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Spring Conference 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Program
| 8:00 | Registration & refreshments (Poster & lightning talk slides setup) |
| 9:00 | Brett Tyler, Director, CGRB Opening Remarks |
| Moderator: Molly Kile, College of Public Health & Human Sciences | |
| 9:15 | Katrina Waters, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Integration of Multiple Omics Data for Network Reconstruction of Viral Pathogenesis |
| 10:15 | Natalia Shulzhenko, OSU College of Veterinary Medicine Antibiotic-induced Changes in Microbiota and Its Host: A Multi-omics Perspective |
| 10:35 | Break (Poster & lightning talk slides setup) |
| 11:10 | Cindy Grimm, OSU Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Research Analyzing Shape Change in Biological Structures |
| 11:30 | Edward Waymire, OSU Department of Mathematics Some Dynamic, Stochastic and Numerical Problems from Biology |
| 11:55 | Lunch and Poster Session Turn in poster ballot envelopes to registration desk for counting by 2:00pm |
| Moderator: Yanming Di, Statistics | |
| 2:00 | E. Andrés Houseman, OSU College of Public Health DNA Methylation Arrays and Cell Mixtures |
| 2:25 | Yuan Jiang, OSU Department of Statistics Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes by Adjusting the Non-Uniformity in RNA-Seq Data |
| 2:50 | Break |
| 3:20 | Molly Megraw, OSU Department of Botany & Plant Pathology Promoter Architecture in Plant Model Systems |
| 3:45 | Joe Beckman, OSU Environmental Health Sciences Center Closing remarks |
| 4:00 | Awards Ceremony |
CGRB Seminar Series 2012-2013
Fall Conference 2010
September 19-20, 2010
Program
| 3:00 pm | Registration & poster setup |
| 4:00 | Welcome Reception |
| 5:00 | Jim Carrington, CGRB DirectorModerator: Lynda Ciuffetti |
| 5:10 | Christopher Sulliivan, CGRB “Recent Advances within the CGRB Computational Infrastructure” |
| 5:20 | Mark Leid, Pharmaceutical Sciences“Ctip2/Bcl11b: A Top-Level Regulator of Cell Fate in Multiple Developmental Systems” |
| 5:45 | Elliot Meyerowitz, California Institute of Technology“Chemical and Physical Signals and their Interactions in Plant Stem Cell Control” |
| 6:30-9:00 | Poster Session and Sponsor Displays |
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries |
| 9:00 | Joseph Spatafora, Botany & Plant Pathology“Tolypocladium inflatum: A Home Grown Genome” |
| 9:25 | Pallavi Phatale, Botany & Plant Pathology“Genetic Studies to Uncover Rules for Centromere Inheritance” |
| 9:50 | Jay Dunlap, Dartmouth Medical School”Genetic and Molecular Dissection of a Simple Circadian System” |
| 11:00 | P. Andrew Karplus, Biochemistry and Biophysics“A Beneficial Bulge: TT-Helices and the Evolution of Proteins” |
| 11:25 | Richard Spinrad, Vice President for Research“OSU Research Now, Next, and After Next” |
| 1:15 | Award Presentation |
| 1:20 | Gary Ruvkun, Harvard Medical School“Phylogenetic Profiling of the Small RNA Pathway Genes of C. elegans” |
| 2:05 | Doug Bryant, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science“Next-Generation Hybrid Empirical-ab initio Gene Prediction” |
| 2:30 | Daniel Schafer, Statistics“Some Lessons from the Biometry of Evolution and the Evolution of Biometry” |
| 3:30 | Gene D.Kundson Lectures featuring Peter & Rosemary Grant, Princeton University“Evolution of Darwin’s Finches: The Roles of Genetics, Ecology and Behavior” |
| 5:00 | Kundson Lectures Reception |
CGRB Seminar Series 2010-2011
| Fall Term 2010 | |
| October 6, 2010 | Sophien Kamoun The Sainsbury Laboratory John Innes Centre Norwich, United Kingdom “The secrets of a plant killer: Evolution and function of Phytophthora effectors” Host: Niklaus Grunwald |
