When
Thursday December 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM CST
Where
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105
Agenda
Optional Tour: 2:00-3:30
Cure4Kids for Professional 3:30-4:30
Break 4:30-4:45
Cure4Kids for Kids and Teachers 4:45-5:30
Door Prizes and Dinner at 5:30
Informal Networking 5:30-6:00
St. Jude Technical Tour
Take a tour designed to interest professionals in biomedical engineering. On the tour you will hear brief overviews from researchers at each of the stops. Highlighted on this tour will be (1) the Hartwell Center (link), a unique integration of high-throughput biotechnology resources, bioinformatics resources, and academic programs designed to provide St. Jude with state-of-the-art tools for discovery; (2) the Electron Microscopy Facility of the Cell and Tissue Imaging Center, a highly specialized resource utilizing advanced techniques in electron microscopy imaging and one of the largest in the country (link); (3) X-Ray Crystallography Lab of the Department of Structural Biology where researchers compute the 3-dimensional structure of proteins to understand the mechanisms of disease and design new drugs to treat these diseases; (4) the robotic arms of the High-Throughput Screening Facility which employs state-of-the-art automation and assay technologies to screen large collections of small molecules for the discovery of pharmacological tools and drug candidates; and (5) a visit to the cyclotron and future home of the proton beam center.
Cure4Kids for Professional
Established as a part of the International Outreach Program (IOP), the Cure4Kids® program provides online continuing medical education and collaboration tools to thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide. With a focus on pediatric cancer, Cure4Kids (www.Cure4Kids.org) presents content in the form of online seminars with audio narration; instructor-led or self-paced online classroom courses with full LMS (learning management system) features for student engagement, testing, and tracking of achievement; electronic full-text books and journals; and interactive case discussions in our Oncopedia℠ section. The educational materials and tools of Cure4Kids are available at no cost to registered pediatric healthcare professionals, scientists, and researchers regardless of geographic location. This presentation will provide an overview of Cure4Kids, the software architecture, and some new innovations such as Cure4Kids for mobile devices.