Friday, May 4
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Pre-Conference Events
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10 AM - 12:45 PM
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West Campus: Bus Tour, Detailed Briefing and Lab Tours
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Christopher Incarvito, Director of Research Technology, West Campus
Shrikant Mane, Director, Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA)
Mike Kinch, Managing director, Yale Center for Molecular Discovery (YCMD)
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For details, click here.
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2:00 - 4:00 PM
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Open House events on the medical campus and on Science Hill:
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Cell Biology
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Genetics
Immunobiology
Pharmacology
Early in the first hour, Carolyn Slayman (Sterling Professor of Genetics, Deputy Dean at the School of Medicine, and Professor of Physiology) will welcome alumni and give an update on recent changes at the Medical School. Afterwards, informal tours of selected labs and newly-restored research facilities will be led by students and faculty. Refreshments will be available throughout.
SHM C-103 (Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street)
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Greetings, conversation, refreshments and a graduate student poster session with students from all four departments.
KBT Ground Floor Lobby (Kline Biology Tower, 219 Prospect Street)
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Friday, May 4
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CONFERENCE
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4:30 - 5:00 PM
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Welcoming Remarks
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street (enter from High Street)
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Thomas Pollard
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and
Developmental Biology
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Richard C. Levin '74 PhD (Economics)
President of the University
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Robert Alpern
Dean, School of Medicine
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5:00 - 6:15 PM
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Keynote talks on "Biology's History at Yale"
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Peter Moore '61 BS
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and
Biochemistry
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Richard Lifton
Sterling Professor of Genetics
Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology
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6:30 - 7:30 PM
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Reception
University Commons
Corner of College and Grove Streets
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7:30 PM
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Dinner
University Commons
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Musical entertainment by The Citations, the Graduate School’s a cappella singing group
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Saturday, May 5
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9:00 - 10:15 AM
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Evolution, Diversity and the Public
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street (enter from High Street)
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MODERATOR
Jeffrey Powell
Yale University
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PANELISTS
Nora Besansky '90 PhD – EEB
University of Notre Dame
Michael Donoghue
Yale University
Thomas Lovejoy '64 BS, '71 PhD – EEB
The Heinz Center for Sciences, Economics and the
Environment, Washington, D.C.
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10:15 - 11:00 AM
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Coffee Break
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11 AM - 12:30 PM
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New Directions for Cellular and Molecular Biology
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MODERATOR
Scott Holley
Yale University
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PANELISTS
Susan Baserga '80 BS, '88 MD/PhD – Genetics
Yale University
Rebecca Burdine '97 PhD – Cell Biology
Princeton University
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa '95 PhD – Genetics
Johns Hopkins University
Thomas Steitz
Yale University
Sandra Wolin '85 MD/PhD – MBB
Yale University
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12:45 - 2:15 PM
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Lunch
The Graduate Club
155 Elm Street (between College and Temple Streets)
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2:30 - 3:45 PM
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Biological Sciences in the Private Sector
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street (enter from High Street)
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MODERATOR
Ronald Breaker
Yale University
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PANELISTS
Larry Gold '63 BS – MBB
University of Colorado, Boulder
Somalogic, Boulder, Colorado
Jonathan Rothberg '91 PhD – MCDB
Ion Torrent, Guilford, Connecticut
Jeffrey Settleman '89 PhD – Genetics
Genentech, San Francisco
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3:45 - 6:00 PM
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Free Time
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6:00 - 7:30 PM
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Cocktail Reception on Science Hill
Kroon Hall, Knobloch Environment Center (Third Floor)
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
195 Prospect Street
BRIEF REMARKS
Peter Salovey '86 PhD (Psychology)
Provost of the University
Tours of the sustainability features of Kroon Hall will be offered before and during the reception (at 5:15 and at 6:00).
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Sunday, May 6
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9:30 - 10:45 AM
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Scientific Publications: Present and Future
William L. Harkness Hall, Room 201 (Sudler Hall)
100 Wall Street (enter from the Cross Campus side)
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MODERATOR
Craig Crews
Yale University
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PANELISTS
Pietro De Camilli
Yale University, and editorial board,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Emilie Marcus '92 PhD – MCDB
Cell Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thomas Pollard
Yale University, and editorial board, American
Society for Cell Biology
Annette Thomas '93 PhD – MCDB
MacMillan Publishers, London, England
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11:00 AM
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Farewell Brunch
Yale Law School Dining Hall
127 Wall Street
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