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MORNING SESSION

​8:00 - 9:00 am 

Registration, Poster Set-up, Coffee and Bagels

 

1:00 - 2:20 pm

Industry Relationships to New Start Ups

Expert Panel Session: 

Illumina and Dow guests,              

North LA New Co CEOs, EAP, Financiers

Q & A session with conference attendee

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​2:20 - 2:30 pm

Closing Remarks: Dr. Leon Iasemidis

Rhodes Eminent Scholar Chair

Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Neurology

Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CBERS)

Director, Brain Dynamics Lab

Louisiana Tech University

 

​9:00 - 9:05 am

Opening remarks

Dr. Chris Kevil

Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences

Malcolm Feist Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Disease

Director and Professor, Division of Research

Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

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9:05 - 9:35 am

“Epstein-Barr virus Induced Epithelial Reprogramming and Cancer”  

Dr. Rona Scott, Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Feist Weiller Cancer Center

LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport

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9:35 - 10:25 am 

“Healthcare industry improvements made possible by unlocking the power of the genome”

Dr. Mehdi Keddache

Sequencing Specialist

Illumina, Inc

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10:25 - 10:40 am

BREAK

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10:40 - 11:10 am

“Halloysite clay nanotubes in drug delivery”

Dr. Yuri Lvov, Professor

Tolbert Pipes Eminent Endowed Chair on Micro and Nanosystems   

Department of Chemistry and Institute for Micromanufacturing

CBERS, Louisiana Tech University

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11:10 - 12:00 pm

“Genomic Technologies for Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Applications”

Dr. Oswald Crasta

Genomic Breeding Lead and R&D Fellow

Dow AgroSciences

2:30 - 4:30 pm

Poster Session and Job Fair

(Refreshments served)

 

5:00 pm  Conference Adjourned

SCHEDULE.

AFTERNOON SESSION

​12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch

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