2023 McGovern Medical School Research Retreat

Registration is now open for the McGovern Medical School Research Retreat. Join us on March 7, 2023 from 8:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. at the Sarofim Research Building, Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Annual Medical School Research Retreat sponsored by the Research Committee. All faculty, graduate students and fellows are invited to attend. This event will include two breakthrough discovery symposia designed to showcase the talent of our junior and senior faculty whose work is worthy of recognition for its innovation and significance. In addition, there will be a Graduate Student Education Committee sponsored poster competition and a Postdoctoral Fellow symposium designed to highlight the work of our graduate and post-graduate trainees. The purpose of the retreat is to inform and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about the research conducted on our campus and an excellent way to interact with your colleagues and peers. For more information be sure to browse the retreat pages to learn more about our speakers and program.

Philipp Scherer, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of the Touchstone Diabetes Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center
“The adipocyte: Power of the underdog in metabolism” 

The Graduate Student Education Committee Poster session offers students at McGovern Medical School a public forum for presenting their findings and an opportunity to receive valuable feedback on their research. It also allows students to see how their research compares to that of their peers in a competitive setting. Each year, awards are given for projects that demonstrate outstanding and innovative research that has the potential for contributing to the advancement of medical science and health care. The deadline to submit an abstract is February 17, 2023.

Click here to Submit an Abstract to Compete

Prizes:
One – First place prize: $400
Two – Second place prizes: $300
Four – Third place prizes: $200

CHAIRED BY Sonia Robazetti, M.D., CCRC
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

Lillian Kao, M.D., MS
Professor
Division Chief, Acute Care Surgery
Jack H. Mayfield, Chair in Surgery
Vice Chair for Quality
Department of Surgery
“C-STEP: Stepping up the training of future clinician-scientists” 

Yi-Ping Li, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
“Deciphering the signaling mechanisms of cancer cachexia”

Rodrigo Morales, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
“Prions and amyloids: Common features and newly identified properties”

Breakthrough Discovery Symposium II

CHAIRED BY Kristin Mahan, Ph.D.
Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine
Metabolic and Degenerative

Dung Fang Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
“Possibilities for patient-derived iPSCs in cancer modeling and targeted therapies”

Allison Speer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric Surgery
“Regeneration of a functional intestine for children with intestinal failure”

 Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
“HIF-dependent induction of alveolar miR-147 dampens SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion”

Postdoctoral Symposium

CHAIRED BY Gabriel Fries, MSc, PhD 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Elliot Murphy, Ph.D.
The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
“Meaning in the brain: Using intracranial recordings to map the neural basis of language”

Shantanu Guha, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
“Development of novel antifungals against Candida based on an antifungal peptide produced by E. faecalis”

 Eunju Kim, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
“Genetic and pharmacological dissection of the ROR receptors in circadian physiology”

 Update as of 2/8/2023