27th Annual Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group Symposium
We're excited to invite the CAMB community to our 27th Annual Symposium on September 25th from 2pm-4:15pm and September 26th from 8am-6:30pm.
As we gather information we will post our program below with virtual links and schedule information!
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Registration Deadlines!
With Abstract: August 29, 2024
(required for 4th & 5th year PhD, and 5th & 6th year Combined Degree students)
All Others: September 13, 2024
Wednesday, September 25th - Alumni Career Panels via Zoom
2:00pm-3:00pm Career Panels 1 & 2
3:15pm-4:15pm Career Panels 3 & 4
Thursday, September 26th - Student Speakers, Keynote Talks, and Poster Sessions
Houston Hall (Map)
8:00am-9:00am Check-in, Breakfast, and Poster Preview
9:00am-9:10am Opening Remarks
9:10-9:55am Racial Equity and Action Keynote: Nikea Pittman, Ph.D.
“More than Just Molecules” Strengthening Inclusion in STEM Graduate Training Environments
9:55am-11:05am Poster Session A
11:05am-11:55am Student Speakers: Catriana Nations (DSRB) & Vi Pham (GTV)
11:55am-1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm-1:10pm Presentation of Community Service Awards & TAA pitch
1:10pm-2:00pm Student Speakers: Victoria Lovins (MVP) & Abdias Diaz (CPM)
2:00pm-3:10pm Poster Session B
3:10pm-4:00pm Student Speakers: Erick Mitchell-Velasquez (CB) & Elana Pyfrom (G&E)
4:10pm-5:10pm Alumni Keynote: Ralph J. DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.
Metabolic perturbation and human disease
5:10pm-5:20pm Presentation of Poster Awards & Closing Remarks
5:20pm-6:30pm Reception
2024 Program (PDF)
Alumni Keynote Speaker
Ralph J. DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Children’s Research Institute
Director, Genetic and Metabolic Disease Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Metabolic perturbation and human disease
Racial Equity and Action Keynote
Nikea Pittman, Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Founder, Black Microbiologists Association
Founder, SPACE: Scientists Promoting Anti-racist Conversations & Equity
“More than Just Molecules” Strengthening Inclusion in STEM Graduate Training Environments
Student Speakers
Erick Mitchell-Velasquez
CB Program -
Irfan Asangani's Lab
NNMT Loss Drives Prostate Cancer Progression through Epigenetic and Metabolic Reprogramming
Abdias Diaz-Rosado, PhD
CPM Program Alum -
Elizabeth Bhoj's Lab
Multi-omics in TBCK Syndrome: Offering the first unbiased approach to identify potential therapeutic targets
Catriana Nations
DSRB Program -
Paul Gadue's Lab
An iPSC model of TAR syndrome links aberrant splicing to impaired megakaryopoiesis
Elana Pyfrom
G&E Program -
Amita Sehgal's lab
Determining the Role of Sleep in Brain Lipid Homeostasis
