Salk Bulletin Monday, February 22, 2016 Monday, February 22, 2016 12:00 pm “The Evolution of Reproductive Barriers in the Early Stages of Speciation” Erica Larson, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 1103 Muir Biology Building Hosted: David Holway, dholway@ucsd.edu, 858-822-5206 Monday, February 22, 2016 SPECIAL DATE 4:00 pm “Regulating T Helper 17 Immunity: from Serum Amyloid to RNA Helicase and its Associated Long Non-coding RNAs” Wendy Huang, Ph.D., New York University Langone Medical Center UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CMM “Special Seminar”: Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior, Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room 1 Host: Victor Nizet Contact: CMM Special Seminar: Judy Johns, 858-534-9684, jujohns@ucsd.edu Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 pm “Harnessing Insight from Mammary Stem Cells To Combat Aggressive Breast Cancers” Jay S. Degrosellier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The Moores UCSD Cancer Center UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107 Contact: Graham Ryan, grryan@ucsd.edu, 858-822-5650 Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:00 – 9:30 am “Mood Disorders and Creativity” Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., The Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders; Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Large Auditorium Contact: Jennifer Hickey-Hinojosa, jhickey@ucsd.edu Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:00 am “Sexual Selection, Reproduction and Speciation” Erica Larson, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 1103 Muir Biology Building Hosted: David Holway, dholway@ucsd.edu, 858-822-5206 Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:00 pm “Novel Post-translational Processing Required for Dystroglycan Function as an Extracellular Matrix Receptor” 2 Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO Leichtag Building, Room 107 Host: Jack Dixon Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:00 pm “Taking Parallel Paths to Understand Therapeutic Resistance in Patients and in Models” Keith T. Flaherty, M.D., Director, Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapy; Director of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fishman Auditorium Host: Dr. Ze’ev Ronai Contact: Morgan Gregory, mgregory@sbpdiscovery.org Tuesday, February 23, 2016 4:00 pm “Structure-Based Design and Therapeutic Potential of A3 Adenosine Receptor Agonists” Kenneth A. Jacobson, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO Leichtag Building, Room 107 Host: Gary J. Bennett Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Wednesday, February 24, 2016 CCB Workshop on Sleep, Health and Work Schedules UCSD Center for Circadian Biology event SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Sanford Consortium Lobby Conference Room For more information: http://ccb.ucsd.edu Contact: Pattie Magallanez, pattiemag@ucsd.edu February 24 - 26, 2016 3 CCB Symposium: From Cells to Clinic UCSD Center for Circadian Biology event SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE For more information: http://ccb.ucsd.edu Contact: Pattie Magallanez, pattiemag@ucsd.edu Wednesday, February 24, 2016 12:00 pm “Behind the Scenes at Nature Publishing Group” Sarah Seton-Rogers, Chief Editor, Nature Reviews Cancer UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Center for Neural Circuits and Behaviors (CNCB), Auditorium Host: Kun-Liang Guan Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:00 pm “Regulation of T cell and mast call activation by Tim-3” Lawrence Kane Ph.D., Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education, University of Pittsburgh UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 1205 Natural Sciences Building Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:00 pm “Astrocyte Regulation of Neuronal Synapses” Nicola J. Allen, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CMM/LICR: Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior, Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room Host: Alysson Muotri Contact: CMM/LICR Seminar Series: Judy Johns, 858-534-9684, jujohns@ucsd.edu Thursday, February 25, 2016 Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:00 pm “Temporal Dynamics of Memory Retrieval” 4 Fabricio H. Do Monte, DVM, Ph.D., School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 3500 Pacific Hall Host: Stefan Leutgeb, sleutgeb@ucsd.edu Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 pm “Analysis of Transcriptional and Genetic Heterogeneity with Single-cell Data” Peter Kharchenko, Ph.D., Harvard University UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Leichtag Biomedical Research Facility Building, Room 107 More Information: 2015-2016 GBSBC Schedule of Speakers Host: Kun Zhang, Ph.D. Contact: Darla Schell, dschell@ucsd.edu Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:00 pm “Heterogeneous Origins and Diversified Functions of Astrocytes” Dr. David Rowitch, Professor of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, Chief of Neonatology, University of California, San Francisco Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES Trustees Room, East Building Host: Nicola Allen Contact: Nova Summers, events@salk.edu Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:00 pm “Understanding and Engineering Skeletal Stem Cell Niches” Charles Chan, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CMM “Special Seminar”: Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior, Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room