SFRBM's 17th Annual Meeting
a joint meeting with the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI)
PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP
- New Approaches for Examining Nitrative and Oxidative Stress in Biology
PLENARY SESSIONS
- Celebrating 25 Years of Free Radical Biology and Medicine
- Redox Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Disease
- Role of Mitochondria and Reactive Species in Stem Cell Biology
- Biochemistry and Pathology of Reactive Lipid Species
- Nitric Oxide and Oxygen: Co-Conspirators for Life
FORMAT
SFRBM 2010, a joint meeting with the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI), will feature five days of scientific communication. A full-day pre-meeting workshop on "New Approaches for Examining Nitrative and Oxidative Stress in Biology" will be held Wednesday, November 17. Registration for the pre-meeting workshop is NOT included in your Annual Meeting registration fee and must be completed separately.
SFRBM/SFRRI 2010 will officially kick off on Wednesday, November 17 at 5:00 pm with the President's Welcome and special session, "Celebrating 25 Years of Free Radical Biology and Medicine". This session will pay tribute to SFRBM's journal and feature presentations from members of our FRBM's Distinguished Editorial Board and former Associate Editors. Join Nobel Prize winners, National Academy members, and National Medal of Science recipients, as we celebrate the 25 year impact of our society journal on the development of the field. The Opening Reception will immediately follow.
The Annual Meeting is scheduled for the following four days (Thursday through Sunday). The first three days will begin with the popular Sunrise Free Radical School, continue with morning plenary lectures, afternoon parallel thematic sessions and early evening poster presentations. In addition, there will be several special programs and receptions to network with fellow scientists.
| REGISTRATION FEES To find out more about what your registration fee includes, click here. |
REGISTER by Oct 15 | LATE & ON-SITE |
| Full SFRBM / SFRRI Member | $535 | $585 |
| Student/Post-doc SFRBM / SFRRI Member *Post-doc Members are those with five (5) years or less from the date they received their doctorate. |
$275 | $325 |
| Emeritus SFRBM / SFRRI Member | $250 | $300 |
| Non-Member | $685 | $735 |
| Non-Member Postdoc/Student *Post-doc Members are those with five (5) years or less from the date they received their doctorate. |
$350 | $400 |
| Guest Registration (Reception, Banquet & Hospitality only) |
$150 | $200 |
| Pre-Meeting Workshop: Wed, Nov. 18 New Approaches for Examining Nitrative and Oxidative Stress in Biology |
$175 member $200 non-member |
$225 member $250 non-member |
| Opening Doors Event | Student/Postdoc - $25 Senior Investigator - $35 |
$30 $40 |
Click here for more information about your registration fee includes for SFRBM/SFRRI 2010.
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FREE RADICAL SCHOOL (8:00 am - 9:00 am)
For the 16th consecutive year, the Sunrise Free Radical School will kick off each day of our Annual Meeting. Led by Alicia Kowaltowski, Ph.D., University of São Paulo, Brazil, and Aimee Landar, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Free Radical School is designed to provide a detailed overview of the basic concepts of free radical chemistry and biology and is targeted towards students, fellows and those wishing to learn about new areas. A faculty of highly respected investigators in free radical research will deliver lectures and provide key literature references in their subject areas.
PLENARY SESSIONS (9:30 am - 12:00 pm)
Plenary sessions, which will be held during each morning of the
annual meeting, will be comprised of speakers who will address common or
closely related topics. Each will deliver a 20-25 minute talk followed
by a 5-10 minute question and answer session moderated by a 2 member
panel. Topics to be covered include:
- Redox Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Disease
- Role of Mitochondria and Reactive Species in Stem Cell Biology
- Biochemistry and Pathology of Reactive Lipid Species
- Nitric Oxide and Oxygen: Co-Conspirators for Life
NEW FOR 2010: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES
Bring your lunch* and join your colleagues for a short introductory session into one of the following sessions below. You may choose to attend one session per day. These sessions are complimentary and part of your conference registration. *For your convenience during lunchtime, food and beverage will be available for purchase at lunch carts located in the convention center.
Thursday, November 18 (12:45 pm - 1:45 pm)
- Grantsmanship Session
- Intellectual Property…Turning Your Molecule Into a Drug
Friday, November 19 (12:45 pm - 1:45 pm)
- Getting Your Point Across – The Basics of a 15-Minute Conference Lecture
- Publications…From Bench to Bookshelf
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (2:30 pm - 4:30 pm)
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
A number of high-quality abstracts are chosen from those submitted to
the Society for primary authors to give 15-minute oral presentations of
their research. Four concurrent sessions will be structured around basic
topic areas and will feature 72 speakers.
