2003 Experimental Biology Highlights

Experimental Biology 2003 "Translating the Genome" was held at the San Diego Convention Center in California from April 11-15. The meeting is the annual meeting of the member societies of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). More than 12,000 independent scientists representing the American Association of Anatomists, the American Physiological Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and various guest societies attended this year's meeting.

As a guest society, the AFMR hosted a series of four outstanding symposia.

Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Supplementation and Diabetes
Chair: Emmanuel C. Opara, Duke University Medical Center

Building Better Bone: Sex Genes and Drugs
Chair: Thomas Clemens, University of Cincinnati

The Biology of Differentiated Thyroid: A Bench to Bedside Review
Chair: Bryan Haugen, University of Colorado

Everything Old is New Again: Thyroid Hormone and the Failing Heart
Chair: Carlin Long, University of Colorado