“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

"Brain macrophage transplantation for research and therapy development" Chris Bennett, M.D. Assistant Professor, Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania