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Join Us in Celebrating 100 Years of JCI

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On October 1, 1924, the American Society of Clinical Investigation published the first issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI). Over the last 100 years, JCI’s mission has been to provide a forum for research exploring mechanisms underlying human health and disease. This year, JCI celebrates a century of publishing scientific discoveries with a symposium featuring exciting research from distinguished investigators across biomedicine

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Hughes Auditorium
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
303 E. Superior St. 
Chicago, Illinois 60611

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100 Years JCI, 1924-2024

Symposium Schedule

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Welcome Address

Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Clinical Investigation
Elizabeth Ward Professor and Director
Center for Genetic Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.    

Speaker

Arul Chinnaiyan MD, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Michigan

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.  

Dissecting Cargo Receptor-Mediated Membrane Protein Trafficking in Health and Disease

Anna Greka MD, PhD
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Mitochondrial Disorders: Towards a Therapy From Thin Air

Vamsi Mootha, MD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Massachusetts General Hospital

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Speaker

Leslie Leinwand, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder

2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Coffee and Snack Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Speaker

Benjamin Singer, MD
Lawrence Hicks Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Speaker

W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD
Director, National Cancer Institute

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Panel Q&A Session

 

 

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