2004 Annual Retreat Program
8:30 - 9:15 Arrival, Poster Set-up and Continental Breakfast
9:15 - 9:30 Dr. Raymond Habas Opening Remarks
9:30 - 9:45 Dr. Ann Stock
Phosphorylation-mediated Regulatory Strategies
in the OmpR/PhoB Family of Transcription factors
9:50 - 10:05 Dr. Smita Patel
On the Mechanism of DNA Unwinding by Helicases
10:10 - 10:25 Dr. Sumiko Inouye
Protein Ser/Thr Kinases (PSTKs) of Myxococcus xanthus
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:15 Dr. Michael Hampsey
Promoter-Terminator Interactions in RNA Polymerase II
Transcription
11:20 – 11:35 Dr. Monica Roth
Redesigning Retroviral Proteins
11:40 - 11:55 Dr. Danny Reinberg
Chromatin and Its Impact on Gene Expression
and Cellular Memory
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 - 2:30 Poster Session
2:30 - 2:45 Dr. Kiran Chada
The Molecular Genetics for the Cure of Obesity
2:50 - 3:10 Dr. Raymond Habas
Understanding Wnt Signaling in Vertebrate Development and
Cancer
3:15 - 3:30 Dr. Masayori Inouye
mRNA Interferases
Keynote Speaker: DR. LEROY LIU
"Topoisomerase-Mediated
Chromosomal DNA Damage”
4:15 - 4:30 Awards – Dr. Raymond Habas
4:30 - 4:45 Closing Remarks - Dr. Kiran Madura
4:45 - 5:30 SOCIAL
