Agenda

8:45am-9:00am: Welcome and Opening Remarks (CGRC Auditorium, Room 101)

9:00am-10:00am: Plenary Session (CGRC Auditorium, Room 101)

• 9:00am – Dr. Christian Jobin (Professor; Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; UFHCC Program Co-Director for Immuno-Oncology and Microbiome) – From human fecal bacteria to small molecule therapeutics: A journey through the microbiome
• 9:30am – Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul (Research Professor; Horticultural Sciences, Program in Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology; Director of ICBR) – Plants use Epigenetic Tools in the Physiological Adaptation to the Novel Environment of Spaceflight

10:00am-10:15am: Coffee Break (CGRC Lobby)

10:15am-11:15am: Discovery Session 1 (CGRC Auditorium, Room 101)

• 10:15am – Dr. Julie Maupin (Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Microbiology & Cell Science) – Archaeal Proteomics in the Extreme
• 10:35am – Dr. Jeanine Brady (Professor & Director of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Research Training and Career Development, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry) – Use of antibodies as tools for characterizing and modulating protein structure and antigenicity
• 10:55am – Dr. Robert McKenna (Professor & Director, Center For Structural Biology, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) – AAV structure-guided capsid design for gene therapy applications

11:15am-11:30am: Break

11:30am-12:30pm: Discovery Session 2 (CGRC Auditorium, Room 101)

• 11:30am– Dr. Christina Von Roemeling (Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery – Three-dimensional immunohistochemistry to visualize therapeutic AAV geospatial distribution in brain malignancy
• 11:50am – Dr. Ritu Shekhar (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Renne Lab, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology) – Multiplatform data integration for high-resolution analysis of KSHV transcriptome
• 12:10pm – Dr. Rowan Milner (Hill’s Endowed Professor of Oncology, Director of Clinical and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine) ICBR supports the CVM Comparative Oncology Program with Spatial Genomics and Bioinformatics

12:30pm-1:30pm: Lunch (CGRC Lobby) and Poster Session (CGRC Room 451)

1:30pm-2:30pm: Discovery Session 3 (CGRC Auditorium, Room 101)

• 1:30pm – Dr. Daniel Czyz (Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Cell Science) – Revising the Waksman Platform
• 1:50pm – Dr. Lucas Fluegel (Graduate Student in Laboratory of Dr. Ben Shen, Natural Products Discovery Center at UF Scripps) – Filling in the map: Using genome sequencing to create an atlas of natural product diversity
• 2:10pm – Chris Dervinis (Senior Biologist and Lab Manager, Forest Genomics Group; Department of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences) – Harnessing Core Lab Services at ICBR to Enhance Progress in Loblolly Pine Research

2:30pm-2:45pm: Break (CGRC Lobby) 

2:45pm-3:45pm: Discovery Session 4 (CGRC Auditorium, Room 101)

• 2:45pm – Dr. Zhonglin Mou (Professor, Department of Microbiology & Cell Science) – Signaling Molecules Help Plants Fight Microbes
• 3:05pm – Dr. Mei He (Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy) – Extracellular vesicle isolation, characterization, and applications in biomarkers and therapeutic development
• 3:25pm – Dr. David Duffy (Rising Star Condron Family Endowed Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics, Whitney Laboratory of Marine Biosciences) – Genomic Discovery From Thin Air: Applying deep sequencing to environmental DNA for biodiversity, wildlife and health applications

3:45pm-4:00pm: Poster Awards & Closing Remarks (CGRC Auditorium, Room 101)