Officers
President – Bruce E. Magun
President-Elect – John I. Clark
Past President – Gwen V. Childs
Secretary-Treasurer – William B. Rhoten
Councilors
Sally S. Atherton
Vytas A. Bankaitis
Gary C. Schoenwolf
Robert H. Singer
Representatives
Steven Hill
Michael T. Shipley
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Welcome
to the
2011 Annual Winter Conference
of the
Association of Anatomy, Cell Biology
and Neurobiology Chairpersons
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We gratefully acknowledge our sponsors
SILVER
American Association of Anatomists
Touch of Life Technologies
BRONZE
Elsevier
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Guest Speakers for this year’s conference include:
Helen Amerongen, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
University of Arizona
Andrew Comrie, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President & Dean of the Graduate College
University of Arizona
Brian Druker, M.D.
Director, Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Paul Heidger, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Iowa
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Guest Speakers for this year’s conference include:
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John Hildebrand, Ph.D.
Head, Department of Neuroscience
University of Arizona
Lynn Matrisian, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt University
Karin Rodland, Ph.D.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, Washington
Nathan Swailes, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Iowa
Marion Zatz, Ph.D.
Chief, Developmental & Cellular Processes Branch
NIGMS Division of Genetics & Developmental Biology
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Breakfast is included with the room and is available at your leisure
from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Thursday - Saturday in Catalina
(8:00 - 10:00 a.m. on Sunday in Catalina)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Registration Packet Pickup
Hallway of Cholla/Ocotillo
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Executive Committee Meeting
Ironwood
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Welcome Reception and Western Buffet Dinner
Catalina
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
(All scientific sessions will be held in Cholla/Ocotillo Room)
8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Registration Packet Pickup
Hallway of Cholla/Ocotillo
Sponsored by
8:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
Bruce Magun
President, AACBNC
Oregon Health and Science University
8:45 am – 9:35 am
Keynote
Imatinib As A Paradigm of Targeted Cancer Therapy
Brian Druker
9:35 am – 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am – 10:30 am
Translational Cancer Research at the NCI and in Academia
Lynn Matrisian
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Exhibitors and Coffee Break
Hallway of Cholla/Ocotillo
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 (continued)
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Translational Research and Multi-Institutional Programs
Karin Rodland
11:45 am – 11:50
Discussion
11:50 pm – 12:20 pm
Discussion Forum
Encouraging Faculty to Participate in Translational Research
1:30 pm
Depart on optional excursion to the
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dinner on your own and evening free
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Friday, January 21, 2011
(All scientific sessions will be held in Cholla/Ocotillo Room )
8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Registration Packet Pickup
Hallway of Cholla/Ocotillo
8:30 - 9:20 am
Explorations of a ‘Simple’ Olfactory System
John Hildebrand
9:20 - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 – 10:15 am
NIGMS and NIH Support for Graduate Training:
Present and Future
Marion Zatz
10:15 – 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 am
Exhibitors and Coffee Break
Hallway of Cholla/Ocotillo
11:00 - 11:15 am
Interdepartmental Graduate Training Programs
Lynn Matrisian
11:15 – 11:35 am
Traditional and Innovative Models of
Graduate Program Coordination
Andrew Comrie
11:35 - 12:15 pm
Discussion Forum
Past and Future Visions in Graduate Education
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Friday, January 21, 2011 (Continued)
1:30 pm
Depart on optional excursion to the
Biosphere II
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Socializer
Catalina Room
7:30 - 9:30 pm
Banquet
Catalina Room
Saturday, January 22, 2011
(All sessions will be held in Cholla/Ocotillo Room)
8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Registration Packet Pickup
Hallway of Cholla/Ocotillo
Symposium
Teaching of Medical Histology: Where Is Our Future?
Moderator: Rick Drake
8:30 – 9:00 am
Rewards and Challenges of Teaching Histology
In Organ System-Based Curricula
Helen Amerongen
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Saturday, January 22, 2011 (continued)
9:05 - 9:35 am
Histology in Context: ‘Virtual’ Integration Within an
Organ System’s Approach
An Iowa Perspective
Paul Heidger
9:40 - 10:10 am
Histology in Context: An Integrated Approach to
Teaching and Learning
An Australian Perspective
Nathan Swailes
10:15 - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 – 10:50 am
Discussion Forum
Histology Teaching and the Microscope: Future Perspectives
10:50 - 10:55 am
Break
10:55 am – 12:00 pm
Business Meeting & Adjournment
1:30 pm
Depart on optional excursion to the
Sabino Canyon
Dinner on your own and evening free
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
8:00 -10:00 am
Networking Breakfast
Catalina
Transfers from The Lodge at Ventana Canyon
to the Tucson International Airport for Flights Home
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Meeting Attendees
Regular Members
Abrahamson, Dale (Susi Abrahamson)
Besharse, Joseph (Janie R. Besharse)
Brady, Scott T.
Childs, Gwen V. (Gary D. Jones)
Clark, John I. (Judy M. Clark)
Cope, Timothy
Drake, Richard L. (Cheryl S. Drake)
Dunn, William A. Jr. (Connie Uphold)
Fischer, Itzhak (Gloria Fischer)
Gregorio, Carol
Hill, Steven M.
