2019 Translational Medicine Symposium

Please visit the 2019 Translational Medicine Symposium taking place this year on Tuesday April 9th in the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building from 9am-4pm.

Keynote Speakers:

1. Karen Cichowski, PhD. Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School. She will speak on "New therapies for Ras-driven nervous system and lung cancers”
2. William Steinbach, MD. Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University. He will give a talk titled “Molecular genetics as a tool for targeting clinically relevant opportunistic fungal pathogens”

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Full Symposium Agenda

• 8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast and poster setup Koury Ground Floor Atrium
• 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Kirkland Auditorium
• 9:10 – 10:10 Trainee Talks Kirkland Auditorium
  1. Dan Michaud (Lab of Pylayeva-Gupta)
  2. Nick Buglak (Lab of Edward Bahnson)
  3. Kasey Skinner (Lab of Ryan Miller)
• 10:15 – 11:15 Morning Keynote Kirkland Auditorium Karen Cichowski, PhD. Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School “Toward new therapies for Ras-driven nervous system and lung cancers”
• 11:30 – 12:15 Poster Session 1 (Posters 1-20) Koury Ground Floor Atrium
• 12:15 – 12:45 Lunch Those who wish to share the meal with Dr. Cichowski may join her in Koury G502.
• 12:45 – 1:30 Poster Session 2 (Posters 21-40) Koury Ground Floor Atrium
• 1:45 – 2:45 Trainee Talks in Kirkland Auditorium
  1. Tamara Vital (Lab of Ian Davis)
  2. Will Green (Lab of Melinda Beck)
  3. Elizabeth Corteselli (Lab of Jim Samet)
• 2:45 – 3:00 Networking Break
• 3:00 – 4:00 Afternoon Keynote Kirkland Auditorium William Steinbach, MD. Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University “Molecular genetics as a tool for targeting clinically relevant opportunistic fungal pathogens”
• 4:00 – 4:15 Closing Remarks, Presentation of Awards and Certificates