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| Dear Colleague: The National Institutes of Health is pleased to invite you to the second annual symposium on the Functional Genomics of Critical Illness and Injury, to be held November 17th and 18th at the Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. The first symposium on this important and timely topic, which took place in April 2002, was aimed at defining this emerging field and providing a forum for building a research agenda. The upcoming event will provide further opportunities for communication among experts in the various disciplines of critical care medicine and the field of functional genomics. It will showcase the latest research findings, facilitate the exchange of information on state-of-the-art methodologies, and highlight the challenges we face now and in the future. Knowledge emerging from functional genomic databases and presentation of primary clinical and experimental data on critical illness are the centerpieces of this year's symposium. The agenda will also include an expanded proteomics section as well as pharmacogenomics and modeling. Oral abstracts and poster sessions that allow one-on-one discussions between presenters and participants will be integrated into the program along with featured speakers. This more intimate setting will allow participants to gain deeper insights into topics and issues most relevant to their own work. We will be accepting registrations and abstract submissions in Summer 2003. All registrants from the first symposium will be contacted by e-mail to guide them to the updated registration site on the Web. This symposium is a unique opportunity for exchange of ideas among the diverse fields committed to applying lessons from functional genomics at the bedside of critically ill and injured patients. We look forward to welcoming you to Bethesda this November. Sincerely, The Organizing Committee Anthony F. Suffredini, M.D. National Institutes of Health Robert L. Danner, M.D. National Institutes of Health J. Perren Cobb, M.D. Washington University School of Medicine Peter Munson, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health Scott Somers, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health |
| Dates November 17- 18, 2003 Location National Institutes of Health Natcher Conference Center Bethesda, Maryland
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