Save the Date: Arkansas Biosciences Institute Meeting Oct. 4

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The annual meeting of Arkansas Biosciences Institute investigators is scheduled for Oct. 4 on the U of A campus at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Science. The program will include speakers from each ABI campus, poster session and time to connect with researchers from across the state. Faculty and students are invited.

Please join us for an in-person, one-day meeting of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute. A detailed list of the program is below, with special thanks to the following people for representing our campus:

• Jorge Almodovar, associate professor in the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, will deliver an oral presentation on his work in the field of biomedicine, titled "Cell Behavior Enhancement by Collagen/Heparin Layered Coatings"
• Six posters will be presented by campus ABI investigator laboratories that include:
  • Mahmoud Moradi, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Young Hye Song, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Nicholas Greene, professor in the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
  • Darya Zabelina, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Science
  • Yuchun Du, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences
  • Douglas Rhoads, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences

The posters were chosen to represent the research supported through ABI that addresses vaccine development, cancer, smoking behavior and poultry genetics. To learn more about the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, please visit arbiosciences.org.

FALL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Tuesday, Oct. 4 

8:30-9 a.m. — Registration, continental breakfast and poster set-up

9 a.m. — Welcome and introduction

Bobby McGehee
Executive Director, Arkansas Biosciences Institute

Don Bobbitt
President, University of Arkansas System
Chair, ABI Board of Directors

9:30 a.m. to noon — Scientific Session I: 5 Oral Presentations from ABIT-funded research investigators

9:30 a.m. — Joshua L. Kennedy, M.D., associate professor of pediatric allergy/immunology at ACRI

9:55 a.m. — Jason Causey, Ph.D., assistant professor of bioinformatics at Arkansas State University

10:20 a.m. — Break

10:40 a.m. — Dennis Province, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

11:05 a.m. — Fiona Goggin, Ph.D., professor of entomology and plant pathology, U of A Division of Agriculture and Bumpers College

11:30 a.m. — Jorge Almodovar, Ph.D., associate professor of chemical engineering, College of Engineering, U of A

11:55 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Investigator of the Year Awards

12:15-2:45 p.m. — Scientific Session II: Poster session and lunch

The Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences is located at 1371 W. Altheimer Dr., Fayetteville. From Interstate 49, take exit 66 for Arkansas 112/Garland Avenue. Turn right onto AR-112/Garland Avenue and then right onto West Altheimer Drive.