| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Dual Use Considerations for Chem/Bio Defense Research |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Paul Keim (Northern Arizona University) |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chemical and Biological Agent Characterization |
| Discussion Leaders: Tamilselvam Batcha (University of Illinois) and Richard Rest (Drexel University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Ian Gut (USAMRICD)
"Embryonic stem cell derived neurons are sensitive platform to study glutamate-induced excitogenic cell death" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Erin Davis (Edgewood Chemical Biological Center)
"Ultrahigh Vacuum Studies of Gas-Surface Interactions between Chemical Warfare Agents and Amorphous Silica" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Zahra Chaudhry (John Hopkins University)
"Understanding water uptake in bioaerosols using laboratory measurements, field tests, and modeling" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Amber Murch (Defense Science and Technology Laboratory)
"Understanding the Stringent Response in Yersinia pestis" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Application of Foundational Research into a Defense Strategy |
| Discussion Leaders: Katie Margulieux (University of Virginia) and Randall Murch (Virginia Tech) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Brooke Pantazides (Center for Disease Control)
"Detecting Organophosphorus Nerve Agent Exposure in Human Serum Using Butyrylcholinesterase Adducts as a Biomarker of Exposure" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Nicholas Be (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
"Profiling of combat wounds through microbial and host biomarker detection" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Eric Carnes (Sandia National Laboratories)
"Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids to Virally-Infected Host Cells via Biomimetic Hybrid Nanoparticles" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Chris Timmons (Oklahoma State University)
"Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis for strain discrimination of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Bioinformatics and Modeling |
| Discussion Leader: Jon Daniels (Oklahoma State University) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Robyn Moncrief (Oklahoma State University)
"Machine learning and prediction of plant host-pathogen protein interactions in select agents" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Russell Fielding (Gryphon Scientific)
"Smallpox Epidemiological Modeling of a Bioterror Event and the implications for the Public Health Response" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
