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2004 Annual UPGG Retreat, Myrtle Beach, SC

 

Friday:
5:00-7:00  Pizza Dinner
7:00-8:00 Session I
Sean Garvey
Transgenic modeling of LGMD1A
Laura Fuhrman
Using C. elegans to Dissect the Role of Innate Immunity in Crohn's Disease
Kylie Haskins
Role of IL-7 Signaling in the Prevention of T-Cell Atrophy
8:00-8:15  Break
8:15-9:15  Session II
Haiyan Lin
Mosaic Analysis in Drosophila Germ-line Stem Cells
Kate Kucera
Beautiful Buttocks
Monique Kierlin
Lactococcus lactis Group II Ribozyme Splicing Activity in E. coli
9:15-????  Social Time
Saturday:
9:00-9:30 Breakfast Buffet
9:30-10:10 Session III
Richard Roberts
How to Constructively Deal with your Graduate School Stress by Cutting the Limbs off your Model Organism
Richard Twigg
Control of Leaf Polarity
10:10-10:25 Break
10:25-11:45

Faculty Panel
Steve Haase
Bruce Sullenger
Paloma Giangrande

11:45-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:15 Shipwreck Dinner
7:15-8:15 Session IV
Sabah Oney
GPIb: A Target for Anti-platelet Therapy
Shan Huang
Alternative Splicing in Cryptococcus
Dan Catron
Cancer and the Protozoan
8:15-8:30 Break
8:30-9:30

Session V

Dave Des Marais
Anthocyanin Gene Duplications in Morning Glories: How not to one-up what other people have done
Erin Rees
Function and Regulation of Intracellular Copper Mobilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Whitney Jones
RacGap50C is a Negative Regulator of the Wingless Pathway
9:30-???? Social Time
Sunday:
9:30-10:00 Breakfast in the meeting room
10:00-11:20 Session VI
Zach Hartman
Adenoviral Immunity
Jason Stajich
Nine ways to Incorporate Comparative Genomics into Your Love Life
Charlie Shaw The Role of DNA Polymerase Alpha/primase p68 Subunit in Human Papillomavirus Replication
Chris Lassiter
Sex on the Brain: Estrogen in the Zebrafish Nervous System

Pictures from the weekend:

The view from our luxurious balcony: 1, 2
Relaxing before the talks start: 1, 2
A few talks - Kate, Monique, and Sabah
Our faculty panel
Socializing at Dinner - 1, 2, 3, 4
Hanging out - 1, 2, 3

Winners of the Superstar Award (Best 1st Year Talks)
Sabah, Laura, The Winners Together

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