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Program at a glance

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Day 1:   Saturday, April 12

Morning 9–10 a.m. New member orientation
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Emerging investigator seminar
(advance registration required)
9:30–11:30 a.m.
10:30–11 a.m. Undergraduate student orientation
Early afternoon 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Undergraduate poster competition judging orientation and workgroup
12–1 p.m. Journal of Biological Chemistry editorial board and associate editor lunch
(by invitation)
12–2 p.m.
12–3:30 p.m. Undergraduate poster competition
Mid-afternoon 1–4 p.m. Journal of Biological Chemistry editorial board meeting
(by invitation)
2:30–4:30 p.m.
4–5 p.m. Journal of Biological Chemistry reception
(by invitation)
Evening 5–5:30 p.m. Welcome address
91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ President Joan Conaway, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5:35–6:10 p.m.
Cell signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases: From basic principles to cancer and other therapies
Joseph Schlessinger, Yale University School of Medicine
Recipient of the 2025 Herbert Tabor Research Award
6:15–8 p.m.
  • Graduate Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Travel Award winners' posters
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Meetups

Day 2:   Sunday, April 13

Morning 9–10:30 a.m.
9–11:25 a.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Melissa J. Moore
Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Chief Scientific Officer emerita, Moderna
Early afternoon 12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch break
12:30–6:30 p.m. Exhibit hall activities
  • Poster viewing
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Career-development talks (1:30–4 p.m.)
  • Exhibitor tech talks/product demos (4:30–6 p.m.)
  • Meetups
  • One-on-one mentoring
  • Meet the editors at the booth
Mid-afternoon 1:50–3:05 p.m.
Embracing collaborations: Loving what we do and doing what we love
Neena Grover, Colorado College
Recipient of the 2025 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ William C. Rose Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education
1:50–4:15 p.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
2–3:30 p.m.
3:20–4:20 p.m.
Speed networking
Evening 4:30–6:30 p.m. Poster sessions & Meetups
6:45–9 p.m.
Nicole C. Woitowich, Northwestern University
Recipient of the 2025 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ Emerging Leadership Award
(advance registration required)

Day 3:   Monday, April 14

Morning 9–10:30 a.m.
9–11:25 a.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
11:35 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Maintaining genome stability
Andre Nussenzweig, National Cancer Institute
Recipient of the 2025 Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science
12:10–12:30 p.m.
An unlikely career in science and academia
Benjamin A. Garcia, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Recipient of the 2025 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award
Early afternoon 12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch break
12:50–1:50 p.m. A wellness walk
Organized by the Women in BMB committee
12:30–6:30 p.m. Exhibit hall activities
  • Career fair (1:30–6 p.m.)
  • Poster viewing
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Funding agency talks (1:30–4 p.m.)
  • Exhibitor tech talks/product demos (4:30–6 p.m.)
  • Meetups
  • One-on-one mentoring
  • Meet the editors at the journal booth
Mid-afternoon 1:50–3:50 p.m.
Molecular insights into antimalarial drug resistance
David A. Fidock, Columbia University
Recipient of the 2025 Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology
1:50–4:15 p.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
2–3:30 p.m.
Evening 4:30–6:30 p.m. Poster sessions & Meetups

Day 4:   Tuesday, April 15

Morning 9–10:30 a.m.
9–11:25 a.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
9–11:25 a.m. Community day
(by invitation)
11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Expanding the kinome
Vincent Tagliabracci, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Recipient of the 2025 Earl and Thressa Stadtman Young Scholar Award
12:10–12:30 p.m.
Phase separation in cells: Insights from biophysical computations
Rohit V. Pappu, Washington University in St. Louis
Recipient of the 2025 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences
Early afternoon 12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch break
12:30–6:30 p.m. Exhibit hall activities
  • Poster viewing
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Funding agency talks (1:30–4 p.m.)
  • Meetups
  • One-on-one mentoring
  • Meet the editors at the booth
Mid-afternoon 1:30–3 p.m.
1:50–2:25 p.m.
Functional analysis of intracellular lipid-binding proteins
Judith Storch, Rutgers University
Recipient of the 2025 Avanti Award in Lipids
2:25–3:00 p.m.
The contribution of fatty acid oxidation to diet-induced hepatocellular carcinoma
Robert N. Helsley, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Recipient of the 2025 Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research
1:50–4:15 p.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
3:10–4:10 p.m.
Richard Silverman
Professor, Northwestern University
4:30–5:30 p.m.
Evening 4:30–6:30 p.m. Poster sessions & Meetups
7:30–10:30 p.m.
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry