Dr. Celina Juliano Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California, Davis “Mechanisms of development and regeneration in Hydra” Abstract: Hydra vulgaris is a small and simple aquatic animal capable of whole-body regeneration. The...

Dr. Edward Chuong Associate Professor, Biofrontiers InstituteUniversity of Colorado Boulder “Transposon-mediated evolution of immune gene regulatory networks” Abstract: Mammalian genomes harbor millions of transposon insertions, but most are expected to be inert or...

Dr. Xing Dai Professor, SOM - Biological ChemistryUniversity of California, Irvine “Beauty is Skin Deep: Epithelial Stem Cell Plasticity, Immune Crosstalk, and Metabolism” Abstract: Skin is a dynamic organ that relies on the proper regulation of adhesive...