Alumni
See photos from the BGS@20 Anniversary Symposium here! 
Please Join Us for a Celebration of Biomedical Graduate Studies’ 20th Anniversary
Monday, November 13, 2006 8:30am - 5:00pm
Biomedical Research Building 2/3
(Lobby and Auditorium)
421 Curie Boulevard
University of Pennsylvania
8:30 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 Welcome Address
Arthur Rubenstein, Dean, School of Medicine
9:15 Blossom Damania, PhD
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology and Lineberger Cancer Center, UNC Chapel Hill
“Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways by KSHV”
10:00 Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University
"Digging up the Roots and Stems of Brain Tumors"
11:00 Laurence Eisenlohr, VMD-PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University
"The Antigenic World According to T Cells"
12:00 Lunch - box lunches available in lobby
1:00 Karyn O’Neil, PhD
Director, Protein Optimization, Centocor, Inc.
“Protein Engineering of Antibody Based Therapeutics”
2:00 Mark Shlomchik, MD-PhD
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Immunology, Yale University
“Activation of Autoreactive B Cells: Tolls, T cells and Tolerance”
2:45 Remarks
Glen Gaulton, Vice Dean for Research and Research Training, and Biomedical Graduate Student Association members
3:00 Poster Session (current students’ work) and Reception
Beer and wine and cheese
4:45 Awarding of poster prizes