Research Retreat

Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine

Research Retreat

Cellular Response to Stress

Saturday, November 18, 2006

The Tremont House

2300 Ship’s Mechanic Row

Ann Milligan Gray Conference Room – 1st Floor

 8:30 a.m.      Breakfast

Ann Milligan Gray Conference Room

 8:50 a.m.      Introduction and Charge

Short presentations:

Length:  10 min, 8 slides maximum

Overview of research activities

What new research/funding opportunities are you considering?

 9:00 a.m.      Signaling and Inflammation

Moderator: Dr. Garofalo

Dr. Brad Thompson

“Steroid and Steroid Receptor- Based Research”

Dr. Antonella Casola

“Viral-induced Oxidative Injury of the Lung”

Dr. Rolf Konig

“Toxicogenomics of Environmental Halogenated Alkenes: Inflammation and Cancer”

Dr. Javier Navarro

“The Plasticity of Chemokine Receptors”

Dr. Roberto Garofalo

“Pathogenesis of Paramyxovirus Infections”

Dr. Regino Perez-Polo

“Low Birth Weight Babies: Intervention Strategies: Good and Bad News”

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.      Break

11:15 a.m.     DNA Repair and Mutagenesis

Moderator: Dr. Hazra

Dr. Tapas K. Hazra

 “Oxidative DNA Damage: Mechanism, Repair, Mutation and Disease?”

11:25 a.m.     Systematic (“systems”) Approaches to Signaling Networks

Moderator: Dr. Denner

Dr. Allan Brasier

“Genetic Networks in NF-kB Signaling”

Dr. Konrad Pazdrak

“Proteomic Approach to Define Signaling from GM-CSF Receptor”

Dr. John Papaconstantinou

“A High Throughput Approach to Translational Research on Aging, Age-Associated Diseases and Longevity”

12:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.        Lunch

 1:00 p.m.      Systematic Approaches to Signaling Networks cont’d

Dr. Larry Denner

“Integration of Proteomics and Metabolomics for the Discovery of Biomarker Panels and Therapeutic Targets”

Dr. Yingxin Zhang

“Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Protein Phosphorylation”

Dr. Mel Soloff

“Mining for Transcription Factor Target Genes”

Dr. Sanjeev Choudhary

“Dynamics and Modifications of Nuclear NFkB/RelA Protein Complexes”

 1:40 p.m.      Bioinformatics, Biomarkers and Molecular Classifiers

Moderator: Dr. Kurosky

Dr. John Wiktorowicz

“Biomarker Discovery in Cancer: Proteomics Technology Development and Applications”

Dr. David Hudnall

“Pathology Tissue Bank for Research Studies”

Dr. Bruce Luxon

“Pathways Analysis of Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabonomics Data”

Dr. Heidi Spratt

“A Mathematical Approach to Biomarker Discovery”

Dr. Alex Kurosky

“Research Opportunities in Proteomics”

Dr. Tom Wood

“Core Values 2007”

 2:50 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.         Group Breakout Discussions