All activities will take place in the MacInnis Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building

8:30 - 4:30
Poster display and judging (judging 8:30 - 11:30)

11:30 - 12:30
Special Presentation - "What it takes to become a successful scientist"

Facilitator: Chris McMaster, Assistant Dean, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Panelists:
Rod McInnes

12:30 - 1:30
Lunch for Participants

1:30 - 2:30

Keynote Address -
Dr. Rod McInnes, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children
Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Genetics

"Inherited neurological degenerations: why do the neurons die, and what can we do about it?"

2:30 - 3:00 

AstraZeneca Presentation

Deniz Top, Postdoctoral Fellow, Post-doctoral Associate,Young Group
The Rockefeller University Laboratory of Genetics

Recipient of the 2008 AstraZeneca Award for Excellence in Research

"Deciphering the Mechanism of FAST-mediated Membrane Fusion"

Presentation of the 2009 Faculty of Medicine Award for Excellence in Research

3:15 - 3:30
Coffee break and snacks!

3:30 - 4:15

Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation Lecture

Robert Rose, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Recipient of the 2009 DMRF New Investigator Award

"Cardiovascular effects of natriuretic peptides in health and disease"

Presentation of Awards          

4:45 - Tupper Commons
Reception for participants and sponsors