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Article: The Day At BIO 2003: Music, Bush, Celebrities, Genentech.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Associate Managing Editor
It's easier to get up in the morning if it's sunny, breakfast is already prepared, the path to the breakfast table is lined by a string section playing gentle music and someone more commonly seen on ESPN is scheduled to speak. Day one of the BIO 2003 Convention started just that way.
Through the doors just past those musicians, the plenary breakfast session boasted scientist Maxine Singer as well as Washington Wizards basketball player and NBA All-Star Jerry Stackhouse. Singer, who has worked at the National Institutes of Health and served as president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, took the podium to speak about ...