Research Retreat
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Registration | ||
| 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 the Dean Barbara J. Stoll, M.D., H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences and Dean McGovern Medical School |
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| 9:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. | Breakthrough Discovery Symposium I Chaired by Francisco Fuentes, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine |
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| “Oncometabolic tracks in the failing heart”
Heinrich Taegtmeyer, M.D., DPhil, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine |
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| “Neuronal signaling at the single molecule level”
Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| “Oncolytic viral therapy for cancer”
Balveen Kaur, Ph.D., Professor, and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Endowed Chair, Vice Chair Research, Department of Neurosurgery |
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| 10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:50 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. | Postdoctoral Symposium Chaired by Jessica Cardenas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery |
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| “Sex differences in T cell immune responses, gut integrity and outcome after ischemic stroke in aged mice”
Hilda Ahnstedt, Ph.D., 1st Place Winner of Dean’s Excellence Award for Postdocs, Department of Neurology |
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| “Insulin sensitization reverses high fat diet-induced changes in BMAL1 function in metabolically active tissues”
Aleix Ribas Latre, Ph.D., Runner-up of Dean’s Excellence Award for Postdocs, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases |
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| “The role of epigenetic mechanisms in bipolar disorder”
Gabriel Fries, Ph.D., Third Place Winner Dean’s Excellence Award for Postdocs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
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| 11:35 a.m. – 1:35 p.m. | Graduate Student Education Committee Poster Session and Lunch (Willerson Discovery Hall) | ||
| 1:35 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. | Keynote Address Introduction by Dean Barbara Stoll, M.D. Dean McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
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| 2:35 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. | Break and Speaker Reception | ||
| 3:05 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. | Breakthrough Discovery Symposium II Chaired by Christophe Ribelayga, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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| . | “Risk factors and molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease”
Ines Moreno-Gonzalez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology |
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| “Circadian rhythm: From genes to behavior”
Seung-Hee Yoo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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| “Human umbilical cord patch for in-utero spina bifida repair”
Ramesha Papanna, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine |
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| 4:25 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Winners of GSEC Poster Competition Announced |