Agenda
Thursday, October 20, 2022
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Gordon L. Hager, Ph.D.
Chief
Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
Session 1: Genome Organization and Function
Chair: Gordon L. Hager, Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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Wendy Bickmore, Ph.D.
University of Edinburgh
Richard Young, Ph.D.
Whitehead Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Lucas Pelkmans, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Zurich
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Irene Chiolo, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Session 2: Mechanotransduction I
Chair: David L. Levens, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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Iva Tolić, Ph.D.
Ruđer Bošković Institute
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John Marko, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
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Dave Thirumalai, Ph.D.
University of Texas
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Alistar Boettiger, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Session 3: Mechanotransduction II
Chair: Mirit I. Aladjem, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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Efsun Arda, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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James M. Berger, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Yekaterina Miroshnikova, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
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Kent Hunter, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
Friday, October 21, 2022
Session 4: Phase Separation and Condensates I
Chair: Ashish Lal, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI
Amy Gladfelter, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina
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Clifford Brangwynne, Ph.D.
Princeton University
Christine Mayr, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Center Center
Rohit Pappu, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis
Session 5: Phase Separation and Condensates II
Chair: Michael Lichten, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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Douglas Phanstiel, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina
Geeta Narlikar, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
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Brian Lewis, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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Abby Dernburg, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Session 6: Phase Separation and Condensates III
Chair: Shalini Oberdoerffer, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research
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Yixian Zheng, Ph.D.
Carnegie Institute for Science
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Joana Vidigal, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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Daniel Larson, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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Robert Tjian, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkely