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Wednesday 16 OCTOBER
1:00 p.m. Registration location: Alumni Hall Foyer, 1st Floor
2:00–5:00 p.m. Special Symposium: William (Chet) de Groat, PhD — 51 Years as a Pitt Faculty Icon location: Alumni Hall, Room 121, 1st Floor
This symposium at Science 2019 recognizes the unparalleled basic/clinical research advances, teaching, and mentoring that have been provided to the University community by Chet de Groat, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology. Dr. de Groat officially “retired” in May 2019 but is still publishing important new advances and providing mentorship to his many colleagues—all of whom revere him. Please join us for this celebration of academic excellence and, in particular, the many contributions of this supremely kind and generous person.
introduction: Bruce Freeman, PhD
faculty speakers: Lori Birder, PhD; Naoki Yoshimura, MD, PhD; Jonathan Beckel, PhD
graduate student speakers: Joseph Galley; Matthew Keeney
keynote lecture:
Anthony Ford, PhD Plumbing, Wiring, Hollow Organs, and New Therapeutics
4:00 p.m. Michael G. Wells Entrepreneurial Scholars Lecture
location: Alumni Hall, Auditorium, 7th Floor
This year’s Wells Lecture features a panel of Wells Student Health Care Competition alumni who went on to form startup companies. They will share their experiences behind launching companies from the University and the opportunities and challenges of growing their companies as part of the region’s innovation ecosystem.
panelists:
Joseph Pugar Cofounder and CEO, Aruga Technologies
Lorenzo Soletti, MBA, PhD Cofounder and CEO, Renerva LLC
Eunice Yang, PhD Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Pitt Johnstown Founder, OK2StandUp
panel moderator: Rich Lunak, President and CEO, Innovation Works
William (Chet) de Groat, PhD
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4:45 p.m. Michael G. Wells Student Health Care Competition and Kuzneski Innovation Cup Winner Announcements
location: Alumni Hall, Auditorium, 7th Floorpresenters: Michael G. Wells, MS, MBA;
Andrew and Laurie Kuzneski
The Michael G. Wells Student Health Care Competition brings together University of Pittsburgh students who are developing health care innovations. The competition is sponsored by the Michael G. Wells Entrepreneurial Scholars Fund.
The Kuzneski Innovation Cup, sponsored by local entrepreneurs Andrew and Laurie Kuzneski, involves Pitt students who are developing innovations in fields outside of health care that can improve people’s lives.
Early in the day, student finalists for both competitions will pitch their innovations to judges from the local business community. The winners will be announced before the start of the Innovation Showcase, where all competition participants can share and discuss their innovations.
5:00 p.m. Opening Reception and Innovation Showcase
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
Join the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute for a first look at the latest Pitt-generated innovations in health care, assistive technologies, Internet of things, information technology, human performance, and more. Many of these technologies are available for licensing, and others already form the basis of local, early-stage companies.
You will have the unique opportunity to network with these inventors and founders, as well as with local entrepreneurs, investors, and community leaders. Don’t miss this opportunity to view novel Pitt discoveries that have already received development funding and mentorship from a host of sources on campus. All Science 2019 registrants are invited to this eagerly anticipated opening reception.
Science2019SCHEDULE
Wednesday 16 OCTOBER
Science 2019 events will take place in Alumni Hall and the William Pitt Union.
