Thursday

April 30, 2020

Theme: 2020- A Vision to the Future

7:00 -  8:00 am

Vendor Breakfast

8:00 –  8:45 am

Breakfast Buffet / Vendor Exhibits

8:00 –  8:30 am

Poster Set-Up

8:45 –  9:00 am

Opening Remarks – Bob Quinn

Moderator (morning session): 

9:00 –   9:45 am

Keynote Speaker- Paula Clifford (AMP) “YOU Have the Power to Change Minds about Animal Research!”

9:30 – 12:00 pm

10:00 – 10:30 am

Poster Viewing

Authors w/Posters

9:45 – 10:30 am

Vendor Exhibits / Beverage Break

 10:30 – 11:00 am

Alex Ophir- “Pairbonding and monogamy: What’s love got to do with it?”

11:00 –11:30 am  

Rachael Labitt- “Don’t go breaking my (mouse) heart: Handling-associated bradyarrhythmias in mice”

11:45 –12:45pm   

12:45-1:10pm

Lunch

Dessert/ Vendor Area to remain open until 4:45pm

1:15 –   2:05 pm  

Breakout Sessions

1. Alicia Quattropani- "Humane Euthanasia - Ending Life Well and Ways of Coping With Euthanasia."

Moderator:

2.  Misty Williams- "Animal Models for Auditory Research."

Moderator:

3.  Gene Olinger- "Collaboration, Science, Innovation and Animal Research to Stop Ebola Virus in Humans."

Moderator:  

1:30 –   4:00 pm

Poster Viewing

2:15 –   3:05 pm

Breakout Sessions: Repeat

3:15 –   4:00 pm

Beverage Break

3:30 –   4:45 pm

QUAD Tech Challenge- Robert Quinn, Rebecca Benz

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Reception, Dinner Buffet, Auction

Friday

May 1, 2020 

7:30 –   8:30 am

Breakfast Buffet

Moderator: (morning sessions)-  

8:45 –   9:15 am

Se-Jin Lee, M.D., Ph.D.-  “Myostatin: A Molecular Rheostat for Muscle Mass”

9:15 – 10:00 am  

John Loftus- “The Rewards and Challenges of Studying Aging in 100 Retired Sled Dogs”

9:30 – 11:00 am

Poster Viewing

10:00 – 10:45 am

Break

10:45 – 11:30 am

Caroline Zeiss- “Neuroscience: Animal-human translation and the rise of the modern research enterprise.”

11:30 – 11:45 am

Closing Comments