Symposium Schedule

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Symposium kick-off with casual discussion with keynote speaker, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., Genentech, Inc. on his dual perspective on careers in biological sciences within academia and industry. This event will be followed by happy hour and hors d'oeuvres.

4:00 p.m. -   5:00 p.m.  
5:00 p.m. -   6:00 p.m.  

  Casual Discussion, 147 Nanaline Duke Building
  Reception

Friday, November 9, 2007

Breakfast and Morning Presentations will be held in 103 Bryan Research Building Auditorium. Poster Session and lunch will be held in the Hall of Science, LSRC. The keynote address will be held in 103 Bryan Research Building Auditorium.

8:45 a.m. -  11:45 a.m. 

8:45 a.m. -  9:00 a.m.  
 
9:00 a.m. -  9:15 a.m.  
 
 
 
9:15 a.m. -  9:30 a.m.  
 
 
 
9:30 a.m. -  9:45 a.m.  
 
 
 
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  
 
 
 
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.  
 
 

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.  

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.  
 
 
 
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  
 
 
 
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.  
 
 
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.  
 
 
 
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.  
 
 

12:00 p.m. -  1:30 p.m.  


1:30 p.m. -  3:00 p.m.  
 
 

  Morning Talks & Breakfast

  Breakfast & Introduction
 
  Michelle E. Casad, Cell Biology
  Deletion Screen in Adult Drosophila Identifies Candidate Genes
  for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
 
  David J. DiLillo, Immunology
  Maintenance of Long-Lived Plasma Cells and Serological
  Memory Does Not Require Memory B Cells
 
  Louis E. Metzger IV, Biochemistry
  Bacterial lipid A disaccharide synthase (LpxB): Expression,
  purification, and characterization
 
  Zhiping Wang, Neurobiology
  Plasticity-induced Spine Mobilization of Recycling Endosomes
  and AMPA Receptors by Ca²⁺-Regulated Myosin Vb
 
  Faisal Reza, Biomedical Engineering/IGSP Computational Biology
  A computational schema for modeling relevant and
  precise DNA substrates

  Break

  Julia Ling-Yu Chen, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology/IGSP
  Genomic analysis of response to lactic acidosis in
  human cancers
 
  Joshua C. Sandquist, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
  Distinct Functions and Regulation of Nonmuscle Myosin II
  Isoforms A and B in Cell Motility
 
  Joshua W. Ziel, Biology
  UNC-6/Netrin orients the Anchor Cell for invasion
 
  Eric Michael Johnson, Biological Anthropology & Anatomy
  Career or Family?: Maternal Style and Status-Seeking
  Behavior in Captive Bonobos (Pan paniscus)
 
  Molly K. Gregas, Structural Biology & Biophysics
  Development of plasmonics-active nanoprobes for
  biosensing at the single cell/single molecule level

  Poster Session and Lunch
  Hall of Science, Levine Sciences Research Center

  Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., Genentech, Inc.
  Common mechanisms of axon guidance,
  axon regeneration, and vascular patterning
  Keynote Address, 103 Bryan Research Building Auditorium