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Annual Bioscience Symposium &
Don Summers Memorial Lectures

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House

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Directions to the Alumni House

The University of Utah research community is invited to the Symposium - Faculty, students, and postdocs across multiple colleges and departments along with our new classes of graduate students!

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (OC Tanner Ballroom, 2nd Floor)

Welcome & Don Summers Memorial Lecture

Brad Cairns

Chair and Professor of Oncological Sciences and HHMI Investigator, University of Utah

"Mechanisms and Roles for Chromatin Remodeling in the Germline, Early Development and Cancer"

 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

 

Red Session

OC Tanner Ballroom - Left, 2nd Floor 

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Matt Miller  (Biochemistry)
"Understanding the remarkable protein machines that drive cell division"

Heejin Yoo  (School of Biological Sciences)
"Multi-layered Security Systems in Plant Immunity"

Helena Hopson  (Human Genetics, Leffler Lab)
"Exploring the evolutionary interaction of sickle cell and parasite genotypes in asymptomatic malaria"
 

White Session

OC Tanner Ballroom - Right, 2nd Floor

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Shreya Goel  (Molecular Pharmaceutics)
“Targeting Mitochondrial Metabolism to Reverse Radioresistance in Pediatric Tumors”

Helena Safavi  (Biochemistry)
“Venom-inspired design of novel drug leads for disease”

Yuru Wang  (Medicinal Chemistry)
“Functional investigation of RNA modifications by developing novel tools”

 

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Break

 

Red Session

OC Tanner Ballroom - Left, 2nd Floor

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Adrian Rothenfluh  (Psychiatry, Molecular Medicine)
“Genes and Circuits Affecting Addiction”
 

Fergil Mills  (Neurobiology)
“Amygdalostriatal transition zone circuits encoding valence and fear responses”

Amandine Chaix  (Nutrition & Integrative Physiology)
“Ketogenic diet for type 2 diabetes management: fat chance!”

White Session

OC Tanner Ballroom - Right, 2nd Floor

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Lauren Naatz  (Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chen Lab)
“Bispecific Killer Engagers (BiKEs): Targeting and depleting PD-1+ lymphocytes for autoimmune disease treatment”

Alessandro Venosa  (Pharmacy and Toxicology)
“Macrophage heterogeneity and intercellular crosstalk in the healthy and diseased lung” 

Xiaoyang Zhang  (Oncological Sciences)
“Targeting amplified oncogenes in the 3D genome”

 

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (OC Tanner Ballroom, 2nd Floor)

Closing Don Summers Memorial Lecture

Lila Gierasch

Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

"The Hsp70 Chaperone Machine and Its Selectively Promiscuous Client Binding"

 

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Poster Session & Social

Posters from graduate students, faculty, and postdocs!

RSVP by Friday, September 6 to reserve a board and easel. 

 

Last Updated: 9/5/24