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Announcement

Catalyzing Collaboration
Between
Industry and Academia in the Life Sciences

Call for Participation - Friday, March 13th, 2009

Topic: Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment and Complications

Date:              

Friday, March 13th, 2009 - Agenda
10:00 a.m. – 3:35 p.m. CST

Location:       

Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc.
Lake Forest, IL 60045

Meet and network with people from all areas of the life sciences

Become part of an on-going forum to bring life science researchers from universities and business together to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, and explore potential collaborations to promote commercialization. At this forum, you will address problems that need solving and explore opportunities to move research from the bench to the bedside and for the greater public good.

This forum is the seventh in a series of collaborations between Midwest area universities and biotech/healthcare/pharmaceutical firms. The forum provides a unique combination of presentations, roundtable discussions, and networking.

Register for this Forum via this link: www.research.uic.edu/air/registration.html

RESERVE EARLY; LIMITED SEATING!!!!!

Abstract / Poster Submission:

Faculty members actively conducting research as it relates to Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment and Complications are invited to submit a poster and/or abstract (in 250 words or less) in at least one of the following areas for review:

  • Clinical Diagnostic or Therapeutic Applications,
  • New Research Methodologies or,
  • Platform Technologies.

Submission website: 

http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/air/submission.html

Presentation selection will be based upon the following Criteria: 
Research topic stage of development -- 20% 
Potential to discover/develop critical medical outcomes through research topic -- 40% 
Potential commercial impact of research topic -- 40% 

Friday, February 20, 2009 Submission deadline for abstract
Friday, February 27, 2009  Notification of participant selection (poster and summary)
Friday, November 6, 2009 Submission of final materials (Power Point presentation)

Please contact with questions: Ronald L. Kirschner, M.D. at ron.kirschner@comcast.net.
Submit all abstracts at the above website.

 

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