Date:
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 8:45am to 1:15pm
Location:
Online via Zoom — URL to be shared with registrants
Registration is now closed.
Agenda
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8:45–9:00 a.m.
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Welcome
Brock Reeve, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
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9:00–9:45 a.m.
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To the Clinic: Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
"Remembrance of things past: Turning on fetal hemoglobin to treat hemoglobin disorders"
Stuart Orkin, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
"Sickle cell gene therapy: Our clinical trial experience at Boston Children's"
Erica Esrick, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
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9:45–10:00 a.m.
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Trainee 1 and 2 presentations
Hannah Uckelmann (Armstrong Lab) and Juan Alvarez (Melton Lab)
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10:00–10:15 a.m.
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Break
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10:15–10:30 a.m.
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"Knee in a dish: An ESC model of joint cell specification"
April Craft, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital
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10:30–10:45 a.m.
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Trainee 3 and 4 presentations
Michael Florea (Wagers Lab) and Ryoko Hamaguchi (Lian Lab)
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10:45–11:00 a.m.
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Audience votes for top trainee presentation
Break
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11:00–11:30 a.m.
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"Reclaiming the narrative: Why social media needs more scientists"
Sarah Mojarad, Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
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11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
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"Toward the Correction of Monogenic Muscle Disorders by Gene Editing"
Eric Olson, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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12:00–12:10 p.m.
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Award presentations
Barry Family HSCI Innovation Award for Early Investigators
Top trainee presentation |
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12:10–12:25 p.m.
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Lunch break
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12:25–1:15 p.m.
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Trainee Breakout Sessions
Getting an Academic Job
Panelists: Jeffrey Macklis, MD | Vicki Rosen, PhD | David Sykes, MD, PhD | Jessica Whited, PhD Moderator: Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD
Finding the Right Scientific Question to Pursue
Panelists: Amy Wagers, PhD | Len Zon, MD Moderator: Jonathan Hoggatt, PhD |
Retreat co-chairs
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Jonathan Hoggatt, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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See also: Annual Retreat