Research Retreat
Research Retreat Agenda
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am Registration |
| 9:00 am - 9:05 am Welcome John Byrne, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research |
| 9:05 am - 9:15 am Remarks John Hancock, MA, MB,BChir, Ph.D., ScD, Executive Dean, McGovern Medical School |
| 9:15 am - 10:35 am Breakthrough Discovery Symposium I Chaired by Mark Burish, M.D., Ph.D., The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery |
| Askar Akimzhanov, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dynamic protein S-acylation in T cell signaling |
| Tatiana Barichello, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Impact of infection and inflammation on neuropsychiatric disorders |
| Rachel Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Insights into kidney development and congenital anomalies: “Ribbeting” perspectives from the frog model |
| 10:35 am - 10:50 am Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:50 am Keynote Address: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D. Director, Society, Behavior, and Health International Studies Program Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Brigham Young University Social Connection and Health: Past, Present, and Future Introduction by: Jason Burnett, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine |
| 11:50 am - 12:35 pm Postdoctoral Symposium Chaired by J. Christian Perez, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics |
| Abhijnan Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics A novel pathway drives atherosclerosis by augmenting phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells in the absence of traditional risk factors |
| Kyrylo Pyrshev, Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology Life under pressure: Regulation of Piezo1 activity in renal collecting duct |
| Sarah Surrain, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, Children's Learning Institute Identifying caregiver behaviors that promote optimal outcomes for emergent bilinguals with language difficulties |
| 12:35 pm - 2:35 pm Graduate Student Education Committee Poster Session and Lunch |
| 2:35 pm - 3:55 pm Breakthrough Discovery Symposium II Chaired by Tina Findley, M.D., Department of Pediatrics |
| Matthew DeBerge, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Inflammatory links between cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration |
| Junchen Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology KRAS spatiotemporal dynamics: Sphingolipid as a novel therapeutic target |
| Zhenfu Wen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Neural representation of threat and safety in the human brain |
| Xiaotian Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Transcription hijacking in acute myeloid leukemia – The interplay of biological condensate and developmental genes |
| 3:55 pm - 4:15 pm Presentation of Awards for the Poster Competition Sponsored by the Graduate Student Education Committee |