Salk Bulletin
Monday, February 23, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
11:00 am
“Rules of Engagement: Molecular Insights from Host-Pathogen Arms Races”
Matthew Daugherty, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Faculty
Candidate, Center for Integrative Biology
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Trustees Room
Host: Janelle Ayers
Contact: Beth Coyne, [email protected]
Monday, February 23, 2015
4:00 pm
“The Evolution of Lymphocytes”
Max D. Cooper, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Auditorium (10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive)
Host: Scripps Faculty
Contact: [email protected] , 858-784-8079
Monday, February 23, 2015
4:00 pm
“Computing with Chaotic Systems”
Bill Ditto & Behnam Kia
Applied Chaos Lab, University of Hawaii at Manoa
An overview of chaos computing will be presented along with the latest research, designs and
commercialization of chaotic computer architectures.
http://appliedchaoslab.phys.hawaii.edu/index.html
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Urey Room 2102, Urey Hall
Host: Henry Abarbanel
Contact: Cookie Santamaria, 858-534-1981, [email protected]
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Tuesday, February 24, 2015
12:00 pm
“Deconstructing p53 Pathways in Vivo”
Laura Attardi, Ph.D., Stanford University, School of Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
Host: Jing Yang
Contact: Lizette Cerf, [email protected]
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
12:00 pm
“Novel MicroRNA Functions in Mammalian Physiology and Cancer”
Joshua Mendell, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
Member, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center
SANFORD | BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Fishman Auditorium
Hosts: Rui Zhou & Tariq Rana
Contact: Tara Mabry: [email protected]
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
12:00 pm
“Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems”
Dr. Peter Petraitis
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Muir Biology Building, Room 1103
Host: Josh Kohn
Contact: Joanna Dunn, [email protected]
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Wednesday, February 25, 2015
12:00 pm
“The Innate Immune Response to Malaria is Driven by Parasite DNA”
Douglas Golenbock, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Infection Diseases &
Immunology, University of Mass Medical School,
Worcester, Massachusetts
LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Ishizaka Seminar Room
Host: Mitchell Kronenberg
Contact: Jennifer Abcarian Lagos, [email protected]
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
3:00 pm
Neuroplasticity of Aging Seminar Series: “What Optic Neuropathies Teach Us
About the Brain”
David J. Calkins, Ph.D.
The Denis M. O'Day Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Vice-Chairman and Director for Research
The Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
Host: Rana El-Danaf
Contact: Brenda Denny, [email protected] , 858-246-1261
February 25-27, 2015
CCB Symposium: From Cells to Clinic
UCSD Center for Circadian Biology event
Sanford Consortium Auditorium
For more information please visit our website http://ccb.ucsd.edu
Pattie Magallanez (Administrative Specialist), [email protected]
Terry Peters (Business Manager), [email protected]
Thursday, February 26, 2015 Thursday, February 26, 2015
11:00 am
“Interpreting Human Genetic Variation by Molecular Trait Mapping”
Graham McVicker, Ph.D., Stanford University
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium
Host: Satchin Panda
Contact: Beth Coyne, [email protected]
Thursday, February 26, 2015
4:00 pm
“Inflammation and Cancer: Good Cells Behaving Badly”
Lisa Coussens, Professor and Chair, Associate Director of Basic Research, Knight
Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Trustees Room
Host: Geoff Wahl
Contact: Nova Summers, 858-453-4100 x1615, [email protected]
Thursday, February 26, 2015
12:00 pm
“How Useful is Your Genome? Methods for Understanding Molecular Mechanisms
of Disease and Genome Interpretation”
Predrag Radivojac, Indiana University
More Information: 2014-2015 GBSBC Schedule of Speakers
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
Contact: Darla Schell, [email protected]
Thursday, February 26, 2015
4:00 pm
“Cell Fate Determination in the Vertebrate Retina”
Connie Cepko, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room (formerly CNCB)
Host: Bruce Hamilton
Contact: Judy Johns, 858-534-9684, [email protected]
Friday, February 27, 2015 Friday, February 27 & 28, 2015
9:00 am
6th Annual Sanford-Burnham Rare Disease Day Symposium: Treating Disease
with Sugars
Various Speakers
sanfordburnham.org/rarediseaseday
SANFORD | BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
10905 Road to the Cure, San Diego CA 92121
Contact: Amy Zimmon, [email protected]
Friday, February 27, 2015
2:00 pm
“Strategies for Prevention and Repair of Vascular Permeability”
Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, Senior V.P. for Health Sciences, University of Arizona
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Fung Auditorium
Contact: Pam Murphy [email protected]
Monday, March 2, 2015
Monday, March 2, 2015
4:00 pm
“Choosing the Best Animal Model for Preclinical Therapeutic Trials in
Human Muscle Disease”
G. Diane Shelton, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
Contact: Graham Ryan, [email protected] or (858) 822-5650
Salk Bulletin Extra
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
4:00 pm
“Telomerase and its Reactivation in Cancer”
Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Chemistry &
Biochemistry, Director, University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute,
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium
Host: Inder Verma
Contact: Beth Coyne, [email protected]
Friday, March 13, 2015
Glenn Symposium
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Registration NOW
OPEN: http://SalkInstitute.kintera.org/GlennSymposiumonAging2015
Schedule:
9.00
Introduction by Jan Karlseder
Morning Session, chaired by Malene Hansen:
9:05
Eros Denchi, The Scripps Research Institute, “Telomeres in Disease”
9:35
Robert Radford, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, “Cellular Aging:
Examining the Role of Metabolism”
9:55
Caroline Kumsta, Sanford|Burnham Medical Research Institute, “The
Interplay between Autophagy and the Heat-shock Response”
10:15
Coffee break (30 min)
10:45
Rolf Bodmer, Sanford|Burnham Medical Research Institute,
“Preserving Heart Function Despite Obesity and Aging”
11:15
Michael Petrascheck, The Scripps Research Institute, “Aging in the
Young”
11:35
Tatiana Kisseleva, University of California, San Diego, Talk Title to be
Announced
11.55
Lunch Break and Poster Session (~1.5 hrs)
Afternoon Session, chaired by Jan Karlseder:
1:30
Vicki Lundblad, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, “Telomere
homeostasis: Coming from Two Directions”
2:00
Simon Schenk, University of California, San Diego, Talk Title to be
Announced
2:20
Sandra Encalada, The Scripps Research Institute, “Mechanisms of
Proteotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans: Models of Transthyretin Amyloidoses”
2:50
Coffee break (30 min)
3:20
Jerome Mertens, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, “Modeling
Human Aging with Induced Neurons”
3:40
Keynote speaker, Andy Dillin, University of California at Berkeley,
“Orchestrating Aging across a Troubled Soma”
4.30
Reception
Organizers: Jan Karlseder, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Malene Hansen, Sanford|Burnham Medical Research
Institute
March 12 & 13, 2015
2015 Food & Fuel for the 21st Century Symposium
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Registration Deadline: February 26, 2015
Register at: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1634051
Location: Artkinson Hall, University of California, San Diego
Contact: Alyona Bobkova, [email protected]
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