Knudson, Cheryl B. (Warren Knudson)
Kondrashov, Peter (Tatyana
Kondrashov)
Magun, Bruce E. (Louise Magun)
Messing, Albee
Richardson, Laura L.
Rogers, Kem A.
Rothblum, Lawrence (Katrina
Rothblum)
Schoenwolf, Gary (Patricia Schoenwolf)
Stein, Barry
Sumner, D. Rick (Judy Weik)
Towns, Lex C. (Anita Towns)
Vatner, Stephen F.
Vidic, Branislav (Daniel Webster)
Yee, John A. (Robin Yee)
University of Kansas Medical Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
University of Washington
Wright State University
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine
University of Florida
Drexel University College of Medicine
University of Arizona
Tulane University School of Medicine
Brody SOM at East Carolina University
A.T. Still Univ. of Health Sciences
Oregon Health & Science University
University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at
Marshall University
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Western Ontario
University of Oklahoma HSC
University of Utah
Wake Forest University SOM
Rush University Medical Center
Pacific Northwest University of Health
Sciences
Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry, NJMS
Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center
Creighton University School of Medicine
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Meeting Attendees
Emeritus Members
Carlson, Bruce (Jean Carlson)
Carmichael, Stephen (Susan Stoddard)
McCuskey, Robert S. (Margaret
McCuskey)
Moore, Keith L. (Pamela Moore, Ron
Crowe)
Rhoten, William B. (Donna Rhoten)
Mercer University School of Medicine
Sponsors/Speakers/Guests
Amerongen, Helen
Comrie, Andrew
Druker, Brian
Heidger, Paul (Margaret Heidger)
Hildebrand, John
Hyde, Madelene
Lenehan, Anne
Matrisian, Lynn
O’Grady, Elyse
Pendleton, Andrea (Alan Pendleton &
Marcia Pendleton)
Rodland, Karin
Schmitt, William
Swailes, Nathan (Stacy Williams)
Taylor, Crystal
Weinert, Tom (Linda Weinert)
Zatz, Marion (Kenneth Kirk)
Supporting Personnel
Lucas, Karen H.
Ehrensperger, Tara (William)
Nansen, Bob
University of Michigan
Mayo Clinic
University of Arizona
University of Toronto
Mercer University School of Medicine
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
Oregon Health & Science University
University of Iowa
University of Arizona
Elsevier, Inc.
Elsevier, Inc.
Vanderbilt University
Elsevier, Inc.
American Association of Anatomists
(AAA)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Elsevier, Inc.
University of Iowa
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins / Wolters
Kluwer Health
Touch of Life Technologies
NIGMS Div. of Genetics & Development
Biology, NIH
AACBNC – Staff
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at
Marshall University
AACBNC – Staff
Betchart Expeditions, Inc.
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Members Attending 1st Meeting
Cheryl B. Knudson
Peter Kondrashov
Albee Messing
Kem A. Rogers
John Yee
Emeritus Contributors – 2010-2011
Brinkley, William R.
Carlson, Bruce
Clemente, Carmine D.
Fedoroff, Sergey
Kelley, Robert O.
McCuskey, Robert S.
Moore, Keith L.
O'Morchoe, Charles C. C.
Pauly, John E.
Pepe, Frank A.
Rhoten, William B.
Severson, Arlen R.
West, James R.
Count your age by friends
not years
Count your life by smiles
not tears
In Memoriam
Theodore John Leppi
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Some things about AAA that you
may not know...
If you agree that your job as a department chair is to help your young
faculty, students, and postdocs succeed, read on. The American
Association of Anatomists (AAA) gives your anatomy graduate students,
postdocs, & young faculty the special edge they need to jumpstart their
careers. Here’s how AAA can benefit you and your department:
► FINANCIAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE. AAA’s Postdoctoral
Fellows Program provides $20,000 salary support for members working in
any aspect of biology relevant to the anatomical sciences. Grad students,
postdocs & junior faculty can apply for a $5,000 Lippincott Williams
Wilkins/AAA Education Research Scholarship, and all members are
eligible for our new $1,000 Short-term Visiting Scholarships.
► GRANTS AND AWARDS. Your bottom line will be brighter and lighter,
thanks to AAA’s travel and meeting support. Students & postdocs receive up
to $350 just for giving a poster or platform presentation at the AAA Annual
Meeting. Junior faculty can compete for a $500 travel award. They all can
compete for the $500 Young Anatomist Publications Award. And all AAA
members are eligible for AAA’s Outreach Grants—up to $3,000 to fund a
research meeting or educational program.
► LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. A key aspect to promotion and
tenure is service to the profession. AAA offers students, postdocs, &
junior faculty a unique chance to shine on committees and even on the
Board of Directors.
► IN-PERSON NETWORKING. The AAA Annual Meeting at
Experimental Biology (April 9-13 in Washington, DC) is the ideal setting
to meet new mentors, cultivate contacts, and test presentation skills in a
forum that’s formal, yet small enough to foster friendly interaction and
constructive feedback.
► A CHANCE TO BE NOTICED. Students & postdocs can compete
for poster and platform awards, present their work at AAA’s Student/
Postdoc Poster Session & Reception and receive individual feedback on
their Annual Meeting presentations.
AAA – YOUR ANATOMY DEPARTMENT
www.anatomy.org
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