Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD, the principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health, will visit the University of Rochester on Friday, September 13, and will participate in a science symposium during the morning of his visit. The symposium will feature:

10:30 a.m. – Introduction
10:50 a.m. – Evolutionary Footprints in the Saliva Proteome - Stefan Ruhl, DDS, PhD, professor of Oral Biology at the University at Buffalo
11:15 a.m. – The Beginnings of Mucin-glycoprotein Biosynthesis - Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD, NIH principal deputy director 
11:45 a.m. – Chromatin, Histone Modifications and Clinical Correlations - Tom Diekwisch, DMD, PhD, PhD, the Margaret and Cy Welcher Professor in Dental Research and chair of the Center for Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at URMC