Retreat 2009

August 19, 2009
Grand Isle Lake House

9:15 – 9:30	Welcome Address & Schedule Overview CMB Director, Dr. Mary L. Tierney, Plant Biology

	Faculty Presentations
9:30 – 9:50	One Molecule at a Time: Seeing is Believing! - Dr. David Warshaw, Chair Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
9:55 – 10:15	Adult Stem/Progenitor Cells: Novel Strategies for Tissue Rescue After Acute Injury – Dr. Jeff Spees, Department of Medicine: Vascular Biology
10:20 – 10:40	Asthma: Bedside to Bench and Back Again – Dr. Charlie Irvin, Director of Vermont Lung Center

10:40 – 11:00	Break

11:00 – 12:00	Keynote Address
	“The Wars in Our Bodies: The Story of Alliances, Skirmishes and Strategies to Survive” by Dr. Andre Levchenko John Hopkins University

12:15 – 1:55	Buffet Lunch & Social

2:00 – 3:30	Break Out Sessions
	Career Panel – Karen Lounsbury & Paul Held
	Being a Teaching Assistant – Jane Tully & Emily Larson
	Rotations & Scientific Survival - Meagan Goodwin, Ingrid Curril,Kara Held, Maria Cristina Bravo

3:30 – 5:00	Wine & Cheese Poster Session
5:00	Poster Awards & Closing Remarks