The Genome Sciences 20th Anniversary Symposium
November 10 & 11, 2022
Foege Auditorium | registration not required
remote viewing option | make a gift
Alumni attending remotely should use the link sent by email from Dr. Maitreya Dunham.
all talks held in Foege Auditorium | remote viewing option | registration not required | make a gift
Alumni attending remotely should use the link sent by email from Dr. Maitreya Dunham.
Morning Session
9:30-9:50 - Welcome, Bill Gates & Dr. Paul Ramsey video
9:50-10:25 - Dr. Erich Jarvis | The Rockefeller University
"Large-Scale, High-quality Reference Genome Projects: a new era in Biology" | talk will be recorded
10:25-10:50 - break, Vista Cafe
10:50-11:15 - Dr. Nancy Cox | Vanderbilt University
"Using Genomics to Reduce Structural Health Inequities Caused by Lab Value Reference Ranges Inappropriate for our Diverse Population" | talk will be recorded
11:15-11:50 - Dr. Emma Lundberg | Stanford University
"Mapping the spatiotemporal proteome architecture of human cells" | talk will be recorded
11:50-1:20 - lunch, Vista Cafe
lunch provided
Afternoon Session
1:20-1:55 - Dr. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz | Caltech
seminar title tba | talk will not be recorded
1:55-2:30 - Dr. Edward Marcotte | University of Texas
"Single-molecule protein sequencing" | talk will be recorded
2:30-3:05 - Dr. George Church (remote) | Harvard University
"Genome futures"
| talk will be recorded
3:05-3:30 - break, Vista Cafe
3:30-4:30 - Panel Discussion
4:30-4:45 - Dr. Jay Shendure | University of Washington
closing remarks
4:45-8:00 - reception, Vista Cafe
8:30-9:00 - Meet & Greet, Vista Cafe
A light breakfast will be provided.
9:00-9:05 - Dr. Robert Waterston | University of Washington
Welcome
9:05-9:50 - The Future of Genome Sciences with Dr. Francis Collins
Q & A, moderated by Dr. Robert Waterston
9:50-10:50 - Talk Session 1 - Di Rienzi, Araya, Heil, Srivatsan, Sudmant
10:50-11:15 - break, Vista Cafe
11:15-12:30 - Career Interest Break Out Panel & Discussions:
11:15 - Career Panel and Q&A with GS Alumni
Three Topic Areas: Funding, Biotechnology, Academic Research
12:00 - Breakout Discussion Sections
Five Topic Areas: Academia - Academia Non-faculty - Biotech/Pharma - Funding/Policy - Education/SciComm
12:30-1:45 - lunch, Vista Cafe
Catch up with friends! lunch provided
1:45-2:30 - Lightning Round - Have fun and tell us what’s new!
Nichols, Popp, Weisbrod, Vollger, Beichman, Carlson, Jores, Murray
2:30-3:30 - Talk Session 2 - Adams, Swaney, Wagner, Fox, Liachko
3:30-3:50 - break, Vista Cafe
3:50-4:40 - Talk Session 3 - Szauter, Logsdon, Dickel, McFaline-Figueroa
4:40-4:45 - Conclusion & Adjournment
Remarks & Thanks
5:00 - Poster Session, Vista Cafe
Presentations from current GS students; beer, wine, & non-alcoholic drinks; concurrent online social
The Department of Genome Sciences began in September 2001 by the fusion of the Departments of Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology.
For more information, please see our webpage.
A list of our graduate program alumni is available here.