"Cell intrinsic control of viral infection" John W. Schoggins, PhDAssociate Professor of MicrobiologyDirector of Molecular Microbiology Graduate ProgramUT Southwestern Medical Center
Myelin wraps up critical period plasticity in the visual cortex Jonah Chan, Ph.D. Rachleff Professor of Neurology UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences Division of Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroinflammation Center Innovation Program for Remyelination and Repair University of California, San Francisco
“From models to non-models: exploring new science and new ways to pursue it” Prachee Avasthi, Ph.D. Co-founder and CSO of Arcadia Science Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
“The dynamic epigenome – challenges and opportunities for health aging and suppression of cancer" Prof. Peter D. Adams Professor and Co-Director Aging, Cancer and Immuno-oncology Program Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
"The ABC of RNA Editing in Trypanosomes" Ruslan Afasizhev, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine
“Coagulation factor 11 mediates liver- heart crosstalk and protects against heart failure” Jake Lusis, Ph.D. Professor Medicine-Cardiology, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics UCLA
“Pathways of Lysosome Dysfunction Across Neurodegenerative Diseases” Shawn Ferguson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Neuroscience Yale University
“Chromatin-Associated RNA Decay in Epigenetic Gene Silencing” Danesh Moazed, Ph.D. Professor, Cell Biology HHMI Investigator Harvard Medical School
“Signaling and Metabolic Control of Nucleotide Metabolism” Issam Ben-Sahra, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
“Mobilization of cell structures by microbial pathogens” Matthew Welch, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley
"Deep dive into glial biology through brain tumor research with MADM, a genetic mosaic system" Hui Zong, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology University of Virginia
Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Eminent Scholar, Georgia Research Alliance Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research
