Cell and Molecular Biology Department Retreat
September 24, 2013   


Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Meeting location: Kon Tiki Ballroom @ Catamaran Resort Hotel, 3999 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, California (USA)
Hosted: James C. Paulson (Chairman)


The goal of the retreat is to foster discussions and networking within our department and the affiliates.

Preliminary Agenda


8:00 a.m. to 8:45

BREAKFAST (will be provided)

8:45 a.m. to 8:50 Welcome / Open remark
James C. Paulson
8:50 a.m. to 9:15 Connecting Mistranslation to Disease
Paul Schimmel
9:20 a.m. to 9:40 Nontranslational Function of Human tRNA Synthetases for Cancer Therapy
Min Guo
9:45 a.m. to 10:05 How Telomeres Protect Chromosome Ends
Eros Denchi
10:10 a.m. to 10:25 Development of an Epigenetic Therapy for the Neurodegenerative Disease Friedreich's Ataxia
Elisabetta (Liz) Soragni

10:10 a.m. to 10:50

AM BREAK

10:50 a.m. to 11:10 Holy Cow! Structure and Diversity of Bovine Ultralong CDR3 Antibodies
Vaughn Smider
11:15 a.m. to 12:00 POSTER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Serine tRNA Synthetase is a Transcriptional Repressor of VEGFA
    Yi Shi
  • Base-pairing between Hepatitis C virus RNA and 18S rRNA is Required for IRES-dependent Translation Initiation
    Daiki Matsuda
  • The Cellular Distribution of (+) RNA during Flock House Virus Infection: Implications for the Selection of Genomic RNA during Virus assembly
    James Short
  • Erlins are Part of an ER Macromolecular Assembly Regulating Cellular Cholesterol Levels
    Michael Huber
  • The Pallbearer-SCF Complex Promotes Degradation of RpS6, a Negative Regulator of Apoptotic Cell Clearance
    Hui Xiao
  • Design and Synthesis of Specific Probes to Track and Target Citrulline Reactive B Cells
    Maria Del Valle Palomo Ruiz
  • Deciphering the Inositol Phosphate Code
    Karsten Sauer
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 LUNCH (will be provided) / POSTER SESSION

1:30 p.m. to 1:50 Managing the Diseased Proteome through Proteostasis
Bill Balch
1:55 p.m. to 2:15 Understanding Parkinson's disease: mechanistic insights and new therapeutic targets
Steve Reed
2:20 p.m. to 2:40 Actin Dynamics in Striated Muscle Sarcomeres: From Molecules to Myopathies
Velia Fowler

2:45 p.m. to 3:05

PM BREAK

3:05 p.m. to 3:25 Estrogen-related receptors (ERRs): regulators of energy homeostasis
Natasha Kralli
3:30 p.m. to 3:50 Tumor cell intravasation: Putative mechanisms and validated outcomes during metastasis
Elena Deryugina
3:55 p.m. to 4:15 Plasminogen Receptor KT and the Plasminogen Activation System
Lindsey Miles
4:20 p.m. to 4:35 Siglec-induced B cell tolerance and its therapeutic potential
Matt Macauley
4:40 p.m. to 4:45 Closing
Jim Paulson

4:45 p.m. to 6:00

RECEPTION / POSTER SESSION



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