Granlibakken Conference Center
North Lake Tahoe, CA
BMS 2014 Retreat Agenda
Friday, October 10, 2014
1:00-1:50 p.m.
Arrival
Rooms may not be available for check-in until 4:00 p.m. Please set up posters in the Pavilion. Check in
with BMS staff to pick up agenda packet in front of Mountain/Lake Room
1:50-2:00 p.m.
Welcome
BMS Retreat Organizers Jason Rock and Noelle L'Etoile
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
2:00-3:15 p.m.
Session 1
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
2:00-2:15
2:20-2:35
2:40-2:55
3:00-3:15
Session Chair - Trevor Burt, MD
Ophir Klein, MD, PhD
"Regulation of epithelial stem cells"
Marta Margeta, MD, PhD
"Nrf2 stress response pathway in the brain and skeletal muscle: Friend or Foe?"
Jeroen Roose, PhD
"Flavors of Ras-kinase signals and cell fate decisions"
Rosemary Akhurst, PhD
"The multifaceted biology of TGFb"
3:20-3:30 p.m.
Break (continue setting up posters in the Pavilion)
Pavilion
3:30-4:45 p.m.
Session 2
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
3:30-3:45
3:50-4:05
4:10-4:25
4:30-4:42
Session Chair - Akiko Hata, PhD
Tamara Alliston, PhD
“TGF-beta integration of physical and biochemical cues in the skeleton"
Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD
“Manipulation of host transport pathways by a bacterial pathogen”
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD
"Origin of Adult Neural Stem Cells"
Laura Simpson - BMS Student, Ansel Lab
"miRNA regulation of T helper responses in asthma"
4:45-5:30
Break
Room check-in/badge pick-up at Front Desk Please set up posters in the Pavilion.
5:30-6:00 p.m.
Student Meeting
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
6:00-7:15 p.m.
Dinner Buffet
Granhall, Main Lodge
7:15-8:30 p.m.
Session 3
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
7:15-7:30
7:35-7:50
7:55-8:10
8:15-8:27
Session Chair - Diane Barber, PhD
Lily Jan, PhD
"Thermal regulation and excitability modulation by TMEM16C"
Michael Rosenblum, MD, PhD
"Regulatory T cells in skin from mice to men"
Barbara Panning, PhD
"A sweet story about stem cells"
Sky Feuer - BMS Student, Rinaudo Lab
"Can in vitro fertilization (IVF) affect offspring health? Evidence from a rodent model"
8:30-8:45 p.m.
Break
Beverages available in the dining hall. Continue setting up posters in the Pavilion
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
8:45-9:15 p.m.
9:15-9:25 p.m.
Introduction of New Students: Sarah Knox and Jeroen Roose
Introduction of New Faculty: Mark Ansel
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
9:25-10:25 p.m.
Student Skits
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
10:25-12:00 midnight
Party Snacks and beverages will be served.
Granhall, Main Lodge
Saturday, October 11, 2014
7:30-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
Granhall, Main Lodge
9:00-10:15 a.m.
Session 4
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
9:00-9:15
9:20-9:35
9:40-9:55
10:00-10:12
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Session Chair - Bassem Al-Sady, PhD
Tippi MacKenzie, PhD
TBD
Natalia Jura, PhD
"How does an inactive kinase promote cancer?"
Shingo Kajimura, PhD
"Engineering Fat Cell Fate to Fight Obesity and Metabolic Diseases"
Travis Ruch, PhD - Postdoc, Engel Lab
"Membrane remodeling as a mechanism to detect pathogens"
Coffee Break (continue setting up posters in the Pavilion)
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
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Granlibakken Conference Center
North Lake Tahoe, CA
BMS 2014 Retreat Agenda
(Saturday, October 11 continued)
10:30-11:45 a.m.
10:30-10:45
10:50-11:05
11:10-11:22
11:25-11:37
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
Session 5
Session Chair - Susanna Rosi, PhD
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD
"Single cell gene expression in human radial glia"
Nadav Ahituv, PhD
"Functional characterization of gene regulatory elements"
Andrew Kodani, PhD - Postdoc, Reiter Lab
"An MCPH protein complex and centriolar satellites cooperate to coordinate centriole duplication"
Oren Rosenburg, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Cox Lab
"Structural and mechanistic insights into Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factor secretion"
11:40-12:45 p.m.
Lunch Buffet
Granhall, Main Lodge
12:45-2:00 p.m.
Session 6
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
12:45-1:00
1:05-1:20
1:25-1:40
1:45-1:57
Session Chair - TBD
Stephen Fancy, DVM, PhD
"A new model of oligodendrocyte progenitor migration throughout the developing CNS"
Jeanne Paz, PhD
"Optogenetic deconstruction and real-time control of corticothalamic circuits in epilepsy"
Margaret Feeney, MD, MMSc
"The Effector and Regulatory Immune Response to Malaria"
Tali Mazor - BMS Student, Costello Lab
"Longitudinal epigenomics of low-grade glioma during malignant progression"
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Free Afternoon
Organized Hiking Groups. Please gather on the patio outside the Granhall.
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Dinner Buffet
Granhall, Main Lodge
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker - Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
8:00-8:15 p.m.
Break
8:15-11:00 p.m.
Poster Session
Please refer to Poster Program for poster numbers. Posters may remain mounted until Sunday. Poster
Contest for students and postdocs. Three postdoc and three student prizes will be awarded. Desserts
and beverages will be available in the dining hall. Even numbered posters present 8:15 - 9:35pm, odd
numbered posters present 9:35 - 11:00pm.
Pavilion
11:00-12:00 midnight
Party snacks and beverages will be served.
Granhall, Main Lodge
Sunday, October 12, 2014
7:30-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
Granhall, Main Lodge
9:00-10:15 a.m.
Session 7
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
9:00-9:15
9:20-9:35
9:40-9:55
10:00-10:12
Session Chair - Andrei Goga, MD, PhD
De'Broski Herbert PhD
"Immunoregulatory mechanisms at the mucosal barrier surface"
Feroz Papa, MD, PhD
"Targeting cell degenerative diseases with type 2 kinase inhibitors of IRE1"
Peter Turnbaugh, PhD
"Dietary antimicrobial compounds shape the gut microbiota"
Laralynne Przybyla, PhD - Postdoc, Weaver Lab
"Mechanical forces prime embryonic stem cells for mesoderm differentiation"
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Session 8
Mountain/Lake Room, Main Lodge
10:30-10:45
10:50-11:05
11:10-11:22
11:25-11:40
11:45 a.m.
Session Chair - Sarah Knox, PhD
Torsten Wittmann, PhD
"Mechanisms of Microtubule-Mediated Focal Adhesion Turnover"
Eric Snyder, MD, PhD
"Nkx2-1 inhibits a latent gastric differentiation program in lung adenocarcinoma"
Elizabeth Unger - BMS Student, Shah Lab
"Control of sexually dimorphic behaviors by the medial amygdala"
Katharine White, PhD and Zachary Szpeich, PhD - Postdocs, Barber / Hernandez Labs
"Retention of Somatic Mutations in Cancers by Changes in pH Sensing"
Lunch (takeaway sandwich bar)
Granhall, Main Lodge
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