On Thursday, March 21, the Innovation Connection will move to the UConn Health Center, where attendees will hear details of the unfolding UConn-Jackson Laboratory collaboration (Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine) along with information about UConn’s Technology Incubation Program.
Entrepreneurs and innovators from across the region are encouraged to attend this dynamic networking program to meet UConn and Jackson Laboratory genomics researchers and to explore current research and collaborative opportunities for clinical applications of next generation sequencing, microarray profiling of human cancer, disease-specific stem cells, advancing personalized medicine and more.
Immediately following the presentations, attendees are invited to network with other members of the entrepreneurial and business community, and to tour various laboratories.
Panelists will include:
Dr. Edison Liu, President and CEO, The Jackson Laboratory
Dr. Marc Lalande, Sr. Associate Dean for Research Planning and Coordination; Professor and Chairman, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology; Director, University of Connecticut Stem Cell Institute and Institute for Systems Genomics
Dr. Brenton Graveley, Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Dr. Rachel O’Neill, Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut
Dr. Marcia Fournier, CEO and Founder, Bioarray Therapeutics
Date:
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Schedule:
3:00 – 4:00 – Panel Discussion
4:00 – 6:00 – Social Networking and Lab Tours
Location:
UConn Health Center, Cell and Genome Sciences Building
400 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT
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