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POSTER SESSIONS (4:30 pm - 6:30 pm)
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
During each day of this three-day session, posters will be on display
all day (9:00 am - 9:00 pm) and can be viewed at any time during this
period. Each day, two hours of formal presentation time (4:30 pm - 6:30
pm) is scheduled for authors to be available to discuss their work with
other attendees. Poster boards for display of abstracts will again be 4
feet (122 cm) high X 8 feet (244 cm) long for greater display area
(click here for an example).
ABSTRACTS
The deadline for submitting abstracts for SFRBM 2010 is Wednesday,
September 1, 2010. Please note that submitted abstracts must be
previously unpublished work. Please note that abstracts submitted for
oral presentation consideration will be subject a double blind review
process. Decisions on abstract acceptance for SFRBM 2010 will be posted
on the SFRBM site during the week of October 5, 2010.
Please note that abstracts must fit into a 3 in. (7.62 cm) wide x 4.75
in. (12.1 cm) high space. This is approximately 1900 characters.
Abstracts that exceed this size will display a "TOO LONG" message during
the proofreading stage and authors will be asked to resubmit an edited
version. The site will set the font size of your abstract to an 8 pt.
font and the abstract will appear in the abstract book in 8 pt. font.
All submitted abstracts will be published in the meeting's program and
abstract book. If you wish an abstract to be considered for a Travel
Award (see below), abstracts must be received by Sunday, August 15,
2010. Submission deadline to be considered for a Young Investigator
Award is Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Please mark the appropriate box
on the on-line abstract submission form.
Abstract & Poster Categories
| • | Aging |
| • | Antioxidants and Novel Therapeutics |
| • | Cancer |
| • | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| • | Chemistry and Reaction Mechanisms |
| • | Diabetes-Metabolic Syndrome |
| • | Generation and Action of Reactive Species |
| • | Inflammation and Immunity |
| • | Neuroscience |
| • | Nitric Oxide and its Interactions |
| • | Nutrition and Health |
| • | Oxidation of Macromolecules |
| • | Proteomics and Genomics |
| • | Pulmonary Diseases |
| • | Signal Transduction and Gene Expression |
TRAVEL AWARDS
SFRBM's Outreach Committee are making Travel Awards available to
students and postdoctoral fellows who wish to attend SFRBM 2010, a joint
meeting with SFRRI to present their research. Ten (10) awards at $500
each will be presented to postdoc and student SFRBM members in the US.
An additional ten (10) awards at $1,000 each will be given by SFRBM to
postdoc or student SFRBM/SFRRI members throughout SFRR Americas.
SFRRI Australasia and SFRR Europe will also be offering travel
awards to its student and postdoc members.
Any student or postdoc wishing to submit an abstract for Travel Award
consideration must check the appropriate box on the on-line abstract
form and submit the abstract no later than August 15, 2010. Abstract
judging will be based on research merit only and applicants must be the
first author of the abstract. Winners will be notified during the week
of October 5 about their award and will be given their check at the
SFRBM/SFRRI 2010 Awards Banquet on November 20 as well as free meeting
registration for the 2011 SFRBM Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA or 2012
SFRBM Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Please note that Travel Award
winners are not eligible for Young Investigator Awards (YIA) given at
the meeting. You may simultaneously apply for SFRBM membership when
submitting an abstract for a Travel Award. Decisions on Travel Awards
for SFRBM 2010 will be posted on the SFRBM/SFRRI site during the week of
October 5, 2010.
