MCDB Graduate Student Symposium
The MCDB Graduate Student Symposium is a an event held since 1979 that brings together leading researchers in both academic fields and cutting-edge biotechnology enterprises for a day of stimulating talks and interaction between members of the national and local scientific communities. The symposium is entirely student-organized, and as such, all the planning is conducted solely by graduate students.
This year's symposium is titled: "From Molecules to Modeling" and will take place August 7th, 2025 in JSCBB.
Key Speakers:
- Dr. Kai Tan from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Title: Gene Regulation in healthy and malignant hematopoietic stem cells.
- Dr. Clay Jackson-Litteken from the University of Arkansas – Title: Development of novel models of Acinetobacter baumanni pulmonary pathogenesis.
- Dr. Russ Altman from Stanford University – Title: Deep learning on local sites for protein structure and function analysis.
- Dr. Adam Isabella from the University of Minnesota – Title: Establishment and execution of regeneration-specific axon guidance programs.
- Dr. Carlos Carmona-Fontaine from New York University – Title: Cooperation and competition for nutrients in the tumor microenvironment.
- Dr. Katrina Claw from the University of Colorado – Anschutz – Title: TBD
Graduate Student Speakers:
To be added after the form is filled out.
Agenda:
All events are in the lobby of JSCBB and talks in Butcher Auditorium.
- 8:30am-9am: Pastries & Coffee
- 9am-9:10am: Intro & Welcome
- 9:10-9:45am: Dr. Adam Isabella: Establishment and execution of regeneration-specific axon guidance programs.
- 9:50-10:20am: Dr. Clay Jackson-Litteken: Development of novel models of Acinetobacter baumanni pulmonary pathogenesis
- 10:20-10:30am: Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:20am: Grad Student Talks
- 11:25-12pm: Dr. Russ B. Altman: Deep learning on local sites for protein structure and function analysis.
- 12-1pm: Lunch
- 1-1:35pm: Dr. Carlos Carmona-Fontaine: Cooperation and competition for nutrients in the tumor microenvironment.
- 1:40-2:05pm: Dr. Katrina Claw: TBD
- 2:05-2:15pm: Coffee Break
- 2:15-2:50pm: Dr. Kai Tan: Gene Regulation in healthy and malignant hematopoietic stem cells
- 2:50-3pm: Closing of Talks
- 3-4pm: Poster Session with Refreshments
Allergies or Food constraints?
- We will have vegan options available for lunch and snacks. If you have any other food constraints/allergies, please follow below instructions:
- Graduate student -> Fill out this form if not already.
- Other or after July 25th? -> Email colin.sempeck@colorado.edu.
Questions? Contact hope.townsend@colorado.edu.
Past MCDB Graduate Student Symposia:
- 2019 From the headlines to the lab: how emerging issues steer research
- 2017 Novel Model Systems: How synthetic biology, organoids, and novel model systems are advancing biology
- 2015 Emerging Technologies: Innovative approaches and applications in molecular and cellular biology
- 2012 Translational Science and Medicine
- 2010 Neuroscience
- 2008 Infectious Disease and Host-Pathogen Interactions
- 2006 Stem Cell Biology
- 2004 Cancer Biology
- 2002 Genomics and Beyond: DNA tells all?
- 2000 Astrobiology: Life in the Universe
- 1999 Programmed Cell Death: Making a Graceful Exit
- 1998 The Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Motility
- 1997 Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression: Beyond the Double Helix
- 1996 Pattern and Polarity: Establishing Difference in Development
- 1995 Self vs. Non-Self: Modes of Organismal Recognition
- 1994 The Human Genome
- 1993 The Self-Wiring Machine: Development and Functional Organ Systems
- 1992 Evolution from the inside
- 1991 Zen and the Art of Cell Cycle Maintenance
- 1989 Pathogen Strategies: Evasion and Suppression of the Immune System Extraterrestrial Biology
- 1987 Sex Determination
- 1985 The Role of Complex Carbohydrates in Cellular Function
- 1984 Contemporary Research in Plant Biology
- 1983 Evolution: Shaping Molecules, Microbes, and Complex Organisms
- 1981 The Accuracy of Biological Processes
- 1980 Cell Motility
- 1979 Membranes