Dear Colleagues,

We would like to welcome you to “2011 Korean-American Biomedical Symposium” in the Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas on November 4th and 5th, 2011. This symposium is an annual KSEA West Gulf Coast Regional Conference.

This symposium is to stimulate the interaction among Korean-American biomedical scientists in the west gulf coast area and promote the collaborations between scientists and engineers in the fields of biomedical sciences from both USA and Korea. Participants will find a great opportunity to meet and network with other fellow biomedical scientists and engineers around the west gulf region and from Korea. A total of twenty seven invited speakers from Texas and Korea will provide the most current trends in a wide range of biomedical science fields.

The keynote speeches will be available to the first 100 registered participants at Trevisio Restaurant and Convention Center in the Texas Medical Center on November 4th. This event with keynote speeches by three scholars of worldwide renown is co-hosted by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Houston. Six scientific sessions and one R&D/venture development session will be provided at the MD Anderson Cancer Center South Campus on November 5th co-hosted by the Korea-US Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO). We would like to encourage students and postdoctoral researchers to participate in the poster presentation competition which features cash prizes. Please notify us if you wish to take part in.

We cordially invite you to join the 2011 Korean-American Biomedical Symposium and look forward to meeting you in November, 2011.

Sincerely,

Jin Mo Chung, PhD

President of the Korean-American Biomedical Symposium

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association

Professor

Department of Neurosciences and Cell Biology

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston