Welcome to the Program Page for the HHMI 2007 Symposium

Early Symposium Session - August 17, 2007

2:00 - Melissa Andreas (Jim Carrington) - "The Antiviral Response in Plants:RNA Silencing" (PowerPoint / Video)
2:15 - Sam Schuberg (Joe Beckman) - "Investigation of Mutated Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase" (PowerPoint / Video)
2:30 - Thomas Lew (Joe Beckman ) - "An Investigation into Zinc Transporter Expression in an Animal Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" (PowerPoint / Video)

Regular Symposium Session #1 - October 6, 2007

9:00 - Brooke Peterschmidt (Jim Myers) - "Total Phenolics in Tomato Fruit" (PowerPoint / Video)
9:15 - Caroline Hilburn (Dee Denver) - "A Survey of Soil Nematodes Across Western Oregon" (PowerPoint / Video)
9:30 - Jessica Perry (Robert Tanguay) - "Screening for Drugs that Modulate Tissue Regeneration" (PowerPoint / Video)
9:45 - Paul Bradley (Andy Blaustein ) - "Global Amphibian Population Declines: Making a Better Model" (No video or PowerPoint)
10:00 - Kara Miles-Rockenfield (Lynda Ciuffetti and Andy Karplus) - "Purification, Crystallization, and Mutagenesis of ToxB, a Host Selective Toxin in Pyrenophora tritici-repentis" (PowerPoint / Video)
Break
10:30 - Alex Dukes (Andrew Buermeyer) - "Functional Consequences of NLS Mutations in Human MLH1" (PowerPoint / Video)
10:45 - Sarah Jean (Virginia Stockwell) - "Characterization of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria in Pear and Apple Orchards" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:00 - Christopher Brown (Walt Ream) - "Purification of Agrobacterium rhizogenes Protein (GALLS) Required for Gene Transfer to Plants" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:15 - Alma Laney (Theo Dreher) - "Production of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus Nano-containers from Lactococcus lactis for Zinc Fortification" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:30 - Tammy Chan (Hiro Nonogaki) - "Analysis of Germination in Tomato Seeds" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:45 - David Chin (Jaga Giebultowicz) - "Circadian Susceptibility to Pyrethroids in Female Drosophila melanogaster" (PowerPoint / Video)
12:00 - Travis Behrend (Lol Cooper) - "Comparison of Three Methods to Detect Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Lolium" (PowerPoint / Video)

Regular Symposium Session #2 - October 7, 2007

10:00 - Travis Schaal (Gita Cherian) - "Modulating Lipid Metabolism to Enhance the Hatchability of Chicken Eggs" (PowerPoint / Video)
10:15 - Megan Kelly (Barb Taylor) - "Using RNA Interference Mosaics to Map retn Mutant Phenotypes in Female Fruitflies" (PowerPoint / Video)
10:30 - Daniel Bai (Chris Mathews) - "The Search for Mitochondrial Ribonucleotide Reductase" (PowerPoint / Video)
10:45 - Brian Blair (Chris Mathews) - "dNMP Kinase Activity and Its Role in Mitochondrial Mutagenesis" (PowerPoint / Video)
Break
11:15 - Samantha Lewis (Dee Denver) - "Panagrolaimus Mitochondrial Genome Evolution: Impact of Reproductive Mode" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:30 - Alex Hadduck (Alan Bakalinsky) - "Genomics-based Determination of Nanoparticle Toxicity: Structure-function Analysis" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:45 - Yesenia Correa (John Hays) - "Isolating and Purifying DNA Polymerase Zeta" (PowerPoint / Video)

note: The afternoon files have audio problems. :-( Turn up the volume to hear.

