CCB Symposium: From Cells to Clinic

February 15-17, 2017

UCSD's Center for Circadian Biology (CCB) will host its 8th Annual Circadian Biology Symposium to be held at the Sanford Consortium Auditorium, February 15-17, 2017. The theme for the symposium is "From Cells to Clinic."

We have invited a select, stellar group of chronobiologists from around the country and beyond, and a few local colleagues, to speak at this symposium. We expect strong participation from our 41 PIs here in the CCB and their research personnel, and plan to accommodate a limited number of registrants from other institutions as well.

The aims of the conference are to:

  1. Provide participants with a comprehensive view of modern circadian biology.
  2. Exchange a broad spectrum of ideas and techniques in circadian biology.
  3. Promote interactions among the faculty and lab personnel of the UCSD, Circadian Biology Center, the invited speakers, and other participants.
  4. Further acquaint the speakers, their groups, and other registrants with the depth and breadth of circadian biology research conducted at UCSD.
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Confirmed Speakers

George Brainard (Thomas Jefferson University)

Todd Coleman (UC San Diego)

Charles Czeisler (Harvard Medical School)

Davide Dulcis (UC San Diego)

Ronald Evans (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)

Ying-Hui Fu (UC San Francisco)

Lance Kriegsfeld (UC Berkeley)

Johanna Meijer (Leiden University, Netherlands)

Jerome Menet (Texas A&M University)

Christine Merlin (Texas A&M University)

Alicia Michael (UC Santa Cruz)

Carrie Partch (UC Santa Cruz)

William Schwartz (University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School)

Dorothy Sears (UC San Diego)

David Welsh (UC San Diego)

Kenneth Wright (University of Colorado Boulder)

Marcelo Yanovsky (Institute Leloir Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Amir Zarrinpar (UC San Diego)

Schedule

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WEDNESDAY - February 15, 2017

Session I: Cells & Circuits
1:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Moderator: Katja Lamia (The Scripps Research Institute)

Susan Golden (UC San Diego) – Welcome Intro

Sandra Brown (UC San Diego) – Opening Remarks

Ronald Evans (Salk Institute for Biological Studies) – Nuclear receptors and circadian rhythm: AMP’ing up the clock

Marcelo Yanovsky (Institute Leloir Buenos Aires, Argentina) – How plants measure time and why that matters

Jerome Menet (Texas A&M University) – Regulation of rhythmic transcription by CLOCK:BMAL1 in the mouse

Amir Zarrinpar (UC San Diego) – Circadian dynamics of the gut microbiome

THURSDAY - February 16, 2017

Session II: Pacemakers & Networks
9:00 am - 12 noon (Continental breakfast will be served at 8:30am)
Moderator: Erica Schoeller (UC San Diego)

Carrie Partch (UC Santa Cruz) – Cloak and dagger signaling tactics in the cyanobacterial circadian clock

Davide Dulcis (UC San Diego) – Mechanism of light-induced neurotransmitter plasticity affecting behavior

Johanna Meijer (Leiden University, Netherlands) – Principles of circadian timing in nocturnal and diurnal mammals

David Welsh (UC San Diego) – Circadian clocks in fibroblast and mouse models of mood disorders

BUFFET LUNCH
Sanford Consortium Courtyard
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Special Session: Emerging Technologies
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Moderator: Thijs Walbeek (UC San Diego)

Todd Coleman (UC San Diego) – The future of health care: Medical tattoos and wearable electronics - Research on aging

POSTER SESSION
Lobby of the Sanford Consortium
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

FRIDAY - February 17, 2017

Session III: Inputs & Outputs
9:00 am - 12 noon (Continental breakfast will be served at 8:30am)
Moderator: Michael Gorman (UC San Diego)

Alicia Michael (UC Santa Cruz)  Fall Workshop CCB Trainee, 2016 First Place Winner - Molecular clockwork: integrative approaches unveil the first picture of a critical circadian transcriptional repressive complex

Lance Kriegsfeld (UC Berkeley) – Interactions between the circadian and neuroendocrine systems in female reproductive health

Christine Merlin (Texas A&M University) – Clock control of daily and seasonal rhythms in the monarch butterfly

Dorothy Sears (UC San Diego) – Translational impact of food intake timing on cardiometabolic disease and cancer risk

BUFFET LUNCH
Sanford Consortium Courtyard
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Session IV: From Lab to Clinic
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Moderator: Sonia Ancoli-Israel (UC San Diego)

George Brainard (Thomas Jefferson University) – Human circadian phototransduction: From the International Space Station to cancer risk

Ying-Hui Fu (UC San Francisco) – What makes people morning larks

Kenneth Wright (University of Colorado Boulder) – Circadian entrainment to the natural light-dark cycle across seasons and the weekend

Charles Czeisler (Harvard Medical School)  – Circadian clocks, artificial light, sleep and health

Dinner & Concluding Remarks

UCSD Institute of Americas, Malamud Room
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Happy Hour
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Buffet Dinner and Guest Presentation
Moderator: David Welsh (UC San Diego)

William Schwartz (University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School) – Not forgotten: A tribute to two broad-shouldered chronobiologists

Registration

Please register at the following website:  http://www.regonline.com/ccb

  • Full 3-day symposium registration fee includes lunch on Thursday and Friday, all refreshment breaks, and Friday evening happy hour and banquet dinner.
  • One-day only registration fee includes lunch on Thursday or Friday, and all refreshment breaks.
  • Banquet fee includes Friday evening happy hour and banquet dinner held at the UCSD Institute of Americas, Malamud Room.

