NEI Intramural Events
Focus on Fellows
Program
| Thursday October 29, 2009 | |
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| Time | Session |
| 8:30 AM- 9:00 AM |
Registration Name badges and program booklets will be distributed |
| 9:00 AM- 9:15 AM |
Welcome Remarks Sarah Sohraby, Deputy Scientific Director, National Eye Institute (NEI) |
| 9:15 AM- 10:15 AM |
Key note lecture: “Influenza 2010” David Henderson, M.D., Deputy Director for Clinical Care, NIH Clinical Center |
| 10:15 AM- 10:25 AM |
Break |
| NEI TRAINEES PRESENTATIONS | |
| 10:25 AM- 10:50 AM |
The Role of Dopamine in Information-Seeking Ethan Bromberg-Martin, Okihide Hikosaka, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research |
| 10:50 AM- 11:15 AM |
Local Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation Confers Neuroprotection in Experimental Glaucoma Thomas Johnson, Natalie Bull, David Hunt, Keith Martin, Stanislav Tomarev, Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology |
| 11:15 AM- 11:40 AM |
PDGF-CC rescues neurons by regulating GSK3β phosphorylation Zhongshu Tang, Pachiappan Arjunan, Chunsik Lee, Yang Li, Anil Kumar, Xu Hou, Bin Wang, Piotr Wardega, Fan Zhang, Lijin Dong, Yongqing Zhang, Shi-Zhuang Zhang, Hao Ding, Kevin G. Becker, Johan Lennartsson, Yihai Cao, Nobuo Nagai, Xuri Li Unit on Retinal Vascular Biology, NEI; Weifang Medical University, P. R. China; Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala University, Sweden; National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH; Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Sweden; Department of Physiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Japan |
| 11:40 AM- 11:50 AM |
Break |
| 11:50 AM- 12:50 PM |
Career Development Talk: “Forks in Research Road: Academics or Industry” Eric Carlson, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Alcon Laboratories |
| 12:50 PM-1:30 PM And 1:30 PM-2:10 PM |
LUNCH: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT Careers in Science Policy Bobbie Austin, Assistant Director of Science Policy and Programs, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Career Development for Women in the Sciences Rachel Caspi, Chief, Immunoregulation Section, Laboratory of Immunology, NEI Industrial Careers Eric Carlson, Senior Scientist III, Alcon Laboratories Science Writing Careers Allyson Collins, Science Writer/Editor, Office of Communications, NEI How to Determine the Next Step in Your Career Lori Conlan, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Services, Office of Intramural Training and Education, NIH Academic Careers Nady Golestaneh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Government Careers Peter Kozel, Scientific Review Officer, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), NIH Transitioning from a Lab to a Non-lab Career Cesar Perez-Gonzalez, Program Manager, Office of the Scientific Director, NEI Regulatory Careers Graeme Price, Visiting Associate, U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (FDA/CBER) The K99 Award from a Fellow’s View Goli Samimi, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Cristina Strong, Research Fellow, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Industrial Careers Geoffrey Stephens, Scientist II, MedImmune |
| 2:10 PM- 2:25 PM |
Break |
| TRAINING | |
| 2:25 PM- 2:45 PM |
NIH Fellows Committee (FelCom) Presentation Monika Deshpande, NEI Basic Sciences Representative, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology |
| 2:45 PM -3:15 PM |
Age-related Macular Degeneration – What We’re Up Against Henry Wiley, Staff Clinician, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications (DECA), NEI |
| NEI TRAINEES PRESENTATIONS | |
| 3:15 PM -3:40 PM |
Molecular and functional changes associated with normal aging in the retina Jessica Chang, Sunil Parapuram, Radu Cojocaru, Matthew Brooks, Tiziana Cogliati, Ritu Khanna, Naheed Khan, Jerome Roger, Bo Chang, Anand Swaroop, Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory |
| 3:40 PM -4:05 PM |
Generation and unique features of antigen-specific “Th9” cell lines Cuiyan Tan, Barbara Vistica, Guangpu Shi, Jenna Lovaas, Mehak Aziz, Igal Gery, Laboratory of Immunology |
| 4:05 PM -4:30 PM |
ASCC3L1 Gene Mutation in a Chinese Family with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa Ningdong Li, Han Mei, XiaoDong Jiao, Ian MacDonald, Kanxing Zhao, J. Fielding Hejtmancik Tianjin Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China; Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, NEI; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| 4:30 PM -4:55 PM |
