Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium

Saturday, April 14, 2018

8:20 – 8:50 AM Registration and Breakfast – PSB Atrium

 

Session 1: 8:50 AM – 10:25 AM – PSB120

Session Chair: Aran Hubbell

8:50 – 8:55 AM Introduction – Hening Lin – CBI Training Program Director

9:00 – 9:25 AM Dirk Trauner – New York University

• Chemical Synthesis Enables Chemical Biology

9:30 – 9:55 AM Linda Nicholson – Cornell University

• Role of a Prolyl cis-trans Molecular Switch in a Negative Feedback Gene Regulation Circuit

10:00 – 10:25 AM Brian Rudd – Cornell University

• Mechanisms Limiting the Development of Memory T Cells in Early Life

10:30 – 10:45 AM Coffee Break – PSB Atrium

Session 2: 10:50 AM – 12:15 PM – PSB120

Session Chair: Robert Swanda

10:50 – 11:15 AM Tarun Kapoor – The Rockefeller University

• Leveraging Resistance for Chemical Inhibitor Design, Validation and Use

11:20 – 11:45 AM Jeremy Baskin – Cornell University

• Chemical Tools for Imaging Phospholipid Signaling

11:50 – 12:15 PM Jesse Poganik – Cornell University

• Redox-Responsive Post-Transcriptional Regulation of the Nrf2/Antioxidant Response Pathway

 

12:20 – 1:10 PM Lunch – PSB Atrium

 

Session 3: 1:15 PM – 2:40 PM – PSB120

Session Chair: Russell Burkhardt

1:15- 1:40 PM Samie Jaffrey – Weill Cornell Medical College

• Imaging RNA and RNA Biology using RNA Mimics of Green Fluorescent Protein

1:45 – 2:30 PM Kay Ahn – Janssen Research and Development

• Chemical Biology Applications in Drug Discovery

 

2:35 PM Closing Remarks – Lauren Genova

 

2:45 – 4:30 PM Poster Session – PSB Atrium

 

5:30 PM Speaker dinner – Mia’s