12:00 - Amy Palmer (Morrie Craig) - "Absorption, Distribution, and Transformation of Radiolabled Trinitrotoluene" (PowerPoint / Video)
Lunch
1:30 - Susan Puckett (Bruce Geller) - "Identifying Genes in E. coli Required for Susceptibility to Antisense Antibiotics" (PowerPoint / Video)
1:45 - Matt Ryder (Joe McGuire) - "Synthesis and Function of an Antibacterial Coating Based on Lantibiotic-loaded Poly[ethylene oxide] Layers" (PowerPoint / Video)
2:00 - Sammy Khalil (Siva Kolluri) - "Novel Modulators of Ah Receptor Signaling" (PowerPoint / Video)
2:15 - Jennifer Yan (Steve Giovannoni/Kevin Vergin) - "Isolation of Viruses Infecting Marine Bacteria" (PowerPoint / Video)
2:30 - Marie Johnson (Steve Giovannoni/Kevin Vergin) - "Characterization of HTCC5015: a novel bacterial isolate from the Sargasso Sea" (PowerPoint / Video)
Break
3:00 - Nathan Snyder (John Fowler) - "ROP GTPase Involvement with Maize Pollen Tube Function" (PowerPoint / Video)
3:15 - Rachel Sendek (Jean Hall) - "The Effect of Selenium Supplementation in Sheep With Foot-Rot on Bacterial Killing by Peripheral Blood Neutrophils" (PowerPoint / Video)
3:30 - Georgi Mitev (Bruce Geller) - "Investigation of Antisense Peptide-Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomer Conjugate Effects on Gram-positive Bacteria" (PowerPoint / Video)
3:45 - Sasha Rose (Luiz Bermudez) - "Using in vivo Expression Technology to Identify Mycobacterium Avium Genes" (PowerPoint / Video)
4:00 - Nicole Marshall (Ed Peachey) - "Weed Seed Predation Potential of Common Northwest Seed Predators" (PowerPoint / Video)
4:15 - Robert Lamb (Mark Hixon) - "Effects of a Marine Reserve on Reef Fish Species" to Effects of a Marine Reserve on Coral Reef Fish Species" (PowerPoint / Video)
4:30 - Tuyen Dang (Hiromi Yanagisawa) - "The Biochemical Characterization of a Novel ECM protein, Fibulin-7" (No video or PowerPoint)

Regular Symposium Session #3 - October 13, 2007

9:00 - Tim Gobble (Martin Schuster) - "A High-Throughput, Genome-Wide, Phenotypic Screen for Genes Regulating Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (PowerPoint / Video)
9:15 - Jennifer Coppersmith (Hiro Nonogaki) - "Importance of microRNA for Seedling Development in Arabidopsis thaliana" (PowerPoint / Video)
9:30 - Michael Caputo (Paul Blakemore) - "Synthesis of Thebaine Model System Using an Intramolecular [4+2] Cycloaddition Method" (PowerPoint / Video)
9:45 - Duy Pham (Nancy Kerkvliet) - "The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) in the Immune System of Aging Mice" (PowerPoint / Video)
Break
10:15 - Megan Wolf (Francis Chan) - "Spatial and Temporal Variations in Respiration Rates and Hypoxia on the Oregon shelf" (PowerPoint / Video)
10:30 - Paul Donegan (Michael Freitag) - "Hairpin Bisulfite PCR to detect DNA methylation" (PowerPoint / Video)
10:45 - Erik Coffman (Chrissa Kioussi) - "Role of the Homeobox Gene Pitx2 During Muscle Development" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:00 - Jeff Burnett (Dan Rockey) - "Genetic Variation of Renibacterium salmoninarum Genes in Infected salmonids" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:15 - Andy Fraser (Bob Mason) - "The Harderian Gland Revealed: Regeneration and Recovery of Chemosensory Function" (PowerPoint / Video)

From the U. of Washington

11:30 - Diana Eng (Stephen Hauschka) - "Somite Cell Proliferation and Terminal Myogenic Differentiation in Response to FGFs and TGFs" (PowerPoint / Video)
11:45 - Chaochung Tsai (Jennifer Ruesink) - "Inter- and Intraspecific Interactions Between Invasive Dwarf Eelgras (Zostera japonica) and Manila Clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) ((PowerPoint / no Video, due to technical problems)