Friday, October 6, 2023, 9am-7pm

UNC Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC



Join us for two Keynote talks and a number of invited talks! 

Additional talks will be chosen from abstracts submitted by students and postdocs

Abstract submission deadline to be considered for a short talk is September 11

Registration closes September 22

 Registration is now closed

Meeting Schedule


Keynote Speakers


Yale University

Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, and Professor of Genetics, of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, and of Dermatology; Director, Yale Stem Cell Center

Talk Title: 

The Piwi-piRNA pathway: a new world of genetic regulation in the germline

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Professor, Associate Director of the McAllister Heart Institute

Talk Title:

 Programming and reprogramming: what does it take to make a cardiomyocyte?

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