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
SFRBM’s "Young Investigator Awards" (YIAs) will be presented to
students and postdoctoral fellows based on the submitted abstract and
the presentation of the work at the annual meeting, either in oral or
poster symposia. Candidates must be the first author on a submitted
abstract, must check the appropriate box on the electronic abstract form
and must be fully registered to attend the meeting. Eligible graduate
students must be enrolled in an accredited full-time doctoral degree
program at the time of abstract submission. Eligible postdoctoral
fellows must be engaged in full-time postdoctoral research and must have
no more than five years of research experience beyond their doctoral
degree. Finally, to be considered for the award, the author must be a SFRBM or SFRRI student/postdoc member. You may simultaneously apply for SFRBM membership when submitting an abstract
for a YIA. YIA awardees will receive a $500 stipend in recognition of
their work as well as free meeting registration for the 2011 Annual
Meeting in Atlanta, GA or 2012 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Caribe Royale All-Suite Hotel & Convention Center
8101 World Center Drive
Orlando, FL 32821
Phone: (407) 238-8000
Reservations: (800) 823-8300
The Caribe Royale Orlando is the host hotel for SFRBM 2010. The hotel
is located in central Florida and less than 5 miles from many of the
Orlando attractions. A special room rate of $149 USD per night
single/double is available for all meeting participants. This rate is
offered on a space- available basis through October 17, 2010. Please
contact the Caribe Hotel Reservations at (800) 823-8300 or (407)
238-8000 and indicate you are with "SFRBM 2010" to receive the special
room rate or click here to make a room reservation.
The Caribe is an all-suite hotel, meaning that each room consists of a
private bedroom and separate living room with pull-out, queen size sofa
bed. Located within the three towers, each of the Caribe hotel
suites provide every guest with a collection of thoughtful and desirable
amenities, such as:
- Private bedroom and separate living room with pull-out, queen size sofa bed
- In suite mini-refrigerator, coffee maker, & microwave
- Ergonomically designed workspace
- 42” inch flatscreen HDTVs in living rooms
- 37” inch flatscreen HDTVs in bedrooms
- Two telephones, voicemail, data ports
- Wireless high-speed Internet access (daily fee applies)
- Free HBO and cable in high definition format
- In-suite hair dryer, iron & ironing board
Roommate (Sharing a Room)
If you plan to attend the conference and wish to share a room with another conferee that you do not know, please email info@sfrbm.org.
Once we receive your request, SFRBM staff will contact you to match you
with a roommate as they become available. Matched roommates will be
responsible for paying half of the room cost per night.
AIRLINE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION
The Orlando International Airport (MCO) is approximately 16
miles (25 minutes) from the Caribe Royale Orlando. Taxi service is
available; average cost is $35-$40 one-way from the Orlando
International Airport. Shuttle Service through Mears Transportation: $20
one-way; $33 round trip. For shuttle information, please visit: https://secure.mearstransportation.com/?referrer=cariberoyale
NOTE: Orlando does not have easily accessible public transportation
and many of the restaurants within the area are not walkable. You may
want to consider car rental while in Orlando.
Rental Car Companies: Rental car companies are located in Terminal A
and Terminal B on the Grand Transportation Level in the Orlando
International Airport (MCO). You may visit the Orlando International
Airport website at: http://www.orlandoairports.net/transport/rental_cars.htm for further information regarding the rental car companies available at
the airport. Here are a few of the companies located at the Orlando
Airport: Alamo, Avis, Budget. Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National,
Thrifty
WORKSHOPS and SPECIAL PROGRAMS
PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP I
New Approaches for Examining Nitrative and Oxidative Stress in Biology
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Chairs: Joe S. Beckman, Ph.D., Linus Pauling Institute and Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Major experimental advances made in the past several years can
fundamentally transform our ability to critically examine the biological
role of nitrative and oxidative stress in biology and medicine. New
fluorescent probes can detect superoxide and peroxynitrite production in
vivo, but only if carefully applied. Nitration, hydroxylation and
dimerization of protein-bound tyrosines have become a widely used marker
of oxidative stress. New approaches for understanding the specificity
for certain tyrosine sites to be susceptible to nitration will allow the
biological implications of tyrosine modifications to be characterized.
Importantly, the specific functional consequences can be determined by
directly incorporating nitrotyrosine into recombinant proteins by
unnatural amino acid mutagenesis. Mitochondria are key targets of
oxidative stress. New technologies of monitoring mitochondrial function
are transforming our understanding of their dysfunction in vivo. These
new approaches can provide mechanistic insights into how oxidants
specifically damage cells to produce pathological changes that underlie
so many disease processes.
Cost is $175 per person for SFRBM & SFRRI members and $200 for non-members.
SPECIAL FRBM SESSION
Celebrating 25 Years of Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
5:00 pm – 7:15 pm
Chair: Kelvin J. A. Davies, Ph.D., D.Sc., University of Southern California
It hardly seems possible that our society journal, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, was first published in 1985, but it’s true and this year we will be
celebrating its 25th anniversary! To kick-off the festivities, we
will have a special opening plenary session at the meeting, featuring
members of our FRBM’s Distinguished Editorial Board, and former
Associate Editors. Join Nobel Prize winners, National Academy
members, and National Medal of Science recipients, as we celebrate the
25 year impact of our society journal on the development of the field.
