Conference Events
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Date |
Events/Activities |
Wed, December 9 |
Young Scientist SymposiumUCI Applied Innovation |
| 8:30 - 9:10 am | Registration |
| 9:10 - 9:15 pm |
Welcoming Remarks
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| 9:15 - 9:30 am |
Soledad Reyes de Mochel (K. Cho laboratory, Dev & Cell, UCI)
"BMP signaling is required for cell cleavage in preimplantation-mouse embryos." (abstract)
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| 9:30 - 9:45 am |
Shen Tzu-We (Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Human Bilogy Program, U. Tsukuba)
"Regulation of TIF1β Phosphorylation in Colorectal Cancer Progression" (abstract)
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| 9:45 - 10:00 am | Catherine Ha Ta (Mathematics, CCBS UCI) “The Multi-step Transition between Epithelial and Mesenchymal States" (abstract) |
| 10:00 - 10.15 am | Emre Bektik (Cardiac Regenerative Medicine, Human Biology Program, U. Tsukuba) "Cytokine Effect on In vivo Maturation of Induced Cardiomyocytes" (abstract) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 10:45 am | Abed E. Alnaif (A.D. Lander laboratory, Biomedical Engineering, CCBS UCI) "Morphogen gradients and pattern formation: A causality dilemma"(abstract) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 am |
Takato Honda (International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, Human Biology Program, U. Tsukuba)
"Systematic Behavioral Test Battery for Sleepy and Dreamless, Newly Identified Mouse Pedigrees with Sleep Abnormalities" (abstract)
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| 11:00 - 11:15 am |
Kouta Niizuma (A. Shibuya laboratory, Immunology, Human Biology Program, U. Tsukuba)
"Identification and Characterization of CD300H, a New Member of the Human CD300 Immunoreceptor Family" (abstract)
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| 11:15 - 11:30 am |
Ricardo Ramirez (A. Mortazavi laboratory, Dev & Cell, CCBS, UCI)
"Dynamic gene regualtory networks of human myeloid differentiation."(abstract)
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| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Dhouha Daassi (Takahashi laboratory, Human Biology Program, U. Tsukuba) "The differential expression patterns of MafB and c-Maf in macrophages in vitro and in vivo" (abstract) |
| 11:45 - 1:15 pm | Lunch |
Entrepreneurship Workshop |
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| 1:15-1:40 pm | Introduction - Jacob Levin, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Development “Entrepreneurship and technology transfer in the 21st Century University" |
| 1:40-1:55 pm | Holger Roehl (UCI Invention Transfer Group (ITG)) “Technology Transfer from the University to the Private Sector” |
| 1:55-2:10 pm |
Kaushalya Kulathunga (Laboratory of Anatomy and Embryology, Human Biology Program, U. Tsukuba)
"Entrepreneurship Training Course, Human Biology Program: In a Students' Perspective" (abstract) |
| 2:10-2:25 pm |
Emma Flores (Program Coordinator Graduate Professional Success in the Biomedical Sciences GPS-BIOMED, UCI)
"UCI GPS BIOMED Graduate training program"
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| 2:25-2:40 pm |
Yoshinori Harada (Human Biology Program, School of Integrative and Global Majors, University of Tsukuba)
"University of Tsukuba:Framework of the 'Entrepreneurship Training' course from the Ph. D. Program in Human Biology (HBP)" (abstract)
|
| 2:40-3:00 pm |
Doug Crawford (Sr. Licensing Officer, Applied Innovation UCI)
"ZAP! - a Lean Startup/NSF I-Corps style Entrepreneurship Bootcamp"
|
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Panel Discussion
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| 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Reception - The Cove and tour of Applied Innovation |
Thurs, December 10 |
Molecular and Cellular Foundations of Human BiologyNatural Sciences II, Rm. 3201 |
| 8:15 - 8:50 am | Continental breakfast |
| 8:50 - 9:00 am | Opening Remarks: Arthur D. Lander (CCBS, UCI) |
| 9:00 - 9:25 am |
Ho Kiong (Infection Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsukuba)
"Recapping the Message: The mRNA decapping and recapping pathway in Trypanosomes" (abstract)
|
| 9:25 - 9:50 am |
Weian Zhao (Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCI)
"Exploiting complex biology and diseases at a single cell/molecule level using droplet microfluidic technologies" (abstract)
