2024 Schedule

Thursday April 4, 2024

Breakfast

Open to all- Hosted by BBMB Breakfast Club
Keynote and Alumni Speakers Meet and Greet
Atrium MBB

 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Alumni-Student Campus Tour

Alumni and Undergraduates
Student Innovation Center

 10:15 AM – 11:50 AM

Keynote and Alumni Reunion Lunches

Open to All
Atrium MBB
Dr. Simon Gilroy Lunch (Undergraduate Students Only)
1102 MBB
Dr. Susan Marqusee Lunch (Undergraduate Students Only)
1330 ATRB

 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM

Poster Session 1

Atrium MBB

 1:10 PM – 2:10 PM

Poster Session 2

Atrium MBB

 2:20 PM – 3:20 PM

Opening Remarks

Peter Dorhout, Vice President for Research
1414 MBB

 3:40 PM – 3:50 PM

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan Marqusee

Watching Proteins Wiggle and Jiggle: From Protein Folding to Coronavirus
1414 MBB

 3:50 PM – 4:50 PM

Student Speaker: Avani Laharia

Characterizing the role of msDNA in bacterial retron Ec48 antiphage defense system
1414 MBB

 4:50 PM – 5:05 PM

Student Speaker: Austin Petfalski

Regulation of ATF4 Transcriptional Activity by Multisite Phosphorylation
1414 MBB

 5:05 PM – 5:20 PM

BREAK

Atrium MBB

 5:20 PM – 5:40 PM

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Simon Gilroy

Plants in space: engineering plants to cope with stresses of spaceflight
1414 MBB

 5:40 PM – 6:40 PM

Student Speaker: Preston Pellatz

Probing the Evolutionary Landscape of Gymnosperm Diterpene Synthases
1414 MBB

 6:40 PM – 6:55 PM

Alumni Speaker: Dr. Corey Knoot

Glycoconjugate vaccine as front-line defenses against hypervirulent and antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
1414 MBB

 6:55 PM – 7:20 PM

Poster Awards & Closing Remarks

1414 MBB

 7:20 PM – 7:30 PM

Dinner

Atrium MBB

 7:30 PM