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9:00 - 9:10 Opening Remarks: Dr. Jim Dias, Vice President for Research, SUNY Albany

9:10 - 9:15 Postdoc Association: Kate Tubessing

9:15 - 9:20 Scientista: Lindsey Tolman

9:20 - 9:40 Speed Talks I: Moderator Alex Valm

Pearl De-Veer Biology, Ali Ropri Biomedical Sciences, Emmanuel Adade Biology, Aaron Premo Chemistry, and Ian Rapisarda Biology

9:45 - 10:50 Keynote Presentation I: "Science in the Time of COVID and America’s Reckoning with Race."

Dr. Shirley Malcom, Director of Education and Human Resources, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break

11:10 - 12:10 Selected Student Presentations I:
 Moderator: Jeremy Feldblyum

Leonard Breindel Chemistry, Carl Shotwell RNA Institute, Pheonah Badu Biology, Melanie Lolier Psychology, Weilan Zhang Environmental & Sustainable Engineering, and Nicholas Moskwa Biology

12:10 - 12:30 Speed Talks II:
 Moderator Alex Valm

Justin Waldern Biology, Anwesha Sarkar Biology, Jacob Schroader RNA Institute & Biology, Jennifer Cardinal Chemistry, and Mahera Kachwala Chemistry

12:30-1:30 Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:00 Speed Talks III: Moderator Jeremy Feldblyum

Lorianna Colon Psychology, Raghu Ram Katreddi Biology, Nicholas Sciolino Chemistry, Khalid Al-Lakhen Biology, Haley Caldwell Biomedical Sciences, Kristen Kaytes Biology, and Christopher Smith Chemistry

2:00 - 3:00 Selected Student Presentations II:
 Moderator: Alex Valm

Alex Lemus Biology, Kate Tubbesing Physics, Benjamin Bennink Biology, Ya Ying Zheng Chemistry, Lifeng Zhou RNA Institute, and Tyler Mitchell Biology

3:00 - 3:20 Tea Time

3:20 - 4:30 Keynote Presentation II: DNA dynamics and mutagenesis: How DNA directs its own copying errors

Dr. Hashim Al-Hashimi, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Director of the Duke Center for RNA Biology, Duke University

4:30 - 4:50 Award Ceremony: Dr. Jeanette Altarriba, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, SUNY Albany