Breakthroughs in Research Agenda
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Coffee and pastries available in ALTC 3rd Floor Lobby |
| 8:30-8:35 AM | Welcome (Manzoor Bhat) |
| 8:35-8:45 AM | Charge to Group: Solving the Unsolvable (Robert Hromas) |
| DISCOVERY TALKS ALTC 3.304 | |
| 8:45-9:05 AM | Advances in biomedical artificial intelligence: Will we become obsolete? (Ronald Rodriguez) |
| 9:05-9:25 AM | BRCA1 biology: Discovering its role in the mammary gland and targeted cancer therapy (Alexander Bishop) |
| 9:25-9:45 AM | Immune therapy for cancer: curing the incurable (Chethan Ramamurthy) |
| 9:45-10:05 AM | COVID-19 Biology and Therapies (Reuben Harris) |
| 10:05-10:20 AM | Break - Coffee and Cookies in ALTC 3rd Floor Lobby |
| 10:20-10:40 AM | Intervening in inflammatory pathways to prevent/treat auto-immunity (Laurence Morel) |
| 10:40-11:00 AM | The wild excitement about induced pluripotent stem cells (Christi Walter) |
| 11:00-11:20 PM | Dementia: Targeting mechanisms for intervention (Sudha Seshadri, Agustin Ruiz) |
| 11:20-11:40 PM | In vivo CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing: A cure for genetic diseases? (Manzoor Bhat) |
| 11:40-12:00 PM | Grab and go lunch pick up in ALTC 3rd Floor Lobby. Transition to Ignite Solutions session - take your lunch |
| IGNITE SOLUTIONS SESSIONS - ALTC 3rd and 2nd Floor (Pick one talk per session) | |
| 12:00-1:00 PM | Session A |
| ALTC 2.214 | Digital delivery of health care (Amelie Ramirez, Jennifer Sharpe Potter) |
| ALTC 2.217 | Mitochondrial dysfunction in renal and cardiac disease (Madesh Muniswamy, David Gius) |
| ALTC 3.301 | Can aging be prevented? (Randy Strong, James Nelson) |
| ALTC 3.302 | Can type 2 diabetes ever be cured? (Ralph DeFronzo, Jane Lynch) |
| ALTC 3.303 | New protein, cell, and animal imaging techniques (Shaun Olsen, Jim Lechleiter) |
| 1:00-1:10 PM | Transition to Session B/Break |
| 1:10-2:10 PM | Session B |
| ALTC 2.214 | Using Implementation Science to improve health (Jennifer Sharpe Potter, Erin Finley) |
| ALTC 2.217 | Lipid-mediated organ damage (Jean Bopassa, Xiaoli Sun, Peng Zhao) |
| ALTC 3.301 | New applications of Precision Medicine (Kumar Sharma) |
| ALTC 3.302 | Molecular basis of behavior and addictions (Charles France, Martin Paukert) |
| ALTC 3.303 | Drugging the undruggable (Daohong Zhou, Yaxia Yuan, Karinel Nieves-Merced) |
| 2:10-2:25 PM | Transition to Tutorial Sessions/Break |
| TUTORIAL SESSIONS ALTC 3.304 | |
| 2:25-2:50 PM | How to give a killer talk (William Henrich) |
| 2:50-3:15 PM | Write the best grant NIH has ever seen (Patrick Sung) |
| 3:15-3:40 PM | Surfing the career wave - Why mentoring makes a difference (Mentee: Mitzi Gonzales, Mentor: Sudha Seshadri) |
| 3:40-4:05 PM | Commercialize your discovery (Robert Hromas) |
| RECEPTION - Holly Foyer | |
| 4:10-5:30 PM | Wine and Hors D'oeuvres in the Holly Auditorium Foyer |