2010 Seaborg Symposium Program
"Transcription, Stem Cells, and Differentiation"
Saturday, November 13, 2010
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Symposium - UCLA CNSI Auditorium - 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Dinner and Medal Awarding - UCLA Faculty Center - 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 pm. |
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| 1:00 p.m. |
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Poster Viewing (CNSI lobby) |
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Welcome & Session Chair I:
Professor Albert Courey
Chair, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
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Professor Kathrin Plath
UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry
"Molecular Events in Reprogramming to Induced Pluripotency" |
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Professor Konrad Hochedlinger
Principal Faculty Member, Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Early Career Scientist,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Mechanisms of Cellular Reprogramming" |
| 3:10 p.m. |
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Break and Poster Session (CNSI lobby) |
| 3:45 p.m. |
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Session II Chair:
Professor Stephen Smale
UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics |
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Professor Steven L. McKnight
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Distinquished Chair in Basic Biomedical Research, Sam G. Winstead and F. Andrew Bell Distinquished Chair in Biochemistry
"Discovery of a Pro-Neurogenic, Neuroprotective Chemical" |
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Professor Robert Tjian
President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
"Unexpected Mechanisms of Transcriptional Control Driving ES Cell Pluripotency and Differentiation" |
| 5:20 p.m. |
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Closing Remarks
Professor Albert Courey
Chair, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
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Dinner and Medal Awarding:
UCLA Faculty Center
6:30 p.m. Reception ♦ 7:30 p.m. Dinner ♦ 8:30 p.m. Program |
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