| October 20, 2010 | Matteo Pellegrini Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology University of California, Los Angeles “Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Profiling using Illumina Sequencers” Host: Jim Carrington |
| November 3, 2010 | Canceled |
| November 17, 2010 | Judith Berman Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development University of Minnesota “Centromeres and neocentromeres in Candida albicans” Host: Michael Freitag |
Postponed to January 26, 2011 | Inder Verma Laboratory of Genetics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies “Cancer: a malady of genes” Host: Arup Indra |
| Winter Term 2011 | |
| January 12, 2011 | Cancelled |
| January 26, 2011 | Inder Verma Laboratory of Genetics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies “Cancer: a malady of genes” Host: Arup Indra |
| February 9, 2011 | W. Kelley Thomas Hubbard Center for Genome Studies University of New Hampshire “Ultra-deep 454 sequencing of the meiofaunal biosphere: practice, promises and pitfalls” Host: Dee Denver |
| February 23, 2011 | Cancelled |
| March 9, 2011 CANCELLED | Danny Schnell Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Massachusetts at Amherst “Studies of Chloroplast Protein Targeting and Membrane Expansion as a Model for Understanding Organelle Biogenesis and Homeostasis” Host: Valerian Dolja |
| Spring Term 2011 | |
| April 6, 2011 | Ruedi Aebersold Institute of Molecular Systems Biology Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Zürich, Switzerland “Proteomics and Systems Biology” Host: Mark Leid |
| April 20, 2011 | Jeffrey Townsend Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University “Phylogenetic and comparative transcriptomic analysis of fungal fruiting body development”Host: Joey Spatafora |
| Friday, April 29, 2011 | Ellen Rothenberg Division of Biology California Institute of Technology“ Transcriptional control of T-cell lineage identity” Host: Mark Leid |
| June 1, 2011 | Graham Hatfull Department of Biological Sciences University of Pittsburgh “Exploration and Exploitation of Mycobacteriophages” Hosts: Dee Denver, Theo Dreher and Barbara Taylor |
Fall Conference 2009
September 20-21, 2009
Program
| 3:00 pm | Registration & poster setup |
| 4:00 | Welcome Reception |
| 5:00 | Jim Carrington, CGRB DirectorAchievements of the Computational & Genome Biology Initiative |
| 5:20 | Noah Fahlgren, MCB Graduate ProgramSmall RNA Transcriptome Profiling and Evolution |
| 5:40 | Jason Cumbie, MCB Graduate ProgramComputational and Statistical Tools for Type III Effector Transcriptome Profiling |
| 6:00 | Kristina Smith, Biochemistry & BiophysicsEvolution of Centromeres in Filamentous Fungi |
| 6:25 | Steve Jacobsen, University of California, Los AngelesDNA Methylation |
| 7:05-9:00 | Poster session; Sponsor displays |
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries |
| 9:00 | Chrissa Kioussi, College of PharmacyGoodies for the Tooth Fairy: Ctip2 and the Production of Enamel |
| 9:25 | Adrian Gombart, Linus Pauling InstituteVitamin D and Human Innate Immunity |
| 9:50 | Joseph Thornton, University of OregonEvolution of Protein Structure and Function in the Steroid Hormone Receptor Family |
| 10:55 | Pankaj Jaiswal, Botany & Plant PathologyOntologies for Plant Genomics and Phenomics |
| 11:20 | Olivier Voinnet, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes du CNRS, StrasbourgGenomics, Mechanisms and Roles of Small Silencing RNA |
| 1:00 | Announcement of Poster Awards |
| 1:10 | Roundtable Discussion – Issues Affecting Research, Funding & Education in Molecular Biosciences at OSUPanelists: Howard Grimes, Washington State University; Sonny Ramaswamy, Oregon State University; Steve Jacobsen, UCLA; Michael Lynch, Indiana University |
