2009 AIMS Annual Conference

March 12, 2009
South Ballroom, Student Union
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ

 

The annual AIMS meeting for 2009 will be held in the spacious Student Union at the University of Arizona. Each poster presenter had two minutes to introduce their topic from the podium, and cash awards were presented for the best student poster in both the physical and biological sciences.

2009 AIMS Annual Meeting: Program

Check-In

|7:30 – 8:00|

Welcome: Philip Anderson – President AIMS

|8:00 – 8:15|

First Session (subject to change)

Prehistoric Trade of Tin in South Africa Revealed by archaeological excavation and detailed laboratory analysis (lead isotopes, SEM, XRF and EPMA)

Dave Killick, University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology
|8:15 – 9:00 |

The Dual Challenges for FIBXTEM in the Era of sub-50nmFeature Sizes

Bryan Tracey, Spansion, Inc
|9:00 – 10:00 |

Coffee Break – Vendor demonstrations

|10:00 – 11:00 |

Gemstone Synthesis

Paul Hlava (Keynote Speaker), MSA Tour Speaker, (NEOUCOM)
| 11:00 – 12:00 |

Buffet Lunch

| 12:00 – 1:00 |

Second Session

Peter Smith and the Journey of the Phoenix

Peter Smith, Phoenix Mars Project
|1:00 – 2:00 |

The rapid modulation of presynaptic neurotransmitter release and synaptic vesicle recycling at hippocampal excitatory synapses by estradiol

D. Page Baluch , Arizona State University, W. M. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory
|2:00 – 3:00 |

Student Presentations

|2:45 – 3:30 |

Break

|3:30 – 4:15 |

Student Awards and Closing Remarks

|4:15 – 5:00|

Annual Society General Meeting (open to the public)

|5:00 – 6:00|

No Host Dinner

|6:30|

Annual AIMS Conference 2009 Program with Speaker Information and Abstracts

Program with abstracts: Coming soon