Retreat 2008

Agenda

CMG Auditorium

May 9, 2008
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch*
1:00 - 1:20	Grad Student Speaker: Kelly Lagor, Briggs Lab
1:20 - 1:40	Grad Student Speaker: Madeline Lancaster, Gleeson Lab
1:40 - 2:00	Grad Student Speaker: Jarrod Heck, Hampton Lab
Break
2:20 - 2:40	Grad Student Speaker: Janine Low-Marchelli, Yang Lab
2:40 - 3:00	Grad Student Speaker: Natalie Kardos, Wynshaw-Boris Lab
3:00 - 3:20	Grad Student Speaker: Dustin Wakeman, Snyder Lab
Break
3:30 - 4:00	Prof. David Traver, Division of Biological Sciences "Development of the hematopoetic lineages"
4:00 - 4:30	Prof. Kang Zhang, School of Medicine "Genes and environmental factors influencing common diseases: Lessons from age-related macular degeneration and diabetic microvascular disease"
Break
5:00 - 6:00	Dr. Rex Kerr, HHMI Janelia Farms Research Campus [Bio] Distinguished Alumnus Lecture** "Rapid quantitative screening for nontrivial behavioral defects in C. elegans"

Genetics Retreat Planning Committee: Joseph Gleeson (School of Medicine), Steven Briggs (Biological Sciences), Joe Ecker (Salk Institute), Evan Snyder (Burnham Institute)

Lunch provided by: Illumina, Inc.