**Tissue Banks and Pathology Tools Workspace**

**3rd Face-to-Face Meeting**

**October 27-28, 2005**

**[Meeting venue:]{.underline}**

**The Hilton Inn at Penn**

**3600 Sansom Street**

**Philadelphia, PA**

**[HOTEL INFO]{.underline}**

The Hilton Inn at Penn will host the conference (info and link listed
below), but unfortunately only has a few rooms available due to other
Penn events. We have reserved a block of 40 rooms at the Sheraton
University City which is conveniently located 2 blocks from the the
conference. The hotels listed below the Sheraton-University City
information are located in Center City Philadelphia, a quick (5 minute)
cab ride away from the conference (\$6-\$8). For those of you who have
not visited our fair city (and for those of you who have), this affords
you a chance to stay in the heart of Philadelphia while also being close
to Penn. We encourage you to see the city in your spare time and please
feel free to ask any questions. A list of local points of interest will
be distributed in case some of you decide to stay on for the weekend. If
you do, please let us know so we can extend your discounted hotel rate.

Philly is a whole lot more than cheese steaks. We are a restaurant
enthused city. Center City Philadelphia plays host to scads of great
restaurants. Included at the bottom of this page are some links to those
restaurants and events occurring during your stay here.

**The Hilton Inn at Penn**

3600 Sansom Street

Philadelphia, PA

215-222-0200, 800-HILTONS

**[Sheraton-University City Hotel]{.underline}**

36th and Chestnut Streets

Philadelphia, PA

877-459-1146

[http://sheraton.philadelphiasheraton.com](http://sheraton.philadelphiasheraton.com/)/

30 rooms are reserved under \"Penn caBIG\"

**Radisson Plaza Warwick Hotel**

1701 Locust Street

Philadelphia, PA

215-735-6000, 800-333-3333

20 rooms reserved under \"UPENN caBIG\"

**Club Quarters in Philadelphia**

1628 Chestnut Street

(At 17th Street)

Philadelphia, PA 19103

212-575-0006

20 rooms reserved under \"Univ. of PA\" and mention code UP1026

**[TRANSPORTATION]{.underline}**

Philadelphia houses only one airport (Philadelphia International
Airport). You can get to the campus by the R1Regional Rail (\$7 with a
little walking) or by cab. The cost of a cab from the airport is a \$25
flat rate.

**[WHERE TO EAT!]{.underline}**

<http://www.phila.gov/visitors/restaurants.html>

[http://www.readingterminalmarket.org](http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/)/

**[EVENTS]{.underline}**

<http://www.gophila.com/index.htm>

**The Franklin Institute Science Museum hosts \"BODY WORLDS: The
Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies\" from October 7, 2005
through April 23, 2006.**

<http://www.fi.edu/bodyworlds/index.html>

Throughout the ages, medical scholars and students have strived to
understand how our bodies function through exploration of real human
specimens. BODY WORLDS, one of the most highly attended touring
exhibitions in the world, takes this tradition one step further by
presenting a new look at the human body.

 

The exhibition features more than 200 authentic human specimens,
including entire bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices
that have been preserved through the process of \"plastination,\" a
technique that replaces bodily fluids and fat. BODY WORLDS offers a
once-in-a-lifetime chance to see and understand our own physiology and
health and to gain new appreciation and respect for what it means to be
human.

**To register for the meeting, please send an email to Megan Helfrick,
Greg and Harsh.**

**Contact information:**

Megan Helfrick, <helfrick@mail.med.upenn.edu>, 215-746-1764

Greg Eley, <eley_greg@bah.com>, 301-998-6906

Harshawardhan Bal, <bal_harshawardhan@bah.com>, 301-998-6929

![](media/image1.png){width="6.927083333333333in"
height="5.335416666666666in"}**Map of venue**