2021 Symposium Agenda


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Schedule for Friday, October 8, 2021

Start TimeEnd TimeSessionSpeaker
Morning Session I - Student Talks
Simons Auditorium
Session Chairs: Hayley Blockinger and Matthew Zupan

9:20 am

9:25 am

Opening Remarks 

Tim Jackson

9:25 am

9:50 am

"Insulin variants to selectively target insulin-specific B cells: Enabling antigen-specific immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes

Speaker: Kyle Apley
Kyle Apley

9:50 am

10:15 am

"Modeling Early Tau Aggregation and Neurodegeneration Using Caenorhabditis elegans"

Speaker: Wendy Aquino-Nunez
Wendy Aquino Nunez

10:15 am

10:30 am

Coffee Break

 
Morning Session II - Student Talks
Simons Auditorium
Session Chairs: Ian McBride and Matthew Zupan

10:30 am

10:55 am

Method Development for Analysis of Bacteria by Capillary Electrophoresis for Life Detection on Ocean Worlds

Speaker: Emily Kurfman
Emily Kurfman

10:55 am

11:20 am

Targeting Viral RNA: Developing a Novel Packaging Inhibitor for HIV-1

Speaker: Jacob Immel
Jacob Immel

Poster Sessions
Pharmacy Atrium

11:20 am

11:30 am

Walk to Poster Sessions

 

11:30 am

12:30 pm

Poster Session I

 

12:30 pm

2:00 pm

Lunch Break

 

2:00 pm

3:00 pm

Poster Session II 
Afternoon Session
Simons Auditorium
Session Chairs: Kyle Apley and Hayley Blockinger

3:00 pm

3:10 pm

Walk to Simons

 

3:10 pm

3:30 pm

Lightning Talks

Ayotunde Ikujuni
Siddharth Subham
Jing Tian

3:30 pm

4:30 pm

"Marmosets as a Model for Human Infections of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses

Speaker: Jean Patterson
Dr. Jean Patterson

4:30 pm

5:00 pm

Certificates, Awards, and Symposium Close

Tim Jackson