Retreat 2006
August 26-27, MacMullan Conference Center
Schedule for CMB/GEN Retreat
Saturday, August 26, 2006
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch for GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY. |
1:00-3:30 |
Graduate Student Session . Graduate students will be giving short talks. |
1:00 |
Informal Introduction |
1:10 |
Andrea Braeutigam (Dr. Andreas Weber’s Lab) |
1:30 |
Wan Song (Dr. Dean Della Penna’s Lab) |
1:50 |
Break |
2:10 |
Ellen Wilch (Dr. Karen Friderici’s Lab) |
2:30 |
David Lacher (Dr. Tom Whittam’s Lab) |
2:50 |
Student Panel Disscusion |
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Make the Most of Your First years in Graduate School |
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Sankalpi Warnasooriya (GEN 2 nd Yr, Dr. Beronda Montgomery-Kaguri’s Lab,) |
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Danielle Nevarez (CMB 2 nd Yr, Dr. Kevin Walker’s Lab) |
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Soumya Korrapati (GEN 4 th Yr, Dr. Karen Friderici’s Lab) |
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Harrie Van Erp (GEN 5 th Yr, Dr. Jon Walton’s Lab) |
3:30-5:30 |
Room check-in – Poster set-up -- Free Time -- faculty arrive |
5:30 |
Dinner |
6:45 |
Welcome and Introduction of New Graduate Students and Program Members |
7:00 |
"Genetic alteration and action of a tumor susceptibility gene in liver and breast cancers" |
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Hua Xiao |
7:50 |
"transposable elements in rice and related species" |
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Ning Jiang |
8:40 |
Poster Session and Refreshments |
Schedule for CMB/GEN Retreat
Saturday, August 27, 2006
7:00-8:00 |
Breakfast and check-out |
8:15 |
"Eukaryotic gene expression through the lens of Drosophila embryo". |
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David Arnosti Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
9:05 |
“Seeing the light: Color vision in photosynthetic organisms" |
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Beronda Montgomery-Kaguri |
9:55 |
Coffee Break |
10:15 |
"Chloroplasts: The cockroaches of the plant kingdom" |
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Barbara Sears |
11:05 |
"Alternative cures for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Eat worms, feel better?" |
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Linda Mansfield |
Noon |
Lunch and Departure |