2011 Beckman Scholars & Beckman Young Investigators Symposium
Meeting Agenda
REVISED 8/8/2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2011
Noon - 5:00 p.m. Arrival at Hyatt Regency Hotel
3:30 p.m. SCHEDULED SCHOLARS SHOULD SET UP POSTERS IN SALON D & E AT THE HYATT REGENCY HOTEL
4:00 p.m. Symposium Registration
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Reception
Hyatt Regency Irvine, Salon D & E
  Viewing of Scholar's Poster Presentations throughout the reception (Scholar should stay with poster to answer any questions).
 5:45 p.m. Scholars take down poster presentations
 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Informal Buffet Dinner
Hyatt Regency Irvine, Garden Pavillion
Attire: Business Casual
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011
7:15 a.m. SCHEDULED SCHOLARS SHOULD SET UP POSTERS IN THE ATRIUM BY 7:45 A.M. 1ST BUS WILL DEPART HOTEL AT 7:15 A.M.
7:15 -8:15 a.m. Shuttles run from the hotel in 15 minute intervals beginning with departures at 7:15 a.m. and traveling to the Beckman Center. The LAST BUS from the hotel departs at 8:15 a.m.
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Beckman Center Dining Room
Viewing of Scholars' Poster Presentations throughout the day - Beckman Center HUNTINGTON ROOM
Auditorium
 8:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks
and Introduction		 Amy Mullin, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Maryland, College Park
 8:35 - 9:20 a.m. BYI Speaker:

Michelle Chang, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of California at Berkeley
"Synthetic Biology Approaches to Sustainable Energy Production"

Beckman Scholars Presentations
 9:20 - 9:50 a.m. Introduction:
Presenter:
Institution:
Topic:		 Grace Spatafora, Ph.D.
William McConaughy
Middlebury College
"Binding of the Streptococcus mutans SloR Mealloregulator to Predicted Virulence Gene Promoters: A DNA Footprinting Approach"
 9:50 - 10:50 a.m. Break/Poster Viewing
 10:50 - 11:20 a.m. Introduction:
Presenter:
Institution:
Topic:		 John Wheeler, Ph.D.
James Wade
Furman University
"Characterization of Cr(III) Dilmine Complexes and Potential Bond Formation with DNA using LC-MS and Gel Electrophoresis Methods"
11:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch in Beckman Center Dining Room
12:30- 1:15 p.m. Concurrent Session Seminar I
(Posted in Atrium)
  Seminar 1
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Michael Axtell, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Pennsylvania State University
"Evolutionary perspectives on small RNA biogenesis and functions in plants "
  Seminar 2
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Vassiliy Lubchenko, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Houston
"New Type of Electronic States in Amorphous Semiconductors
  Seminar 3
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Clodagh O'Shea, Ph.D.
~~~CANCELLED~~~
"Combining 'chemistry' and 'recombining' viral genomes to develop next generation viral vectors and replicating lytic cancer"
  Seminar 4
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Stephen Rogers, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Drosophila as a model for cellular morphogenesis"
  Seminar 5
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Tehshik Yoon, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Photocatalysis with Visible Light"
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Break/Poster Viewing
2:00- 2:45 p.m. Concurrent Session Seminar II
(Posted in Atrium)
  Seminar 1
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Martin D. Burke, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"The prospect of molecular prosthetics"
  Seminar 2
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Pieter C. Dorrestein, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego
"Translating metabolic exchange with imaging mass spectrometry"
  Seminar 3
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Ke Hu, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Indiana University
"The structure and function of the cytoskeleton of a human parasite Toxoplasma gondii"
  Seminar 4
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Andreas S. Tolias, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
"Dissecting The Fabric of The Cerebral Cortex"
  Seminar 5
Presenter:		 Introduction:
Zefeng Wang, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Towards a splicing code: systematic study of splicing regulatory elements and factors "
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break
  Auditorium
3:00 p.m. Introduction: Adam Hall, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
Smith College
3:05- 3:50 p.m. Beckman Scholar Alumni Speaker
William Renthal, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2001 Beckman Scholar Alumni
B.S. - University of Texas at Austin 2003
M.D./Ph.D. -U.T. Southwestern Medical Center 2011
"Chromatin regulation in drug addiction"
3:50 - 4:35 p.m. BYI Speaker : Akif Tezcan, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego
Inorganic Control of Biological Self-Assembly
4:35 p.m. Closing Remarks
 Jeffrey Johnston, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University
4:35 p.m. Scholars take down poster presentations
4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Reception Beckman Center - Courtyard
Attire - Business Casual
  Auditorium
5:30 p.m. Evening Welcome Remarks Harry Gray, Ph.D.
