"The Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis: How NIAMRRE Supports Solutions"

Dr. Kristen Obbink, DVM, MPH
Associate Director, National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education (NIAMRRE), Iowa State University

"Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing Life for the Future of Life"

Gene E. Robinson
Swanlund Chair of Entomology and Neuroscience
Department of Entomology
Director, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

A reception for faculty, staff, and grad students will follow in the NHB Core (room 319)

Trudy Mackay, PhD
Clemson University; Professor, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry

"Charting the Genotype-Phenotype Map: Lessons From Drosophila"

Dr. Joanne Tornow
Assistant Director for Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation

“Life Innovates, Biology Integrates: A Vision for the Biological Sciences”

Reception immediately following, sponsored by the Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz Center for Genomics in Business and Society

Maja Bucan, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Genetics

"Genetic Studies of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Family-based Approach"

John F. Allen
Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
University College London

"Why have chloroplasts and mitochondria retained genomes?"

"Turning Science Into Social Impact: How We Built A Computational Genomics Operating System for Treating Cancer"

Kevin White, Phd
President of Tempus Labs Inc.; Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Medicine, University of Chicago

Dr. Penelope Shihab
CEO and Founder
Monojo Biotech; Skinue.com; Applied Scientific Research Fund

"Converging Paths: My Career as a Scientist and an Entrepreneur"

Hosted by the IGB Postdoctoral Association. Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

Jay Keasling, PhD
University of California Berkeley College of Chemistry; Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Professor, Department of Bioengineering

"Engineered Polyketide Synthases as a Platform for Synthetic Chemistry"

Dr. Alondra Nelson
President, Social Science Research Council
Harold F. Linder Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

"Even a Moon Shot Needs a Flight Plan: Genetics and Ethics in the Obama Administration"