9:40 AM - 9:50 AM

“Prostate cancer treatment and signaling”      Dr. Partha Banerjee

9:50 AM – 10:00 AM 

"Cutaneous Carcinogenesis”    Dr. Dean Rosenthal

10:00 AM – 10:10 AM

“Characterization and Targeting of Melanoma Cancer Stem Cells”  Dr. Cynthia Simbulan-Rosenthal

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM 

"Liquid biopsy derived circulating tumor cell models from metastatic cancer patients"  Dr. Seema Agarwal

10:20 AM – 10:30 AM

"Pediatric cancer, metastasis and the role of hypoxia in cancer progression" Dr. Joanna Kitlinska

10:30 AM – 10:40 AM

Q & A

11:10 PM – 11:20 AM

“ICBI Team Research and Education”        Dr. Peter McGarvey

11:20 PM – 11:30 AM

"Mass-spec, proteomics, and glycoinformatics tools, pipelines, and databases"      Dr. Nathan Edwards

11:30 AM - 11:40 AM

"Protein bioinformatics and graph learning"       Dr. Karen Ross

11:40 AM - 11:50 PM

"Systems Medicine approach to understanding diseases"    Dr. Sona Vasudevan

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM

Q & A

2:00 PM – 2:10 PM

"Metals, metalloids, and nuclear receptors"      Dr. Mary Beth Martin

2:10 PM – 2:20 PM 

"The short motifs in the intrinsically disordered linker domain of the initiator DnaA contribute to membrane association in E. coli chromosomal replication."  Dr. Rahul Saxena

2:20 PM – 2:30 PM 

" Evolution of Eusociality: Individual versus Group Selection"  Dr. Hiroshi Nakai

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM 

Q & A

3:10 PM – 3:20 PM

"New Technologies in Medicine"  Dr. Stella Alimperti

3:20 PM – 3:30 PM 

"Synthetic Blood Vessels, Tissue Engineering & Education in Biotechnology"  Dr. Kyle DiVito

3:30 PM – 3:40 PM 

"Biotechnology - Science and Industry"      Dr. Ivica Labuda

3:40 PM – 3:50 PM 

" Managing the Shifting Sands:  The Evolving Professional Identity of Basic Science Educators."  Dr. Adi Haramati

3:50 PM – 4:00 PM 

"Center for Integrative Medicine and Whole Person Health"   Dr. Hakima Amri

4:00 PM – 4:10 PM 

Q&A

4:10 PM – 4:20 PM 

"CONCLUDING REMARKS"

Retreat Organizer: Dr. Jessica Jones

INSTRUCTIONS

In order to maximize our limited time together, I need all of you to do some pre-work prior to the retreat. Please send all deliverables directly to Susan (e-mail:  Sgseber@outlook.com) BY NOON on MAY 29th.

1. Review the final workshop agenda (attached – ‘Agenda_6Jun2023.pdf’).  You will see that each ‘Subject’ has a number associated with it.  These numbers align with the ‘pre-work’ below.

2. Do the pre-work!  Again, our day is packed and if everyone does this pre-work, it will maximize our time together. The numbers below refer to the Agenda items.   

A. Read ‘The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Leader’ Summary.

B. For #3:  Give thought to what is most important for the day.  Be prepared to share it at the retreat.

C. For #5:  Take the Four Tendencies on-line assessment through this link:  

The Four Tendencies Quiz | Gretchen Rubin.  At the end of the quiz, you will be told your predominant "tendency". Submit this directly to Susan. 

     D. For #6:  Develop a draft Department of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology vision, mission, elevator speech, and potential new name. To help with this, I have attached the Georgetown University foundational elements:  vision, mission, and values.  

Submit them directly to Susan.

3. Bring your cell phone and/or laptop. Our day includes opportunities for real time online feedback gathering and reporting out.      

4. We will be diligent with our ‘start and stop’ times. I encourage you to arrive at 9 am to take full advantage of light morning refreshments, networking, and a fun kick-off activity.  At a very minimum, make sure you arrive well in advance of our 10 am start time.     

5. The dress code for the day is casual.

6. If weather permits, a hike is planned after the formal portion of the day is done – so bring your hiking boots and maybe a water bottle.