Program | 2009 Research Retreat | University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Research Retreat Program Schedule

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	Registration
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Introduction & Welcome
Giuseppe Colasurdo, M.D., Dean The University of Texas Medical School
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.	*Remarks*
Peter J. Davies, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President Research The University of Texas Health Science Center
9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	New Investigator Series I
Kazim Sheikh, M.D., Professor The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurology “Specific Anti-Glycan Antibodies Inhibit Peripheral Nerve Regeneration"
Vihang Narkar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Program “Nuclear Receptors, AMPK and Muscle Genome: Breaking the Endurance Ceiling”
Eric Wagner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology “A Conserved Function of the Integrator Complex in snRNA Processing”
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Data Blitz Session I
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch in the Atrium
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Data Blitz Session II
2:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.	New Investigator Series II
Zheng Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology “Function and Regulation of Biological Rhythms: From DNA Damage to Chemical Genetics”
Claudio Soto, M.D., Professor The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurology “Alzheimer's Prions: Destroying the Brain by Toxic Misfolded Proteins”
Hung Ton-That, Ph.D., Associate Professor The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics “Gram-Positive Bacterial Pili and the Host-Pathogen Interface”
Wei Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy “Learning and Olfaction: What's in Common?”
3:40 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.	Break
3:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Keynote Address
Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., Director Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health “Challenges and Opportunities Facing Peer Review: A Vision for Ensuring Its Strategic National Value”

2009 Annual Medical School Faculty Research Retreat

Research Retreat Program Schedule

Giuseppe Colasurdo, M.D., Dean

Peter J. Davies, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President Research

Kazim Sheikh, M.D., Professor

“Specific Anti-Glycan Antibodies Inhibit Peripheral Nerve Regeneration"

Vihang Narkar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

“Nuclear Receptors, AMPK and Muscle Genome: Breaking the Endurance Ceiling”

Eric Wagner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

“A Conserved Function of the Integrator Complex in snRNA Processing”

Zheng Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

“Function and Regulation of Biological Rhythms: From DNA Damage to Chemical Genetics”

Claudio Soto, M.D., Professor

“Alzheimer's Prions: Destroying the Brain by Toxic Misfolded Proteins”

Hung Ton-That, Ph.D., Associate Professor

“Gram-Positive Bacterial Pili and the Host-Pathogen Interface”

Wei Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor

“Learning and Olfaction: What's in Common?”

Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., Director

“Challenges and Opportunities Facing Peer Review: A Vision for Ensuring Its Strategic National Value”

2009 Annual Medical School
Faculty Research Retreat