Tentative Schedule of Events
08:30 Poster setup and continental breakfast – CELS Atrium
09:00 Welcome
Drs. Matt Schuler, Kevin Bilyk, Quinn Vega and Christos Suriano followed by Dr. Lora Billings, Dean of CSAM
09:10 Oral presentations
Anthony Barrera and Dr. Jen Krumins
Kamsy Okafor and Dr. Eli Lee
Will Cartelli and Dr. Jen Krumins
Nicholas Jacob and Dr. Matthew S. Schuler
Hrisa Goga and Dr. Quinn Vega
Destiny Devlin and Dr. Meiyin Wu
10:40 Keynote Address
Dr. Harmit Malik, Frederick Hutchinson Cancer Center
11:40 Message from Dr. Scott Kight, Associate Dean of CSAM
11:45 Poster session and lunch
Keynote speaker:
From Petri dish to patient: Mycobacteriophages and their therapeutic potential
Graham F. Hatfull PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences, Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology, University of Pittsburgh.
Graham Hatfull
He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Edinburgh University in 1981 and did postdoctoral work at Yale University with Dr. Nigel Grindley and at the Medical Research Council at Cambridge University, with Fred Sanger and Bart Barrell. He joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1988 and served as Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences from 2003 to 2011.
Dr. Hatfull’s research focuses on the molecular genetics of the mycobacteria and their bacteriophages, and their use for educational and therapeutic uses. Dr. Hatfull has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and reviews and has co-edited four books. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor since 2002.