Program

Opening Remarks (10-10:15 a.m.)

Rueyling Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Biomedical Research Recruitment & Advancement
Program Co-Chair

Joan Conaway, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and Dean of Basic Research

Alyssa Hasty, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Career Development

Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development and Center for Human Genetics
Professor, Children's Research Institute and Pediatrics
Director, Genetic and Metabolic Disease Program, Children’s Research Institute Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Keynote Address: Launching a Career in Biomedical Research

Session 1 (10:15-11 a.m.)

Introduction by James Malter, M.D.
Professor & Chair of the Department of Pathology

Liraz Galia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Topic: Lnc-ing RNA to Organelle Function and Cellular Homeostasis in the Tissue Microenvironment

Introduction by Andrew Koh, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology

Xin Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Topic: Immune Recognition of Intestinal Fungi in Inflammatory Diseases

Introduction by Lina Chalak, M.D., M.S.C.S.
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Srinivas Kota, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Topic: Dynamic EEG Biomarkers in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

Break (11-11:15 a.m.)

Session 2 (11:15 a.m.-noon)
Introduction by Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery

Zhongzheng Fu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Topic: Neuron Mechanisms of Metacognition in Humans

Introduction by Carol Tamminga, M.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry

Janko Gospocic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Topic: Epigenetics and High Society: Control of Caste Identity in Ants

Introduction by Sarah Messiah, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director of the Child and Adolescent Population Health Program and Professor of Pediatrics

Sean G. Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health
Topic: Where Does It Hurt? Mapping and Public Health

Lunch (noon-1 p.m.)

Session 3 (1-2 p.m.)
Introduction by Eric Olson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology

Xiaofeng Qi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
Topic: Vitamin K: An Old Topic with New Insights

Introductions by Marc Diamond, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Nikolaos Louros, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Topic: Engineering Solutions for Protein Aggregation Disorders by Decoding Features Driving Amyloid Assembly

David Sanders, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Topic: Disentangling Molecular Networks in Health and Diseases of Aging

Introduction by Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Jinfan Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Topic: Dynamics of Eukaryotic mRNA Translation

Break (2-2:20 p.m.)

Session 4 (2:20-3:20 p.m.)
Introduction by Edward Grow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences

Ashley Solmonson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
Topic: Metabolic Mechanisms Supporting Fetal and Placental Development

Introduction by Robert Timmerman, M.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology

Xin Cai, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Topic: Lactate as a Mitochondrial Signaling Molecule

Introductions by Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Vice Chair of Research and Professor of Internal Medicine

Frankie Heyward, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Topic: Employing Cell-Type Specific Neuroepigenomic Profiles to Identify Novel Transcriptional Pathways Regulating Hunger

Kartik Rajagopalan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Topic: Leptin Signaling Maintains Autonomic Stability During Severe Influenza Infection

Closing Remarks (3:20-3:30 p.m.)

Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Director of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences

Opening Remarks (10-10:15 a.m.)	Rueyling Lin, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Biomedical Research Recruitment & Advancement Program Co-Chair Joan Conaway, Ph.D. Vice Provost and Dean of Basic Research Alyssa Hasty, Ph.D. Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Career Development Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Director, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development and Center for Human Genetics Professor, Children's Research Institute and Pediatrics Director, Genetic and Metabolic Disease Program, Children’s Research Institute Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Keynote Address: Launching a Career in Biomedical Research
Session 1 (10:15-11 a.m.)	Introduction by James Malter, M.D. Professor & Chair of the Department of Pathology
	Liraz Galia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology Topic: Lnc-ing RNA to Organelle Function and Cellular Homeostasis in the Tissue Microenvironment
	Introduction by Andrew Koh, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology
	Xin Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Topic: Immune Recognition of Intestinal Fungi in Inflammatory Diseases
	Introduction by Lina Chalak, M.D., M.S.C.S. Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
	Srinivas Kota, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Topic: Dynamic EEG Biomarkers in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
Break (11-11:15 a.m.)
Session 2 (11:15 a.m.-noon)	Introduction by Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery
	Zhongzheng Fu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery Topic: Neuron Mechanisms of Metacognition in Humans
	Introduction by Carol Tamminga, M.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
	Janko Gospocic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Topic: Epigenetics and High Society: Control of Caste Identity in Ants
	Introduction by Sarah Messiah, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director of the Child and Adolescent Population Health Program and Professor of Pediatrics
	Sean G. Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health Topic: Where Does It Hurt? Mapping and Public Health
Lunch (noon-1 p.m.)
Session 3 (1-2 p.m.)	Introduction by Eric Olson, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology
	Xiaofeng Qi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology Topic: Vitamin K: An Old Topic with New Insights
	Introductions by Marc Diamond, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Director of the Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases
	Nikolaos Louros, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases Topic: Engineering Solutions for Protein Aggregation Disorders by Decoding Features Driving Amyloid Assembly
	David Sanders, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases Topic: Disentangling Molecular Networks in Health and Diseases of Aging
	Introduction by Yunsun Nam, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
	Jinfan Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Topic: Dynamics of Eukaryotic mRNA Translation
Break (2-2:20 p.m.)
Session 4 (2:20-3:20 p.m.)	Introduction by Edward Grow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
	Ashley Solmonson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences Topic: Metabolic Mechanisms Supporting Fetal and Placental Development
	Introduction by Robert Timmerman, M.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology
	Xin Cai, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology Topic: Lactate as a Mitochondrial Signaling Molecule
	Introductions by Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D. Vice Chair of Research and Professor of Internal Medicine
	Frankie Heyward, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Topic: Employing Cell-Type Specific Neuroepigenomic Profiles to Identify Novel Transcriptional Pathways Regulating Hunger
	Kartik Rajagopalan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Topic: Leptin Signaling Maintains Autonomic Stability During Severe Influenza Infection
Closing Remarks (3:20-3:30 p.m.)	Lee Kraus, Ph.D. Director of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences