Nathalie Pochet, PhD
Broad Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Neurology

"*AMARETTO for network biology and medicine: linking diseases, drivers, targets and drugs via graph-based fusion of multi-omics, clinical, imaging and perturbation data"

The microERA Research Symposium will feature a keynote from Dr. Andrew Kau and a poster competition. Full details and registration can be found here.

Join us as we discuss important issues facing women in the Academic space. All are welcome regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religious affiliation, or academic standing.

Coffee and refreshments provided courtesy of CABBI.

John Glass, PhD
J. Craig Venter Institute; Professor and Leader of the Synthetic Biology & Bioenergy Group

Dr. Alondra Nelson
President, Social Science Research Council
Harold F. Linder Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

"Even a Moon Shot Needs a Flight Plan: Genetics and Ethics in the Obama Administration"

Jay Keasling, PhD
University of California Berkeley College of Chemistry; Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Professor, Department of Bioengineering

"Engineered Polyketide Synthases as a Platform for Synthetic Chemistry"

Kevin White, Phd
President of Tempus Labs Inc.; Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Medicine, University of Chicago

Maja Bucan, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Genetics

Trudy Mackay, PhD
Clemson University; Professor, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry

"Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing Life for the Future of Life"

Gene E. Robinson
Swanlund Chair of Entomology and Neuroscience
Department of Entomology
Director, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

A reception for faculty, staff, and grad students will follow in the NHB Core (room 319)

"The Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis: How NIAMRRE Supports Solutions"

Dr. Kristen Obbink, DVM, MPH
Associate Director, National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education (NIAMRRE), Iowa State University

Cameron Currie, PhD
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Bacteriology

Maayan Levy-Thaiss, PhD
University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor, Department of microbiology in the Perlman School of Medicine

"Intestinal epithelial cell functions at the host-microbiome interface"

George diCenzo, PhD
Queen’s University; Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

"Understanding symbiotic nitrogen fixation and bacterial genome organization using synergistic, multi-level approaches"

Michael Fischbach, PhD
Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering

Larry Gold, PhD
Founder and Chairman of the Board, and former CEO of SomaLogic

Rosemarie Truman, PhD
Founder & CEO, Board Member of The Center for Advancing Innovation