XIIIth Washington International Spring Symposium
May 10-14, 1993
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Topic: THE CELL CYCLE: REGULATORS, TARGETS AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
The symposium will include talks by invited speakers as well as
contributed oral and poster presentations in following major areas of
research:
1. G0/G1 transition
2. G1/S transition (control of DNA replication, etc.)
3. mitosis: induction and mechanics (regulation of mitosis and changes
in cell architecture)
4. cell cycle-dependent transcription/ post-transcriptional regulation
5. cell cycle regulaton in development (embryogenesis, differentiation,
senescence, apoptosis)
6. cell cycle regulation in carcinogenesis and other diseases
7. clinical applications of cell cycle analysis and intervention
Plenary speakers are J. C. Barrett, David Beach, David Brautigan, Melanie
Cobb, Michael Czech, Guilio Draetta, Alan Eastman, Lazaro Gershenson,
Nathaniel Heintz, Lee Johnson, Kurt Kohn, Amy Lee, Arnold Levine, Werner
Loewenstein, Robert Margolis, W. Gillies Mckenna, Joseph Nevins, Patrick
O'Farrell, Arthur Pardee, Steven Patierno, Jonathan Pines, Helen Piwnica-Worms,
Ruth Sager, Robert Schlegel, Charles Sherr, Gretchen Stein, George Vande Woude,
Eugenia Wang, Ted Weinert, Katherine Wilson.
The keynote addresses are Dr. Tim Hunt and Dr. James Maller.
For information and abstract materials, contact Dr. Valerie Hu, Dept. of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George Washington Univ. Medical Center,
2300 Eye street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, USA. Phone: (202) 994-3709 or
internet: gwu5042 at gwuvm.gwu.edu, bitnet: gwu5042 at gwuvm.bitnet
