2008 Annual UPGG Retreat, Shell Island, NC
Schedule
Friday, May 9th
5:00 - 7:00 pm House Check-in
5:00 - 6:30 Dinner
7:OO - 7:15 Intro
7:15 - 7:40 Christina Sheedy, "Deconstructing the Xce"
7:40 - 7:55 Christina Markanus, "A sex-dependent SCARB1 variant associated with insulin resistance"
7:55 - 8:40 Break / Small Groups
8:40 - 8:55 Kristin Bompiani, "Agonistic aptamers: antidote controlled prothrombotic treatment for
Hemophilia"
8:55 - 9:20 Tami McDonald, "State-specific methylation in the lichen symbiosis"
9:20 - 10:00 Continue small group discussion
10 pm Leave Shell Island
Saturday, May 10th
8:OO - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 9:25 Jayme Johnson, "Mechanisms of polarity maintenance during yeast mating"
9:25 - 9:40 Yoichiro Shibata, "Identifying an odorant receptor responsible for innate fear response"
9:40 - 9:55 Theresa O'Meara, "Cryptococcus neoformans PacC homologue shows novel virulence
phenotyoes"
9:55 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:40 Adam Morris, "Ribonomic analysis of the Pum1 RNA-binding protein"
10:40 - 10:55 Marianna Feretzaki, "Isolation of Filamentation Genes in Cryptococcus neoformans Through
Insertional Mutagenesis"
10:55 - 11:20 Kristin Maloney, "Epigenetic differences between functional and non-functional human alpha
satellite arrays"
11:20 - 12:40 Break / Faculty Panel
12:40 - 12:55 Felicia Hawthorne, "Role of H3K27 demethylases in mouse neurons"
12:55 - 1:20 Dan Mclntyre, "Mirco-RNA Regulation in Sea Urchin Development"
1:30 - 7:00 pm Free Time
7:00 - 9:00 Dinner at Shell Island
9:OO pm Leave Shell Island
Sunday, May 6th
8:OO - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:25 Kevin Preuss, "Genetically Mediated Non-genetic Variation"
9:25 - 9:40 Kristin McDonald, "The Genetics of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma"
9:40 - 9:55 Megan Orloski, "*Cryptococcus neoformans*: now sugar-free!"
9:55 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:40 Kristina Roberts, "Running in Circles: Investigating the Genetics of Inner Ear Development"
10:40 - 11:05 Natalie Breakfield, "Characterizing microRNA regulatory networks in Arabidopsis thaliana Roots"
Photos
to come
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