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2005 Annual UPGG Retreat, Arden, NC

Friday:
5:00-7:00  Dinner in Bacot
7:00-8:30 Session I
Monique Kierlin
Nucleic Acid Therapies for ß-globin Gene Mutations
Jason Stajich
Fungal Intron Evolution: Loss, Gain, and Retention
Bayly Wheeler
Development of a Fission Yeast Assay to Study Chromatin Domains in Higher Eukaryotes
Sarah Wiley
Characterization of Cordon-bleu, a Novel Protein Involved in Neural Tube Development
8:30-8:45  Break
8:45-10:30  Session II
Kevin Preuss
A Goliath Story of Little Beetles
Dave Des Marais
Interpreting Functional Evolution following Gene Duplication in Morning Glories
Brian Wilkinson
To Be Announced
Charlene Blake Enhancement of Thrombolysis through PAI-1 Inhibition
Heather Labreche Modifying Adenovirus-based Vectors to Improve
Efficacy and Reduce Toxicity
Saturday:
8:30-9:30 Breakfast in Dining Hall
9:30-10:45 Session III
Kristie Bastress
To Be Announced
Laura Kavanaugh
Large Scale Horizontal Gene Transfer between Subspecies in an Opportunistic Human Pathogen
Jesse Slone
Investigation of the Drosophila REEP1 Homologue
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Session IV
Margaret Lai
Retinoid Signaling in the Zebrafish Embryo
Morgan Bomer
Transposon Mutagenesis Screen for Suppressors of Constitutive SOS Response in E. coli
Sandra Vergara
To Be Announced
Michelle Turski
Copper and the Fruit Fly: Insights into how a Metal can Impact Development
12:30-1:30 Lunch in Dining Hall
1:30-6:00 Free Time
6:00 Leave for Dinner at Highland Lake Inn
Sunday:
8:30-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-11:00 Session V
Claudia Dollins
Enhancement of Tumor Immunotherapy using RNA Antagonists to the PD-1 / B7-H1 Pathway
Sean Garvey
Progressive Myofibrillar Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A
Brooke Ancrile
Inducible Genomic Instability: Creation of a TRF2-ER Fusion Protein
Amy Jacon
Imprinting, M6p/Igf2r, and Cognitive Ability
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:30 Faculty Panel
12:30-12:45 Award Presentation

- Photos -

Relaxing at the Retreat- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Giving Talks- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
The Great Outdoors - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

 

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