MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LifeScience Alley™ announced today that Dr. Michael Joyner, deputy director for research at Mayo Clinic and a co-leader of Mayo’s Center for Translational Science Activities (CTSA), will deliver the morning keynote address at the association’s 6th Annual Conference & Expo on December 6, 2007. Dr. Joyner’s research focuses on human cardiovascular control, specifically how the peripheral circulation and autonomic reflexes adapt and respond to mental and physical stress.