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Thursday 17 OCTOBER
8:00 a.m. Registration
location: Alumni Hall Foyer, 1st Floor
9:00 a.m. Spotlight Session 1: Inflammation, Immunology, and Disease location: Alumni Hall, Room 121, 1st Floor
moderator: Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD
Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhDInnate Immunity and Autoimmunity
Greg M. Delgoffe, PhDFeast and Famine: How Nutrient Availability Affects T-Cell Function
Mandy McGeachy, PhDImmune/Stromal Cell Interactions Energize the Base
Fadi Lakkis, MDImmune Sensing and Memory of Organ Transplants: A Job Not Only for Lymphocytes
Spotlight Session 2: Mapping and Understanding the Brain
location: William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room, Main Floor
moderator: Sarah Ross, PhD
Peter Strick, PhDA Brain-Body Connection
Afonso Silva, PhDUsing Magnetic Resonance Imaging To Travel Inside the Primate Brain
Shawn Sorrells, PhDAdding New Neurons to the Human Brain during Adolescence
Julie Fiez, PhDThe Reading Brain
Spotlight Session 3: It’s the Only Planet We Have
location: William Pitt Union, Room 548, 5th Floor
moderator: Melissa Bilec, PhD
Daniel Bain, PhDHuman Metal Contamination: Lessons from Greening the Steel City
Emily Elliott, PhD Reactive Nitrogen in Pittsburgh Streams and Fluvial Ecosystems
Sarah Haig, PhDFrom Source to Tap: Linking the Drinking Water Microbiome to Human Health and Beyond
Matthew M. Barry, PhDCleaning Up Sustainable Energy Production—Capturing Wasted Energy To Improve Efficiency
10:30 a.m. Exhibit Break
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
11:00 a.m. Plenary Session 1: Dickson Prize in Medicine Lecture
location: Alumni Hall, Auditorium, 7th Floor
welcome: Patrick D. Gallagher, PhD
introduction of speaker: Arthur S. Levine, MD
keynote speaker: Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD Host Defense Strategies
12:30 p.m. Exhibits & Lunch
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
1:00 p.m. Poster Session 1
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
• Basic Life Science — From Molecule to Mouse
• Translational Life Science — From Animal to Human to Community
• Physical Science and Engineering
• New Research Tools and Techniques
2:00 p.m. Spotlight Session 4: Harnessing Technologies and Systems To Solve Real-World Problems
location: Alumni Hall, Room 121, 1st Floor
moderator: George Klinzing, PhD
Ryad Benosman, PhDWhat Is Neuromorphic Event-Based Computer Vision? Sensors, Theory, and Applications
Andrew Schwartz, PhDRestoring Movement by Recognizing Brain Signaling
Ron Poropatich, MDTrauma Care in a Rucksack
Christopher Wilmer, PhDA Nose for Robots: Engineering Atomically Precise Arrays of Olfactory Receptors
Thursday 17 OCTOBER
Science2019SCHEDULE
Science 2019 events will take place in Alumni Hall and the William Pitt Union.
Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD
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2:00 p.m. (cont.) Spotlight Session 5: Cellular and Protein Signaling and Trafficking
location: William Pitt Union, Room 548, 5th Floor
Moderator: Peter Drain, PhD
Marijn Ford, PhDUsing Cryo-Electron Microscopy To Catch Old Dogs Doing New Tricks: The Story of the Sorting Nexin Mvp1
Allyson O’Donnell, PhDThe Heart of the Matter: Alpha-Arrestin Regulation of the Cardiac Potassium Channel Kir2.1
Quasar Padiath, MBBS, PhDThe Spatial Organization of the Nuclear Lamina
Steven Graham, MD, PhDUbiquitin Carboxyhydrolase L1, Axonal Transport, and Synaptic Function: A Target for Restoring Function after Brain Injury
Spotlight Session 6: Gene Expression, Development, and Disease
location: William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room, Main Floor
moderator: Saleem Khan, PhD
Gerard Campbell, PhDControlling Organ Growth in Flies with Hippos and Badgers
Melissa Mann, PhDAssisted Reproductive Technologies, Advanced Maternal Age, and DNA Methylation Programming
Marianne Seney, PhDOpposite Molecular Signatures of Depression in Men and Women
Yaacov Barak, PhD Paradigm Lost: PPARgamma Is Indispensable for Adipocyte Survival but Not Differentiation
3:30 p.m. Exhibit Break
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
4:00 p.m. Plenary Session 2: Hofmann Lecture
location: Alumni Hall, Auditorium, 7th Floor
welcome and introduction of speaker: Arthur S. Levine, MD
keynote speaker: Dina Katabi, PhDHealth Monitoring with Machine Learning and Wireless Sensors
5:15 p.m. Undergraduate Research Poster Reception
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
At a special reception open to all Science 2019 registrants, undergraduates from across the University will exhibit faculty-mentored posters in basic science, medicine, and engineering.
