| 8:45 - 9 AM |
Welcoming Remarks Svati Shah, MD, MS, MHS, Director, PGC |
| 9 - 10 AM |
Keynote Presentation: Advancing genomic medicine in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disease Daniel Rader, MD, Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine; Chair, Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10 - 10:20 AM | Poster Pitch |
| 10:20 - 10:35 AM | Arize Okafor: 3D-STARRseq Captures Cis-Regulatory Element Function in their 3D looping context |
| 10:35 - 10:50 AM | Maiya Fujiwara: Novel Platform technology for liver cell therapy |
| 10:50 - 11:05 AM | Break |
| 11:05 -11:20 AM | Jeffrey Shevach: A population-based study of established cancer predisposition genes and single and multiple cancer diagnoses |
| 11:20 - 11:35 AM | Sara Coles: Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies Possible Disease-Causing Genetic Variation in Gene Panel Negative Individuals with Arrhythmia-related Disorders In the Duke Electrophysiology Genetics Clinic |
| 11:35 - 11:50 AM | Liuyang Wang: Single-Cell Genomic Dissection of Human Genetic Control of Alternative Splicing in Response to Influenza A Virus |
| 11:50 AM - 12:05 PM | Morgan Parker: Restriction of innate Tgd17 cell plasticity by an AP-1 regulatory axis |
| 12:05 - 12:30 PM |
Lunch Posters on display in the Atrium |
| 12:30 - 1 PM | Poster Session |
| 1 - 2 PM |
Keynote Presentation: Revisiting McClintock’s Models of Genome Instability: Repetitive DNA, Centromere Adaptation, and Chromosome Inheritance Beth Sullivan, PhD, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University |
| 2 - 2:15 PM | Rachel Keener: Natural Human Genetic Variation Reveals FCRL3 as a Novel Receptor for the Causative Agent of Plague |
| 2:15 - 2:30 PM | Boxun Li: Functional genomics maps the gene regulatory mechanisms downstream of neuron-astrocyte interactions |
| 2:30 - 2:45 PM | Kylee Li & Fuyao Li: Optimizing Cluster Number for Single-Cell Multicellular Neighborhood Analysis |
| 2:45 - 3:00 PM | Erin Smith: scRNAseq provides insight into the cellular mediators of Chlamydia-induced upper genital tract pathology |
| 3 - 3:15 PM | Han Kyu Lee: A neuroprotective role of Rabep2 |
| 3:15 - 3:30 PM | Jessica Regan: Multi-Omic Approaches to Pericoronary and Epicardial Adipose Tissue |
| 3:30 - 3:45 PM | Break |
| 3:45 - 4 PM | Jeffrey Russ: Pathogenic variants associated with speech/cognitive delay and seizures affect genes with expression |
| 4 - 4:15 PM | Ryne Ramaker: Development of an ultra-sensitive sequencing platform for tumor mutation profiling of pancreas cancer in patient whole blood |
| 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Happy Hour in Atrium |