Poster abstracts are invited for submissions on the field of Translational Medicine. Abstracts for poster presentation should be submitted online by March 28, 2009. A condition of submission is that if accepted one of the authors will present at the conference.

The 2009 event will be taking place in Phildelphia in September 2009. The present meeting is aimed at addressing the basic science of translational medicine focused on essential components of a complex network of activities that will eventually lead to the successful and reliable translation of preclinical data into clinical results. Translational medicine thus focuses on the major preclinical and clinical issues relevant to the success of pharmaceutical (small molecule or biologic) or medical ...

We are pleased to announce that the following speakers will present at the 2009 conference: Sir Colin Dollery (GlaxoSmithKline, UK), Joseph Coyle (McLean Hospital, MA, USA), John Lazo (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Lance Liotta (George Mason University, VA, USA), Daniel Rader (University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA) and Jason Robert (Arizona State University, AZ, USA). Other speakers will be confirmed shortly.