PAST RETREAT INFORMATION

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Each year MB&B holds a departmental retreat.  At these retreats there are a combination of  talks and poster presentations, along with time to relax and interact with your MB&B colleagues from all disciplines and corners of campus.  

Who May Attend?:  The Scientific Retreat is open to graduate students, invited postdocs, faculty, and other professional-rank people associated with MB&B. This retreat itself is not open to family members or guests.

Schedule/Activities:  The scientific retreat will feature talks by faculty, students, and postersessions, as well as activities including a mixer, games, and more.

This exciting two day event will combine talks and presentations, along with time to relax and interact with your MB&B colleagues from all disciplines and corners of campus.  

Previous Retreat information:

2023 MB&B Retreat Program

9/29-30/23

Heritage Hotel, 522 Heritage Rd. Southbury, CT

Day 1 Friday

Time                     Event                                                                  Location

Friday 8:00 a.m             Buses Depart                            266 Whitney Ave.-YSB Marsh Hall Entrance

9 - 10 a.m.                     Check-in/Registration                                            (Heritage Hotel Lower Foyer)

                                    Bags to be stored in Washington Room

9 - 10 a.m.                     Continental Breakfast                                                                (Constitution Foyer)

10:00 – 10:15                Welcome by Lily, Enrique, and Carol                                         (Constitution)

10:00 – 12:20 p.m.         Session 1 Moderator- Ryan Stanton                                             (Constitution)

10:17 – 10:34                Tony Koleske with Daisy Duan “A ribbon at a time: how Abl2 regulates microtubule nucleation and repair.”

10:34 – 10:46                Mark Solomon “My oh my, meiosis!”

10:46 – 10:58                Paulsen Lab-Avnika Bali and Justin Sanders “Molecular Mechanisms of TRPA1 Regulation.”

10:58 – 11:15                Kai (Jack) Zhang with Pengxin Chai “Visualizing Atomic Details of Dynamic Molecular Machines in Reaction in Their Cellular Environment.”

11:15 – 11:27                Steven Tang “Membrane fusion: from viral entry to fertilization.”

11:27 – 11:44                Franziska Bleichert with Olivia Hunker “Multiple mechanisms of loading replicative helicases during human replication initiation.”

11:44 – 11:56                De La Cruz Lab-Marisa Michalchik “Reaction kinetics of pyrophosphate (PPi) liberation by ENPP1: A small piece in the biomineralization regulation puzzle.”

11:56 – 12:13                Wendy Gilbert with Kyrillos “Cookie” Abdallah “End-less translation and other curiosities of the RNA world.”

12:20 – 1:20 p.m.          Lunch                                                                                       (Timbers)

1:25 – 2:35 p.m.            Session 2 Moderator – Christian Freniere                                    (Constitution)

1:25 – 1:42                    Matt Simon with Andreas Pitado-Urbanc “Insights into regulated gene expression from RNA and protein chemistry.”

1:42 – 1:54                    Allison Didychuk “How to Build a Herpesvirus.”

1:54 – 2:06                    Julien Berro “Molecular mechano-sensing and mechano-transduction – towards a new class of therapeutics.”

2:06 – 2:18                    Kabeche Lab-Elizabeth Black “Novel regulation of mitotic PLK1 activity by Chk2.”

2:18 – 2:35                    Joe Howard with Xiaoyi “Timo” Ouyang “Branching morphogenesis in neurons.”

2:40 – 4:30 p.m.            Free time

4:30 – 5:15 p.m.            Poster Session 1                                                            (Lincoln Room)

5:15 – 6:00 p.m.            Poster Session 2

6:00 – 6:45 p.m.            Dinner                                                                          (Garden Room & Timbers)

6:45 – 7:15 p.m.            Poster Awards Announced                                             (Timbers)                                                        

7:15 – 10:00 p.m.          Mixer                                                                           (Timbers and Outside Terrace & Tent)

                                                                                   Day 2 Saturday

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.              Breakfast                                                                      (Garden Room & Timbers)

9:05 – 10:44                  Session 3 Moderator – Pengxin Chai                               (Constitution)

9:05 – 9:17                    Ron Breaker “Riboswitches for Lithium and Sodium.”                 

9:17 – 9:34                    Michael Koelle with Halie Sonnenschein “Identifying proteins that opioids and other signals use to shut off neurons in the brain.”

9:34 – 9:46                    Christian Schlieker “Aberrant phase separation during nuclear pore biogenesis causes movement disorders - can it be corrected?”

9:46 – 10:03                  Nikhil Malvankar with Cong Shen “How do climate-controlling bacteria assemble and use protein nanowires to respire without oxygen-like soluble molecules?”

10:03 – 10:15                Kate Schilling “Recent updates to MB&B undergraduate laboratory and research training courses.”

10:15 – 10:27                Yong Xiong “It is very easy to answer many of these fundamental biological questions; you just look at the thing!

10:27 – 10:44                Karla Neugebauer with Jackson Gordon “Co-transcriptional RNA processing controls gene expression.” 

10:45 – 10:50                Wrap up by Lily, Enrique, and Carol

10:50 – 11:05 a.m.         Group Photo                                                                 (Stone Garden)             

11:15 a.m.                     Bus departs                                                         (Main Entrance of Hotel)                      

Faculty Advisors-Lily Kabeche and Enrique De La Cruz

Retreat Organizer-Carol Martin

Thank you!!!

