• Symposium registration
• Tours of CoE
• Cocktail reception; CoE Building

Welcome Remarks:

Norma J. Nowak, Ph.D. Director of Science and Technology, New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences and Director, Microarray and Genomics Facility, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and University at Buffalo

Analyze This and That: Genomes and Proteomes
Michael Snyder, Ph. D. Director, Yale Center for Genomics & Proteomics; Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology; Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University

Widespread Operons in the C. Elegans Genome
Thomas Blumenthal, Ph.D. Professor & Chairman, Department of  Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Genomics-Based Insights into Pathogen Biology and Evolution
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D. President and Director,
The Institute for Genomic Research

Intimate Encounters: Frontiers at the Human-Microbial Interface
David A. Relman, M.D. Director, Proteomics/Genomics Core at the Digestive Disease Center, Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford, CA); Chief, Infectious Diseases Section, Veteran's Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (Palo Alto, CA) 

11:55 am - 1:10 pm

Box lunch and CoE tours - CoE building

Linking Stem Cells and Molecular Motors to Signaling and Neurodegenerative Disease
Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Ph.D. Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at University of California San Diego and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Molecular Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease
Sangram S. Sisodia, Ph.D. Director, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, and Thomas Reynolds, Sr. Family Professor of Neurosciences, University of Chicago

Genome-Wide Identification of Modulators of Transcriptional Regulation in Human B Lymphocytes: The Kinome Meets the Transcriptome
Andrea Califano, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University; Co-Director, Center for Computational Biochemistry and Biosystems; Chief of Bioinformatics Division, Department of Biomedical Informatics; Director, Genome Center Bioinformatics

The Practical Impact of Ontologies on Biomedical Informatics
James Cimino, M.D. Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Director, American Medical Informatics Association

From Bedside to Bench and Back:  Healthcare and Life Sciences Semantic Interoperability -- Challenges, Expectations, Possibilities
Charles Mead, M.D., MSc Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

UB Business Partners Luncheon - Hyatt Regency
Keynote Address: The Value of Innovation
Nicholas Donofrio, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, IBM

Innovation in Bioengineering Technologies
Stelios Andreadis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, UB
Frank Bright, Ph.D., UB Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Conger Goodyear Chair of Chemistry & Associate Chairperson, Department of Chemistry, UB
Kenneth Hoffman, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UB Toshiba Stroke Research Center

Success Stories in Building a Life Sciences Company in WNY
Robert Carey, MBA, General Manager, Analytical Instruments, Reichert, Inc.
Dave Barthel, CEO, SmartPill Corporation
Anthony Johnson, Interim CEO, Empire Genomics