The conference is on the UBRP website!  So...if you want to see your abstract, poster and picture or if you were unable to attend on January 17, 2009, you can virtually attend the conference at: https://ubrp.arizona.edu/conferences/09/default.cfm

Many thanks to UBRP alum, Dr. Jared Ragland '96, Office of the United States Trade Representative, for the keynote address, Christine and Zach Duddleston, MCB, for helping with photography and BIO 5 tours and in other ways; and Olivia Mendoza, program coordinator, BCMB, for taking photographs, Michael Waggenheim, MCB support systems analyst for getting the conference on the web, Roxie Catts, director, Advising Resource Center for organizing the registration table, Genevieve Kenney for assembling the booklet of abstracts, assigning students to poster boards, ordering food and more, and Brianna Graser, UBRP student assistant, for helping in a variety of ways too numerous to list!

Also thanks to UA graphic designer, Cheryl Ryan, for designing the poster, book cover and invitations commemorating the conference.  Bio 5 Institute's events coordinator, Daphne Gilman, events assistant  Rowena Campbell '04 (MARC alum and UA graduate student), Kevin Hall, director, Research Training & Career Development for their assistance with the physical set-up and Dr. Roy Parker, Regents Professor and HHMI Investigator, for helping with the Awards Ceremony.

Special thanks go to the UBRP Ambassadors who volunteered to help with registration and sign-in, t-shirt sales, refreshments, photography, set up and clean up.  These volunteers kept everything running smoothly.  And, of course, thanks to the UBRPers and their sponsors for presenting their research at the conference.

And, last, but not least, Carol Bender, director, UBRP and BRAVO! for 20 wonderful UBRP years!!!!

If you did not get a poster or conference booklet, please call the UBRP office at 520-621-8510, and we will be happy to provide you with one.