Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Airlie Center, Warrenton, Virginia
| 6:30 - 7:30 a.m. |
Nature Walk: Fields and Ponds (Optional) |
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome
Lina Gugliotti, Ph.D., Chair, Annual Meeting Steering Committee
Owen M. Rennert, M.D., Scientific Director, NICHD |
| 8:50 a.m. |
Scientific Perspectives:
Moderator: Lina Gugliotti, Ph.D.
“Epigenomics and Mammalian Development”
Karl Pfeifer, Ph.D.
Section on Genomic Imprinting
Program in Genomics of Differentiation
NICHD
“The Epigenome and Expression Regulation in a Germ Cell Tumor Model”
Wai-Yee Chan, Ph.D.
Section on Developmental Genomics
Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology
NICHD |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Coffee break & check-out |
| 10:30 - 12 noon |
Poster Session 2
(Even Numbers; All Posters on View)
Outdoors in the pavilion |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch
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| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Tuesday Keynote Address
Moderator: Claudia Gebert, D.V.M., Ph.D.
“Global Health, Innovation, and the Arts”
David A. Edwards, Ph.D.
Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
and
Founder & Director, Le Laboratoire, Paris, France |
| 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. |
Fellow Presentations 1-3
Moderator: Maya Lodish, M.D.
“Understanding DNA Condensation: From Simple Ions to Complex Proteins”
Jason DeRouchey, Ph.D.
NICHD Program in Physical Biology
“Sequence Requirements for Mouse H19ICR Methylation in the Male Germ Line”
Claudia Gebert, D.V.M., Ph.D.
NICHD Program in Genomics of Differentiation
“Classification of Patients with Succinate Dehydrogenase B Derived Metastatic Paraganglioma Based on Urinary Peptide Pattern”
Stephanie Fliedner
NICHD Program in Reproductive & Adult Endocrinology
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| 2:45 - 3:00 p.m. |
Break
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| 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. |
Fellow Presentations 4-6
Moderator: Kara Lukasiewicz, Ph.D.
“A Splice Isoform of Carboxypeptidase E Promotes and Predicts Metastasis in Human Cancers”
Saravana Murthy, Ph.D.
NICHD Program in Developmental Neuroscience
“Post-Translational Regulation of Ferrochelatase in Erythropoietic Tissues of Mice Lacking Iron Regulatory Protein 2”
Dan Crooks
NICHD Program in Molecular Medicine
“Genetic Mechanisms Limiting Somatic Growth in Mammals”
Julian Lui, Ph.D.
NICHD Program in Developmental Endocrinology & Genetics
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| 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. |
Career Profiles: Focus on Communications
Moderator: Melissa Cunningham, Ph.D.
Kameha Kidd, Ph.D.
Health Policy Analyst, Clinical & Translational Science Awards
National Center for Research Resources, NIH
Mihaela Serpe, Ph.D.
Unit on Cellular Communication
Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, NICHD
Brian Plosky, Ph.D.
Associate Editor
Molecular Cell, Cell Press, Boston, MA
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