| 3:05 | Michael Lynch, Indiana UniversityThe Origins of Genome Complexity |
| 3:45 | William Cresko, University of OregonPopulation Genomic Analysis of Stickleback Evolution Using Illumina-Sequenced RAD tags |
Fall Conference 2008
Saturday & Sunday, October 4-5, 2008
Program
| 12:00 pm | Registration & Poster setup |
| 1:00 | Jim Carrington, Director, CGRB Introduction, CGRB update |
| 1:10 | New Technologies in CGRBMark Dasenko, Chris Sullivan, Caprice Rosato, Anne-Marie Giirard – CGRB Core Labs |
| 1:45 | Peter Dolan, Zoology, “TileQC: A System For Tile-Based Quality Control and Data Manipulation” |
| 2:10 | Patrick Chappell, Zoology “Molecular Circadian Clock Regulation of Mammalian Reproduction” |
| 2:35 | Brian Wall, Office of Technology Transfer “The OSU Venture Fund: Bridging the Research Support Gap” |
| 3:30 | Erica Bakker, Horticulture “Genome-Wide Pathogenicity Gene Discovery in Botrytis cinerea” |
| 3:55 | Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology “Whole-Genome Variation and its Impact on Reproductive Isolation in Arabidopsis thaliana” |
| 4:45 | Poster Session, Sponsor’s Displays and Open Bar |
| 7:45-11:00 | Entertainment, Announcement of Awards |
| 7:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 | Arup Indra, College of Pharmacy “CTIP – A Novel Regulator of Skin Organogenesis” |
| 8:55 | Xiaoli Fern, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science “Ensemble and Multi-View Data Clustering” |
| 9:20 | Steven Brenner, University of California, Berkeley “Ultraconserved Nonsense: Gene Regulation by Splicing and RNA Surveillance” |
| 10:30 | Vincent Remcho, Chemistry “Materials and Methods for the Design, Fabrication, and Application of Microfluidic Tools for Chemical Analysis” |
| 10:55 | Brendan Jeffery, MCB Graduate Program “Chlamydial Biology and Genomics” |
| 11:20 | Thomas Wolpert, Botany and Plant Pathology “A Downside to Plant Disease Resistance, Good LOV Gone Bad” |
| 11:45-1:00 | Lunch |
Fall Conference 2007
Saturday-Sunday, September 29-30, 2007
Program
| 12:00 pm | Registration and Poster setup |
| 1:00 | Jim Carrington, Director, CGRB Welcome, Updates and Announcements |
| 1:20 | Gary Merrill, Biochemistry and Biophysics “MCB Core Program Curriculum Revisions” |
| 1:35 | Darryl Conte, University of Massachusetts Medical Center “Dicer-Related Helicases: Defining Conserved Complexes and New RNAi-Related Pathways in C. elegans” |
| 2:10 | Tai Montgomery, MCB Graduate Program “ARGONAUTEs and Silencing Specificity” |
| 3:05 | Siva Kullori, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology “Signaling from Nucleus to Mitochondria: Nuclear Receptor Nur77 Based Cancer Therapeutics” |
| 3:30 | Michael Freitag, Biochemistry and Biophysics “Centromere Assembly and Maintenance” |
| 3:55 | Shelley Halpain, University of California, San Diego “MAPs, MARCKS, and Morphology: A Few Keys to Neuronal Development” |
| 5:00 | Poster Session, Sponsors’ Displays and Open Bar |
| 6:45 | Dinner |
| 8:00-12:00 | Entertainment, Announcement of Awards |
| 8:45 am | Jeff Chang, Botany and Plant Pathology “Functional Genomic Screen for Type III Effectors of Mutualistic Rhizobia” |
| 9:10 | Martin Schuster, Microbiology “Social Cheating in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing” |
| 9:35 | Jennifer Nemhauser, University of Washington “Manipulation and Dissection of Plant Growth Control Networks” |
| 10:45 | Valerian Dolja, Botany and Plant Pathology “Origin of Viruses and Cells in Light of Comparative Genomics” |
| 11:10 | Joe Beckman, Linus Pauling Institute “Mass Spectometry of Native Proteins from Brain: Understanding How SOD Causes ALS” |
| 11:35 | Theresa Filtz, Pharmaceutical Sciences “Lipids, Dimers, Phosphates, Calcium and Lipase: Fine Tuning the Regulation of a Common Signaling Pathway” |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
