2024 Fellows Retreat Events
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Time
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Event
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Location
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| 8:30–9:00 a.m. |
Registration & Coffee*
(* no government funds used) |
Front of Auditorium |
| 9:00–9:30 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks
Chelsey Fontenot, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Storz Lab
Henry Levin, Ph.D., Deputy Scientific Director, DIR, NICHD |
Auditorium |
| 9:30–10:30 a.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Fostering the Next Generation of Researchers through Mentoring Programs
Bizu Gelaye, Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Investigator; Chief, Epidemiology Branch
Division of Population Health Research, NICHD |
Auditorium |
| 10:40–11:40 a.m. |
Career Development Sessions (Concurrent) |
Balconies B & C |
Scientific Resources at NIH
Deepika Valempati, CREx Program Manager
E. Sally Chang, M.A., Ph.D., Bioinformatics Training Program Manager, NICHD
Ryan Dale, M.S., Ph.D., Sr. Scientist, Bioinformatics & Scientific Programming Core
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Balcony B |
M.D., Ph.D., Or Both: Which is Right for Me?
Britney Hardy, Ph.D., Director of HiSTEP, Educational Adviser, OITE
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Balcony C |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Poster Session 1 |
Atrium |
| 12:30–1:15 p.m. |
“Lunch and Learn” Networking Tables
Food is available for purchase in the Natcher Cafeteria. Bring your lunch to the networking tables to chat with people from FAES, NIH Library, CREx, and the NICHD Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core. An AAAS/OHE policy fellow will also host a table. |
E1/E2 |
| 1:15–1:55 p.m. |
Poster Session 2 |
Atrium |
| 2:00–2:50 p.m. |
Fellows’ Concurrent Talks |
Balconies B & C |
Concurrent 1
Mechanisms driving enhancer-promoter rewiring underlying cell-fate decisions in preimplantation mouse embryos
Joyce Thompson, Ph.D., Unit on Genome Structure & Regulation
Class I Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Proteins Are Required to Support Sustained Calcium Signaling
Gergo Gulyas, Ph.D., Section on Molecular Signal Transduction
Characterizing Neurodegeneration-Linked Protein Stathmin-2 In Response to Injury
Vanya Bhat, B.S., Le Pichon Lab, Unit on the Development of Neurodegeneration
Adherence to the Planetary Health Diet Index and fetal body composition based on three-dimensional ultrasonography in the Fetal 3D Study – Singletons
Priscilla Clayton, Ph.D., Epidemiology Branch
Cross-species electrophysiological comparison of fast-spiking inhibitory neurons across multiple brain regions
Lauren Hewitt, Ph.D., Section on Cellular & Synaptic Physiology
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Balcony B |
Concurrent 2
Isoform-specific role of mitochondrial outer membrane metabolite channel, VDAC in cancer metabolism
Megha Rajendran, Ph.D., Section on Molecular Transport
Spatial Multi-omics Reveal the Role of Wnt Signaling Modulators in Cleft Palate
Jeremie Oliver Piña, Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A., Section on Craniofacial Genetic Disorders
Postpartum depression and stress are associated with more frequent feeding to soothe in response to infant distress
Allison Choe, B.S., Social & Behavioral Sciences Branch
Elucidating the roles of thyroid hormone signaling in hepatic metamorphosis and erythropoiesis using single-cell RNA sequencing
Paisley Thomson, Ph.D., Section on Molecular Morphogenesis
Deciphering the Role of CTCF-Mediated Loops in Gene Regulation: Insights from CTCF-TRIP
Zhenyu Zuo, Ph.D., Unit on Genome Structure & Regulation
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Balcony C |
| 3:00–4:00 p.m. |
Fellows’ Oral Presentations
Role of parity in the association between maternal polygenic score of birthweight and fetal growth: a study in two multi-ancestral pregnancy cohorts.
Prabhavi Wijesiriwardhana, Ph.D., Epidemiology Branch
The zebrafish gills as a model for studying specialized gas-exchange lung endothelial cells
Jong Park, Ph.D., Section on Vertebrate Organogenesis
Using zebrafish to model central conducting lymphatic anomaly driven by pathogenic variants in KRAS
Ben Sempowski, B.S., Unit on Vascular Malformations
Biochemical and mechanistic insights into NRas depalmitoylation by ABHD17
Elvis Ongey, Ph.D., Section on Structural & Chemical Biology
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Auditorium |
| 4:00–5:00 p.m. |
Afternoon Plenary
Pursuing a Career in Science Communication
Samantha Jones, Ph.D.
Science Journalist, Podcast Producer |
Auditorium |