Student Organizers- Isabel Romov and Camila Garcia

Student Volunteers: Dylan Poch, Jiaqi Li, Marisa Michalchik, Chris King, Yoon Ki (Ed) Joo, Matt Cook, Pengxin Chai, David Flesher, Chimere (Chi Chi) Nnatubeugo, Ryan Stanton, Christian Freniere, Yuekang Zhang, Yara Mustafa

Retreat Schedule

Water’s Edge Westbrook, CT

Friday October 21, 2022

7:15 a.m.         Bus Departs 266 Whitney Ave. Lot 22 Marsh Hall Entrance

8:00-8:30        Registration in Westbrook Salon Foyer

8:30-8:35        Welcome-Nikhil Malvankar, Faculty Advisor and Carol Martin, Organizer

8:35-8:45        Scott Strobel-Understanding riboswitch-regulated translational control from North to South Caroline

8:45-8:55        Allison Didychuk-Unveiling the mechanisms of herpesvirus molecular machines.

8:55-9:10        Candie Paulsen with Justin Sanders-Regulation of a critical pain sensor

9:10-9:25        Franziska Bleichert with Ran Yang-How to initiate DNA replication

9:25-9:35        Kai (Jack) Zhang-High-resolution cytoskeletal motors in the subcellular context

9:35-9:50        Nikhil Malvankar with Peter Dahl-Observation of single Geobacter cells transferring electrons via cytochrome nanowires secreted by pili

9:50-10:05      Wendy Gilbert with Austin Draycott-Better living through RNA modifications

10:05-10:20    Matt Simon with Leah Connor-Regulation near the transcription start site

10:20-10:30    Mark Solomon-Destroying the destroyer                  

10:30-  10:45   Karla Neugebauer with Leonard Schaerfen- RNA biogenesis in the nuclear landscape

10:45-11:30    BREAK in Westbrook Foyer

11:30 -11:40   Don Engelman-Durable Eradication of Tumors Using a pHLIP-targeted STING Agonist

11:40-11:50    Christian Schlieker-Connecting neurological disorders, condensates and protein quality control in the nuclear envelope

11:50-12:00    Mark Hochstrasser-What’s new with ubiquitin and proteasomes

12:00-12:15     Baserga lab member Mason McCool-The cutting edge of making ribosomes.       

12:15-12:30    Michael Koelle with Allison Butt- How neuropeptides and serotonin together activate a neural circuit.

12:30-12:40    Joe Howard- Microtubule severing and amplification

12:40-12:55    Anthony Koleske with Daisy Duan and Ellen Corcoran-Molecular mechanisms that guide neuronal development

12:55-1 p.m.   Wendy Gilbert-Forum Announcement

1:00                 LUNCH Buffet in Grand Ballroom

2:10                 Group Photo outside.

2:11                 Free time for lawn games, socializing, and fun.

4:00                 Poster Session begins Westbrook Salons A-C. Food and drink reception beginning at 4:30

5:45                 Dinner Buffet in Grand Ballroom-Poster winners announced

7:15                 Bus Departs

8:00-10:00      Post-Retreat gathering-YSB Marsh Auditorium Lobby

MB&B Retreat 2019

Each year MB&B holds a departmental retreat.  At these retreats there are a combination of  talks and poster presentations, along with time to relax and interact with your MB&B colleagues from all disciplines and corners of campus.  

Who May Attend?:  The Scientific Retreat is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty, M.D./Ph.D. and B.S./M.S. students, and other professional-rank people associated with MB&B. This retreat itself is not open to family members or guests.

Schedule/Activities:  The scientific retreat will feature talks by faculty, student flash talks and poster sessions, as well as activities including a mixer, games, hikes, and more.

This exciting two day event will combine talks and presentations, along with time to relax and interact with your MB&B colleagues from all disciplines and corners of campus.  This year’s retreat will again take place at at the beautiful historic Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Falmouth, MA, September 20-21, 2019.

Schedule/Activities: The scientific retreat will feature presentations by faculty members, flash talks, poster session, and other activities including games, lighthouse walk, and a mixer.

Fees:  All who plan to attend must register and pay the standard registration by the deadline of August 30th.  No refunds can be made for cancelations not received before the registration deadline.  Note: if the COA is a grant, PI must provide written authorization and indicate the benefit for audit purposes.  A form for this purpose will be sent to the PI and it needs to be returned to Zaida Washington.

Fees for 2019:

Graduate Students: $110

Post Docs/Postgrads/Associate Research Scientists/Research Scientists: $150

Faculty: $200 (faculty will receive a single room))

To keep “no shows” to a minimum we will continue the following policy:  First Year  Students:  There is no charge for first year students to register. However to ensure your attendance, we ask for a credit card number after registration.  There will be a $50.00 no show fee charged to that card ONLY if you register and do not attend the retreat.  The bus fee of $50 is to be paid separately-by attendee (see below).

Posters/Flash Talks:  Flash Talks and posters are strongly encouraged! All posters should be up and available for viewing for the duration of the meeting. The Macnab Prize will be awarded for the top three posters (with or without a flashtalk) submitted by students and postdocs, but space is limited so register early.

Transportation:   There will be a bus leaving from the MB&B parking lot located at 266 Whitney Ave. at 7:15 am (Meet at 7 a.m. DO NOT BE LATE) on Friday morning, returning Saturday evening to the same location at approximately 6:30 p.m.  You may drive or car pool, but please plan for a three hour trip from New Haven.  Parking is very limited at MBL and a parking pass is necessary (request at the front desk at check-in).

Bus seats need to be prepaid by $50 check (made payable to Yale University and given to Carol Martin) or approved COA (NO CASH) and are non-refundable (per the bus contract).  Seats are first come, first served with a 50 person maximum. Your seat is not confirmed until payment is received.