Sumiti Vinayak, PhD, Department of Pathobiology

"Genetics of the Diarrheal Pathogen Cryptosporidium Parvum: Illuminating Parasite Biology and Validating Drug Targets"

Katherine Lyon Daniel, PhD
Associate Director for Communication, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

“Risk Communication Practice at CDC: From Ebola to Zika”

Lunch will be served.

Presented with support from Drs. Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz

Dipanjan Pan, Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering

"Next Generation Carbon Dots for Multiscale Imaging and Therapeutics"

Henry T. Greely, PhD
Stanford Law School, Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences

"Playing with life: Humans and the future of the biosphere"

Presented with support from Drs. Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz

Austin Cyphersmith
Research Specialist in Life Sciences, IGB Core Facilities

"New Alba-STED ISS Microscope in the Core"

Phil Hylemon, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine

"Antibiotics Secreted by Gut Bacteria Regulate Clostridium difficile growth and the Structure of the Gut Microbiome: Role of Secondary Bile Acids"

Dr. Dean Riechers, Department of Crop Sciences

"Insights into Chemically-Induced Crop Protection: Mechanisms of Herbicide Safener Action in Sorghum"

Shelley L. Berger, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

"Epigenetic regulation in brain controlling behavior in ants and mammals"

Dan Davidson, Director of CNRG and Research Computing, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Computing Upgrades to Biocluster"

David M. Kranz, PhD (ACPP)
University of Illinois, Department of Biochemistry

"Biotechnology Companies and the Rise of Cancer Immunotherapies"