Agenda
- 8:30–9 a.m. Light Breakfast in NB2.100A
9–9:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks
Chair: Rueyling Lin, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Biomedical Research Recruitment and Advancement, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern
- Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D.
President, UT Southwestern - Joseph Goldstein, M.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics
UT Southwestern - A Trailblazing Journey of Discovery: From St. Louis to Houston to Dallas, but Not to Durham
- Dennis McKearin, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Officer
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Reflections on Molecular Biology and UT Southwestern
- Eric Olson, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
Session 1
Chair: Kathryn O’Donnell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern
- 9:30–10 a.m. Change of Heart: From Genetics in Dallas to New Therapeutics
- Deepak Srivastava, M.D.
President, Gladstone Institutes
- 10–10:15 a.m. Pathogens: Hijacking Tools From Another
- Kim Orth, Ph.D.
HHMI Investigator
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
- 10:15–10:30 a.m. Curious Cases of Pluripotent Stem Cell Adaptations
- Jun Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
10:30–10:50 a.m. Break
Session 2
Chair: Steven Kliewer, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern
- 10:50–11:05 a.m. Tu-be or Not Tu-be: Making and Maintaining Vascular Tubes
- Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
- 11:05–11:20 a.m. Ribosomes: Decoding Life’s Messages
- Michael Buszczak, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
- 11:20–noon Exploration of Biological Diversity
- Feng Zhang, Ph.D.
HHMI Investigator
Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering, MIT
Core Member, Broad Institute
Noon–12:15 p.m. Group Photos
12:15–1:20 p.m. Lunch Break
Session 3
Chair: Jenna Jewell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern
- 1:20–2 p.m. Recent Progress in iPS Cell Research and Application
- Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
Director Emeritus and Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University
- 2–2:15 p.m. Exploring the Dark Matter of the Genome
- Joshua Mendell, M.D. Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
- 2:15–2:55 p.m. From the Clinic to the Bench and Back: Insight Into the Genetics of Neurological Disorders
- Huda Zoghbi, M.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital
2:55–3:15 p.m. Break
Session 4
Chair: Thomas Carroll, Ph.D., Professor, Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern
- 3:15–3:30 p.m. How Two Cells Become One
- Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
- 3:30–3:45 p.m. Making Sense of Lipid Sensing
- Peter Douglas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
- 3:45–4 p.m. Breathing Life Into Dead Enzymes
- Vincent Tagliabracci, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
- 4–4:40 p.m. Igniting an Immune Response with cGAS
- Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern
4:40–4:50 p.m. Closing Remarks
- Eric Olson, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern - Gratitude Is the Attitude
4:50–6 p.m. Reception in NB2