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Updated June 15, 2007

CFBS 51st Scientific Conference

5th Northern Lights Summer Conference

June 20 - 22, 2007

Ron Eydt Village (REV)
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON

Themes:
I. Nanomedicine: Nanostructures & their Biomedical Applications
June 20 & 21, 2007

II. Metabolomics, Technologies & Applications
June 21 & 22, 2007

Organized by:
Canadian Federation of Biological Societies

Organisée par le:
Fédération canadienne des sociétés de biologie

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The Canadian Federation of Biological Societies invites you to attend the Fifth Northern Lights Summer Conference (51st CFBS Annual Meeting), June 20 - 22, 2007, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESKS
1:00 - 4:00 PM

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESKS 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Ron Eydt Village (REV) *************** SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS & POSTER SESSIONS 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Exhibit Hall, REV
9:00 - 10:00 AM		Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology & Cell Biology Great Hall, REV Murray L. Barr Award Lecture Shedding light on the retina William Baldridge, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
10:00 - 11:15 AM		Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology & Cell Biology Great Hall, REV CAANCB Graduate Students Presentations Chair: Hugo Bergen, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM		SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS & POSTER SESSIONS Exhibit Hall, REV
12:00 - 1:30 PM		Sponsored by: *European Research Area - Canada Initiative (ERA-CAN)* Federation Hall Luncheon: Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials: European Research and Funding Opportunities Exhibitors & delegates from both the 5th Northern Lights Summer Conference (organized by CFBS) and the NanoForum (organized by NSERC & NRC) are welcomed.
1:30 - 2:30 PM		Exhibits Reception & Poster Presentation Deserts & refreshments will be served Exhibit Hall, REV
2:30 - 6:00 PM		Nanomedicine Theme: Great Hall, REV
SYMPOSIUM I: Targeted nano delivery systems (drug delivery/gene therapy) Plenary Lecture: David Needham, co-Director, Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems (CBIMMS) & Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
6:00 - 7:00 PM	Sponsored by: *European Research Area - Canada Initiative (ERA-CAN)* Exhibit Hall, REV Cocktail Reception, Exhibits & Poster Presentation Session
7:00 PM	Wednesday, June 21, 2007 7:00 PM Festival Room, South Campus Hall Nanomedicine Dinner Guest Speaker: Science, Innovation and the Challenges of the 21st Century Dr. Ken Coates, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo All Nanomedicine delegates are welcomed to join us!

Thursday, June 21, 2007
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESKS 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Main Lobby, Ron Eydt Village (REV) ************ SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS & POSTER SESSIONS 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall, REV
7:30 - 9:00 AM East Quad Lounge 102 Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology and Cell Biology (CAANCB CAANCB Networking Breakfast All graduate students are welcomed. Faculty staff will be invited by the organizers to network and have breakfast with the students.
8:00 - 9:00 AM Main Lobby, REV Sponsored by: Human Metabolome Project (HMP) Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
Nanomedicine Theme	Metabolomics Theme
9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Great Hall, REV, 2nd Floor SYMPOSIUM 2: Diagnostics and imaging applications Plenary Lecture: Shuming Nie, Emory University School of Medicine, Director, Nanotechnology and Bioengineering, Winship Cancer Institute	9:00 - 10:00 AM Great Hall, Village I CFBS' Presidents Award Lecture: Metabolomics: From annotating genomes to practical health assessment Introduction to Metabolomics Bruce German, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
	10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Great Hall, Village I SYMPOSIUM 1: Human Metabolomics
12:15 - 2:15 PM Lunch, Poster Presentations, & Exhibits Location: Exhibit Hall, REV	12:30 - 2:30 PM Lunch, Poster Presentations, & Exhibits Location: Exhibit Hall, REV
2:15 - 5:30 PM Ron Eydt Village Great Hall, 2nd Floor SYMPOSIUM 3: Nanotoxicology and potential health effects Plenary Lecture: Günter Oberdörster, DVM, Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA	2:30 - 5:45 PM Great Hall, Village I SYMPOSIUM 2: Metabolomics Technologies - Hardware and Software
5:30 -6:30 PM Ron Eydt Village Great Hall, 2nd Floor Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology and Cell Biology (CAANCB) JCB Grant Award Lecture The role of intercellular junctions in the positioning and release of developing sperm cells in the testis. Wayne Vogl, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
6:30 PM Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology and Cell Biology (CAANCB) CAANCB Annual Quebec Dinner and Award Ceremony Charbries Four Seasons of Dinning 15 King Street North Waterloo ON, N2J 2W6 Tel. (519) 886 4678

FRIDAY, June 22, 2007
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESKS 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Main Lobby, REV
8:00 - 9:00 AM	CAANCB Executive & Annual General Meetings
9:00 - 10:00 AM	Plenary Lecture: The Role of Metabolic Profiling In ‘Top Down’ Systems Biology Elaine Holmes, (UK)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Great Hall, REV SYMPOSIUM 3: Metabolomics in Other Systems
12:30 - 2:30 PM	Friday, June 22, 2007 12:30 - 2:30 PM Exhibit Hall, REV Goodbye Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 PM	CFBS Member Information Session Come join us for lunch.
2:30 - 3:15 PM	Great Hall, REV Keynote Talk: Metabolomics and Nanomedicine Talk – Early Cancer Detection via Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Ian Smith, NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics, Winnipeg, MB
3:15 - 4:15 PM	Great Hall, REV Abstract Sessions # 4 - 5