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The 2006 Molecular Bioscience (MoBS) Meeting

The Molecular Bioscience (MoBS) Meeting, scheduled for April 2, 2006 from 10 am-1 pm in the Pirate Cove, University Center, is a part of the 10th Petersheim Academic Exposition, which brings knowledge to life.  The MoBS meeting is a joint activity of BIOL 4197AA (Senior Biology Seminar) and BIOL 9001-6 (Readings in Molecular Biosciences).  It has been designed to consist of four components: 1) two keynote lectures; 2) three stage presentations of research; 3) three poster presentations of research proposals, and 4) ten displays of Power Point slides.  The meeting’s goal is to integrate a Ph.D. in Molecular Bioscience class with a Biology senior class, and to allow both groups of students to communicate and share their semester work, and also to take home the newest bioscience knowledge via the lectures.

The meeting will begin with the keynote lectures by Dr. Hua Zhu and Dr. Grant Gallagher, two renowned bioscientists at UMDNJ.  Their titles are:  “Application of Microarray Technology in Herpesvirus Studies” and “New IL-10 Family Cytokine”, respectively.  Then, three Ph.D. students, Ms. Linda Staikos, Mr. Erik Langsdorf, and Ms. Jennifer Peek, will give a stage presentation of their projects from one of their three mandatory laboratory rotations.  The third and fourth components of the meeting are the signature portion of the program.  Ten Ph.D. students will display their PowerPoint slides showing their viewpoint on the promise of genomics as a “new revolution in biomedicine”.  Twelve Senior Biology Seminar (AA class) students will be divided into three groups of four students each.  In class, these students have studied and discussed the literature regarding how HIV infection affects neuronal function.  Based on their literature and background studies, each group has submitted a research proposal outlining experiments to examine if HIV infection triggers addictive-prone behavior using an HIV-1 transgenic rat model.  These three proposals will be presented in a poster format.  The ten Ph.D. students will discuss these proposals with the seniors, then rank the proposals.  At the closing awards presentation, the #1 proposal will be announced and the group will win a monetary award of $500.  All participants will be provided with an Exposition certificate and a small token from Dr. Sulie L. Chang, the instructor of both BIOL 4197AA and BIOL9001-6.

The MoBS Meeting is made possible by the Petersheim Academic Exposition Planning Committee.  The NeuroImmunology Laboratory will cover the program costs, including the poster preparation, honorarium, award, booklets, food, and other incidentals.

The 2006 Molecular Bioscience Meeting Organizing Committee: