Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The Jefferson Postdoctoral Association and the Jefferson College of Graduate Studies (JCGS) Office of Postdoctoral Affairs will host the 3rd Annual Jefferson Postdoctoral Symposium (PRS) on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The event will be held in Rooms 101, 105, and 107 of the Bluemle Life Sciences Building (233 S 10th Street, Philadelphia PA 19107) and Connelly Auditorium and lobby in the Hamilton Building. The PRS will display the multiplicity of research of Jefferson postdocs.
A tentative Symposium Agenda is currently available. The abstract submission deadline has now passed. Please contact the PRS Planning Committee with any questions.

Selected abstracts will be delivered as oral presentations. A schedule of oral presentations will be available later in the spring. All other abstracts will be presented as posters. Prizes will be given for the best oral and poster presentations by the JCGS Alumni Association and JCGS Dean, Dr. James Keen.

The keynote speaker, Dr. Robert J. Leftkowitz, will address the scientific community at 4:00PM.
Dr. Leftkowitz is a HHMI investigator and Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center.

A career and vendor fair will provide opportunities to interact with representatives from regional employers, laboratory product companies, and financial institutions. A partial list of sponsors is available.

All are invited to view posters, attend the talks, and meet the post-doc presenters and company representatives throughout the day. There will be an award ceremony and reception following
Dr. Leftkowitz’s lecture.

For more information please contact Lisa Kozlowski at the JCGS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
(215-503-5750) or the PRS Planning Committee.

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