Symposium Information

The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission is announcing The Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium. The Symposium will take place at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Campus in Gaithersburg MD on September 22nd 2010 8am - 6pm.

We are Partnering with NIST, NIH, Johns Hopkins University and the University System of Maryland to create the most up-to date symposium on stem cell research.

The meeting will be a Scientific Research Symposium with scientific presentations and poster sessions. It will be open to the scientific community and the general public to allow them to view the research supported by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund and in-state Federal Agencies.

Registration information

To register to the Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium please click here. Space is limited and registration website will be closed by September 15 at 5:00pm.

Federal Facility Policies

New guidelines require that Non-US visitors to NIST would fill in the attached form and fax at least two weeks prior to the Symposium. Please download and fill in the file, and fax it to: 301/975-3845.

The Gaithersburg, Md., campus of NIST is closed to the general public at this time. Official visitors must present photo identification upon arrival. All Conference attendees must use Gate F Information on Directions to NIST main campus and Campus Map are also available. There is plenty of on campus parking, but valid car registration will be needed to enter!

Using a GPS please use the coordinates to Gate F: N39°07.641' W077°12.752'

A Bus will be available from UMB campus, more information soon

Agenda

Please click here to download the agenda. Please note the agenda is still in draft form and items will be added/changed

Abstract & Poster Submission

We encourage you to submit abstracts for poster presentations as well as to be considered for a talk on one of the topics above. For abstracts submission, please visit our new submission website.

Abstracts deadline is September 8, 2010 at 5:00pm, please limit abstracts to one page and you may submit more than one abstract/poster.

Poster Presentation - The poster is a visual presentation of your research in the stem cell field. Please use visual strategies as schematic diagrams, graphs, tables and others, rather than explaining it using text as you would in a journal article.

Poster requirements: Posters for the MSCR Symposium should be in a Portrait orientation. The maximum space per poster is 4’ wide x 6’ long. In some cases you will be sharing a poster stand, therefore we ask you to respect your neighbor and stay within those limitations.

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