WELCOME RECEPTION
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
SFRBM ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Thursday, November 18, 2010
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
The Society's Annual Member Meeting will be held on Thursday, November
18. The member meeting will discuss past and future financial,
administrative and academic activities of the society and recruit
suggestions and comments from the general membership.
NEW FOR 2010 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES
Professional Development Session: Publications…From Bench to Bookshelf
Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin and
Anthony Newman, Newman, Elsevier, Inc.
This session is designed for investigators at all levels, and presents
an inside-out look at the world of scientific publishing, from the
perspective of both the publisher and an associate editor of FRBM. In
addition to covering broad topics such as manuscript preparation and how
to deal with reviewer’s comments, the workshop will also touch on novel
developments in publishing such as on-line technologies (Scopus,
Pubget, SML).
Professional Development Session: Intellectual Property…Turning Your Molecule Into a Drug
Bruce Freeman, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
This session will give attendees an introduction to the field of
patents, intellectual property protection, and commercialization of
ideas in the life sciences. The session is aimed at anyone interested in
taking their ideas in the lab’ into the realm of pharmaceutical
development, and will include discussions on how to time such
developments, what resources are available, attracting venture capital,
protecting your discovery, and how to keep your academic/commercial
enterprises separate.
Professional Development Session: Getting Your Point Across – The Basics of a 15-minute Conference Lecture
Victor Darley-Usmar, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
This session starts with the preparation of abstracts and develops the
principles of presentations using power point as applied to research
presentations. The workshop is aimed at students, post-docs and
junior investigators.
Professional Development Session: Grantsmanship
Edward Postlethwait, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
This very successful session returns for 2010 with a renewed look at
the rapidly-changing subject of grant submission. In addition to
covering classical topics such as basic grantsmanship, the session will
also cover the recent substantial changes to the NIH grant writing and
scoring process, and will also provide attendees with a list of
resources and funding agencies. This session is aimed at investigators
at all levels.
8th ANNUAL OPENING DOORS EVENT
“ Celebrating Cultural Diversity in Science”
Thursday, November 18, 2010
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Organized by Aimee Landar, Ph.D, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Xiaolei (Dawn) Jin, Health Canada and Sally Nelson, Ph.D.,
SomaLogic, Inc., and the Women in Science Committee (WIS)
The “Opening Doors Event” provides an opportunity for education,
dialogue and networking among scientists at all stages of their careers.
This year’s Opening Doors Event will be in the form of a workshop, and
will focus on cultural diversity in the workplace. The components of
this workshop will include 1) recognizing our dissimilarities, 2)
celebrating our cultural differences, and 3) benefiting from our
diversities. This event is open to all attendees!
Cost is $25 for student & postdocs, $35 for senior investigators.
SFRBM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT LECTURE
Friday, November 19, 2010
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
SFRRI TREVOR SLATER LECTURE
Saturday, November 20, 2010
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
SFRRI GENERAL ASSEMBLY,/
Saturday, November 20, 2010
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
CLOSING/AWARDS BANQUET
Saturday, November 20, 2010
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Awards Banquet on Saturday, November 20 will feature the
recognition of Young Investigator and Travel Award winners and
outstanding leaders in the Society. The Opening Reception and Awards
Banquet are included in your registration fee.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Orlando does not have easily accessible public transportation and many of the restaurants within the area are not walkable. You may want to consider car rental while in Orlando. Also, for you convenience during lunchtime, food and beverage will be available for purchase at lunch carts located in the convention center
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS IN ORLANDO
There are many famous attractions to visit while in Orlando: Cirque de Soleil, Daytona 500 Experience, Disney's Magic Kingdom, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Kennedy Space Center, SeaWorld Orlando, Universal Studios Florida and much more. For more information on nearby attractions, please visit the Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau.
CME CREDIT
Please note that NO Category 1 CME credit will be offered for SFRBM 2010.
REFUNDS
Requests for refunds will be honored if received in writing by
November 5, 2010. Please note that all refunds will be issued AFTER the
meeting and will be subject to a $50 processing fee.
SFRBM/SFRRI 2010 INFORMATION
On-line Registration - Closed Onsite registration only
Print Registration Form
Closed-onsite registration only
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Travel & Young Investigator Awards
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Workshops and Special Programs