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2023 CBI Annual Symposium

August 31, 2023

Keynote Speaker: Professor Paul J. Hergenrother, Kenneth L. Rinehart Jr. Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry, and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

University of Michigan Professors Melanie Sanford and Costas Lyssiotis and CBI Trainees José Hernández Meléndez and Maribel Okiye also speaking.

Alumni career panel:

Industry: Dr. Joshua Martin, Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences
Publishing and Communications: Dr. Conor Doss, Deputy Editor, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Wiley
Academic Research: Dr. Melissa Zastrow, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Houston
Academic Teaching Career: Dr. Carol Ann Castaneda, Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Michigan

Location: Rackham Graduate School, 4th flour Amphitheater, Assembly Hall, and East and West Conference Rooms, 915 E. Washington, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2022 CBI Annual Symposium

October 30, 2022

Keynote Speaker: Professor Elizabeth Villa, Department of Microbiology, UCSD and Professor Alain Laederach Department of Biology, University of North Carolina

Location: Hybrid, Chemistry 1640, University of Michigan and over Zoom
Profs. Wenjing Wang and Timothy Cernak and CBI Trainees Aldrex Munsayak and Joshua Salem will also be presenting.

2020 CBI Annual Symposium

August 25, 2020

Keynote Speaker: Professor Nicolas Winssinger, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva

Location: Virtual over Zoom
Profs. Bruce Palfey and Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb and CBI Trainees Karen Montoya and Maribel Okiye will also be presenting.

2018 CBI Annual Symposium

October 30, 2018

Keynote Speaker: Professor Tarun Kapoor, Pels Family Professor, Rockefeller University

Location: Rackham Assembly Hall, University of Michigan
Profs. Emily Scott and Yoichi Osawa and CBI Trainees Summer Baker Dockrey and Monika Franco will also be presenting.

2017 CBI Annual Symposium

May 12, 2017

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark von Zastrow, Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF

Talk Tile: An Inner Life of GPCRs
Location: Rackham Assembly Hall, University of Michigan
Profs. Janet Smith and Patrick O’Brien and CBI Trainees Oleta Johnson and Osvaldo Cruz will also be presenting.

4th Annual CBI Career Development Conference

August 7-9, 2016

The University of Michigan CBI Program hosted a Career Development Conference that brought together >130 chemical biology graduate students from 12 CBI programs across the Midwest. We used this opportunity to develop a fantastic cohort of 25 panelists across science-related careers. The three-day agenda included sessions on entrepreneurial opportunities, government, biotech, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, scientific writing, law and intellectual property, consulting, predominantly undergraduate institution academic, science education, and research university academic careers. Additionally, workshops were held on constructing resumes, applying for postdoctoral and academic positions, communicating science to the general public, and a faculty-focused workshop was held on developing mentoring relationships with trainees. See the welcome message from conference organizer Professor John Montgomery.

CBI 2015 Annual Symposium

May 26, 2015

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cathy Drennan, Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Talk Title: An old cofactor in a new light: Adenosylcobalamin in light-dependent gene regulation
Location: Biomedical Sciences Research Building and Auditorium (BSRB), University of Michigan
Dr. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar & Dr. Brent Martin will also be presenting.

CBI 2014 Annual Symposium

March 28, 2014

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Conn, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University

Talk Title: Allosteric Modulators of GPCRs as a Novel Approach for Treatment of CNS Disorders
Location: Biomedical Sciences Research Building and Auditorium (BSRB), University of Michigan
Dr. Pavel Nagorny & Dr. Heather Carlson will also be presenting.

Poster Session: Abstracts should be submitted to elachacz@umich.edu by March 21, 2014

2013 CBI Annual Symposium

April 30, 2013 9:00am-4:30pm

Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Bradner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University

Talk Title: Chemical Control of Chromatin Structure and Function
Location: University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Building – 4th Floor
Dr. Hashim Al-Hashimi & Dr. Carol A. Fierke will also be presenting.

Poster Session: Abstracts should be submitted to fkw@umich.edu by April 16th, 2013.

Note: Abstracts should be Microsoft Word documents and limited to 250 words or less and include your department with your electronic submission. Thanks!

2012 CBI Annual Symposium

March 9, 2012 9:00am-4:30pm

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dennis Dougherty, California Institute of Technology
Location: University of Michigan Biomedical Sciences Research Building (BSRB) Auditorium
& Community Lounge
Professor Stephen Ragsdale & Professor Matthew Soellner will also be presenting

Please note: Abstracts should be submitted to snegrett@umich.edu by February 29th, 2012. Abstracts should be limited to 250 words or less and include your department with your electronic submission.

2011 CBI Annual Symposium

March 11, 2011 9:00am-4:30pm

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Virgina Cornish, Coulmbia University
Location: University of Michigan School of Public Health (SPH II) Auditorium (1020)
& Community Lounge (1680)
Professor Anna Mapp & Professor Nils Walter will also be presenting –

Please note: Abstracts should be submitted to snegrett@umich.edu by March 1st, 2011. Abstracts should be limited to 250 words or less and include your department with your electronic submission.