Research Retreat
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. | Welcome John Byrne, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy |
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| 9:05 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Remarks from Michael Blackburn, Ph.D. Interim Dean of Research, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Dean, The University of Texas MDACC UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer University of Texas Health Science Center Houston |
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| 9:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. | Breakthrough Discovery Symposium I Chaired by Rodrigo Morales, Ph.D., Department of Neurology |
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Rachel Sirianni, PhD., Professor, Department of Neurosurgery |
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| “Fungi of the human gut microbiota: Roles and significance”
Christian Perez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics |
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| “Complement system, stress and neurobehavior“
Anilkumar Pillai, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
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| 10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:50 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | Keynote Address/Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture Introduction by: TBA Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m | Postdoctoral Symposium Funlola Are, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
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| “Gut metabolites: how the microbiota regulate host immunity and behavior in aging and after stroke”
Juneyoung Lee, Ph.D., Department of Neurology |
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Zhiqiang Ku, Ph.D., IMM Texas Therapeutics Institute |
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| “A distinct population of heterogeneously color tuned neurons in macaque visual cortex”
Sunny Nigam, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy |
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| 12:35 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. | Graduate Student Education Committee Poster Session
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| 2:35 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. | Breakthrough Discovery Symposium II Chaired by Holly Holmes, M.D., MS, AGSF., Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine |
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Matthew Rysavy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology |
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| “A High Resolution Window on the Regulation of Gene Transcription”
Kuang-Lei Tsai, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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Jun Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pediatrics Research Center |
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| 3:55 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Winners of Graduate Student Education Committee Poster Competition Announced | |