Symposium Schedule

Thursday, November 13^th, 2008

Symposium kick-off with keynote speaker, Robert M. Hazen, Ph.D. An opportunity to see how origins of life research is conducted.

4:30 PM -   5:30 PM  

  Dr. Robert M. Hazen
  "Right and Left: Mineral Surfaces, Molecular Selection,
   and the Origin of Life's Homochirality."
  Location: Love Auditorium, LSRC

Friday, November 14^th, 2008

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 AM -  12:00 PM 
 
 
 
8:45 AM -  9:00 AM  
 
9:00 AM -  9:15 AM  
 
 
 
9:15 AM -  9:30 AM  
 
 
 
9:30 AM -  9:45 AM  
 
 
 
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM  
 
 
 
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM  
 
 
 
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM  
 
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM  
 
 
 
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM  
 
 
 
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM  
 
 
 
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM  
 
 
 
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM  
 
 
 
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM  
 
 
 
12:00 PM -  1:30 PM  
 
 
1:30 PM  
 
 
 

  Morning Talks and Breakfast
  103 Bryan Research Building
  Speaker Schedule

  Breakfast and Introduction
 
  Brian J. Altman
  Autophagy Can Lead to Induction of Bim to Sensitize
  Growth Factor Deprived Cells to Apoptosis
 
  Frank M. Mason
  A novel mechanism for regulating Formin-mediated
  actin filament polymerization
 
  April Spesock
  Cowpox virus induces IL-10 from dendritic cells as a
  mechanism to suppress the host immune response
 
  Edith V. Bowers
  Toward a Better Vaccine: Antigen Delivery by
  α2-Macroglobulin Enhances Cell-Mediated Immunity
 
  Neelanjan Mukherjee
  Population dynamics of HuR-associated mRNAs reveal
  small molecules and coordinated modules

  Break

  Jayme M. Johnson
  Stabilizing an axis of polar growth
  in yeast shmoos
 
  Ashley A. Manzoor
  Imaging real time drug delivery of
  thermosensitive liposomes in vivo
 
  Martha Bomar
  Structural Characterization of Novel Ubiquitin-Binding
  Domains of DNA Y-Family Polymerases
 
  Jennifer A. Martinez
  TLR8-mediated activation of murine plasmacytoid
  dendritic cells by vaccinia viral DNA
 
  Wei Wu
  Distortions in perceived direction of motion predicted
  by population response in visual cortex

  Andrew J. Manning
  Outer membrane vesicles protect bacteria
  against antibiotic killing

  Poster Session and Lunch
  Hall of Science, LSRC

  Dr. Robert M. Hazen, Keynote Address
  "Themes and Variations in Complex Evolving Systems,
   or Should you Believe in Evolution?"
  103 Bryan Research Building Auditorium