Friday18 OCTOBER
8:00 a.m. Registration
location: Alumni Hall Foyer, 1st Floor
9:00 a.m. Spotlight Session 7: Mechanisms of Regeneration
location: William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room, Main Floor
moderator: Kacey Marra, PhD
Neil Hukriede, PhDSlow Regeneration, Smooth Repair, and Fast Recovery
Michael Tsang, PhDFoxm1 Is Required for Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish
Cecelia Yates, PhDMacrophages and Fibroblasts: Tissue Remodeling Game of Thrones
Charles Sfeir, DDS, PhDBeyond Growth Factors: Role of Mg in Cell Differentiation and Tissue Regeneration
Spotlight Session 8: Novel Therapeutic Strategies
location: Alumni Hall, Room 121, 1st Floor
moderator: Donald Taylor, PhD, MBA
Graham Hatfull, PhDFrom Petri Dish to Patient: Bacteriophage Discovery, Genomics, and Therapeutic Prospects
Leah Byrne, PhDEngineering AAV Vectors for Retinal Gene Therapy
Erik Wright, PhD, MSCan Cycling between Different Antibiotics Cure the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance?
Berthony Deslouches, MD, PhDTryptophan-Rich Peptide Antibiotics To Overcome Multidrug Resistance by Bacterial Pathogens
Spotlight Session 9: New Materials and Their Applications
location: William Pitt Union, Room 548, 5th Floor
moderator: David Vorp, PhD
Jennifer Laaser, PhDPushing and Pulling on Polymers: Driving Chemistry with Force
Yiming Wang, PhDNon-Precious Transition Metal Catalysis for New Synthetic Methods
Warren Ruder, PhDEncoding Material Architecture in Synthetic Gene Networks
Ipsita Banerjee, PhDAn Eye toward Islets: Bioengineering Pancreatic Islet Organoids from hPSC
10:30 a.m. Exhibit Break
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
Thursday 17 OCTOBER
Science2019SCHEDULE
Dina Katabi, PhD
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11:00 a.m. Plenary Session 3: Mellon Lecture
location: Alumni Hall, Auditorium, 7th Floor
welcome and introduction of speaker: Arthur S. Levine, MD
keynote speaker: Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhDPast, Present, and Possible Futures for Regeneration Research
12:30 p.m. Lunch and Last Call for Exhibits
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
1:00 p.m. Poster Session 2
location: Alumni Hall, J.W. Connolly Ballroom, 1st Floor
• Basic Life Science—From Molecule to Mouse
• Translational Life Science—From Animal to Human to Community
• Physical Science and Engineering
• New Research Tools and Techniques
2:00 p.m. Spotlight Session 10: Artificial Intelligence
location: William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room, Main Floor
moderator: David Koes, PhD
Christopher Seymour, MD, MScPaging Dr. Watson: Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence-Powered Critical Care
W. Seth Childers, PhDProgramming Cells To Make Complex Decisions
Adriana Kovashka, PhDLearning To Model Visual Rhetoric with Weak Supervision
Aniket (Niki) Kittur, PhDAccelerating Knowledge and Creativity with Crowds and AI
Spotlight Session 11: Oxidative Stress
location: William Pitt Union, Room 548, 5th Floor
moderator: Bruce Freeman, PhD
Adam Straub, PhDMechanisms Governing Cardiovascular Redox Equilibrium
Patricia Opresko, PhDUsing a Molecular Sniper To Uncover How Oxidative Stress Shortens Telomeres
Patrick Pagano, PhD Vascular NADPH Oxidases, Double Agents of Change
Sruti Shiva, PhDMitochondrial Oxidants Modulate Cardiovascular Signaling
2:00 p.m. (cont.) Spotlight Session 12: Tumorigenesis — Speeding It Up and Putting on the Brakes
location: Alumni Hall, Room 121, 1st Floor
moderator: Steffi Oesterreich, PhD
Alan Wells, MD, DMScPoint-Counterpoint: Reciprocal Communication between the Disseminating Tumor Cells and the Liver Drives Dormancy and Resistance
Ferruccio Galbiati, PhDUnraveling the Role of Cellular Senescence in Cancer
Yi-Nan Gong, PhD Necroptosis and Membrane Damages in Tumor Microenvironments
Yael Nechemia-Arbely, PhDGuarding the Genome: Maintaining Epigenetically Defined Human Centromeres through Error Correction
3:30 p.m. Break
location: Alumni Hall Foyer, 1st Floor
4:00 p.m. Plenary Session 4: Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Lecture
location: Alumni Hall, Auditorium, 7th Floor
welcome and introduction of speaker: Rob A. Rutenbar, PhD
keynote speaker: Alfred Spector, PhDResearch on the Edge of the Expanding Sphere V. 2.0
Friday18 OCTOBER
Friday18 OCTOBER
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Science 2019 events will take place in Alumni Hall and the William Pitt Union.
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD
Alfred Spector, PhD
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