2018 Symposium Highlights

2018 ITMAT SYMPOSIUM

The 2018 ITMAT Symposium will again enlist outstanding speakers from the U.S. and abroad to address topics of direct relevance to translational science. Amongst the topics are the neuroscience of time and space, pain and inflammation and human phenomic science. We will hear of novel translational structures for drug discovery, emerging technologies in translational science and imaginative models of human physiology and disease. Sir Keith Peters, Emeritus Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge will be the featured dinner speaker.

Audience participation will be encouraged both in the discussion periods and in the many unstructured opportunities for interaction at coffee and meal breaks and at our conference dinner.

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, October 15–16, 2018

Location:
Smilow Center for Translational Research
Rubenstein Auditorium and Lobby
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Agenda
2018 Talks (SilverLight PlugIn required: Click Here)

Registration

Registration is required for attendance and for participation via web.

ITMAT Symposium Registration Fees

Attending in Person:

Non Members: $100.00
ITMAT Full Members: $50.00
ITMAT Associate Members: $0 (If attending dinner: $25.00)

To View Webstream:

Non Members: $25.00
ITMAT Members (Full and Associate): $0

Registration Links:

Faculty/Physician/Scientist — In Person Attendance: https://upenn.irisregistration.com/Site/itmat2018
Students and Postdocs — In Person Attendance: https://upenn.irisregistration.com/Site/itmatps2018
- Students and Postdocs are encouraged and welcome to attend the Symposium. Registration is free for the meeting portions. Pre-registration is required for any student/postdoc who would like to attend and enjoy the breakfast and lunch events. We will accept on-site registrations for the meetings only. On-site registrants will not be issued a name tag which will be required for the meals.
- Dinner at the College of Physicians, Monday evening October 15: Students and Postdocs are invited to attend. The fee for attending the dinner is $25. Please note that we can only accommodate a limited number of students and postdocs at this event. You will be notified if you are confirmed or wait listed.
- Student and Postdoc Volunteers: We encourage you to volunteer to help with Q&A sessions. Please email Molly Reagan [mreagan@upenn.edu] to volunteer for a morning or afternoon session on either Day 1 or Day 2. Volunteers will be given priority on the list if they wish to attend the dinner at the College of Physicians.
Webstream: https://upenn.irisregistration.com/Site/itmatws2018

For inquiries please contact: mreagan@upenn.edu

2018 Featured Speakers:

Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Roger M. Perlmutter, MD, PhD, Merck Research Laboratories
Maha Reda Farhat, MD, CM, MSc, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Kang Zhang, MD, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Timothy K. Lu, MD, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania
Katherine A. High, MD, Spark Therapeutics
Greg Hinkle, PhD, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Canan Dagdeviren, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David B. Weiner, PhD, The Wistar Institute
Elaine Fuchs, PhD, The Rockefeller University
Sir Keith Peters, Emeritus Regius, University of Cambridge
Guido Kroemer, MD, PhD, University of Paris Descartes
Coleen T. Murphy, PhD, Princeton University
Cornelia M. Weyand, MD, PhD, Stanford University
Mary Herbert, PhD, Newcastle University
Vamsi K. Mootha, MD, Harvard Medical School
Weiping Zou, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
Paolo Fiorina, MD, PhD, University of Milan
Maja Bućan, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Helen Barbas, PhD, Boston University and School of Medicine
Holger Franz Sperdin, PhD, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Beverly H. Koller, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Alan R. Saltiel, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Kate Schroder, PhD, The University of Queensland
Garret A. FitzGerald, MD, FRS, University of Pennsylvania