Young Biologists Symposium

April 24-25, 2018, LAU Byblos Campus, Lebanon

Program

9:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Seminars
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Registration and Reception	CHSC L1, Chagoury Health Sciences Center
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Opening Word Dr. Nashat Mansour, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, LAU	CHSC L1 Auditorium, Chagoury Health Sciences Center
CHSC L1 Auditorium, Chagoury Health Sciences Center
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Prof. Hassan Naim, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover - Germany	Implication of Intestinal Sucrase-isomaltase in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
10:05 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.	Prof. Ghassan Matar, American University of Beirut - Lebanon	“Combating Antimicrobial Resistance by Combination Therapy and Beta-lactamase Inhibitors in Gram-negative Bacilli – A One Health Perspective”
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 p.m. Coffee Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Dr. Ihab Younis, Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar	“Telescripting as a Novel Mechanism for Gene Expression Regulation”
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Mr. Joe Ibrahim, University of Antwerp - Belgium (LAU Alumnus, Success Story)	“Genome-Wide Identification of Universal and Tumor Specific DNA-Methylation Biomarkers in the Common Types of Cancer”
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Dr. Imane Abbas, National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Lebanon	“Environmental Toxicology: A Multidisciplinary Approach”
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break (Cafeteria)
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Poster Session FCC 201, Frem Civic Center

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break (Cafeteria)
FCC 203-204, Frem Civic Center
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Workshop: “Computational Approaches for Medical Oncogenomics” Mr. Joe Ibrahim, University of Antwerp - Belgium
2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Workshop: “Using the Command Line to Analyze Metagenomics Data” Dr. Andrea Telatin, Quadram Institute Bioscience - UK