Day 1 — Saturday, June 25
11am to 6:30pm | Registration | |
11:40am | Introduction and Welcome | Dr. Yuan Liu, Meeting organizer |
11:41am | Opening Remarks | Dr. Kenneth Furton Provost, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Florida International University |
11:46am | Opening Remarks | Dr. Walter Van Hamme Dean School of Integrated Science and Humanity FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education |
11:51am | Opening Remarks | Dr. Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh Director FIU Biomolecular Sciences Institute |
11:56am | Remarks in memory of Dr. Sam Wilson | Dr. Yuan Liu |
Session #1 - DNA Repair, Genome Integrity and Diseases(Chair: Zac Pursell, PhD and Francesca Storici, PhD) | ||
Noon | Keynote #1 DNA Repair and Lupus | Joann Sweasy, PhD |
1pm - 3pm | Session #1 - short talks (6) chosen from the abstracts | |
3pm | Coffee Break | |
Session #2 - Environmental Influences of Genome Integrity(Chair: Marcus Cooke, PhD and Kristina Schmidt, PhD) | ||
3:20pm - 5:20pm | Session #2 - short talks (6) chosen from the abstracts | |
5:20pm | Coffee Break | |
5:30pm | Keynote #2: The Impact of Oxidative DNA Damange on Telomere Maintenance: Implications for Cancer and Aging | Patricia Opresko, PhD |
6:30pm - 7:30pm | Dinner/Buffet and Reception | |
7:30pm to 10:30pm | Poster Session | |
9:30pm-11pm | Tour of FIU Stocker AstroScience Center |