[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-29613]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Sixth Annual Philip S. Chen, Jr. Distinguished Lecture on 
Innovation and Technology Transfer

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Director, NIH, invites you to the sixth 
annual Philip S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D. Distinguished Lecture on Innovation 
and Technology Transfer.

DATES: Friday, December 9, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: NIH campus, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, NIH Clinical 
Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dr. Ira Pastan will present ``Treatment of 
Cancer with Recombinant Immunotoxins: From Technology Transfer to the 
Patient.'' Dr. Pastan is an NIH Distinguished Investigator and Chief, 
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute Center for 
Cancer Research.
    This annual series honors Dr. Philip S. Chen, Jr. for his almost 50 
years of service to the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Chen 
established NIH's Office of Technology Transfer in 1986 to implement 
the Federal Technology Transfer Act. The inventions in the Office of 
Technology Transfer's intellectual property portfolio are crucial in 
advancing the NIH mission--making important discoveries that improve 
health and save lives.
    The event will be available as an NIH videocast for desktop viewing 
at http://videocast.nih.gov/. The link will be live at the time the 
presentation is scheduled to begin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Individuals with disabilities who need 
Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to 
participate in this event should contact Joe Kleinman at (301) 496-0472 
and/or the Federal Relay (1-(800) 877-8339). Requests should be made at 
least 5 days in advance of the event.

    Dated: November 7, 2011.
Steven M. Ferguson,
Deputy Director, Licensing & Entrepreneurship, Office of Technology 
Transfer, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-29613 Filed 11-15-11; 8:45 am]
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