2003 Annual UPG Retreat, Blowing Rock,
NC
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Friday:
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| 5:00-7:00 |
Welcome and Cookout at the
Condo |
| 7:00-8:00 |
Session I |
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Sean Garvey
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Disruption of a Chromosomal "Regulatory
Landscape" Causes Developmental and Behavioral
Phenotypes |
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Carrie Blanchette
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Characterization of the STK15
Oncogene in Breast Tumors |
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Vivian Bonano
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Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-2
Alternative Splicing Regulation in Living Tissues |
| 8:00-8:15 |
Break |
| 8:15-9:15 |
Session II |
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Alice Tanner
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Inhibiting Intimal Hyperplasia
Using Aptamers to E2F |
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Brian Wilkinson
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New Partners for Drosophila Brain
Tumor in Size Control and Neural Development |
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Abee Boyles
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The ABC's of Microarray Analysis |
| 9:15-???? |
Socialize at the Condo |
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Saturday:
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| 9:00-9:30 |
Breakfast at the Condo |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Session III |
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Lisa Chadwick
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Genetic control of X Inactivation:
What Influences X Chromosome choice? |
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Margaret Lai
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Past, Present, and Future of
Zebrafish |
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Chris Lassiter
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The Estrogen Pathway in Zebrafish |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-11:45 |
Faculty Panel
Dr. Phil Benfey, Chair of Biology
Dr. Chris Counter, Assistant Professor
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Dr. Elwood Linney, Professor of Molecular
Genetics and Microbiology |
| 11:45-1:00 |
Lunch at the Condo |
| 1:00-6:00 |
Free Time |
| 6:00-7:15 |
Dinner in the Embers Room |
| 7:15-8:15 |
Session IV |
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Anne Kiang
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Translating the Promise of
Human Genetics Research into Clinical Reality:
A Gene Therapy Approach |
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Mitch Levesque
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Functional Prediction of Uncharacterized
Genes through Comparative Genomics |
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Jill Blankenship
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Role of Calcineurin in Virulence
of C. albicans |
| 8:15-8:30 |
Break |
| 8:30-9:30 |
Student Panel |
| 9:30-???? |
Socialize at the Condo |
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Sunday:
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| 9:00-9:30 |
Breakfast in the meeting room |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Session V |
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Michelle Turski
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Ankyrin and the Septate Junction |
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Robert Bastidas
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Generation of a Low Phytate
Plant by Molecular Disruption of Inositol Polyphosphate
2-Kinase |
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Jennifer Lin
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Using Picornaviruses as Versatile
Vaccine Vectors |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Break and Check-Out |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Session VI |
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Katie Rudd
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17 Centromere: A Model of Alpha
Satellite Function and Evolution |
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Juliette Colinas
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Phylogenetic Footprinting to
Find Regulatory Regions in Arabidopsis |
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Jason Stajich
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A Tale of Two Worms: C.
elegans and C. briggsae Comparative
Genomics |
| 12:00-12:15 |
Farewell and Departure |
Pictures from the weekend:
Our lodging: the
condo, the
lodge, the
pool, and the
lake.
Alice unpacks at
the condo before we hang
out.
A few talks - Anne, Mitch,
and Jill.
Our faculty panel -
Drs. Counter, Linney, and Benfey.
Hiking at Linville Falls - Verietta at
the overlook.
Chris & Verietta at
the upper falls.
Socializing at Dinner - 1, 2, 3, 4,
and dessert.
Group photo at the
pool
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