The CGRB 2019 Fall conference registration is now open! Please join us for our annual event this September for informative talks, posters and a reception. This year the Fall Conference will also include lighting talks.

Important Information:

• When: Friday, September 20, 2019
• Where: CH₂M Hill Alumni Center – Oregon State University
• Registration: here
  • Registration fee: $25 (includes lunch and social hour)
  • NOTE: registration fee is waved for:
    • Undergrads presenting their research poster
    • Lightning talk presenters
• Deadlines:
  • Lightning Talk Submission: August 15th
  • Poster Registration: September 7th
  • Conference Registration: September 13th (registration fee increases to $35 after Sept 13)

Featured Speakers

Conference Agenda

Time
8:00-8:50	Registration & refreshments (Poster & sponsor setup)
8:50-9:15	Brett Tyler, Director, CGRB Introduction, CGRB update
Morning Session	Hosted By Jaga Giebultowicz
9:15 – 9:40	Andrew Annalora, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Exploring Splice Variant Biology in Nuclear Receptor and Cytochrome P450 Genes
9:40 – 10:30	Ed Kelly, University of Washington Organs on a Chip – Chips in Space
10:30 – 10:55	Break (Poster and Sponsor displays)
10:55 – 11:35	Morning Lightning Talks (8 talks) – moderated by Jeff Anderson
11:35– 12:00	Felipe Barreto, Integrative Biology Genomics in the Tidepool: Functional and Population Genetics of Adaptation and Speciation in a Tiny Crustacean
12:00 – 12:25	Kevin Brown, College of Pharmacy Adventures in Complex Systems
12:25 – 1:25	Lunch (Poster and Sponsor displays)
Afternoon Session	Hosted By Craig Marcus
1:25 – 1:50	Afua Nyarko, Biochemistry and Biophysics Selectivity and Specificity in Cancer Regulatory Proteins
1:50 – 2:40	Daniel Liefwalker, Oregon Health and Science University Therapeutic strategies targeting c-MYC
2:40 – 3:20	Afternoon Lightning Talks (8 talks) – Moderated By Viviana Perez
3:20 – 3:45	Break 25 mins (Poster and Sponsor displays)
3:45 – 4:10	Morgan Giers, Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Regenerating the Intervertebral Disc: Developing Effective Therapies in a Nutrient Limited Environment
4:10 – 5:00	Doris Taylor, Texas Heart Institute Building Solutions for Heart Disease: A 2019 Update
5:00 – 7:30	Poster Session / Reception, Sponsor Displays

Call for posters!

Invitation to present a Poster at the 2019 CGRB FALL CONFERENCE (Sept 20, 2019)
Students, Post Docs, Research Staff and Research Faculty are invited to present their research as a Poster. Presenters are strongly encouraged but not required to consider utilizing a revolutionary new trend in poster format: https://twitter.com/mikemorrison

https://osf.io/ef53g
(Posters in any format displayed at recent meetings are also welcome)
Prizes for Best Posters: $100 (Undergraduate, Graduate and Post Doc Categories).

Call for lightning talks!

Invitation to present a Lightning Talk at the 2019 CGRB FALL CONFERENCE (Sept. 20, 2019)
https://cgrb.oregonstate.edu/fall-conference
Students, Post Docs, Research Staff (FRA, Res. Associates, etc.), and Research Faculty are invited to present their research as a 5-minute Lightning Talk at the annual CGRB Fall Conference, Friday Sept. 20, 2019.
First Prize for Best Lightning Talk = $100
Conference Registration Fee is waivedfor all Lightning Talk Presenters

Talks are limited to 5 minutes and 5 slides maximum. Please Submit no Later Than: August 15, 2019.
Talks will be selected by the Program Committee and Presenters notified by Aug. 31, 2019.

Committee Members

Thank you to our 2019 Fall Conference Committee:

Jaga Giebultowicz, Department of Integrative Biology
Craig Marcus, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Jeff Anderson, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Viviana Perez, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics