Spring Meeting of the New England Section
Society for Industrial Microbiology
May 29 (Tuesday), 2001
Lincoln Campus Center
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Meeting Agenda:
1:30-2:00 PM Registration (Lobby, Lincoln Campus Center) and set
up posters*
2:00-3:00 Dr. Richard Goldsby, Professor and Distinguished Simpson
Lecturer, Amherst College. "Human immunoglobin from cloned
cattle".
3:00-4:00 Dr. Ray Lam, Senior Principal Scientist, Bristol-Meyers
Squibb. "The role of natural products in drug discovery"
4:00-5:00 Dr. Derek Lovely, Distinguished Professor and Head,
Microbiology Department, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. "Genome-enabled investigations of anaerobic
fermentation"
5:00-6:00 Poster Session (refreshments)
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-8:00 Dr. Arnold Demain, Professor of Biology, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, "So you want to be a
biotechnologist...."
* Student poster abstracts will be accepted by e-mail only, no later than
May 24, to: mudgett at umext.u9mass.edu or kin.lam at bms.com
Instructions for poster design will be sent to those who submit an
abstract. Awards of $200, $100 and $50 will be made.
Reservations are needed only for those staying for dinner. Cost is $30
for members, $45 for non-members (includes one year membership in local
section) and $10 for students. Contact Dr. Richard Mudgett, Technical
Liaisons, 152 West Street, Amherst MA 01002 (Phone 413-253-4198) (specify
dinner: meat, fish, veggie). Directions or other questions: please e-mail
our host, Dr. Mudgett, at mudgett at umext.umass.edu
