Physical Science Complex – March 7, 2015
8:20-8:50 | Continental Breakfast |
8:50-8:55 | Opening Remarks |
Hening Lin, Chemistry and Chemical Biology | |
Session 1 |
Research Presentations – Ornella Nelson, Chair |
9:00-9:25 | Richard Cerione, Chemistry and Chemical Biology New ways to think about cancer signaling and intervention |
9:25-9:50 | Joshua Baccile, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Plant-like isoquinoline biosynthesis via an amino acyl carrier protein in fungi |
9:50-10:20 | Minkui Luo, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Unconventional chemical tools for protein methyltransferases |
10:25-10:55 | Coffee Break and Preliminary Poster Viewing |
Session 2 |
Research Presentations – Richard Walroth, Chair |
11:00-11:25 | Michelle Cilia, BTI Unraveling interactions among insect vector borne plant pathogens, plants, insect vector and insect vector bacterial symbionts using mass spectrometry |
11:25-11:50 | Joseph Haegele, Cornell University On-demand targeting of antioxidant response signaling |
11:50-12:20 | Squire Booker, Pennsylvania State University A Tale of Two Substrates: Characterization of a dual specificity RNA methylase |
12:25-1:25 | Lunch and Preliminary Poster Viewing |
Session 3 |
Research Presentations – Yashira Negron Abril, Chair |
1:30-1:55 | Jason Locasale, Cornell University Dynamics of histone methylation mediated by the status of one carbon metabolism |
1:55-2:20 | Clint Stalnecker, Cornell University Targeting altered cancer cell metabolism: Mitochondrial glutaminase regulation and inhibition by small molecules |
2:20-2:50 | Virginia Cornish, Columbia University Expanding the synthetic capabilities of yeast |
2:55-4:30 | Student Poster Session |
Presentations in PSB 120; all other events in the PSB Atrium.