In addition to sessions at the scientific meetings above, NIGMS-sponsored 50th anniversary poster awards were made at the following annual meetings: American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Biophysical Society, RNA Society, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, and Society for Developmental Biology.
Society for Glycobiology
Seattle, WA
"Karl Meyer Lecture"
November 11, 2011
4:45-5:30 p.m.
Armando Parodi
Leloir Institute Foundation
Video: Dr. Armando Parodi discusses his research at the Society for Glycobiology Meeting in Seattle, WA 
NIGMS contact: Pam Marino, 301-594-3827
American Society for Cell Biology
Denver, CO
"Discovery/Conversations with Cell Biologists"
December 5, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Katherine Wilson, moderator
Johns Hopkins University
Dyche Mullins
University of California, San Francisco
Christine Jacobs-Wagner
Yale University
Magdelena Bezanilla
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
NIGMS contact: Alexandra Ainsztein, 301-594-0828
"The Crystal Structure of a Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter"
February 26, 2012
10:45 a.m.
Seok-Yong Lee
Duke University
NIGMS contact: Jean Chin, 301-594-0828
Annual Meeting of the P41 Biomedical Technology Research Centers Principal Investigators
Rockville, MD
"Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Biomedical Technology Research Center Programs"
March 30, 2012
9:30 a.m.
Jerome R. Cox, Jr.
Washington University
Keith Hodgson
Stanford University
Al Burlingame
University of California, San Francisco
NIGMS contact: Amy L. Swain, 301-451-6446
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
Bethesda, MD
"Mitochondrial Proteomics"
June 13, 2012
2:30-3:00 p.m.
David Pagliarini
University of Wisconsin
NIGMS contact: Vernon Anderson, 301-594-3827
Genetics Society of America
Model Organisms to Human Biology – Cancer Genetics
Washington, DC
June 18, 2012
7:00-7:45 p.m., Keynote Address
Angelika Amon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
GSA News Release: Genetics Conference Highlights How Model Organisms Help Scientists Learn About Human Cancers
GSA Reporter Article on Meeting
NIGMS contact: Susan Haynes, 301-594-0943
"Celebrating Science Together: ISMB 20 Years and NIGMS 50th Anniversary Special Session"
July 16, 2012
2:30-4:25 p.m.
Steven E. Brenner, Session Chair
University of California, Berkeley
Edward M. Marcotte
The University of Texas at Austin
Katherine S. Pollard
University of California, San Francisco
Russ B. Altman
Stanford University
NIGMS contact: Stephen Marcus, 301-451-6446
American Chemical Society
Philadelphia, PA
"50 Years of NIGMS-Supported Chemistry Enabling Biomedical Research"
August 20, 2012
8:00-5:00 p.m.
Advances in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions
Melanie Sanford
University of Michigan
Backwards and Forwards with Molecular and Classical Pharmacology
Brian K. Shoichet
University of California, San Francisco
Defining the Transcriptional Initiation Interaction Network In Vivo
Anna Mapp
University of Michigan
Complex Molecule Synthesis Enabling Studies at the Chemistry/Biomedical Interface
Daniel Romo
Texas A&M University
Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Methods for Applications in Organic Synthesis
Stephen L. Buchwald
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sweet Chemical Signaling: Understanding the Structure-Function Relationships of Carbohydrates in Neurobiology and Cancer
Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson
California Institute of Technology
Inorganic Chemistry Controlling Cellular Physiology and Development
Thomas V. O'Halloran
Northwestern University
Coupling Activities of Helicase and Polymerase at the DNA Replication Fork
Smita S. Patel
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Fundamentals of Enzymatic Transition States and Use of the Information
Vern L. Schramm
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chemistry in Living Systems
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
University of California, Berkeley
Video: Press Conference with Chemists
ACS News Release: Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of a Remarkable Science Agency
NIGMS contact: Bob Lees, 301-594-1338
October 11-14, 2012
NIGMS contact: Shawn Drew, 301-594-3900
November 7-10, 2012
NIGMS contact: Shawn Drew, 301-594-3900