The 31st Maine Biological and Biomedical
Sciences Symposium will be held April 30 and May 1, 2004 at
the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury
Cove, Maine. The Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium
(MBMSS) is a state-wide gathering of researchers and students—an
opportunity to share research results, exchange ideas, promote
collaboration, and network with Maine scientists in a variety
of disciplines. The symposium will consist of three sessions
in the areas of freshwater and marine biology, physiology
and human health, and comparative functional genomics. Selected
speakers will present research, followed by question/answer
and open discussion. A concurrent poster session will also
be held.
All Maine researchers, science faculty, graduate, undergraduate
and high school students are cordially invited to attend.
SCHEDULE (updated
4/26/04)
FINAL PROGRAM, INCLUDING BOTH SPEAKERS AND POSTER PRESENTERS
(73K, MSWD)
All sessions will be held in the MDIBL Conference Center.
All meals, unless where otherwise noted, will be held in the
MDIBL Dining Hall.
Friday, April 30
9:30 am - Symposium Registration/Poster Set up
10:00 am - Symposium Welcome and Introduction
Patricia H. Hand, Administrative Director, MDIBL
10:15 am - Keynote Speaker
Gwen Jacobs, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Montana State University
"Neural coding of sensory information: lessons learned from a simple
sensory system"
Session 1: Functional Genomics
11:00 am - Bruce Stanton, Professor of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, MDIBL
"Functional Genomics of Cystic Fibrosis"
11:30 am - Antonio Planchart, Lecturer, Biological Chemistry, Bates College
“SYNJ2ÐSAC1: A NOVEL, MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED ISOFORM OF THE SYNJ2 PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE 5-PHOSPHATASE IN MOUSE BRAIN AND TESTIS”
11:45 am - Jeannette Connerney, Ph.D. Student, Maine Medical Center Research Institute
“TWIST HOMO AND HETERODYMERS DYNAMICALLY REGULATE GENE EXPRESSION IN THE CRANIAL SUTURES”
12:00 pm - Bethany Bodwell, Undergraduate Student, The University of Maine “CLONING OF POTENTIAL PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE GENES IN DICTYOSTELIUM”
12:15 pm - LUNCH
1:15 pm - Luanne Peters, Staff Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
"Functional Annotation of the Mouse Genome: A Phenotype-driven Approach"
1:45 pm - Joseph Verdi, Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, MMCRI “THE INTEGRATION OF THROMBIN, FGF AND NOTCH SIGNALING LEADS TO CLONAL STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL”
2:15 pm - David Towle, Senior Scientist, MDI Biological
Laboratory “IDENTIFICATION OF 5,000 EXPRESSED GENES IN A NORMALIZED CDNA
LIBRARY FROM THE AMERICAN LOBSTER, HOMARUS AMERICANUS”
2:30 pm - Joel Graber, Associate Staff Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
“COMPARATIVE ANALYIS OF POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION DURING EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF MOUSE AND ZEBRAFISH”
2:45 pm - Kevin Peterson, Ph.D. student, UMaine and The Jackson Laboratory “BUILDING A GENOMIC REGULATORY NETWORK FOR LUNG DEVELOPMENT”
3:00 pm - BREAK
3:15 pm - Karen Fancher, Ph.D. student, UMaine and The Jackson Laboratory “SPATIAL-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF MICROARRAY FINDINGS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF MAMMARY CANCER”
Session 2A: Marine and Freshwater Biology
3:30 pm - Paul Collodi, Professor of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, MDIBL
"Germ-line competent zebrafish ES cell cultures for targeted mutagenesis"
4:00 pm - Angela Parton, Research Assistant, Marine Cell Lines and Stem Cell Program, MDI Biological Laboratory
“SHARK AND SKATE CELL CULTURE SYSTEMS: DERIVATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROLIFERATING CELL CULTURES FROM MULTIPLE TISSUES
4:15 pm - Greg Mayer, Assistant Professor, Molecular/Environmental Toxicology,
The University of Maine “METALLOTHIONEIN’S ROLE IN FEMALE-SPECIFIC ZINC SEQUESTRATION IN SQUIRRELFISH”
4:30 pm - Peter Phelan, Graduate Student, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular
Biology, The University of Maine “CHARACTERIZATION OF VIRAL INFECTION IN ZEBRAFISH WITH SNAKEHEAD RHABDOVIRUS”
5:00 pm - Poster Session and hors d'oeuvres
6:00 pm - Lobster Dinner and Entertainment by Oakum Bay String Band
Saturday, May 1
8:00 am - Continental Breakfast
Session 2B: Marine and Freshwater Biology
8:30 am - Carl Luer, Senior Scientist, Marine Biomedical Research Program, Mote Marine Laboratory
"Elasmobranchs as models in biomedical research"
9:00 am - Charles O’Kelley, Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Marine Laboratory
“MARINE MICROFILAMENTOUS GREEN ALGAE: NEW LINEAGES IN THE ULOTRICHALES/ULVALES COMPLEX (ULVOPHYCEAE)”
9:15 am - Bram Lutton, Ph.D. Student, MDIBL and Boston
University “INHIBITION OF STEROIDOGENESIS BY A UNIQUE LYMPHOMYELOID TISSUE IN THE LITTLE SKATE, RAJA ERINACEA”
9:30 am - Paul Greenwood, Associate Professor of Biology,
Colby College “A NUDIBRANCH MUCUS INHIBITS NEMATOCYST DISCHARGE AND CHANGES WITH PREY TYPE”
9:45 am - Break
Session 3: Workshop:
10:00 am - Gwen Jacobs, Principal Investigator, The Lariat Project, Western IDeANet Project