Founding Director Beckman Center California Institute of Technology
5:40 p.m. Film: Arnold O. Beckman Documentary
6:00 p.m. Sit-down Dinner Beckman Center - ATRIUM
7:15 p.m. Closing Remarks Harry Gray, Ph.D.
7:30 - 8:15 p.m. Shuttle departs from the Beckman Center to return to hotel at 15 minute intervals. Last bus departs at 8:15 p.m.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011
7:15 a.m. SCHEDULED SCHOLARS SHOULD SET UP POSTERS IN THE ATRIUM BY 7:30 A.M. 1ST BUS WILL DEPART HOTEL AT 7:15 A.M.
7:15 - 8:15 a.m. Shuttles run from the hotel in 15 minute intervals beginning with departures at 7:15 a.m. and traveling to the Beckman Center. The LAST BUS from the hotel departs at 8:15 a.m.
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in the Beckman Center Dining Room
Viewing of Scholars' Poster Presentations throughout the day - Beckman Center ATRIUM
Auditorium
 8:30 a.m. Introduction Jeffrey Johnston, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University
 8:35 - 9:20 a.m. BYI Speaker:

E. Charles H. Sykes, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Tufts University
Turning a Single Molecule into an Electric Motor
Beckman Scholars Presentations
 9:20 - 9:50 a.m. Introduction:
Presenter:
Institution:
Topic:		 Liz Orwin, Ph.D.
Russell Thompson
Harvey Mudd College
"Determination of the Effect of IL-1ra and 2D Culture on the Expression of alpha-SMA, TKT and ALDH by Subcultured Rabbit Corneal Keratocytes"
 9:50 - 10:50 a.m. Break/Poster Viewing
10:50 - 11:20 a.m. Introduction:
Presenter:
Institution:
Topic:		 Carol Parish, Ph.D.
Sally Fisher
University of Richmond
"The Structure and Folding Behavior of the Kinesin Motor Protein"
11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. BBQ Luncheon - Beckman Center Patio
Auditorium
12:30 p.m. Introduction: Raymond Esquerra, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
San Francisco State University
12:35 - 1:20 p.m. Paul Bracher, Ph.D.
National Science Foundation ACC Postdoctoral Fellow
California Institute of Technology
2001 Beckman Scholar Alumni
B.S. - New York University - 2002
Ph.D. - Harvard University- 2010
"The Thiol–Thioester Exchange Reaction: Kinetics, Practical Applications, and Implications for the Origin of Life"
1:20 - 2:00 p.m. Break/Poster Viewing
2:00 p.m. Auditorium
Panel Presentation
A Scientific Approach to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
2:00 - 2:15 p.m. Overview: Stephen Ryan, M.D.
President
Doheny Eye Institute
2:15 - 2:35 p.m. Presenter:
 Srini Vas Sadda, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology
Doheny Eye Institute
"Imaging age-related macular degenerations: new insights and approaches"
2:35 - 2:45 p.m.
 Discussion:
2:45 - 3:05 p.m. Presenter:

 Dean Bok, Ph.D.
Brain Research Institute
Developmental Ophthalmology
University of California, Los Angeles
"A Putative Complement Trigger and Complement Attack on Factor H-Genotyped Retinal Pigment Epithelium"
3:05 - 3:15 p.m.
 Discussion:
3:15- 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 - 3:50 p.m. Presenter:
 David Hinton, M.D.
Department of Pathology & Ophthalmology
Keck School of Medicine
"An embryonic stem cell therapy for AMD"
3:50 - 4:00 p.m.
 Discussion:
4:00 - 4:20 p.m. Presenter:
 Mark Humayun, M.D., Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineering and Cell and Neurobiology
Doheny Eye Institute
"Bioelectronics in Ophthalmology"
4:20 - 4:30 p.m.
 Discussion:
4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
 Summary: Stephen Ryan, M.D.
President
Doheny Eye Institute
4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks:
 Amy Mullin, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Maryland, College Park
4:50 p.m. Billion Dollar Life
4:55 p.m. Scholars take down poster presentations
5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Shuttle departs from the Beckman Center to return to the hotel in 15 minute intervals. LAST BUS departs at 5:45 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011
12:00 p.m. Hotel Check-out
 
 
 
 

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