April 6, 2018 Texas A&M University
8:30 BREAKFAST and REGISTRATION
9: 20 Paul Hardin, OPENING REMARKS
SESSION 1: Deb Bell-Pedersen (Chair)
9:30 Lilei Zhang, “Circadian regulation of cardiac remodeling”
10:00 Kristin Eckel-Mahan, “Defective Circadian Regulation in Diet-Induced Obesity and Liver Disease”
10:30 Jeremy J. Stubblefield, “Circadian regulation of stroke lesion volume and astrocyte metabolism”
10:45 15 min Break
SESSION 2: Dave Earnest (Chair)
11:00 Christine Merlin, “Circadian repression: insights from monarch butterflies”
11:30 Poster DATA BLITZ session (1 min each)
11:50 POSTER session ‐ Poster judging
12:30 Lunch (lunch box will be served)
1:35 The Konopka award (TSCBM junior faculty award), presented by Richard Gomer
KEYNOTE: Paul Hardin (Chair)
1:45 Mick Hastings
“Cell-autonomous and circuit-level mechanisms of circadian time-keeping in mammals: genes, neurons and astrocytes”
2:45 15 min Break
SESSION 3: Jerome Menet (Chair)
3:00 Joe Takahashi, “Importance of Circadian Timing in Aging and Longevity”
3:30 Jake Chen, “Circadian intervention to promote healthy aging”
4:00 Yuxiang Liu, “Cognitive flexibility is enhanced in humanized CLOCK mice”
4:15 15 min Break
SESSION 4: Mark Zoran (Chair)
4:30 Jeff Chen, “Interactive Roles for Epigenetic Regulation and Circadian Clock Function in Hybrid Vigor”
5:00 Shanta Karki, “Circadian Clock Regulation of Translation Initiation Through eIF2α Phosphorylation”
5:15 POSTER AWARDS and CLOSING, Paul Hardin
6:00 Dinner and Party (9470 Lightsey Lane, College Station, TX 77845)
Data Blitz/Poster presenters
Presenter
#1 Andrew Gaudet
#2 Aleix Ribas
#3 Samantha Iiams
#4 Bahara Fekry
#5 Zhijing Zhang
#6 Nange Jin
#7 Jacob Bhoi
#8 Guijun Wan
#9 Jennifer Jung
#10 Aldrin Lugena
#11 Yuxiang Liu
#12 Vasavi Shabrish
#13 Zhaolan Ding
#14 Ben Greenwell
#15 Shanta Karki
#16 Kathrina Castillo
#17 Mark Burish
#18 Jiah Yang
8:30 BREAKFAST and REGISTRATION
9: 20 Paul Hardin, OPENING REMARKS
SESSION 1: Deb Bell-Pedersen (Chair)
9:30 Lilei Zhang, “Circadian regulation of cardiac remodeling”
10:00 Kristin Eckel-Mahan, “Defective Circadian Regulation in Diet-Induced Obesity and Liver Disease”
10:30 Jeremy J. Stubblefield, “Circadian regulation of stroke lesion volume and astrocyte metabolism”
10:45 15 min Break
SESSION 2: Dave Earnest (Chair)
11:00 Christine Merlin, “Circadian repression: insights from monarch butterflies”
11:30 Poster DATA BLITZ session (1 min each)
11:50 POSTER session ‐ Poster judging
12:30 Lunch (lunch box will be served)
1:35 The Konopka award (TSCBM junior faculty award), presented by Richard Gomer
KEYNOTE: Paul Hardin (Chair)
1:45 Mick Hastings
“Cell-autonomous and circuit-level mechanisms of circadian time-keeping in mammals: genes, neurons and astrocytes”
2:45 15 min Break
SESSION 3: Jerome Menet (Chair)
3:00 Joe Takahashi, “Importance of Circadian Timing in Aging and Longevity”
3:30 Jake Chen, “Circadian intervention to promote healthy aging”
4:00 Yuxiang Liu, “Cognitive flexibility is enhanced in humanized CLOCK mice”
4:15 15 min Break
SESSION 4: Mark Zoran (Chair)
4:30 Jeff Chen, “Interactive Roles for Epigenetic Regulation and Circadian Clock Function in Hybrid Vigor”
5:00 Shanta Karki, “Circadian Clock Regulation of Translation Initiation Through eIF2α Phosphorylation”
5:15 POSTER AWARDS and CLOSING, Paul Hardin
6:00 Dinner and Party (9470 Lightsey Lane, College Station, TX 77845)
Data Blitz/Poster presenters
Presenter
#1 Andrew Gaudet
#2 Aleix Ribas
#3 Samantha Iiams
#4 Bahara Fekry
#5 Zhijing Zhang
#6 Nange Jin
#7 Jacob Bhoi
#8 Guijun Wan
#9 Jennifer Jung
#10 Aldrin Lugena
#11 Yuxiang Liu
#12 Vasavi Shabrish
#13 Zhaolan Ding
#14 Ben Greenwell
#15 Shanta Karki
#16 Kathrina Castillo
#17 Mark Burish
#18 Jiah Yang