Registration Fees: 

Reg Fees

For assistance with registration, please contact:

Pattie Stoughton
Administrative Specialist
Center for Circadian Biology (CCB)
University of California, San Diego
Phone: (858) 534-4409
E-mail: patties@ucsd.edu

Lodging

La Jolla Shores Hotel

www.ljshoreshotel.com

The La Jolla Shores Hotel is located on the beach 3 miles from the Symposium at the Sanford Consortium, with free shuttle service to UCSD. We have a limited number of (Garden Patio View) block rooms available at a rate of $159/night + 12.5% tax. For reservations call 800-237-5211 and reference the CCB Symposium, to arrange to be put on the shuttle schedule call 858-551-4679.

Hotel La Jolla - Curio by Hilton

http://www.hotellajolla.com/

Hotel La Jolla is 3 miles from the Symposium at the Sanford Consortium, with an evening wine hour and free shuttle service to UCSD. We have a limited number of block rooms available at a rate of $169/night + 12.5% tax. For reservations call (local) 1-619-515-3038 or book online at CCB Symposium Reservations using group code enter CCBSYM in the booking tool.

The Del Mar Inn Hotel

www.delmarinn.com

The Del Mar Inn is located 5 miles from the Symposium at the Sanford Consortium, with free shuttle to UCSD Mon-Fri between 7:45am-3:45pm. A limited number of guest rooms may be available at a rate of $99.99/night + 12.5% tax. To receive this rate you must book by calling 1-800- 451-4515 (toll free), or 1-858-755-9765 (local), and mention you are with UCSD Center for Circadian Biology. Currently they offer free parking and complimentary wireless internet connection in all rooms and throughout the hotel. Their Bistro Café serves breakfast and dinner daily with views overlooking the ocean. The hotel is just steps to the beach and within walking distance to the village of Del Mar.

Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa

www.estancialajolla.com

The Estancia Hotel & Spa is conveniently located across the road from the Symposium held at the Sanford Consortium. Room rates start at $209/night + 12.5% tax. For reservations book online or call (toll free) 1-877-437-8262, or (local) 1-858-550-1000.

Residence Inn by Marriott

www.residenceinn.com

The Residence Inn is 2 miles from the Symposium, with free shuttle to UCSD week days from 7am-7pm. A limited number of studio suites may be available at a rate of $200/night + 12.5%.For reservations call 1-800-331-3131 (US and Canada) or 1-858-587-1770 (local), and mention you are with the University of California, San Diego. Parking is $15.00/night. Complimentary breakfast is included.

AIRPORT SHUTTLE or TAXI:

Cloud 9 Super Shuttle offers a rate of $19-book online or $21-book by phone each way from the San Diego Airport to the hotels listed above. Please look for their shuttle at the airport in the shuttle bus area, or call them at 1-800-258-3826. A taxi will cost approximately $55 each way.

ALTERNATIVE HOTEL INFORMATION:
www.SanDiegoHotels.com

Directions & Parking

CCB Symposium Location:

Sanford Consortium Auditorium

2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037

Click Here for an interactive map

From the NORTH:

  • Take I-5 south
  • Exit at Genesee Avenue and turn right (heading west)
  • Turn left onto North Torrey Pines Road (near the top of the hill)
  • Drive 1/8 mile, turn right onto Torrey Pines Scenic Drive
  • The Sanford Consortium is the first driveway on your right
  • West parking lot is on the left

From the SOUTH:

  • Take I-5 north
  • Exit at Genesee Avenue and turn left(heading west)
  • Turn left onto North Torrey Pines Road (near the top of the hill)
  • Drive 1/8 mile, turn right onto Torrey Pines Scenic Drive
  • The Sanford Consortium is the first driveway on your right
  • West parking lot is on the left

Parking Information:

Sanford Consortium's East parking lot costs $1 per hour or $8 for all day. Instructions: take note of the number on your parking space and find the pay station near the bottom of the outdoor stairway near the Sanford building entrance. The machine accepts Visa, MC, Amex, and cash ($1 or $5 but will not give change). Important note to UCSD permit holders: If you have a UCSD permit and park in this lot, remove your UCSD parking permit from view or you will receive a parking citation. Also DO NOT park in the west lot. Although it appears that UCSD permits are allowed, they are not. The employees of Sanford have an additional sticker; without it you will receive a parking citation.

Free street parking on Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, but space is limited and fills up quickly.

