Conference Program - ABRF 2011 - Association of Biomolecular ...

ABRF Robert A. Welch Outstanding ResearchGroup / Committee Member of the Year AwardThe ABRF Robert A. Welch OutstandingResearch Group/Committee Member ofthe Year Award recognizes the significantcontributions of members of the ABRFResearch Groups and Committees. The2011 award will be presented to JeffKowalak.The Journal of Biomolecular Techniques ( JBT)AwardThis annual award recognizes the best research article publishedeach year in the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, the ABRFsociety publication. This year’s JBT award recipient is:The Comparison of Different Pre- and Post-Analysis Filters for Determination of Exon-LevelAlternative Splicing Events Using AffymetrixArraysAwardsABRF Lifetime Membership AwardThis award is given by the Executive Board to members withlongstanding contributions to the success of ABRF and whohave been keystones to its missions. The 2011 Award will bepresented to Lowell Ericsson.ABRF Poster AwardsSponsored by Waters CorporationWaters Corporation sponsors prizes for the four best researchposters presented at ABRF 2011. Eligible posters focus onthe latest scientific research results enabled by advanced lifesciences technologies, methods and software tools that facilitateapplications, and the latest technology developments in thebiotechnology field. This year ABRF Education Committeereviewed all poster abstracts submitted to the meeting andselected 11 semifinalists for award consideration.Toni Whistler, Cheng-Feng Chiang, Jin-Mann Lin,William Lonergan, and William C. ReevesChronic Viral Diseases Branch, Division of Viral andRickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaPublished in the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, 2010 April;21(1)FASEB MARC (Minority Access to ResearchCareers) Travel AwardsThe FASEB MARC Program sponsors ABRF 2011 Travel Awardsto help support the participation of full-time faculty/mentors,postdoctoral fellows, and students from minority institutionsand historically black colleges and universities.The 2011 Faculty/Mentors and Students Travel awardeesare:This year’s semifinalists are:• Mark Turner, Proteome Software, Inc. (Poster 137)• Christine Vogel, New York University (Poster 143)• Jenny Chuu, Life Technologies (Poster 149)• Jin Jen, Mayo Clinic (Poster 161)• Shripa Patel, Stanford University (Poster 169)• Ilene Magpiong, Mount Holyoke College (Poster 193)• Anand Narayanan, West Virginia University (Poster 197)• J. Will Thompson, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences andPolicy (Poster 199)• Stefan Duhr, University Munich, Schellingstrasse (Poster201)• Keith Fadgen, Waters Corporation (Poster 227)• Emily Freeman, Harvard School of Public Health (Poster231)The semifinalists are invited to give a short (5 minute) presentationof their research poster in front of a panel of judges on Sunday,February 20. The authors of the four top-scoring posters willpresent their work on Tuesday, February 22 during the WatersCorporation-sponsored Poster Award Session, 11:00 am – 12:00pm, Level 2, Grand Oaks Ballroom, Exhibit Hall, Demo Stage.Semifinalists are designated by ** next to their poster numberwithin the Poster Session Abstract Listing.• Dr. Natalia Vinas (Faculty), Jackson State University• Christina Bernard (Undergraduate Student), Jackson StateUniversity• Charnia Hall (Undergraduate Student), Jackson StateUniversityThe recipients of the 2011 Poster Presenter Travel Awardare:• Ilene Magpiong, Mount Holyoke College• Thurman Young, Langston University14 • ABRF 2011 — Technologies to Enable Personalized Medicine