An all-day event featuring 3 keynote speakers, poster presentations and a Wine and Hors d oeurves reception. Open to all Penn State faculty, postdocs, students and staff. Register by April 30 (it s free). Parking is free.

General Information Directions, parking and lodging information Registration Register online by April 30, 2011. Program when what where 9:00-9:30 Registration and Breakfast* First floor, Life Sciences Building 9:30-9:45 Opening Remarks Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building 9:45-10:45 Keynote Lecture Eric Harvill Forward and Reverse Genetics in the Study of Bacterial Pathogenesis Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break First floor, Life Sciences Building 11:00-12:00 Keynote Lecture Kateryna Makova A matter of life or death: How microsatellites emerge in and vanish from primate genomes Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building 12:00-1:00 Lunch* Life Sciences Gateway Bridge 1:15-2:15 Keynote Lecture Laura Carrel Genetics and genomics of inactive X gene expression Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building 2:30-3:30 Genetics Student Presentations Laurel Pearson Genetic and environmental contributions to disparities in premature birth Swathi Kumar Integrative Analysis of Epigenetic Modulation in Erythropoeisis" Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building 3:30-5:00 Poster Session and Wine and hors d'oeurve reception Life Sciences Gateway Bridge *Meals are provided through the generosity of the Intercollege Graduate Program in Genetics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Penn State. Poster session Any participant can present a poster. Students are particularly encouraged to present. This is a great opportunity to discuss your research with faculty and students in the Genetics community at Penn State as well as our distinguished keynote speakers. Instructions for poster presenters

Contact

  Paula Brown
  pmg1@psu.edu
  814-867-1383