Schedule of Events

9:15 - 9:30

Welcome Address
CMB Director, Markus Thali, PhD
Please check in before 9:15

9:30 - 10:15

Madam, I’m Adam-Sir, I’m Eve:  Evidence that Sex Chromosomes Influence Susceptibility to Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease of the CNS by Cory Teuscher, PhD - Professor, Medicine - Immunobiology

10:15 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:15

VCC DNA Analysis and UVM Microarray Core Facilities by Tim Hunter - Manager, VCC DNA Analysis Facility & Manager, UVM Microarray Facility

11:15 - 12:00

Substrate Facilitated Catalysis by Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases: Creating the Essential Precursors of Protein Synthesis by Chris Francklyn, PhD - Professor, Biochemistry

12:00 - 1:00

Buffet Lunch & Social

1:00 - 1:40
1:50 - 2:30

Career Paths Small Group Discussions
       Regulation – Patsy Kelso, PhD – Vermont State Department
       Academics – Rong Li, PhD – Stowers Institute
       Biotech – Bill Church, PhD – Green Mountain Antibodies, Inc

2:30 - 4:00

Wine & Cheese Poster Session

4:00 - 5:00

Keynote Address
Think Small, Think Big, and Think Evolution: What 21st  Century Cell Biology has in Store for Us by Rong Li, PhD – Stowers Institute