Dr. Karen Schindler  ProfessorRutgers University “Determining the genetic contributions to aneuploidy in eggs” Abstract: A healthy egg is essential for a successful pregnancy and full-term development. The chromosome content of the egg and sperm is an exquisitely...

Dr. Xin Jin Associate Professor, Department of NeuroscienceScripps Research “Scalable investigation of gene function and organ-wide action with in vivo Perturb-seq” Abstract: Human genetics have identified long lists of risk genes and loci associated with diseases,...

Dr. Fan Yang Associate Professor, Assistant Dean in the School of Basic Medical SciencesZhejiang University “From atoms to animals: Rational design of novel modulators to TRP ion channels for analgesia” Abstract: The Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) ion channels...

Dr. Yongdeng Zhang Assistant Professor, School of Life SciencesWestlake University “Elucidating subcellular architecture and dynamics with super-resolution microscopy” Abstract: Super-resolution microscopy plays a crucial role in elucidating the intricate molecular...

Dr. Soledad Reyes de Barboza Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental BiologyUniversity of California, San Diego “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Cellular Senescence: Implications for Lung Injury and Aging” Abstract: Cellular senescence is defined as an acquired...

Dr. Frank van Breukelen Director and Professor, School of Life Sciences        University of Nevada “Being too plastic for variable environments: physiological plasticity in the protoendothermic tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)” Abstract:...

Dr. Yasuhiro Arimura  Assistant Professor, Basic Sciences DivisionFred Hutchinson Cancer Center “Toward Sub-Nanometer Visualization of Endogenous Chromatin-Associated Complexes in Action” Abstract: Eukaryotic chromatin dynamically changes its structure during the...

Dr. Elphege Nora  Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, San Francisco “Molecular Mechanisms of Chromosome Folding and Enhancer Wiring” Abstract: I will discuss how cohesin proteins tune chromosomes folding patterns inside cells and how this enables long-range...

Dr. Raul E. Diaz, Jr.  Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesCalifornia State University, Los AngelesResearch Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County "Resolving a paradox: how does vertebrate skull diversity arise when embryonic development is...