PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
(Titles without Abstracts are Tentative)

1:55 PM

Welcome and Introduction       

SAC Auditorium  
2:00 PM
"The Origin of Life - Lauterbur's latest work"  
  Joan Dawson, Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Biophysics, and Neuroscience, U. Illinois  
2:20 PM
"Paul’s Perspicacity, Contrast Reagents and Cancer: MRI Breast Screening”
 

Charles Springer, Professor and Director, Advanced. Imaging Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University

 
2:40 PM
"PET Imaging on Brain Activity"  
  Joanna Fowler, Senior Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, SBU  
3:00 PM
"Frontier NMR Research on Materials"  
  Clare Grey, Professor of Chemistry and Associate Director, Center for Environmental Molecular Science, SBU  
3:20 PM
"How genes and life experience shape the brain: New insights through MRI"
  Turhan Canli, Associate Professor of Psychology, SBU  
3:40 PM
"Research MRI Studies at Stony Brook"  
  Mary Kritzer, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, SBU  
4:00 - 4:15 PM
Coffee Break     SAC Why Lobby
4:15 - 5:15 PM
"Paul Lauterbur and his Immortal Contributions to Science"
       Presidential Lecture - Q&A    
SAC Auditorium
  Richard Ernst, Emeritus Professor, Swiss Federal Institute, Zürich and Nobel Laureate  
5:15 - 5:45 PM
Post-lecture reception        SAC Why Lobby
6:15 - 7:00 PM
Reception        Wang Center Garden
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Symposium Banquet        Wang Center Zodiac Lobby
  Banquet Speakers: Dan Lauterbur, Sharyn Lauterbur, Elise Lauterbur, Jerry Ackerman, David Kramer, Joseph Frank, others.