9:00-9:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast, Higgins Hall Atrium

9:45-10:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Higgins Hall Room 300

Talk Session I

10:00-10:15 Craig Ceol, University of Massachusetts Worcester Medical School

10:20-10:30 Eric Surette, PhD student, McMenamin Lab, Boston College

10:35-10:45 Xibu Niu, Postdoc, Galloway Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital

10:50-11:10 Break

Talks Session II

11:10-11:25 Kellee Seigfried, University of Massachusetts Boston

11:30-11:40 Xuan Anita He, PhD Student, Fisher Lab, Boston University

11:45-11:55 Santiago Callegari, Postdoc, Nath Lab, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

12:00-12:30 Community meeting

12:30-1:25 Lunch

Talks Session III

1:30-1:45 Juan Manuel Gonzalez Rosa, Massachusetts General Hospital

1:50-2:00 Shannon Paquette, PhD Student, Plavicki Lab, Brown University

2:05-2:15 Dimitry Kretov, Postdoc, Cifuentes Lab, Boston University

2:20-2:30 Kalki Kukreja, PhD Student, Megason and Klein Labs, Harvard University

2:35-2:50 Break

Talks Session IV

2:55-3:10 Maria del los Angales Serrano, Boston University

3:15-3:25 Lydia Djenoune, Postdoc, Yuan Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital

3:30-3:40 Chinyere Kemet, PhD Student, Feng Lab, Boston University

3:45-3:55 Wade Sugden, Postdoc, North Lab, Boston Childrens’ Hospital

Posters and Reception

4:00-4:30 Posters, Odd numbers

4:30-5:00 Posters, Even numbers

5:15-5:30 Awards Ceremony

5:30-6:00 Reception

Best Undergraduate Poster: Stephanie Robinson (Boston College)

Best PhD Student Poster: Bill Zong Jia (Harvard Medical School)

Best Postdoctoral Poster: Natasha O'Brown (Harvard University)

Best PhD Student Talk: Shannon Paquette (Brown University)

Best Postdoctoral Poster: Wade Sugden (Boston Childrens Hospital)