9:00 – 9:10 am

Introductions by MCDB Chair, U-M President, Life Sciences Institute Director

9:10 – 10:00 am

Keynote: “Small RNA sorting into exosomes secreted by human cells”
Randy Schekman, UC Berkeley

Host: Ming Li

10:00 – 10:25 am

Faculty talk: “Individualization of stress resistance and longevity by early-life events”
Ursula Jakob, U-M MCDB

10:25 – 10:40 am

Student talk: “DNA methylation promotes expression of chromosome maintenance genes”
Taylor Nye, U-M MCDB

10:40 – 11:10 am

Break, Rackham Assembly Hall

11:10 – 11:25 am

Student talk: “Polyploidy in the ageing Drosophila melanogaster brain”
Shyama Nandakumar, U-M MCDB

11:25 – 11:55 am

Distinguished alumnus talk: “Floral scent — dark matter of the plant-pollinator universe”
Robert Raguso, Cornell University

Host: Eran Pichersky

11:55 – 12:45  pm

Keynote: “50 shades of shade: How plants compete for light”
Joanne Chory, Salk institute for Biological Sciences

Host: Cora MacAlister

12:45 – 2:30  pm

Lunch Break (on your own)

2:30 – 2:35  pm

Winners of the MCDB Photo Contest announced

2:35 – 3:25 pm

Keynote: “The two faces of Xist RNA”
Jeannie Lee, Harvard Medical School and
Massachusetts General Hospital

Host: Monica Dus

3:25 – 3:50  pm

Faculty talk: “Krüppel-like factors: mediators of hormone action in neural development and regeneration”
Robert Denver, U-M MCDB

3:50 – 4:00  pm

 Closing remarks
Robert Denver, U-M MCDB

4:30 – 6:00  pm

WEST ATRIUM, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING

Poster session