Agenda
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

9:15 – 9:20 A.M.                        INTRODUCTION/WELCOME
                                                                        Hilary Coller, PhD, MBI and MBIDP Interim Director

9:30 – 10:45 A.M.                      STUDENT/FACULTY TALKS

9:30 – 9:45 A.M.                               Peter Back (Bradley Lab, IMMP)
9:45 – 10:00 A.M.                             Ying Lin (Zipursky Lab, CDB)
10:00 – 10:15 A.M.                           Xiaorui Fan (Wohlschlegel Lab, BBSB)
10:15 – 10:30 A.M.                           Tamir Gonen, PhD (Biological Chemistry)
10:30 – 10:45 A.M.                           Tim O’Sullivan, PhD (MIMG)

11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.            KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Andrew Brack, PhD,
University of California
San Francisco
    “Muscle Stem Heterogeneity and the Niche”

12:00 – 12:30 P.M.                    STUDENT Q&A WITH DR. BRACK

1:00 – 2:00 P.M.                        STUDENT/FACULTY TALKS

1:00 – 1:15 P.M.                               Luke Riggan (O’Sullivan Lab, Home Area)
1:15 – 1:30 P.M.                               Lisa Golden (Voskuhl Lab, BBSB)
1:30 – 1:45 P.M.                               Patrick Chang (Crooks Lab, CDB)
1:45 – 2:00 P.M.                               Evan Maltz (Wollman Lab, BMSB)

2:00 – 4:00 P.M.                        POSTER SESSION via DISCORD

                                                          Discord Instructions

5:00 – 7:00 P.M.                        SOCIAL ACTIVITY – TRIVIA NIGHT

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

9:00 – 11:00 A.M.                      STUDENT/FACULTY TALKS

9:00 – 9:15 A.M.                                Carla Koehler, PhD (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
9:15 – 9:30 A.M.                                 Daniel Velez-Ramirez, PhD (Hill Lab, IMMP)
9:30 – 9:45 A.M.                                Yang (Alice) Zhou (Yang Lab, IMMP)
9:45 – 10:00 A.M.                               Samantha Mensah (Weiss Lab, Chemistry & Biochemistry)
10:00 – 10:15 A.M.                             Alexander Sercel (Teitell Lab, IMMP)
10:15 – 10:30 A.M.                             Jimmy Hu, PhD (Dentistry)
10:30 – 10:45 A.M.                             Elizabeth Tarling, PhD (Medicine-Cardiology)

11:00 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.            STUDENT/FACULTY TALKS

11:00 – 11:15 A.M.                            Jiayan Zhang (Zhou Lab, IMMP)
11:15 – 11:30 A.M.                            Yanruide (Charlie) Li (Yang Lab, IMMP)
11:30 – 11:45 A.M.                            Ming Guo, MD, PhD (Neurology)
11:45 – 12:00 P.M.                             Orkun Akin, PhD (Neurobiology)
12:00 – 12:15 P.M.                             Alvaro Sagasti, PhD (MCDB)

1:00 – 2:00 P.M.                        CAREER PANELS

    Panel 1 – Scientists in Industry
    Panel 2 – Government, Consulting and Patent Law

2:00 – 3:15 P.M.                        STUDENT/FACULTY TALKS

2:00 – 2:15 P.M.                                Geoffrey Pronovost (Hsiao Lab, IMMP)
2:15 – 2:30 P.M.                                Rachel Hodge (Jones Lab, CDB)
2:30 – 2:45 P.M.                                Lili Yang, PhD (MIMG)
2:45 – 3:00 P.M.                                Yibin Wang, PhD (Medicine-Anesthesiology)
3:00 – 3:15 P.M.                                Julia Mack, PhD (Medicine-Cardiology)

3:20 – 3:55 P.M.                        STUDENT AWARDS

    Poster Awards
    MBIDP Dissertation year award
    Teaching Awards
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award

5:00 – 7:00 P.M.                        SOCIAL ACTIVITY