Retreats
2013 Retreat
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Class of 1962 Auditorium, University of Rochester Medical Center
Keynote Speaker
- Harry Noller, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Robert L. Sinsheimer Prof. of Molecular Biology, Director, Center for Molecular Biology of RNA at the University of California-Santa Cruz
2012 Retreat
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Class of 1962 Auditorium, University of Rochester Medical Center
Keynote Speaker
- Must We Always Tell The Truth?: The Ethics of Basic Science
- Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D., McCormick Professor 2009, Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Professor of Religious Studies, Director, The Brady Program in Ethics and Public Life, Northwestern University
Invited Speakers
- Characterization of Non-Histone Protein HMGN1 and Histone Tail Domain Interactions in Chromatin
- Kevin Murphy (J. Hayes, Advisor)
- Characterizing Antimicrobial Lipopeptides with Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation
- Joshua Horn (A. Grossfield, Advisor)
2011 Retreat
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
University of Rochester Medical Center
Keynote Speaker
- Two Heads Really Are Better Than One: How Master Regulators Control Gene Expression
- Gregory A. Petsko, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Invited Speakers
- Modifying the Genetic Code: Converitng Nonsense Codons into Sense Codons by Targeted Pseudouridylation
- John Karijolich (past T32 trainee, introduced by current T32 trainee, Laura DiChiacchio)
- Inter-Nucleosomal Interactions of the Histone H4 Tail Domain During Chromatin Folding
- Sharon Pepenella (past T32 trainee, introduced by current T32 trainee, Erik Allman)
2009 Retreat
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
University of Rochester Medical Center
Keynote Speaker
- NIH Opportunities for Biomedical Research: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Beyond
- Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Invited Speakers
- Investigation of the Roles of the Highly Conserved G-1 Residue of tRNAHis
- Melanie Preston (past T32 trainee, introduced by T32 trainee Salvatore Priore)
- Insights into in vivo Biogenesis of the Bacterial Small Ribosomal Subunit
- Keith Connolly (past T32 trainee, introduced by T32 trainee Athena Kantartzis)
- Reconstitution in vitro Reveals the Mechanisms of Okazaki Fragment Processing
- Jason Pike (past T32 trainee, introduced by T32 trainee Jessica McArdle)
2008 Retreat
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
George Eastman House
Invited Speakers
- The State of Science: Funding Programs and Innovations at the NIH
- Ravi Basavappa, Ph.D., Program Director in the Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and AIDS Coordinator for NIGMS
- The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science Versus Religion Debate
- Adam Frank, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
