Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Great Hall, Trent Semans Center for Health Education
Lectures by Duke faculty members from all Basic Science Departments • Poster Session • Lunch provided

Agenda

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.     Opening Remarks – Mary E. Klotman, MD, Dean, School of Medicine

10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.     Raphael Valdivia, PhD, Vice Dean for Basic Science, School of Medicine

10:25 a.m. – 10:50 p.m.     Honored Speaker
Brigid Hogan, PhD, George Barth Geller Professor of Research in Molecular Biology;
Chair, Department of Cell Biology 

10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.      Lindsey Glickfeld, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology 

11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.      Dan Belsky, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences

11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.      Michael Boyce, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry

11:50 a.m. – 12:55 p.m.      Lunch/Poster Session

12:55 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.        Chris Newgard, PhD, W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Director, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute

1:15 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.          Stacy Horner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

1:35 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.          Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

1:55 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.          Maria Ciofani, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology

2:15 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.          Poster Session/Reception

3:05 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.          Charlie Gersbach, PhD, Rooney Family Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School

3:25 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.          Stefano Di Talia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology

3:45 p.m.  -  4:00 p.m.         Brief Break

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.          Robert J. Lefkowitz Distinguished Lecture
Jennifer Doudna, PhD, University of California at Berkeley

5:00 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.          Closing Remarks – Raphael Valdivia, PhD