The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) invites members of the Harvard, MIT and hospital communities to participate in our 35th anniversary celebration by joining us at either or both of the following weekend sessions.

Both sessions will take place in the Elements Cafe at the New Research Building at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur. Complimentary parking is available underneath the building off Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston.

Friday, September 23, 2005 4:30-7:30 pm
Welcome Reception and HST Faculty Poster Session featuring more than 60 posters from HST faculty laboratories and research centers.

Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:00-6:00 pm
Exhibition of HST Educational Programs and Research Centers. This exhibit will feature a range of media describing HST's graduate level educational programs and research enterprises that function at the interface of biology, physics, medicine and engineering.

HST's educational programs are dedicated to training the next generation of leaders in medicine and science who are committed to bringing new advances to understand, prevent, treat and cure disease. Today, HST is among the largest biomedical engineering and physician scientist training programs in the United States with more than 400 students enrolled in its academic programs.

HST's research enterprise is committed to exploring the fundamental principles underlying health and disease, and seeking new pharmaceuticals and devices to reduce human suffering. HST has three major research focus areas that capitalize on its multidisciplinary strengths and are of critical importance to advances in biology and health:

• Biomedical Imaging
• Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology
• Regenerative and Functional Biomedical Technologies

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