of Mount Desert Island).

Parking: Parking is free at the Laboratory. Guests may park alongside Old Bar Harbor Road, in the grassy field across from the Conference Center, or in the paved lots adjacent to the Conference Center and Dining Hall.

Housing: Rooms have been blocked at the following hotels. You must make your hotel reservation by June 17, 30 days prior to the meeting.

Information about other hotels may be found with the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce.

Acadia Inn	$149	207-288-3500	Release date: June 17
Best Western Inn	$108	207-288-5823	Release date: July 3

REGISTRATION

Registration is now closed. If you would like to attend this meeting, please call Lauren Gilhooley at 207-288-9880 ext 108

Registration fee: $200. Includes a meeting abstract book and all meals and events.

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES - 2005 Northeast IDeA Regional Meeting

Style

- Font size: 12, Type Style: Times, Spacing: single spaced copy using .5" paragraph indents, Margins: 1".
- Double space between paragraphs
- Justify right margin.

Layout

- Title: The title of the abstract should be in UPPER CASE (CAPITAL letters, bolded).
- Abbreviations must not be used in title.
- Name(s)/institution(s): List the author's name(s), institution(s) where the work originated, city, state and country. Indicate the SURNAME of each author followed by his or her INITIALS only.

Please underline attending author(s) name. Double space after affiliations and before the body text.

- NOTE: Please do not draw illustration box on submitted abstracts. Your abstract will be reprinted exactly as submitted.

Deadlines

Abstracts must be submitted by July 5, 2005. Email abstracts to: Lauren Gilhooley (lauren.gilhooley@mdibl.org).

MS Word or PDF format only

Please do not fax your abstract.