Molecular Biophysics

24th ANNUAL RETREAT

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS PROGRAM

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

Beckham Hall, Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT 06457

9:00am           Coffee and Poster Setup

10:00am         Introductory Remarks

10:10am         Dr. Ni Ye Feng, Wesleyan Department of Biology
                      "Hormones, behavior, and the brain: mechanisms of mammalian hibernation"

11:00am         Dr. Phil Arevalo, Wesleyan Department of Biology and CIS
                      "The baggage we carry: immunological path-dependence and influenza epidemics"

11:50am         Poster Session

12:30pm         Lunch

1:20pm           Poster Session

2:00pm           Dr. Kylie Walters, Center for Structural Biology of the National Cancer Institute
                      "Mechanisms of protein degradation: from structures to PROTACs"

3:00pm           Dr. Ishita Mukerji, Director, Wesleyan Biophysics Program

4:00pm           Break

4:15pm           Dr. Sua Myong, Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School
                      "Built-in pop-up switches that modulate gene expression"

5:30pm           Reception to honor the career of Professor Irina Russu