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News from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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UAMS
Pharmacologist to Describe Arkansas Biosciences
Institute to Biotechnology Association
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OCT. 22, 2001 | A UAMS pharmacologist will describe the new
Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) at a conference Fri., Nov.
2.
S. Michael Owens, Ph.D., director of the ABI, will discuss the
institute’s role in
fostering research and collaboration among member institutions,
including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
(UAMS), the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UAF),
Arkansas State University, the University of Arkansas Division
for Agriculture, and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. He will
speak at the annual meeting of the Arkansas
Biotechnology Association (ABA) in Little Rock.
Dr. Owens is a Wilbur D. Mills Chair in Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse Prevention in the Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UAMS College of
Medicine.
The ABA meeting also will include a luncheon address by Jamie
Coffin, Ph.D., of IBM
Life Sciences Solutions. Dr. Coffin earned a degree in
chemistry at UAF. Experts on venture capitalism will discuss the
growing support for Arkansas biotechnology companies.
Representatives of several agricultural companies will discuss
the impact of biotechnology on their businesses. Two members of
the Arkansas General Assembly will report their findings at a
recent meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
The conference will be 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the
Southwestern Bell Auditorium of the Little Rock Regional Chamber
of Commerce. Registration, including a continental breakfast and
lunch, is $100, with extra lunch tickets $50.
Contact Alice R. Smith
(501-686-5393) for a conference program and registration form.
Links on This Page
UAMS Faculty: http://www.uams.edu/today/071901/biotech.htm
Arkansas Biotechnology Association: http://biotech.uams.edu/aba/index.html
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology: http://www.uams.edu/pharmtox/pharmtox.htm
IBM Life Sciences Solutions: http://www-3.ibm.com/solutions/lifesciences/
Alice R. Smith: SmithAliceR@uams.edu
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2001 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A
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