Fall Conference 2006
Friday and Saturday, September 15-16, 2006
Program
| 12:00 pm | Registration & Poster setup |
| 1:15 | Jim Carrington, Director, CGRB Introduction, CGRB update |
| 1:35 | Dee Denver, Assistant Professor, Zoology “Forces Shaping Genome Evolution” |
| 2:00 | Todd Mockler, Assistant Professor, Botany and Plant Pathology “Regulation of Diurnal Plant Gene Expression” |
| 2:25 | Barbara Robbertse, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Botany and Plant Pathology “A Phylogenomic Analysis of the Ascomycota” |
| 3:15 | Roundtable Discussion – Computational Biology and CGBI Initiative Scott Givan, Lead Presenter |
| 4:15 | Joe Ecker – Keynote Address, The Salk Institute “Discovery of Functional Elements in Arabidopsis Genome and Epigenome” |
| 5:15 | Poster Session and Sponsors’ Displays |
| 7:00 | Dinner |
| 8:00-12:00 | Entertainment |
| 7:30-9:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Dan Rockey, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences “Genomics and Genetics of Chlamydia” |
| 9:25 | Ian Paulsen – Keynote Address, TIGR “The Ins and Outs of Membrane Transport: A Genomic View” |
| 10:35 | Announcement of Awards |
| 10:40 | Sarah Sowell, Ph.D. Student, MCB Graduate Program “Can Proteomics Reveal the Metabolic States of Marine Micro-organisms in Situ (in the Ocean)?” |
| 11:05 | Steve Strauss, Professor, Forest Sciencs “Gibberellic Acid Genes for Physiological Sculpture of Trees” |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| Post Retreat | |
| 1:10 pm | 2nd Annual CGRB Golf TournamentEagle Crest Challenge Course |
2006 Fall Conference
Fall Conference 2005
Friday and Saturday, September 23-24, 2005
Program
| 12:00 | Registration & Poster setup |
| 1:00 | Jim Carrington, Director, CGRB Introduction, CGRB update |
| 1:30 | Steve Giovannoni – Pernot Chair and Professor, Microbiology “Genome Streamlining in Cosmopolitan Oceanic Bacteria” |
| 1:55 | Larry Wilhelm, Ph.D. Student, Microbiology “Microbial Genome Divergence in Environmental Sequence Data Sets” |
| 2:15 | Jim Carrington – Director, CGRB “Small RNA Pathways in Plants” |
| 3:05 | John Cassady – Vice President for Research “The Research Enterprise at OSU” |
| 3:25 | Luanne Lawrence – Vice President for University Advancement “Research: The Heart of University Advancement’s New Mission” |
| 3:45 | Moderated Forum with John Cassady and Luanne Lawrence |
| 4:15 | Steve Kay – Keynote Address, The Scripps Research Institute “Systems Approaches to Understanding Circadian Clocks” |
| 5:00 | Poster Session and Sponsor Displays |
| 7:30 – 8:45 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 | Wei Chen – Ph.D. Student, Zoology “A Silky Way to Divide: Relaxing the Poles While Stimulating the Equator by Microtubules” |
| 9:05 | Taifo Mahmud – Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences “Combinatorial Genetic and Synthetic Approaches to Novel Anti-Infective Drugs” |
| 9:30 | Eugene Koonin – Keynote Address, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH “Universal Trends in Protein Evolution” |
| 10:45 | Elisabeth Chapman – Ph.D. Student, MCB Program “RISC Management: Suppression of microRNA and Silencing Pathways by Viruses” |
| 11:05 | Ling Jin – Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences “Studies on Human Herpes Simplex Type 1 Virus Latency Reactivation Induced by Apoptosis” |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| Post Retreat | |
| 1:00 | 1st CGRB Golf Tournament – Eagle Crest Ridge Course |
Thank you to our conference committee:
David Maddison, Integrative Biology
Kathy Magnusson, Biomedical Sciences
Steven Strauss, Forest Ecosystems & Society