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15th Annual Pathology Research Symposium

Nov. 1 & 2, 2016
 

This Molecular and Celluar Pathology graduate student event showcases research within the department by faculty, postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students. The 15th anniversary of this symposium promises both exceptional science and special festivities.


Program

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Alfred A. Taubman Biomedical Sciences Building, Kahn Auditorium 
Afternoon only

  • 2:00 p.m.   Symposium introduction by Dr. Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of the Molecular & Cellular Pathology graduate program

  • 2:30 p.m.   Keynote presentation, David Engelke, PhD, Dean of the Graduate School for the Denver and Anschutz Medical campuses of the University of Colorado, Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, "Future graduate and postdoctoral training in the biosciences"

  • 3:30 p.m.   Break 

  • 3:45 p.m.   Career panel

    • David Engelke, PhD, Dean of the Graduate School for the Denver and Anschutz Medical campuses of the University of Colorado
    • Elizabeth Wasson, PhD, Science Writer, University of Michigan, College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts
    • Stacy Finkbeiner, PhD, Analyst, inThought Research
    • Bryan Betz, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology University of Michigan and Technical Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Lab

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Alfred A. Taubman Biomedical Sciences Building, Kahn Auditorium

  • 8:55 a.m.   Welcome to day two of the symposium by Jim Ropa

  • 9:00 a.m.   Sierrah Grigsby, BS, Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology (Nikolvoska-Coleska lab), "Understanding the protein-protein interactions of MLL-fusion proteins: AF9 and ENL"

  • 9:20 a.m.   Sriram Venneti, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor or Pathology, "Intersection of brain tumors and brain development: A histone tale"

  • 9:55 a.m.   Asma Nusrat, MD, Director of Experimental Pathology, Aldred S. Warthin Professor of Pathology, "Plasticity of the intestinal mucosal barrier: Insights into regulation of epithelial homeostasis and repair"

  • 10:30 a.m. Anna Ting, MS , Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology (Lukacs lab), "Manipulating regulatory T cells through notch ligand Dll4"

  • 10:50 a.m.  Break

  • 11:00 a.m.  Keynote presentation, Lin Zhang, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, "Cell death regulation in colorectal cancer therapy and prevention"

  • 12:00 p.m.  Poster session and lunch (BSRB seminar rooms)

  • 1:30 p.m.    Shayna Bradford, BS, Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology (Dressler lab), "Developing BMP agonists for antibibrotic therapies"

  • 1:50 p.m.    Alexey Nesvizhskii, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Bioinformatics, "Proteomics and proteogenomics in cancer research"

  • 2:25 p.m.    Jim Ropa, BS, Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology (Muntean lab), "The regulation of the polymerase associated factor complex in Acute Myeloid Leukemia"

  • 2:45 p.m.     Andrew Lieberman, MD, PhD, Gerald D. Abrams Collegiate Professor of Pathology, "Pathogenic mechanisms in Niemann-Pick type C disease"

  • 3:20 p.m.    Ulas Ozkurede, MS, Doctoral Candidate, Molecular & Cellular Pathology (Miller lab), "Improved mitochondrial stress response in cells from long-lived Snell swarf mice"

  • 3:40 p.m.    Break

  • 3:50 p.m.    Ethics talk by Lauren B. Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, "Exceptional and everyday research ethics"

  • 4:30 p.m.    Awards presentation and concluding remarks

 

Speakers

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David Engelke, PhD

Dean of the Graduate School for the Denver and Anschutz Medical campuses of the University of Colorado, and Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

"Future graduate and postdoctoral training in the biosciences"

 
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Lin Zhang, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh

"Cell death regulation in colorectal cancer therapy and prevention"




Past Symposiums

14th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2015

13th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2014

12th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Nov. 2013

11th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Oct. 2012

For more information, contact Laura Labut.