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8:15-8:25
Welcome: Keck Center Overview and Conference Day Overview
Monica Pillon, PhD, and Wenbo Li, PhD
8:25-9:15
Haifan Lin, PhD
Professor
Cell Biology; Genetics
Director, Yale Stem Cell Center
Yale University
The Piwi-piRNA Pathway: A New World of Genetic Regulation in the Germline
9:15-9:55
Lydia Contreras, PhD
Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Mapping and Engineering Functions of Novel Regulatory RNA Networks
9:55-10:10
Sara Abouelniaj
Materials Science and Nanoengineering
Rice University
Houston Area Molecular Biophysics Training Program
Graphene Grids: Cleaner with a Longer Shelf Life
10:10-11:00
Poster Session and Coffee Break
11:00-11:50
Samie Jaffery, PhD
Professor
Pharmacology
Weill Cornell Medicine
RNA Synthetic Biology: Probing and Controlling Cellular Function with Genetically Encoded RNA Devices
11:50-12:05
Jacob McPherson, PhD
Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research; Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Houston
Training Program in Antimicrobial Resistance
The Microbiome-Sparing Properties of a C. difficile-Selective Antibiotic with a Narrower Spectrum Activity than Anticipated via Antibiotic Resistant Commensal Microbiota
12:05-12:20
Chrystine Gallegos
Neuroscience
UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Training Interdisciplinary Pharmacology Scientists Program
Effects of Satellite Glial Cell Stimulation on Isolated DRG Nociceptors
12:20-12:50
Lunch Break
12:50-1:40
Jimena Giudice, PhD
Associate Professor
Cell Biology and Physiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alternative Splicing of Clathrin Impacts Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function
1:40-2:20
Ken Yamada, PhD
Assistant Professor
RNA Therapeutics Institute
UMass Chan Medical School
Extended Nucleic Acid (exNA): A Platform Technology for Enhancing siRNA Potency and Accumulation in vivo
2:20-2:35
Kenneth Trimmer, PhD
Genetics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Training in Precision Environmental Health Sciences Program
Spatial Single Cell Sequencing of Meiosis I Arrested Oocytes Reveals Acquisition of Maternal Transcripts from the Soma
2:35-3:35
Poster Session and Coffee Break
3:35-3:50
Xuejiao Shirley Guo, PhD
Chemistry
Texas A&M University
Cancer Therapeutics Training Program
Development of Selective ENL Inhibitors for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Therapy
3:50-4:05
Ivan Coronado
Biomedical Informatics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
NLM Training Program in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Proxy Analysis of Neural Vascular System Using Retina Imaging and Deep Neural Networks
4:05-4:20
Lois Armendariz
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Rice University
Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases Training Grant
The Role of Mitochondria in Innate Immunity and Cancer
4:20-5:00
James Chappell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biosciences
Rice University
Genetically Engineering Microbial Consortia and Non-Model Microbes Using Programmable RNA Tools
5:00-5:10
Awards and Closing
5:10
Reception