DAY 2 - THU, OCT 5th

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10:00-11:00 // Panel 2: The Reality of Being a PI

  • Dr. Ronald Kwon (University of Washington)

  • Dr. Douglas Robinson (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)

  • Dr. Aimee Shen (Tufts University)

11:00-11:15 // Break

11:15-1:00 // Associates Flash Talks + Q&A

  • Lamiae Abdeladim (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Kristine Joy Chua (University of California, Santa Barbara)

  • Vidyadhara Devarunda Jaganath (Yale University School of Medicine)

  • Harini Iyer (Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Danique Jeurissen (Columbia University)

  • Bryan Juarez (Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Carol Ochoa-Dominguez (University of California, San Diego)

  • Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Gonzalez (Baylor College of Medicine)

  • Mohammad Arifuzzaman (Weill Cornell Medical College)

  • Roberto Vazquez Munoz (University of Connecticut School of Medicine)

  • Junior West (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

1:00-1:15 // Break

1:15-2:45 // Fellows Science Session 3: Biochemical and Biophysical Processes

  • Jodi Kraus (Princeton University)

  • Lisa Eshun-Wilson (The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA)

  • Eric Villalón Landeros (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

  • Stephanie Wankowicz (University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine)

2:45-3:00 // Break

3:00-4:45 // Fellows Science Session 4: Communications - Cells and Beyond

  • Anda Chirila (Harvard Medical School)

  • Krishna Mudumbi (Yale University School of Medicine)

  • Shan Meltzer (Harvard Medical School)

  • Debora Kamin Mukaz (University of Vermont)

  • Luis Hernandez Nunez (Harvard University)

4:45-5:00 // Break

5:00-6:00 // Keynote Speaker

  • Dr. Huda Zoghbi - Distinguished Service Professor, Baylor College of Medicine; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute

6:00-6:15 // Co-Chair Closing (Outreach)

  • Dr. Jennifer S Sun (Rutgers University)

  • Dr. Tigist Tamir (MIT)

6:15-7:15 // Fellows and Associates-only Networking with Advisory Committee

6:15-7:15 // Networking (Public with Faculty Volunteers)

Keynote Speaker

  • Dr. Huda Zoghbi

    Dr. Huda Zoghbi

    Distinguished Service Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

    Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute

Panel Speakers

  • Dr. Ronald Kwon

    Dr. Ronald Kwon

    Associate Professor, University of Washington

  • Dr. Douglas Robinson

    Dr. Douglas Robinson

    Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  • Dr. Aimee Shen

    Dr. Aimee Shen

    Associate Professor, Tufts University