Deadline Extended for TSI & IEI Innovation Summit

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 25, 2011 – The registration deadlinefor the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Translational Science Institute (TSI) and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative (IEI) Innovation Summit has been extended to June 6 and is open to the public. The daylong event will focus on drug discovery, chemical biology, drug delivery, innovation and collaboration.

Additionally, the symposium will focus on research issues and questions related to therapeutic development and drug discovery related funding.

Internationally recognized experts including: Peter Crooks, Ph.D., professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Kentucky and Scott Weir, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics at Kansas University, will highlight the challenges and opportunities inherent in this field.

There is no registration fee to attend the event, but pre-registration is required. To register for the event, click here. The event is limited to 200 guests.   

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