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HHMI Scientific Meeting
October 8 - 10, 2006

Janelia Farm Research Campus
19700 Helix Drive
Ashburn, Virginia  20147
Phone: (571) 209-4000



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Sunday, October 8, 2006

2:00 p.m. 

Desk opens at Reception for check-in and registration

6:30 p.m.

Social, in the Lobby

7:00 p.m.

Dinner, in the Dining Room

8:30 p.m.

Pub open until 11:00 p.m.For those arriving until that hour, a box dinner will be available.


Monday, October 9, 2006

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast buffet, in the Dining Room

 

Morning Scientific Session:  Dr. Amita Sehgal, Presiding

9:00 a.m.
(20 min) 
Dr. Andrew Camilli – Regulation of Pathogen Gene Expression in Response to the Host
9:25 a.m.
(20 min)
Dr. Albert Bendelac – Immune Recognition of Self and Microbial Glycosphingolipids
9:50 a.m.
(20 min) 
Dr. Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson – Chemical Approaches to Understanding O-GlcNAc Glycosylation
10:15  a.m. Break in the Lobby
10:45 a.m.
(20 min)
Dr. Dianne K. Newman – Deciphering the Evolution of Electron Transfer Metabolisms Through Rocks and Genomes
11:10 a.m.
(20 min)
Dr. Yi Zhang – Histone Demethylation by JmjC Domain Containing Proteins
11:35 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Tom K.W. Kerppola – Visualization of Chromatin Binding and Dynamics of Epigenetic Regulatory Complexes in Living Cells
11:55 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Stephen P. Bell – A Molecular Machine at Replication Origins
      

12:15 p.m.
(15 min)

Dr. Michel C. Nussenzweig – IgH/c-myc Chromosome Translocation
      

12:35 p.m.

Lunch, in the Dining Room and break

2:00 p.m.

Janelia Farm Research Campus Tours

3:30 p.m.

Refreshmentsavailable

4:00 p.m.

Town Meeting with Drs. Thomas R. Cech and David A. Clayton – Auditorium

5:00 p.m.

Introduction to Janelia Farm’s Research, Conference and Visitors Programs – Dr. Gerald M. Rubin and JFRC Laboratory Heads

5:30 p.m.

Dr. Sean Eddy – A Computational Genomic Screen for Structural RNAs in C. elegans

5:55 p.m. Dr. Dmitry Rinberg – Decoding of the Olfactory Code in the Behaving Mouse

6:30 p.m.

Social, in the Lobby

7:00 p.m.

Dinner, in the Dining Room

8:30 p.m.

Pub open until 11:00 p.m.



Tuesday, October 10, 2006

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast buffet, in the Dining Room

  Morning Scientific Session:  Dr. Gail Mandel, Presiding
8:30 a.m.
(20 min)
Dr. Frederick Martin Rieke – A Single Molecule Timekeeper
      
8:55 a.m.
(20 min)

Dr. Teresa A. Nicolson – Hair Cell Transduction and Transmission
      

9:20 a.m.
(20 min)
Dr. Erik M. Jorgensen – Syntaxin and Fast Exocytosis
9:45 a.m.
(20 min)
Dr. Michael D. Ehlers – Organelles and Trafficking Machinery for Postsynaptic Plasticity
10:10 a.m. Break in the Lobby
10:40 a.m.
(20 min) 
Dr. Alex L. Kolodkin – Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Growth Cone Guidance
11:05 a.m. 
(20 min)
Dr. Rafael Yuste – Imaging the Function of Dendritic Spines
      
11:30 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Yuh Nung Jan – Control of Dendritic Morphogenesis
      

11:50 a.m.
(15 min)

Dr. Cornelia I. Bargmann – A Network of Neurons:  Assembling a Sensory Circuit

12:10 p.m.
(15 min)

Dr. Lee A. Niswander – Genetics of Neural Development

12:30 p.m.

Lunch, in the Dining Room and break

1:30 p.m.

Informal Session for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, conducted by Drs. Jonathan D. Moreno and Laurie Zoloth, HHMI Bioethics Advisory Board

2:30 p.m.

Refreshments available

 

Afternoon Scientific Session:  Dr. Yishi Jin, Presiding

3:00 p.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Richard Axel – A Molecular Logic of Olfactory Perception
3:20 p.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Charles S. Zuker – The Molecular Biology of Taste
     
3:40 p.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Richard D. Palmiter – Reward Without Dopamine
4:00 p.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Wayne A. Hendrickson – Asymmetry in Signaling Complexes of the 5HT2c Serotonin Receptor
4:20 p.m.

Break in the Lobby

4:40 p.m. 
(15 min)
Dr. J. Evan Sadler – Assembly and Destruction of von Willebrand Factor
5:00 p.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Eduardo A. Groisman – Post-Translational Activation of Salmonella
Regulatory Proteins
5:20 p.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Christopher Miller – Measuring Single-Transporter Turnover in Heterogenous Liposomes
5:40 p.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Jack W. Szostak – Design and Synthesis of the Membrane and Nucleic Acid Components of an Artificial Cell

6:00 p.m.

Social, in the Lobby

6:30 p.m.

Dinner, in the Dining Room

7:30 p.m.

Presentation by Drs. Yi Lu, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, and Graham Walker HHMI Professors – Integrating Research Into Teaching

8:30 p.m.

Pub open until 11:00 p.m.

 

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast buffet, in the Dining Room

 

Morning Scientific Session:  Dr. Philippa Marrack, Presiding

8:30 a.m.
(15 min)

Dr. Ronald M. Evans – Winning and Losing:  Engineering the Genome to Enhance Athletic Performance

8:50 a.m.
(15 min) 
Dr. Gerald I. Shulman – Cellular Mechanisms of Hepatic Insulin Resistance
                      Associated with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
9:10 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. John D. Scott – Cell Signaling in Space and Time
      
9:30 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Roger J. Davis – Signal Transduction by Stress-Activated MAP Kinases
      
9:50  a.m. Break in the Lobby
10:15 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Philip A. Beachy – Hedgehog Signal Transduction
      
10:35 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Allan C. SpradlingDrosophila Stem Cells and Their Niches
      
10:55 a.m.
(15 min)
Dr. Elaine Fuchs – Stem Cells and Morphogenesis
      

11:15 a.m.

ADJOURN
- Checkout – Vans leave for airports beginning at 11:30 a.m.
-
Refreshments and Box lunches will be available



UPDATED 10/2/06


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