2008 Fall Research Symposium

Symposium Aim and Format

To encourage presentation and discussion of research in the TSRI community with emphasis on the most exciting research projects. A panel comprised of TSRI faculty will judge abstracts based on scientific merit, as well as determine the quality of presentations at both the oral and poster sessions.

When and Where

• Thursday, October 2, 2008.
• Oral Session: Keck Amphitheater, BCC, time TBA
• Moderated Poster Session: Beckman Galleria, time TBA
• Posters displayed from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Keynote Speakers

11:30am-12:30pm
Don Ganem, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, San Francisco, HHMI Investigator
"Noncoding RNAs and the Biology of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus"


2:30pm-3:30pm
Laura Kiessling, Ph.D.
Laurens Anderson Professor of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Chemical Probes of Carbohydrate Biosynthesis in Mycobacteria"

Selected TSRI Speakers (12 mins/speaker + breaks)

12:40pm – 1:40pm Cell and Molecular Biology

• Jessica Williams, Ph.D. "Dynamic Centromere Localization of the Proximate CenH3 Loading Factor Scm3 in the Mis16-Mis18 Pathway of Establishing Centromere Identity "
• Thomas Pucadyil , Ph.D. "Real-time Visualization of Membrane Fission Establishes Dynamin as the Minimal Fission Apparatus "
• Casimir Bamberger, Ph.D. "Label-free Comparison of Complex Protein Samples "
• Ewan Taylor , Ph.D. "Cleavage of Holliday Junctions by Human Mus81-Eme1 during Broken Replication Fork Repair "

1:40pm – 2:10pm Experimental Medicine, Neurosciences and Translational Research

• Darren Logan , Ph.D. "Innate conditioning: a new mechanism of olfactory- mediated behavior "
• Nicole Steinmetz, Ph.D. "Designing Viral Nanoparticles to Targeting Sites of Disease in vivo "

3:40pm – 4:25pm Chemistry and Structural Biology

• Edward Brignole, Ph.D. "The Metazoan Fatty Acid Synthase Requires Extensive Structural Flexibility For Catalysis"
• Rebecca Taurog, Ph.D. "Structure and Assembly of an Extreme Virus"
• Jeffrey Lee, Ph.D. "Structure of the Trimeric, Prefusion Ebola Virus GP Complexed with a Neutralizing Antibody from a Human Survivor"

4:25pm – 5:10pm Immunology

• Elise Landais, Ph.D. "Re-engineering MHC Class II Tetramers to Accommodate Fundamental Principles of Antigen Presentation"
• Christoph Huber , Ph.D. "Phospholipase D4 Deficiency Leads to Activation of Leukocytes and Multiorgan Inflammationcell proliferation in vitro"
• Nadege Pelletier , Ph.D. "Antigen-Presentation: A New Function for Plasma Cells"

Eligibility

All TSRI Research Associates (postdocs) and external graduate students are invited to submit abstracts of their work. Only ONE (1) abstract per presenting author, please. All authors of accepted abstracts will receive a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com for participating!

Research Categories

This year's general subject areas include:

• Immunology
• Molecular & Cellular Biology
• Chemistry & Structural Biology
• Experimental Medicine, Neurosciences and Translational Research
  

All accepted abstracts will be divided into four subject areas based on author preferences and space availability. Therefore, the subject areas presented during the Symposium may deviate slightly.

Abstract Selection and Prize Awards

Abstracts will be graded on novelty and significance to the field of research. A total of FIVE money prizes will be awarded per subject area.

The 3 highest-scored abstracts in each subject area will be selected for oral presentation. All other abstracts within a subject area will be selected for poster presentation.

The order of awards in both oral and poster presentations in each research category will be determined by the judges after presentation with the following cash prizes:

• 1st Prize, Oral presentation - $400
• 2nd Prize, Oral presentation - $300
• 3rd Prize, Oral presentation - $200
  
  
• 1st Prize, Poster presentation - $100
• 2nd Prize, Poster presentation - $50

All winning awards will be given in cash (a check) without conditions for use. Also, all authors selected to present in the oral and poster sessions will receive a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com.

Abstract Submission

Each presenter may submit only ONE (1) abstract as first author.

Abstracts should be comprised primarily of unpublished data.

Abstract Submission Instructions

• Download the 2008 Abstract Submission Form. It is in MS Word format. Size limit is 2MB.

• Replace the text in the upper half of the form with the applicable information. Insert your abstract where indicated using the requested format guidelines and add your contact information in the space provided.

• Abstract examples can be downloaded here.

• Name your abstract file with your first and last name as either an MS Word (.doc) file or Rich Text Format (.rtf) file, (e.g., OlivierHarismendy.doc).

• Deadline for abstract submission is 5:00 pm, Wednesday, August 20, 2008.

• Notification: Once your abstract has been submitted properly, you will receive an email confirmation.

• Only one abstract should be submitted per Research Associate. If you must withdraw your submission for any reason, please email ndharia@scripps.edu.
  
  
• Submit your abstract only once!
  
  
• Abstract submission is closed.
  
  
• Abstract authors will then be notified of oral or poster presentation acceptance by Monday, September 15th. Subsequent confirmation to partipate in the symposium is due Friday, September 19th.

Food and beverages will be provided at the poster session, complements of the SoF.

For questions and more information, contact us via e-mail.