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September 28, 2003 3rd Nobel Pauling Biotech Symposium Academia vs. Industry for New drug discovery In honor of the Life and Works of Dr. Linus Pauling. Dr. Pauling won two Nobel Prizes- in 1954 for Chemistry and in 1962 for Peace. Click here to see photos from this event Date: Sunday, September 28, 2003 Time: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm (free parking on Sunday at Sloan & Hayward parking lots) Location: MIT Faculty Club. 50 Memorial Drive - 6th Floor, Cambridge, MA (directions) Organizer: Student Vision (www.studentvision.org) Exhibition Booth and Buffet: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Gifts from Dr. Linus Pauling, Jr. for all speakers Sponsors: Major sponsors are ActoKine, LRIG , Aventis & InnoCentive, plus 30+ others MIT Dim Sum for Nobel Pauling Biotech Symposium Agenda 10:00am Booth set up, Registration, and Booth Exhibition 11:30am Welcome: Grace Wong, PhD ActoKine Therapeutics Education Talk: Jennifer Shore, Stem Cell Technologies Power Pitch: Marsha Paul, LRIG Smart Pitch from Participants (Moderators: Ronald E. Vincent, ISTCP Scientific) 12:30pm Speaker: Martin A. Wasserman, PhD, AtheroGenics Title: AGI-1067: An Innovative V-Protectant for Treating Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease. 1:00pm Sponsor Pitch, Magic Pitch, Idea Pitch, Tech Pitch & Power Pitch (Moderators: Dean Remy, Li-Cor Inc., and Kathleen Hehir, PhD, TranXenoGen Inc.) 1:30pm Networking, Booth Exhibition & Buffet Lunch 2:00pm Francis Xavier Farrell, PhD, Johnson & Johnson (Buffet Lunch) Title: Non-Hematopoietic Effects of Erythropoietin. 2:30pm Chair: Raul Krauss, PhD, ActoKine Therapeutics Speaker: Dinah W. Sah, PhD, Biogen Title: Overview of Neublastin. 3:00pm Smart Pitch, Moderators: Danielle Morin, Rainin Inc and Sonia Sparks Wallman, PhD NH Biotech Council Networking and Booth Exhibition 3:30pm Speaker: Amy L. Rubinstein, PhD Zygogen Title: Discovering Angiogenesis Compounds and Targets with Z-Tag 4:00pm Networking 4:30pm Chair: Dyke Hendrickson, Mass High Tech Speaker: King Li, MD, NIH Clinical Center Title: Angiogenesis Imaging: Current Status and Future Outlooks (Buffet Dinner) 5:00pm Chair: Mika Newton, Tripos Inc. Speaker: Zhenping Zhu, MD, PhD ImClone Title: Inhibition of VEGF Activities with Antibodies Directed against its Kinase Receptors 6:00pm Panel discussion: Academia vs. Industry for New Drug Discovery Seth Cohen, PhD LRIG & Deam Remy, Li-Cor 8:00pm Chair: Michael Belanger, SemanTx Life Sciences Speaker: Hans-Peter Gerber, PhD Genentech Title: Avastin (Bevacizumab) prolongs survival in first-line colorectal cancer treatment 8:30pm Chair: Kathy Seidl, Suntory Pharmaceuticals Speaker: Steve Wiley, PhD Amgen Title: The TWEAK-Tweak® Signaling Pathway Coordinates Angiogenesis, Tissue Growth and Induction of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines 9:00pm Concluding Remarks by Jim Dasch, PhD ActoKine Therapeutics 9:10pm Networking Jennifer Shore Marsha Paul, PhD Dyke Hendrickson Amy Rubinstein, PhD Francis Xavier Farrell, PhD Martin Wasserman, PhD King Li, MD, PhD Zheping Zhu, MD, PhD Panel Discussion Industry Speakers:  • Aventis (Amar Drawid, PhD)  • Amgen (Steve Wiley, PhD)  • Ariad Pharmaceuticals (Roy Pollock, PhD)  • Novartis (Yong Yao Xu, Jeanette Wood, PhD)  • Genentech (Hans-Peter Gerber, PhD)  • Serono (Deanne Taylor PhD)  • Wyeth (Jun Jun Wu, PhD)  • Genpath Pharmaceuticals (Geoff Boynton) Academic Speakers:  • NIH (King Li, MD)  • MIT (Shuguang Zhang, PhD)  • Whitehead Institute (Shailendra Yadav, PhD)  • UMass Medical School (Irene Bosch, PhD)  • MIT (Bobak Azamian, PhD)  • Harvard Medical School (Mikhail Semenov, PhD)

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