The IDeANet Project: Information Networks in Biomedical Research
*available for Q&A session: Gerry Dube, Director, UNET, The University of Maine System*
12:00 am - LUNCH
Session 4: Physiology and Human Health
1:00 pm - Robert Friesel, Director, Center for Molecular Medicine, MMCRI
“TOM MACIAG’S LIFE AND WORK”
1:15 pm - Scott Collins, Laboratory for Surface Science
and Technology, The University of Maine “ROLE OF MICRODEVICES IN MEDICINCE AND BIOLOGY”
1:45 pm - Chris Johnson, Undergraduate Student, Bowdoin
College “THE EFFECTS OF PROCTOLIN ON GASTRIC-PYLORIC INTERACTIONS IN THE LOBSTER HOMARUS AMERICANUS”
2:00 pm - Monica McClain, Associate Director, Biometry
and Epidemiology, Foundation for Blood Research “ADJUSTING THE ESTIMATED PROPORTION OF BREAST CANCER CASES ASSOCIATED WITH BRCA1 AND BRCA2 MUTATIONS: PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS”
2:15 pm - Rebecca Sommer, Assistant Professor of Biology
and Environmental Studies, Bates College “ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR AND CARDIAC BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR SIGNALING”
2:30 pm - Break
2:45 pm - Amy Davidoff, Associate Professor, College of
Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England “HEART FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES”
3:15 pm - Nicole Theodosiou, Assistant Research Professor
of Biology, Bowdoin College “PATTERNING THE DEVELOPING GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT”
3:30 pm - Andrea Hermann, Graduate Student, Graduate Student, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, The University of Maine
“DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF A RESPIRATORY BURST ASSAY FOR ZEBRAFISH”
3:45 pm - Ilka Pinz, Assistant Professor, University of New England
“aB-CRYSTALLIN AND HSPB2, TWO SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS, HAVE DISTINCT PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS IN THE MOUSE HEART”
4:00 pm - Closing
Please email Michael
McKernan to be added to the symposium mailing list.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Maine researchers, science faculty, graduate and undergraduate
students are invited to submit research abstracts for consideration
of a formal presentation or poster session in the following
areas: freshwater and marine biology, physiology and human
health, and comparative functional genomics. A balanced program
will be selected from among established scientists, junior
faculty and students.
The MBMSS is an excellent forum for young scientists or junior
faculty to present and discuss their research. Students who
participated in summer research in 2003 and students who will
complete a relevant thesis in 2004 are specially encouraged
to submit an abstract. Please review
the abstract format and submission process.
POSTER SESSION
A poster session will be held from 5 to 6 pm, Friday, April
30. Interested poster presenters should sumbit an abstract
as described in the section above.
Seri Rudolph, Bates College, has provided a useful
guide (PDF, 137K) for preparing an effective poster. MBMSS poster
boards are 40 X 60 inches, in both horizontal and vertical configurations. Thumbtacks are not provided.
PRE-REGISTRATION
Email the following information to Michael
McKernan (mmckernan@mdibl.org), Director of Courses and
Conferences at The MDI Biological Laboratory:
Name
Title
Institution
Mailing Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Number attending
Registration fee: $30. Includes symposium materials, abstract
book, and meals on Saturday.
TRAVEL
AND HOUSING
The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
is conveniently located off Route 3 on the north side of Mount
Desert Island. Driving
directions.
A block of rooms has been reserved at
The
Atlantic Oakes in Bar Harbor.
Atlantic Oakes-by-the-Sea, 208-288-5801
(group sales office)
Limited student housing (free of charge)
is available at the MDI Biological Laboratory. Email Mary
Rush (mrush@mdibl.org) to make a reservation.
PARTNERS
The 2004 Maine Biological and Biomedical Sciences Symposium
is held in conjunction with The
Jackson Laboratory, the Mount
Desert Island Biological Laboratory, and the Maine
Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network.
2004
Maine Biological & Medical Sciences Symposium
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Download
(112 K, MSWORD)
Style
- Font size: 12, Type Style: Times, Spacing:
single spaced copy using paragraph indents, Margins: 1".
- Double space between paragraphs and 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 authors name. Double space after
affiliations and before the body text.
- Text should include the Objective,
Design and Methods, Results and Conclusions.
- NOTE: Please do not draw illustration box on submitted abstracts. Your
abstract will be reprinted exactly as submitted.
Deadlines
Abstracts must be submitted by March
31, 2004. Submissions that do not abide by the above specifications
will not be reprinted for distribution. Email abstracts or
send a hard copy to: Michael McKernan, MBMSS c/o MDIBL, PO
Box 35, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672; or, as an E-mail attachment
(MS Word only) to: mmckernan@mdibl.org.
Please do not fax your abstract.
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