Main Events 2018
Current version of the schedule: PDF
Current version of the program: PDF
Saturday, April 21st – Burge Union
| 8:00 AM | Registration Opens | Outer hallway |
| 8:30 AM | Light Breakfast and Coffee Available | Forum D |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction | |
| Jennifer Klaus, MB GSO President | ||
| 9:05 AM | 1st Spotlight Talk | |
| Matt Falk, Manager, Events & Marketing at BioKansas | ||
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Alex Erwin, Director for Talent Development and STEMM Education at BioKansas |
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| 9:25 AM | 2nd Spotlight Talk | |
| Lindsey Ott, Director of Product Innovation at Likarda, LLC | ||
| 9:45 AM | Panel 1 - Contract and Industry-Based Research | |
| Carl Gelhaus, Senior Program Manager and Director of Infectious Disease Programs at MRIGlobal | ||
| Elizabeth Wenske-Mullinax, QA Manager of Operations at Ceva Biomune Animal Health | ||
| Lydia Cook-McAnulty, Clinical Scientist at Aratana Therapeutics Inc. | ||
| Juliana Conkright-Fincham, Head of Screening at Stowers | ||
| 10:25 AM | Networking Break (20 min) | Outer hallway |
| 10:45 AM | 3rd Spotlight Talk | Forum D |
| Sonia Hall, Director of Engagement and Development for the Genetics Society of America (GSA) | ||
| 11:10 AM | Panel 2 - Science Resources and Outreach Education | |
| Nicole Reiz, Graduate Professional Development Coordinator at University of Kansas, College of Graduate Affairs | ||
| Peter Welsh, Director of Museum Studies at the University of Kansas | ||
| Sharon Holte, Science Educator at the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD | ||
| 11:50AM | Lunch | Forum B |
| 12:40 PM | Break (10 min) | Outer hallway |
| 12:50 PM | Keynote Talk | Forum D |
| Sarah Cutler Tew, Director of US Pet Healthcare Innovation at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health | ||
| 1:50 AM | Networking Break (10 min) | Outer hallway |
| 2:00 PM | Panel 3 - Human Health and Therapeutics | Forum D |
| Wen-Chieh Lin, Director of Research at Kansas Health Institute | ||
| Raymond Caylor, Children's Mercy Hospital ABMGG Clinical Molecular Genetics and Genomics Fellow | ||
| Laura Peek, Principal Scientist and Assistant Laboratory Director for Oncimmune | ||
| Robert Gronke, Senior Principal Scientist in the Technical Department at Biogen, Inc | ||
| 2:40 PM | 4th Spotlight Talk | Forum D |
| Mark Yocum, Technical Director at Anheuser-Busch | ||
| 3:05 - 5:30 PM | "Meet the Professionals" Networking Social | Forum A |
| Due to KU policy, undergraduate students will not be able to attend this event. | ||
