Cell and Molecular Biology Department Retreat
September 29, 2014   


Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Meeting location: Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive, San Diego, California (USA)
Hosted: James C. Paulson / Velia M. Fowler


The goal of the retreat is to foster discussions and networking, open to our department and affiliates' laboratory.

Program


8:00 a.m. to 9:00

BREAKFAST (will be provided)

9:00 a.m. to 9:10 Welcome / Open Remark
Velia M. Fowler
9:15 a.m. to 9:40 Influenza Virus Receptors
James C. Paulson
9:50 a.m. to 10:15 Structural Role of the HIV TM Domain in Viral Fusion and Neutralizing Antibody Recognition
Philip Dawson
10:20 a.m. to 10:45 Stemming Vision Loss with Stem Cells (and a little help from Ras, VHL, HIFs and VEGF)
Martin Friedlander

10:50 a.m. to 11:10

AM BREAK

11:10 a.m. to 11:35 Signal Transduction Pathways Mediating Oncogene-induced Senescence
Peiqing Sun
11:40 a.m. to 12:05 Apoptotic Cell Clearance: A Negative Role For The Ribosomal Protein RpS6
Nathalie Franc
12:10 p.m. to 12:35 POSTER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Ultrastructural Analysis of Motor Protein Conformations and Regulation in Neurons
    Danielle Grotjahn
  • Towards Understanding the Structural Basis of Outer Mitochondrial Membrane Modifications Induced during Flock House Virus Replication
    James Short
  • PGC-1 and ERR-induced Regulator in Muscle 1 (Perm1) Regulates Oxidative Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle
    Yoshitake Cho
  • Control of Thin Filament Lengths by Sarcomeric Tropomodulin Isoforms: Insights from Mouse Models
    David S. Gokhin
12:35 p.m. to 2:00 LUNCH (will be provided) / POSTER SESSION

2:00 p.m. to 2:25 The Listerin/Ltn1 E3 Ligase Links Co-translational Protein Quality Control and Neurodegeneration
Claudio Joazeiro
2:30 p.m. to 2:55 Cell Signaling Control at the Nuclear Lamina
Larry Gerace
3:00 p.m. to 3:25 A Cross-Chiral RNA Polymerase Ribozyme
Gerald Joyce

3:30 p.m. to 3:50

PM BREAK

3:50 p.m. to 4:15 Peripheral Neuropathy is Linked to Neomorphic Binding Activity of tRNA Synthetase
Xiang-Lei Yang
4:20 p.m. to 4:45 RNA Toxicity as the Basis for Both Rare and Common Diseases
Joel Gottesfeld
5:00 p.m. to 5:10 Closing
Velia M. Fowler

5:10 p.m. to 6:00

RECEPTION / POSTER SESSION



   ANY COMMENTS/ QUESTIONS contact Anna (annacrie@scripps.edu)