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FCE Trainee Satellite Symposium |
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Get the Facts – The FOCIS Centers of Excellence Trainee Satellite Symposium
Who:
The FOCIS Centers of Excellence (FCE) are a network of academic medical centers that focus on interdisciplinary and translational education and research. Within each FCE trainee and fellow development is a top priority. The Trainee Satellite Symposium (TSS) is an exlcusive function of the FCEs each year. Each FCE may send up to two trainees that are competitively selected by the FCE to receive a travel award to attend TSS and the FOCIS Annual Meeting.
What:
TSS is programmed thematically under the FOCIS interdisciplinary pillars including: Immunoregulation, Immunogenetics, Immunotherapy, Host Defense and Immunodiagnosis. The agenda includes lectures from leaders in immunology and related fields and presentations from featured FCE Directors.
When:
| June 24-27 | FOCIS 2010 Scientific Program | | June 24 | FOCIS Centers of Excellence Trainee Satellite Symposium | | | Morning/Afternoon Sessions | Symposium featuring 10 top ranking trainee abstracts | | | Evening Poster Session | Featured TSS poster session at the FOCIS 2010 Opening Reception |
Where:
Boston Marriott Copley Place, 110 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Why:
TSS brings together trainees from the 58 FCEs to share research in a friendly, collaborative environment. TSS also provides the opportunity for double exposure as trainees may present their abstracts at TSS and during the FOCIS Annual Meeting which begins the same day. Trainees will have direct interaction with their counterparts from across the country and the globe as well as with FCE Directors who are leaders in their field. FCE Directors will be present throughout TSS to provide mentoring and feedback on oral presentations and posters.
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