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James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative
2007 Advisory Board and Program Meetings
June 4-6, 2007, Babson Executive Conference Center
Babson Park, MA

Agenda

Advisory Board Meetings
Monday, June 4, 2007
2:30 – 5:30 p.m.	Brain Cancer Advisory Board Meeting (Closed Session)
2:30 – 5:30 p.m.	Brain, Mind and Behavior Advisory Board Meeting (Closed Session)

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21st Century Science Initiative Program Meeting, Methodology Matters

Monday, June 4, 2007
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Opening Reception (Program Meeting)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.	Dinner (Program Meeting)


Tuesday, June 5, 2007
8:30 – 8:35 a.m.	Welcoming remarks - Susan Fitzpatrick, James S. McDonnell Foundation

8:35 – 12:00 noon	Symposium 1:	Depicting Data: Is what you see (necessarily) what you get (or have)?
		The use of tables, charts, graphs, schematics, cartoons, and other depictions of data are routinely used to share information – but they are also used to make a point, emphasize a finding, and bias our interpretations. In this session the presentations and discussions will focus on how data depiction can be problematic, particularly for interdisciplinary research where implicit rules and conventions are not always shared by collaborators trained in different disciplines.
	Moderator: Speakers:	Jean Hébert, Yeshiva University Priti Shah, University of Michigan Luis Amaral, Northwestern University Paul Mischel, University of California - Los Angeles

	8:35 - 8:50 a.m.	Moderator's remarks - Jean Hébert
	8:50 - 9:15 a.m.	Priti Shah, University of Michigan "The Cognitive Science of Data Depiction"
	9:30- 9:55 a.m.	Luis Amaral, Northwestern University "Data analysis in a 'hot theory' context"
	10:10 - 10: 30 a.m.	BREAK
	10:40 - 11:05 a.m.	Paul Mischel, University of California - Los Angeles "Unlocking brain tumor puzzles – developing strategies to find the right pieces"
	11:20 - 11:30 a.m.	Moderator's summary remarks - Jean Hébert
	11:30 - 12:00 p.m.	Discussion

12:00 noon	Lunch Break

1:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Symposium 2:	Reality vs. Research: Strengths and limitations of model systems
		There is an explicit awareness that models are used as an abstraction of reality. Less explicitly described, particularly by experimentalists, are the expectations of a selected model. The model in question could be an animal model serving as a proxy for a human disease, or a theoretical model used to probe mechanisms or test predictions. What matters is how well the model is suited to its purpose. One implied purpose, often unfulfilled purpose, is revealing causal relationships among the variables of interest.
	Moderator: Speakers:	Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan Jason Robert, Arizona State University Wendy Suzuki, New York University David Kranz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

	1:30– 1:50 p.m.	Moderator’s remarks - Mercedes Pascual
	1:50 – 2:15 p.m.	Jason Robert, Arizona State University "Brains in context: the problematic role of model organisms in neuroscience"
	2:30 – 2:55 p.m.	Wendy Suzuki, New York University "What do monkeys learn and remember? It's all about social rank"
	3:10 – 3:30 p.m.	BREAK
	3:40 – 4:05 p.m.	David Kranz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "T cell immunotherapies and tumor models: reductionism versus reality"
	4:15 – 4:30 p.m.	Moderator’s summary remarks - Mercedes Pascual
	4:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Discussion

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Poster Session/Reception

7:00 – 8:30 p.m.	Dinner


Wednesday, June 6, 2007
8:30 – 12:00 noon	Symposium 3:	Worth a thousand words? The ups and downs of using photos, film, and the outputs from imaging tools as primary data.
		Although this Symposium shares some overlapping concerns with Symposium 1, attributable to the persuasive power of visual images, a unique set of concerns emerge when images are not only a device for depicting data but are the data. In this session, we will discuss how the use of photos, video, and an increasingly wide range of real-time imaging tools, from micro-imaging of single cells to satellite imaging of landscape changes, can alter our interpretation of what we know, based on what we see.
	Moderator: Speakers:	David Danks, Carnegie Mellon University Daniel Povinelli, University of Louisiana William Chambers, University of Pittsburgh John Allman, California Institute of Technology

	8:30 - 8:50 a.m.	Moderator's remarks - David Danks
	8:50 - 9:15 a.m.	Daniel Povinelli, University of Louisiana "Apes, lies and videotape"
	9:30- 9:55 a.m.	William Chambers, University of Pittsburgh "Imaging Tumors: Spots to Voxels"
	10:10 - 10: 30 a.m.	BREAK
	10:40 - 11:05 a.m.	John Allman, California Institute of Technology "Seeing connections in the brain"
	11:20 - 11:30 a.m.	Moderator's summary remarks - David Danks
	11:30 - 12:00 p.m.	Discussion

12:00- 12:30 p.m.	Summary and Group Discussion - Laura Perini, Virginia Tech

12:30 p.m.	Closing Lunch (Program Meeting)

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Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
12:30 – 4:00 p.m.	Complex System Advisory Board Meeting (Closed Session)