• When:
Wednesday October 25, 2000
  • Where:
Sheraton Imperial
4700 Emperor Blvd.
Durham, North Carolina 27703
Phone: (919) 941-5050
Fax: (919) 941-2958
Website: www.sheratonrtp.com
  • Itinerary:
10:00 to 10:30 Registration
10:30 to 12:00 PM - Presentations and Discussion
Dr. Fei Ye
Michael Pettigrew
12:00 to 1:30 PM – Lunch and poster viewing
1:30 to 3:00PM - Presentations and Discussion
Dr. H. Holden Thorpe
Dr. Jeff Woessner
3:00 to 4:00 PM - Poster Viewing and Social Period with Snacks and Drinks
  • Registration:
As always the meeting is free, as are the food and non-alcoholic beverages. Registration is requested but not required. Please register by sending an email to Karl Menke (menke_karl_c@lilly.com) with "October 25, 2000 Meeting" in the subject line. Your early registration will allow us to properly judge the amount of food needed for the meeting.
  • Food Sponsors:
Food sponsorships are available to companies wishing to provide support to LRIG SouthEast and the success of this meeting. Please contact Susan Ballard (stballard@beckman.com) for information.

We appreciate the following companies support of LRIG-SE by becoming food sponsors:

  • Speaker Presentations:
Dr. Fei Ye
US Discovery Genetics
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc
Research Triangle Park, NC
"Microsphere-Based Readout Technology for High Throughput SNP Analysis"

Michael Pettigrew
Director of Commercial Programs
ORCHID Biotech
"A Discussion of a Fully Automated High Throughput Genotyping System, Using Single Base Primer Extension Biochemistry"

Dr. H. Holden Thorpe
Professor of Chemistry
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Co-Founder and Director, Xanthon, Inc,
Research Triangle Park, NC
"Redox Reactions of Nucleobases: A platform for High-Throughput Expression Analysis"

Dr. Jeff Woessner
Director of DNA Technologies
Paradigm Genetics
Research Triangle Park, NC
"High Throughput Processes for Determining Gene Function in Plants and Fungi"

  • Poster Presentations
Non-vendor poster presentations are now being accepted. Please contact Mark Lister (lister_mark_d@lilly.com) with your title. 

Vendor posters will be accepted form those vendors who have contributed as food sponsors. Please contact Susan Ballard (stballard@beckman.com) for further information.

Poster Presentations

  • Door Prizes
Door prizes will be awarded to one poster presenter. An additional door prize will be awarded in both the morning and afternoon session. 
  • Directions:
Sheraton Imperial
4700 Emperor Blvd.
Durham, North Carolina 27703
Phone: (919) 941-5050
Fax: (919) 941-2958
Website: www.sheratonrtp.com

From Raleigh and Raleigh-Durham International Airport (10-minute drive)

  1. Take Aviation Parkway to I-40.
  2. Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill.
  3. Take exit #282, Page Road.
  4. At the yield sign at the bottom of the exit ramp, take a right.
  5. Get into the far-left lane and take a left at the first light.
  6. The hotel is up one block on the left.

From Downtown Durham (10-minute drive)

  1. Take hwy 147 south.
  2. Take I-40 East toward Raleigh.
  3. Take exit #282, Page Road.
  4. At the bottom of the exit ramp, proceed straight across Page Road into the Imperial Center.
  5. The hotel is up one block on the left.

From Chapel Hill (20-minute drive)

  1. Take I-40 East toward Raleigh.
  2. Take exit #282, Page Road.
  3. At the bottom of the exit ramp, proceed straight across Page Road into the imperial Center.
  4. The hotel is up one block on the left.

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