Host: Larry Goldstein Contact: CMM Special Seminar: Judy Johns, 858-534-9684, jujohns@ucsd.edu Friday, February 26, 2016 5 February 26 - 27, 2016 7th Annual SBP Rare Disease Day Symposium Human Glycosylation Disorders SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Auditorium Host: Hudson Freeze, Ph.D. Contact: Amy Zimmon, azimmon@sbpdiscovery.org Free Registration: sbpdiscovery.org/rarediseaseday Friday, February 26, 2016 4:00 pm “The Evolution of Tumors in Mice and Humans with Inherited p53 Mutations” Arnold J. Levine, Professor Emeritus, Systems Biology, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium Host: Inder Verma Contact: Deanna Frediani, events@salk.edu Monday, February 29, 2016 Monday, February 29 2016 9:30 am David L. Wiest Ph.D., Professor, Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center; Deputy Chief Scientific Officer “Role of Ribosomal Protein Rpl22 in Regulating Development and Transformation” UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 1205 Natural Sciences Building Host: Kees Murre Monday, February 29, 2016 11:00 am “From Genotype to Phenotype: The Systems Genetics of Root Growth” 6 Wolfgang Busch, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES East Building, Trustees Room Host: Julie Law Monday, February 29, 2016 SPECIAL DATE & TIME 12:00 pm “Craniofacial Cell Fate Variability: The Intersection of Genetics and Epigenetics” James Nichols, Ph.D., University of Oregon, Institute of Neuroscience UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CMM “Special Seminar”: Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior, Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room Host: David Traver Contact: CMM Special Seminar: Judy Johns, 858-534-9684, jujohns@ucsd.edu Monday, February 29, 2016 4:00 pm “Mechanisms of Vesicular Dopamine Release in the Central Nervous System and Beyond” Zachary Freyberg, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Biomedical Sciences Building (BSB) 2071 More information: http://psychiatry.ucsd.edu Contact: Carla Ingle, cingle@ucsd.edu Salk Bulletin Extra Thursday, March 17th, 2016 2nd Annual UCSD Division of Regenerative Medicine and CIRM Alpha Clinics Network Symposium SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Duane Roth Auditorium 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, La Jolla, CA 7 Contact: Betty Cabrera, blcabrera@ucsd.edu, 858-534-5932 Register Here: https://ksantos.wufoo.com/forms/conference-registration-form-ucsan-diego/ Monday, March 21, 2016 4:00 pm 43rd EMD Millipore Lectureship "Phosphoinositide Kinases and Disease" Lewis C. Cantley, Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Health Sciences Education Center Auditorium, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Host: Edward A. Dennis Contact: Odalis Felix dennisoffice@ucsd.edu Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:00 pm 43rd EMD Millipore Lectureship "Cancer Metabolism" Lewis C. Cantley, Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Health Sciences Education Center Auditorium, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Host: Edward A. Dennis Contact: Odalis Felix dennisoffice@ucsd.edu Thursday, March 24th, 2016 1:00 – 7:00 pm SDCSB Workshop on Intellectual Property and Licensing SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Host: San Diego Center for Systems Biology, UCSD Contact: Jennifer Beaudette, jbeaudette@ucsd.edu RSVP required Register: http://sdcsb.ucsd.edu/intellectual-property-and-licensing-workshop-2016/ Tuesday, April 12, 2016 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Diabetes Research Annual Retreat 2016 8 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO The Sheraton La Jolla Hotel, 3299 Holiday Court, La Jolla Host: Alan Saltiel, Ph.D. and Jerrold Olefsky, M.D. Contact and to submit posters: Angela Tyler, amtyler@ucsd.edu To RSVP: ttps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3S6B23Y For more info: http://derc.ucsd.edu/enrich/announce.shtml Friday, May 6, 2016 Fourth Annual Biophotonics Symposium, the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center “Untangling the Brain: Cells, Networks, Behavior” SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium Poster Abstract Submission Deadline: Thursday, March 31, 2016 Registration Deadline : Friday, April 15, 2016 Register here: http://SalkInstitute.kintera.org/WABCRegistration2016 Registration is free for all Salk scientists and includes lunch. You must register even if you submitted an abstract. Contact: Deanna Frediani, events@salk.edu May 17-18, 2016 8:00 am – 8:00 pm LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting 2016: Lipidomics Impact on Metabolic, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Scripps Seaside Forum Host: Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D. Contact: Odalis Felix dennisoffice@ucsd.edu For more info: http://www.lipidmaps.org/meetings/2016annual/index.html May 19-20, 2016 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Lipid Mediators in Health and Disease II: From the Cutting Edge; and 7th International Conference on Phospholipase A2 and Lipid Mediators: From Bench to Translational Medicine UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Scripps Seaside Forum Host: Nicolas Bazan, M.D., Ph.D. Contact: Milda Simonaitis msimonaitis@ucsd.edu For more info: http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/neuroscience/LipidMediatorsPLA22016/default.aspx 9 The Salk Bulletin is brought to you by Salk Events. Please send all questions and submissions to Inger Johnson, at Bulletin@salk.edu 10