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2024 AACBNC MEETING PROGRAM
Wednesday January 24 -- Saturday January 27, 2024
St. Kitts Marriott Resort, Frigate Bay
Wednesday January 24th 4:00-6:00 pm -- AACBNC Executive Committee meeting -- Monserrat Room 7:00-9:00 pm -- Welcome Reception -- Keys or North Pool
Thursday January 25th 7:30-8:30 pm -- Breakfast -- Ocean View Terrace 8:00 am-1:00 pm -- Exhibition by Sponsors -- Ballroom Foyer 8:30-8:45 am -- Welcome and New Chair Introductions - Alex Robling -- Saba Room 8:45 am -- Session “High risk/high reward funding opportunities at the Federal level”. Session Chair: Gayle Lester, Director of the Division of Extramural Research (DER), NIAMS/NIH -- Saba Room 8:45-9:25 am -- Part 1: “High-risk/high reward funding opportunities through the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)” Anthony Kirilusha, PhD, Senior Director/Program Lead, NIH OSC -- Saba Room 9:25-10:05 am -- Part 2: “High-risk/high reward and other funding opportunities through the Department of Defense/CDMRP (Virtual presentation)” Sarah Fontaine, PhD, Health Science Program Manager, CDMRP/DoD -- Saba Room 10:05-10:20 am -- Coffee Break -- Ballroom Foyer 10:20-10:30 am -- Sponsor Presentation, Graham Whiteside, Anatomical Excellence -- Saba Room 10:30-11:10 am -- Part 3: “High-risk/high reward funding opportunities through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H; Virtual Presentation)” Ravi Basavappi, PhD, Program Manager, ARPA-H -- Saba Room 11:10-11:40 am -- Panel discussion (AACBNC members) -- Saba Room 11:40 am-11:50 pm -- Sponsor Presentation (TBD) -- Saba Room
Friday January 26th 7:30-8:30 pm -- Breakfast -- Ocean View Terrace 8:00 am-1:00 pm -- Exhibition by Sponsors -- Ballroom Foyer 8:30 am -- Session “Vertical integration of basic science curriculum into medical education”. Session Chair: Margaret McNulty, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, IU School of Medicine -- Saba Room 8:30-8:40 am -- Session Introduction: Margaret McNulty -- Saba Room 8:40-9:15 am -- “Vertical Integration Part I (talk title is forthcoming): Margaret McNulty, PhD, Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine -- Saba Room 9:15-9:50 am -- “Vertical Integration Part II (talk title is forthcoming): Lela Giannaris, PhD, Associate Professor, UMass Chan Medical School -- Saba Room 9:50-10:05 am -- Coffee Break -- Ballroom Foyer 10:05-10:15 am -- Sponsor presentation: Larry Kennedy Green Solutions -- Saba Room 10:15-10:50 am -- “Vertical Integration Part III (talk title is forthcoming): Derek Harmon, PhD, Associate Professor, Ohio State University College of Medicine -- Saba Room 10:50-11:10 am -- Panel discussion (AACBNC members) -- Saba Room 11:10 am-12:30 pm -- AACBNC Business Meeting -- Saba Room 6:00-9:00 pm -- Annual Banquet -- North Pool
Annual Meeting Agenda -- Click here (available in January)
Saturday January 27th 7:30-8:30 pm -- Breakfast -- Ocean View Terrace 8:00 am-1:00 pm -- Exhibition by Sponsors -- Ballroom Foyer 8:30 am -- Session “The rapidly evolving use of Artificial Intelligence in biomedical research”. Session Chair: Jesse Spencer-Smith, Chief Data Scientist, Vanderbilt Data Science Institute -- Saba Room 8:30-8:40 am -- Session Introduction: Jesse Spencer-Smith, PhD -- Saba Room 8:40-9:20 am -- “Research, teaching, and work in the age of generative AI” Jesse Spencer-Smith, PhD, Chief Data Scientist, Vanderbilt Data Science Institute -- Saba Room 9:20-10:00 am -- “The dawn of the AI age in protein science” Hassane Mchaourab, PhD, Professor, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University -- Saba Room 10:00-10:15 am -- Coffee Break -- Ballroom Foyer 10:15-10:25 am -- Sponsor presentation: (TBD) -- Saba Room 10:25-11:00 am --“Navigating innovation and education in the generative era” Yaa Kumah-Crystal, MD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatric Endocrinology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center -- Saba Room 11:00-11:30 am -- Panel discussion (AACBNC members) -- Saba Room 11:30 am-11:45 pm -- Sponsor Presentation (TBD) -- Saba Room 12:00 ppm -- Meeting ends