RPE65: Adaptation of a Carotenoid Oxygenase to a Visual Cycle Isomerase Function Preethi Chander, Sue Gentleman, Eugenia Poliakov, T. Michael Redmond Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Friday October 30, 2009 | |
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| Time | Session |
| 9:00 AM -10:00 AM |
Key note lecture "Integrating Genomics and Clinical Research: Hypothesis-Generating Clinical Research" Leslie Biesecker, M.D., Chief, Genetic Disease Research Branch, NHGRI |
| 10:00 AM -10:10 AM |
Break |
| NEI TRAINEES PRESENTATIONS | |
| 10:10 AM -10:35 AM |
The protective effect of Quercetin against oxidative stress in cultured human RPE and retinal lesions of Ccl2/Cx3cr1 double deficient mice Xiaoguang Cao, Defen Shen, JingshengTuo, Youngeun Cho, Chi-Chao Chan, Laboratory of Immunology |
| 10:35 AM -11:00 AM |
The N-terminal extension of βB1-crystallin: identification of a critical region which modulates protein interactions with βA3-crystallin Monika Dolinska1, Yuri Sergeev, May Chan, Ira Palmer, Paul Wingfield Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, NEI; National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH. |
| 11:00 AM -11:25 AM |
ADRP-associated human NRL mutations in codons 50 and 51 affect photoreceptor survival under bright light exposure in mouse retina Jerome Roger, Keerthi Ranganath, Jessica Chang, Avinash Hiriyanna, Anand Swaroop, Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory |
| 11:25 AM -11:35 AM |
Break |
| 11:35 AM-12:15 PM And 12:15 PM-12:55 PM |
LUNCH: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS Translational Medicine- From Basic to in vivo Research Juan Amaral, Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, NEI Protein-protein interactions in retina function and disease Patricia Becerra, Chief, Protein Structure and Function Section, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, NEI Starting a laboratory and a Tenure-Track Career Brian Brooks, Tenure-track Investigator, Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, NEI How Not to Measure Responses in Visual Neurons Bruce Cumming, Chief, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, NEI Clinical research at NEI Frederick Ferris, Clinical Director, NEI and Emily Chew, Deputy Director, DECA, NEI Managing Up- How to Work with Your Boss Howard Gadlin, Director, Center for Cooperative Resolution, NIH and L. Michelle Bennett, Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH Retinal Neurophysiology Wei Li, Tenure-track investigator, Unit on Retinal Neurophysiology, NEI Does Basic Laboratory Work Need to be Linked to Clinical Work? Robert Nussenblatt, Chief, and Nida Sen, Staff Clinician, Laboratory of Immunology, NEI Networking Sarah Sohraby, Deputy Scientific Director, NEI and Richard Fisher, Director, Office of Program Planning and Analysis, NEI How to Plan Research and Get Good Publications Anand Swaroop, Chief, Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, NEI Bench to Bedside (Translational Research) Wai Wong, Staff Clinician, Unit on Neuronal-Glial Interactions in Retinal Disease, NEI Differences Between Cytokine and Growth Factor Signal Transduction Cheng Rong Yu, Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Immunology, NEI |
| 12:55 PM -1:10 PM |
Break |
| 1:10 PM-2:00 PM | Career Development Talk: “The Challenge of Team Science” Howard Gadlin, Ph.D., Director, Center for Cooperative Resolution, NIH, and L. Michelle Bennett, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Research, NCI |
| NEI TRAINEES PRESENTATIONS | |
| 2:00 PM -2:25 PM |
Photoreceptor/RPE Interactions Mediated by Metabolic Waste Jeffrey Adijanto, Qin Wan, Nancy Philip, Rong Li, Tina Banzon, Sheldon Miller, Section on Epithelial and Retinal Physiology and Disease |
| 2:25 PM -2:50 PM |
Push-pull Organization of Binocular Receptive Fields Robustly Encodes Disparity in Monkey V1 Seiji Tanabe, Bruce Cumming, Vision Section, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research |
| 2:50 PM -3:15 PM |
Cdk5 Regulates Src Activity by Targeting cSrc for Ubiquitin-dependent Degradation Qing Pan, Fengyu Qiao, Chun Gao, Peggy Zelenka, Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology |
| 3:15 PM -3:40 PM |
Mechanistic insight into the interaction of pigment epithelium-derived factor and its receptor PEDF-R Preeti Subramanian, Matthew Rapp, Silvia Locatelli-Hoops, S. Patricia Becerra, Protein Structure and Function Section, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology |
| 3:40 PM -3:50 PM |
Break |
| 3:50 PM -4:45 PM |
Career Development Talk: “Maximizing Potential and Minimizing Stress” Sharon Milgram, Ph.D., Director, Office of Intramural Training and Education, NIH |
| 4:45 PM -5:00 PM |
Awards Presentation Paul Sieving, Director, NEI, and Sarah Sohraby, Deputy Scientific Director, NEI |
