UC San Diego's Center for Circadian Biology will host its 14th Annual Circadian Biology Symposium to be held at the Sanford Consortium - Roth Auditorium, UC San Diego.
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. Each year, the symposium attracts leaders in the field, with active participation from our 58 PIs within the CCB. We welcome and encourage registrants from your research personnel, other institutions, and industry.
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The aims of the conference are to:
- Provide participants with a comprehensive view of modern circadian biology.
- Exchange a broad spectrum of ideas and techniques in circadian biology.
- Promote interactions among the faculty and lab personnel of UC San Diego, Circadian Biology Center, the invited speakers, and other participants.
- Further acquaint the speakers, their groups, and other registrants with the depth and breadth of circadian biology research conducted at UC San Diego.
Confirmed Speakers
2024 Speakers
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Deborah Bell-Pedersen, PhD |
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Dan J. Buysse, MD |
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Horacio de la Iglesia, PhD
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María P. Fernández, PhD |
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Kathleen Greenham, PhD |
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Jeffrey Haspel, MD, PhD |
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Ian Hickie, MD |
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John Hogenesch, PhD |
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Dorothee Kern, PhD |
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Katja Lamia, PhD |
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Wanhe Li, PhD |
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Atul Malhotra, MD Professor of Medicine, Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego |
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Selma Masri, PhD Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine |
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Alex Neitz, PhD |
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Jose Pruneda-Paz, PhD Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego |
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Melissa E.S. Richardson, PhD |
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Dorothy Sears, PhD |
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Frank A.J.L. Scheer, M.Sc., PhD |
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Laura van Rosmalen, PhD |
Contact Pattie Stoughton patties@ucsd.edu for assistance.
Schedule
WEDNESDAY - Feb 21, 2024
Session-1 (1:00pm - 4:10pm)
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1:00 pm |
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Opening RemarksGene Block, PhD |
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ModeratorDawn Nagel, PhD |
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1:10 pm |
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Dorothee Kern, PhD From primordial circadian clocks |
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1:50 pm |
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Deborah Bell-Pedersen, PhD Circadian Clock Control of mRNA
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Break - (20 minutes) |
2:30pm - 2:50pm |
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2:50 pm |
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Jose Pruneda-Paz, PhD Unraveling how organ-specific
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3:30 pm |
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Kathleen Greenham, PhD Dissecting tissue specific circadian |
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THURSDAY - Feb 22, 2024
Session-2 (9:00am - 12:00pm)
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ModeratorStephany Flores-Ramos, PhD Candidate |
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9:00 am |
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María P. Fernández, PhD |
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9:40 am |
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Wanhe Li, PhD A Drosophila Model for Understanding the Timekeeping Mechanism during Chronic Social Isolation
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Break - (20 minutes) |
10:20am - 10:40am |
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10:40 am |
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Melissa E.S. Richardson, PhD The Balancing Act: Maintaining
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11:20 am |
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Jeffrey Haspel, MD, PhD Circadian immunity from bench
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Buffet Lunch - (1 hour) |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
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Special Session (1:00pm - 2:00pm) |
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ModeratorSatchin Panda, PhD |
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1:00 pm |
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John Hogenesch, PhD Building circadian medicine
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POSTER SESSION
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2:00pm - 4:00pm |
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FRIDAY - Feb 23, 2024
Session-3 (9:00am - 12:00pm)
Registration
Registration is open!
This 3-day Symposium will begin on Wednesday at 1pm with a half-day afternoon session; on Thursday and Friday we will have full-day sessions beginning at 9:00am. On Friday evening after sessions, please join us for happy hour & the banquet dinner. Breakfast will be served at 8:30am on Thursday and Friday.- Registration includes 3-day symposium plus Friday evening happy hour & banquet dinner. Also includes daily refreshment breaks, and breakfast & lunch on Thursday and Friday.
Registration Types:
- Student Registration - Students and Postdocs from all institutions (includes CCB trainees)
- CCB Faculty Member - Official CCB Faculty membership (all who are listed on people pages on the CCB website)
- Regular Registration - All other attendees
- Banquet guest add-on - Add a guest for the closing banquet (be prepared to include guest name)
Registration Fees:
Poster Session
We welcome our registered attendees to participate in a poster session to be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00pm. Priority for limited space will be given to students and postdocs. Four prizes will be awarded ($75 Amazon gift card); winners will be announced during the banquet dinner.
Sign-up here! to initiate your plan to present a poster. We will notify you by email to let you know if your poster is accepted.
Poster Abstract & Submission Guidelines
Submit your poster abstract to ccb.mtgs@gmail.com
Deadline: February 1, 2024
Poster prize winners of 2023
Congratulations! (Awardees are listed alphabetically)
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Aida Coric moon-controlled timers: Linking the light valence detector L-Cry to the circalunar clock in the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii |
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Samantha Iiams Title: The Impact of Circadian Aligned |
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Luísa Jabbur Title: Do bacteria care about the seasons? |
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Kanjana Laosuntisuk Talk: Controlling for total RNA abundance |
Contact Pattie Stoughton patties@ucsd.edu for assistance.
Network Awards
CCB will award a limited number of scholarships to to enable undergraduates, gap-year students working towards a graduate program, Masters and PhD students, and scientists within the first 48 months of postdoctoral training to attend this symposium.
Network Awards will fund trainees whose activities and experiences contribute to expanding the diversity of scientists involved in biological rhythms research.
Recipients of the award will receive a full registration scholarship. Recipients from outside of the San Diego area will also be reimbursed for travel and housing expenses to fully support attending the conference.
Applications include this form, a short CV uploaded with this form, and a statement from your mentor triggered by completion of this form. Application materials must be submitted by December 15, 2023, and mentor letters by December 20, 2023.
Applicants will be notified of decisions by January 10, 2024. We recommend that applicants wait until the funding decision to register for the symposium.
Apply here!
Sponsorship
Sponsorship Information - An exciting event and opportunity
The Annual Symposium, hosted by the Center for Circadian Biology (CCB) at UC San Diego, brings together over 150 attendees for this 3-day event.
The symposium features 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, you will join the Who’s Who in circadian research in this exciting venture and help us invent the future.
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To become a sponsor or learn more, please contact:
Pattie Stoughton - patties@ucsd.edu
Ana Minvielle - aminvielle@ucsd.edu
Organizing Committee:
- Susan Golden (CCB Director, Molecular Biology, UC San Diego)
- Amir Zarrinpar (CCB Associate Director, Gastroenterology, UC San Diego)
- Sonia Ancoli-Israel (Psychiatry, UC San Diego)
- Stu Brody (Molecular Biology, UC San Diego)
- William Joiner (Pharmacology, UC San Diego)
- Katja Lamia (Scripps Research)
- Atul Malhotra (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, UC San Diego)
- Michael McCarthy (Psychiatry, UC San Diego)
- Satchin Panda (Salk Institute)
- Jose Pruneda-Paz (Cell and Developmental Biology, UC San Diego)
- Dorothy Sears (Endocrinology & Metabolism, UC San Diego)
- Benjamin Smarr (Bioengineering, UC San Diego)
- Karen Tonsfeldt (Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UC San Diego)
- David Welsh (Psychiatry, UC San Diego)
For additional information, please contact:
Pattie Stoughton
Research Administrator
Center for Circadian Biology (CCB)
University of California, San Diego
E-mail: patties@ucsd.edu
Many thanks to our generous sponsors of 2024
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