ANNOUCEMENT

The 3rd IABMR Annual Scientific Meeting (2006)

“Dynamic Biomedical Research”

Call for Poster Presentation & Award Competition

IABMR members (including on-site registered members: annual membership fee $10) are eligible for the poster presentation and award competition for six prizes that will be awarded to the top six posters voted by a group of judges:

First Prize (one): $300, Second Prizes (two): $200, Third Prizes (three): $100

In addition, all qualified candidates of Poster Presentation and Award Competition will be awarded with a Certificate at the end of the conference. For details of the annual meeting program, schedule, guidelines of poster presentation & award competition, and information about IABMR, please visit http://www.iabmr.org.

Abstract of poster presentation submission deadline: November 30th, 2006.

Submission by E-mail to: paloma.valverde@tufts.edu; SMa@forsyth.org

Abstract format: 1) title, 2) authors and affiliation (* on poster presenter), 3) main text (250 words) and 4) contact information for poster presenter, including mailing address, E-mail and phone#.

The 3rd IABMR Annual symposium is committed to the advancement of Biological & Biomedical research orientated to human health and the cure of human diseases through the facilitation of scientific communication, discussion, and the sharing of knowledge among scientists to the corresponding problems. Therefore, the annual symposium organizing committee requires the following regulations concerning the presentation of posters. Please prepared accordingly, otherwise, you will NOT be candidates for the awards.

1. All the presenters must register and pay membership fee at 11:30-1:30.
2. All the posters should be in place before 11:30am and removed by 6:30pm.
3. All presenters must indicate in their posters whether the results have been published or not in journals (either print or online).
4. The author of the presentation for the poster competition must be designated and show up at the meeting.

Registration

Registration fee is $10, which includes meeting registration and annual membership fee (Life time Members are free of the charge). Lunch and reception are free for all the IABMR members, as well as invited guests, sponsoring vendors, and participants from The Forsyth Institute.

Meeting registration and membership application/renewal are available online at http://www.iabmr.org; by email to SMa@forsyth.org; by phone to 617.892.8307.

Direction to Forsyth Institute

1. By subway –Take Subway E (Green) line to “Northeastern University Station”, then walk toward Fenway Park. The Forsyth building and parking lots are 3 min walking distance from the subway station. M. Barbara Schulze Conference Center is located on the third floor of the Forsyth building.

2. By car –Parking at the Forsyth is available to speakers and sponsors only. A limited number of metered parking spaces are available on Hemenway Street. Use of public transportation is strongly recommended.

Organizing Committee

Chairs of the Program:

Bai-Lin Wu, M.Med., Ph.D., FACMG, IABMR President, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Weiming Xia, Ph.D., IABMR Board Member, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Mike Levin, Ph.D., IABMR Board Member, The Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Chairs of the Local Organizing Committee:

Yi-Ping Li, Ph.D., Past President of IABMR, The Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Toshi Kawai , Ph.D., Past President of IABMR, The Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Chairs of Poster Presentation and Award Competition:

Paloma Valverde, Ph.D., IABMR Vice President, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Shi-Liang Ma, Ph.D., The Forsyth Institute

Qisheng Tu, Ph.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Chairs of Sponsors Exhibition and Presentation:

Yumei Zhan, Ph.D., IABMR Vice President, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Ron Vincent, President and CEO, BIOCON Scientific

Chairs of Registration, Luncheon and Reception

Xuesong Gu, Ph.D., IABMR Treasurer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Tsute Chen , Ph.D., IABMR IT Director, The Forsyth Institute

Pu Zhang, Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Chairs of Board Election Committee:

Jake Chen, D.D.S., Ph.D.Chair of IABMR Advisory Board, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Erxi Wu, Ph.D., Past President of IABMR, Children's Hospital Boston CHIP at HST of Harvard-MIT

Chairs of Contribution Award Committee:

Toshi Kawai , Ph.D., Past President of IABMR, The Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Yi-Ping Li, Ph.D., Past President of IABMR, The Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Organizing Committee Members:

Mary-Kathleen Deloge, Jennifer Kelly, Jay Javad, Janie Lee, D.D.S., Jean Qiu, Ph.D., Hajime Sasaki, Ph.D.,

Carrie Soltanoff, Taka Tsuji, Ph.D., Jing-Wei Xiong, Ph.D., Shuying Yang, Ph.D.