Annual Biomedical Sciences Retreat Speakers
Please see this years schedule of events and speakers.
Tuesday, September 12
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Check-in & Breakfast 8:50 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. "Human Cytomegalovirus Dissemination: The Akt of Building the "Trojan Horse.” " Gary C. Chan, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology SUNY Upstate Medical University 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. “Gut-Brain Communication: Regulating Feeding Behavior for Specific Nutrients.” Hui-Hao Lin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience & Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. “Designing Switchable Proteins for Biotechnology and Medicine” Stewart Loh, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology SUNY Upstate Medical University 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. Break 10:40 – 11:40 a.m. “Sirtuin Modulators Inhibit Viral Replication and Spread: A Discovery in My Lab Moves to a Biotech” Thomas E. Shenk. PhD, James A. Elkins Professor of Life Sciences, Emeritus, Molecular Biology, Princeton University. 11:40a.m.–12:00p.m. Introduction to Incoming Class 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Group A (12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.) Group B (12:30 to 1:30 p.m.) 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. "From Bench to Bovie: Musculoskeletal Oncology Translational Research.” Department of Orthopedic Surgery Keynote: Kurt R. Weiss, MD, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Translational Research at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. "Push and Pull: The Roles of Actin Assembly and Myosin-1 in Endocytosis" Vladimir Sirotkin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology SUNY Upstate Medical University 3:00 -3:30 p.m. “A Well-defined Nanoplatform for Therapeutic Delivery and Immune Modulation.” Juntao Luo, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology SUNY Upstate Medical University 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Poster Session & Reception Begins