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Falkenthal Graduate Colloquium

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May 25, 2022
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Jennings 0155

Save the date for the annual Falkenthal Graduate Colloquium featuring presentations by 3rd and 5th year students and a keynote presentation from John D. Carpten, the Professor and Chair of Translational Genomics; Director, Institute of Translational Genomics; Royce and Mary Trotter Chair in Cancer Research at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. Dr. Carpten earned his PhD from OSU in 1994 with a focus on human genetics.

Colloquium schedule

8:00am

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8:50am

 

Breakfast

8:50am

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9:00am

Scott Falkenthal Introduction

Mark Seeger

 

 

 

 

Third year students

 

9:00

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9:15

BAZ protein complexes control of VDR regulated gene expression and prostate cancer progression in the context of health disparities

Hadieh Jafari

9:15

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9:30

Cytosine methylation patterns associated with pl1 paramutation are reestablished and trans-chromosomally adopted during embryogenesis

Mowei Li

9:30

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9:45

Role of OATP1B in hepatic uptake and adverse effects of aromatase inhibitors

Hanieh Taheri

 

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9:45

 

10:00

 

Break

 

 

 

Fifth year students

 

10:00

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10:20

Differential Contributions of START Domains Between CLASS III HOMEODOMAIN LEUCINE ZIPPER Transcription Factors in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Ashton Holub

10:20

 

10:40

Examining the developmental roles of TMED protein family members in C. elegans

Kristen Navarro

10:40

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11:00

Determining how the huntingtin protein is sequestered in a quality control compartment in yeast

Priscila Rodriguez

11:00

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11:20

Pnrc2-dependent mRNA decay and translational control mechanisms promote oscillatory gene expression during vertebrate segmentation

Monica Blatnik

 

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11:20

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11:45

 

Break

 

 

 

 

 

11:45am

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1:00pm

Keynote address: Interrogating the Tumor and Immune Microenvironment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

John Carpten

Introduction by Arthur Burghes

 

 

 

 

 

1:00pm

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2:00pm

 

Lunch

 

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Fifth year students

 

2:00pm

 

2:20pm

Determining factors that influence zinc sensing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Derek Boehm

2:20pm

 

2:40pm

Heritable regulatory states dependent on parental RNA polymerase IV contribute to hybrid vigor

Ben Oakes

2:40pm

 

3:00pm

PYM controls Exon Junction Complex occupancy at non-canonical positions

Manu Sanjeev

 

 

 

 

 

3:00pm

 

3:20pm

 

Break

3:20pm

 

3:30pm

Presentation of awards

Ruben Petreaca