2010 SCG Symposium:		Extracellular Matrix and Craniofacial Genetics
Date:		Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Location:		National Institute of Health (NIH), Washington DC
Abstracts:		Abstract submission for the 2010 meeting is now open!  Please send any submissions to Dwight Cordero. Select PROGRAM/ABSTRACTS above to view currently posted abstracts.
Transportation:		The simplest way to go to NIH is by using the Washington D.C. Metrorail system (www.wmata.com). Take the “Red Line” to the Metro station on the NIH campus called "Medical Center." The escalator will bring you to the NIH Gateway Center. If you drive to campus, there is parking for which you can pay in the underground garage adjacent to the NIH Gateway Center.
Security:		All visitors to NIH must go through a security clearance process at the new NIH Gateway Center to receive a visitor's badge and enter the campus. All visitors must present a government-issued photo ID. Visitors are generally required to pass through a metal detector and to have bags/purses inspected or x-rayed.  Further information for NIH visitors is available at: http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm
Directions:		Directions to meeting from the NIH Gateway Center The meeting site in Building 30 is a 10-15 minute walk from the Gateway Center (see below map). Alternatively, you can take the NIH Campus Shuttle bus following the “NIH Campus Route” for which the shuttle stops at the parking garage “MLP 8” or the back entrance of the NIH Clinical Center (building 10) will allow you to walk to Building 30.  For a shuttle bus map, please click on the red button “NIH Campus Route” at the website  http://dtts.ors.od.nih.gov/NIHShuttle/scripts/shuttle_map_live.asp