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Symposium honors biologist
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The latest medical and scientific information will be the focus of this
year’s Ernest Just Scientific Symposium to be held Feb. 25.
The 11th annual symposium will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Basic
Science Building auditorium. Each year this event is held in memory of
Ernest Just, Ph.D., a Charleston native, and distinguished scientist of
the 20th century.
Just was a prominent marine biologist, who had a passion for science
and was known for his work on artificial parthenogenesis and the
physiology of cell development. Through his studies, he became known as
the father of cell adhesion research.
The symposium was originally created as a way to expose minority
undergraduate students to the scientific accomplishments of Just
through presentations and discussions by young scientists who were
working on similar research areas.
Speakers, topics
- Charles A. Christopher, M.D., surgeon general
for Mega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc and retired contract physician—“Ernest
Everett Just/ History and Retrospective, Philosophical Analysis of the
birth of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.”
- Kelly M. Mack, Ph.D., program director, ADVANCE
National Science Foundation—“None Shall Perish.”
- Levi Watkins, M.D., professor of cardiac
surgery and associate dean at the School of Medicine at The John
Hopkins Hospital—“Human Defibrillation: History and Evolution.”
- Eric Neilson, M.D., Thomas Fearn Frist senior
professor of medicine and professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine—“Epithelial plasticity and
the origin of fibroblasts.”
- Jonathan Slack, Ph.D., professor and director
Stem Cell Institute at University of Minnesota—“Respecification of cell
type using transcription factors.”
- Akira Kudo, Ph.D., professor in the Department
of Biological Information at Tokyo Institute of Technology—“Periostin
in fibrillogenesis for tissue regeneration.”
Visit http://www.musc.edu/grad/just/index.html.
For information on Just, visit
http://www.musc.edu/grad/just/Biography.htm.
Friday, Feb. 11,
2011
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