CCB Fall Workshop on Biological Timing
Friday, November 14, 2014
15th floor, Village West, Building 1, UCSD
No registration required; check in for name badge at registration desk.
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Confirmed Speakers
Paula Desplats - Assistant Professor of Neurosciences, UCSD
Spencer Diamond - Graduate Student in Susan Golden Lab, UCSD
Hanne Hoffmann - Postdoc in Mellon Lab, UCSD
Todd Holmes - Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UC Irvine
Anne-Laure Huber - Research Associate in Lamia Lab, The Scripps Research Institute
Dawn Nagel - Postdoc in Steve Kay Lab, USC
Takako Noguchi - Assistant Project Scientist in Gorman and Welsh Labs, UCSD
Ryan Shultzaberger - Postdoc in Greenspan Lab, UCSD
Ron Szymusiak - Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Neurobiology, UCLA
Amir Zarrinpar - Postdoc in Panda Lab, Salk Institute
Schedule
| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
Session I: (9:00 am - 10:30 am)
Moderator: David Welsh
| 9:00 | Todd Holmes (Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UC Irvine) – California Circadian Consortium Progress Report |
| 9:30 | Takako Noguchi (Assistant Project Scientist in Gorman and Welsh Labs, UCSD) – Mechanisms of fast resetting of clocks following rhythm bifurcation |
| 10:00 | Anne-Laure Huber (Research Associate in Lamia Lab, The Scripps Research Institute) – CRY2 opposes c-MYC to suppress transformation |
| 10:30 |
Break |
Session II: (10:45 am - 12:30 pm)
Moderator: Pamela Mellon
| 10:45 | Paula Desplats (Assistant Professor of Neurosciences, UCSD) – Circadian alterations in Alzheimer’s disease: a new target for DNA methylation disruption |
| 11:15 | Spencer Diamond (Graduate Student in Susan Golden Lab, UCSD) – Circadian control of metabolism in S. elongatus under diurnal growth |
| 11:45 | Hanne Hoffmann (Postdoc in Mellon Lab, UCSD) – Rhythms, hormones and fertility |
| 12:15 | David Welsh (Assoc. Director of CCB, Assoc. Professor of Molecular Biology, UCSD) – CCB and You |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
Session III: (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
Moderator: Sonia Ancoli-Israel
| 1:30 | Ron Szymusiak (Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Neurobiology, UCLA) – Strategic opportunities in sleep/circadian research advocacy |
| 2:30 | Dawn Nagel (Postdoc in Kay Lab, USC) – Unraveling transcriptional mechanisms underlying clock function in Arabidopsis |
| 3:00 |
Break |
Session IV: (3:15 pm - 4:15 pm)
Moderator: Bill Joiner
| 3:15 | Ryan Shultzaberger (Postdoc in Greenspan Lab, UCSD) – Probing the robustness / evolvability of the cyanobacterial circadian gene network |
| 3:45 | Amir Zarrinpar (Postdoc in Panda Lab, Salk Institute) – Diet and feeding pattern determine the diurnal dynamics of the gut microbiome |
| 4:15 | Professional Development Session – Panelists: William Joiner, Royan Kamyar, Jose Pruneda-Paz, and Jonathan Shelton – Career advice and strategies for trainees |
| 4:15-6:00 | Reception – Reception will start during Professional Development Session |