UCSD Parking Permit Holders: There is a new UCSD parking lot (P386) located on Torrey Pines Scenic Drive just west of the Sanford parking lots. Head west on Torrey Pines Scenic Drive toward the Gliderport. The entrance to this gravel parking lot is on the right. The lot has red faculty spaces, green staff spaces, and yellow student spaces.

Pangea parking structure P435 - The structure has red faculty spaces, green staff spaces, and spaces for visitors to purchase parking for $2 per hour.


Poster Session

We will have a poster session on Thursday afternoon during our symposium. There will be 4 prizes, valued at $75 each, awarded to 1 outstanding poster and 3 best posters. To participate you will need to sign up through our registration website.  Click here for guidelines for your poster abstract submission - All poster abstracts should be submitted as .doc or .pdf files, and sent electronically to ccb.symposium@gmail.com.

Poster size & display – We will provide easels and 30”x40” poster boards. We can accommodate posters up to 3’x5’.

Poster prize winners of 2017

1st Place Poster:

Thijs Walbeek (UCSD, Gorman Lab) – Environmentally induced entrainment plasticity: behavioral adaptation to LD13:5 and its consequences

Our 3 Outstanding Posters:

Kayla Rohr (Marquette University, Evans Lab) – Asymmetric vasopressin signaling tunes network properties of the master circadian clock

Anna Kriebs (The Scripps Research Institute, Lamia Lab) – The Circadian Repressors CRY1 and CRY2 Broadly interact With Nuclear Receptors and Modulate Transcriptional Activity

Joel Heisler (UC Merced, LiWang Lab) – The tortoise and the hare, KaiB and SasA, of the cyanobacterial circadian clock

Sponsorship

Sponsorship Information - An exciting event and opportunity

The 8th Annual "From Cells to Clinic" Symposium, hosted by the Center for Circadian Biology (CCB) formerly known as Center for Chronobiology, at University of California, San Diego. It will bring together 150 of the world’s leading researchers in the field of biological timing to San Diego and the UCSD campus for a 3-day symposium in February, 2017.

The mission of the Center for Circadian Biology is to advance leading-edge research in circadian biology that will have dramatic and lasting impacts on improving human health, the environment and the economy. Our aim is to establish UC San Diego and Torrey Pines Mesa as the premier international center of academic excellence in circadian research.

The 2017 “From Cells to Clinic” Symposium provides an unparalleled breadth and depth of leading-edge research and groundbreaking biological timing discoveries in plants, animals and humans, and spans molecular biology to clinical applications. By sponsoring the Annual “From Cells to Clinic” Symposium, you will join the Who’s Who in circadian research in this exciting venture and help us invent the future.

ATOMIC CLOCK SPONSOR - $15,000

  • Sponsor company logo & hyperlink on symposium and shiftwork websites
  • 6 complimentary registrations, includes validated free parking
  • Sponsorship acknowledgement before session introductions
  • Complimentary table in symposium and/or shiftwork venue
  • Full-page ad in symposium program and acknowledgement in all symposium or shiftwork media materials
  • List of attendees

BIG BEN SPONSOR - $10,000

  • Sponsor company logo & hyperlink on symposium and shiftwork websites
  • 5 complimentary registrations, includes validated free parking
  • Sponsorship acknowledgement before session introductions
  • Complimentary table in symposium or shiftwork venue
  • Half-page ad in symposium program and acknowledgement in all symposium or shiftwork media materials
  • List of attendees

GRANDFATHER CLOCK SPONSOR - $3,000-$5,000

  • Sponsor company logo & hyperlink on symposium websites
  • 3 complimentary symposium registrations, includes validated free parking
  • Sponsorship acknowledgement before session introductions
  • Complimentary table in symposium or shiftwork venue
  • Half-page ad in symposium program and acknowledgement in all symposium or shiftwork media materials
  • List of attendees

SUNDIAL SPONSOR - $2,000

  • Sponsor company logo & hyperlink on symposium websites
  • 2 complimentary symposium registrations, includes validated free parking
  • Sponsorship acknowledgement before session introductions
  • Complimentary table in symposium or shiftwork venue
  • ¼-page acknowledgement on symposium or shiftwork program
  • List of attendees

HOURGLASS SPONSOR - $1,000

  • 1 complimentary symposium registration and parking
  • Acknowledgement on symposium and shiftwork websites
  • Supporter listing in symposium program

CCB COMMUNITY SUPPORTER - $200-$4,000

  • $4,000 - Sponsor VIP dinner
  • $3,000 - Sponsor speakers reception
  • $2,000 - Sponsor poster prize session
  • $1,000 - Sponsor a closing banquet table
  • $200 - Scholarship for Student/Trainee to attend sleep workshop or symposium


To become a sponsor or learn more, please contact:

   Terry Peters
   (858) 534-7753
   tpeters@ucsd.edu


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Organizing Committee:

For additional information, please contact:

Pattie Magallanez
Administrative Specialist
Center for Circadian Biology (CCB)
University of California, San Diego
Phone: (858) 534-4409
E-mail: pattiemag@ucsd.edu

Many thanks to our generous sponsors of the 2017 Symposium

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