|
| 9:50 -10:15 am |
Mitsuru Okuwaki (Infection Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsukuba)
"Functions of histone chaperones in gene expression and nuclear organization"(abstract)
|
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Coffee break - foyer |
| 10:30 - 10:55 am |
Tomoki Chiba (Life and Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba)
"The role of proteasome activators in oxidative stress response" (abstract)
|
| 10:55 - 11:20 am |
Ken Cho (Dev & Cell Bio, UCI)
"Foxh1 is a pioneer factor that bookmarks regulatory regions of germ layer specific genes"(abstract)
|
| 11:20 - 11:45 am |
Masafumi Muratani (Genome Biology, Tsukuba)
"It’s a Small (-scale assay) World: Limited sample analysis in Tsukuba Genomics Platform" (abstract)
|
| 11:45 - 12:10 pm |
Chang Liu (Biomedical Engineering, UCI)
"Orthogonal Replication for Rapid Evolution and Synthetic Biology" (abstract)
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| 12:10 - 1:40 pm | Lunch & Poster Viewing - foyer |
| 1:40 - 2:05 pm |
Hiroshi Hasegawa (Human Biology Program, School of Integrative and Global Majors, University of TsukubaTsukuba)
"Retrograde TGFbeta signaling regulating peripheral axon regeneration" (abstract)
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| 2:05 - 2:30 pm |
Marian Waterman (Cancer Research Institute, UCI)
"Wnt Signaling and metabolism in colon cancer"
|
| 2:30 - 2:55 pm |
Hiroyuki Suzuki (Oncology, Tsukuba)
"Roles of Tsc-22 family proteins in tumor development" (abstract)
|
| 2:55 - 3:10 pm | Coffee break - foyer |
Graduate Program Collaboration: Tsukuba-UCI |
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| 3:10 - 3:25pm | Michael Mulligan and Klemens Hertel (Graduate Studies, BioSci and SOM) |
| 3:25 - 3:40 pm | Frances Leslie (Graduate Division, UCI) |
| 3:40 - 3:55 pm | Arthur Lander (MCSB MS/PhD program and CCBS) |
| 3:55 - 4:10 pm | Melanie Cocco (CMB PhD Program) |
| 4:10 - 4:25 pm | Hiroshi Hasegawa (Tsukuba Human Biology Program) |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 6:30 - 9:00 pm |
Faculty Dinner
Keynote speaker Dan Cooper (Institute for Clinical Translational Science)
"EXERCISE IN CHILDREN: OMIC MECHANISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE"
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Fri, December 11 |
Exercise Medicine & NeuroscienceCenter for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (Herklotz Conference Room) |
| 9:00 - 9:40 am | Coffee and pastries - foyer |
| 9:40 - 10:00 am | Opening Remarks: James Hicks (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, EMSSI, UCI) |
| 10:00 - 10:25 pm |
Craig Stark (Neurobiology and Behavior, UCI)
"Virtual environmental enrichment through video games" (abstract)
|
| 10:25 - 10:50 am |
Matt Blurton Jones (Neurobiology and Behavior, UCI)
"Examining the role of the adaptive immune system in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis"
|
| 10:50 - 11:10 am | Coffee break - foyer |
| 11:10 - 11:35 am |
Takeshi Nishiyasu (Exercise & Environmental Physiology, U. Tsukuba)
"Characteristics of heat-induced hyperventilation at rest and during exercise in humans" (abstract)
|
| 11:35 - 12:00 am |
Takashi Matsui (Sport Neuroscience, U. Tsukuba)
"Brain glycogen: The novel energy source of exercising brain"(abstract)
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Buffet Lunch - Atrium |
| 1:00 - 1:35 pm |
Hideaki Soya (Sport Neuroscience, U. Tsukuba)
“Mild Exercise As A Potential Tool for Hippocampal Remodeling” (abstract)
|
| 1:35 - 2:00 pm |
Kim Green (Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, UCI)
"Exploring microglial function in the healthy and diseased brain" (abstract)
|
| 2:00 - 2:25 pm |
Kyeongho Byun (Sport Neuroscience, U. Tsukuba, and Neurobiology & Behavior, UCI)
“Exploring the neural substrates of mild-exercise-enhanced human cognition: a functional neuroimaging study” (abstract)
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| 2:25 - 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion by all speakers |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | Coffee break - foyer |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm |
Distinguished Session Speaker: Carl Cotman (Institute for Memory Impairments & Neurological Disorders, UCI) "Exercise builds brain health" |
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm | Reception - Atrium |