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Red Cells (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Establishing a Research Career in Red Cell Biology

June 27 - 28, 2015
Chairs Vikram R. Paralkar and Bryony J. Graham
Holderness School
33 Chapel Lane
Holderness, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Red Cells is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas prior to the full Gordon Research Conference at the same venue.

The research focus of this meeting covers a range of aspects of red cell physiology and function, including the biology of red cell membranes, mechanisms involved in regulation of erythropoiesis, and models of red cell diseases. The Red Cells GRS gives attendees the chance to discuss both their current research and future career options with their peers and senior scientists in the field.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Red Cells" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Session: From Stem Cells to Red Cells
Discussion Leader: Vikram Paralkar (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pmJanis Abkowitz (University of Washington, USA)
"The Paths from Erythroid Progenitor to Red Cell and Fellow to Professor"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmGenetics, Epigenetics and Erythropoiesis
Discussion Leaders: Shuming Sun (New York Blood Center, USA) and Elizabeth Traxler (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmIvan Krivega (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, USA)
"Inhibition of G9a Methyltransferase Stimulates Fetal Hemoglobin Production by Facilitating LCR/Globin Looping"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pmDiscussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pmXin Liu (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
"Combinatorial Regulation of Enhancer Repertoires Controls Erythroid Lineage and Developmental Stage-Specific Transcription"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pmDiscussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pmMaria Suciu (Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Analysis at High Resolution of Transcription Factor Binding Sites at Cis Regulatory Elements During Development and Differentiation"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pmYung Hwang (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA)
"Reprograming of S Phase at the Switch from Self-Renewal to Differentiation in Erythroid CFUe Progenitors Is Regulated by the Cyclin-Dependent-Kinase Inhibitor (CDKI) p57KIP2"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pmRaymond Liang (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
"Essential FOXO3 Functions in Polarity, Enucleation and Terminal Maturation of Red Blood Cells"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pmDiscussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pmSatish Nandakumar (Boston Children's Hospital, USA)
"Systematic Genetic Dissection of Common Human Variation in Red Blood Cell Traits"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amMembranes and Red Cell Disorders
Discussion Leaders: Aishwarya Swaminathan (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA) and Elina Ovchynnikova (Sanquin Research, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:15 amYang Mei (Northwestern University, USA)
"Mice with Hematopoietic Specific mDia2 Deficiency Develop Ineffective Erythropoiesis Closely Mimicking Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia"
9:15 am - 9:20 amDiscussion
9:20 am - 9:35 amElizabeth Macari (Boston Children's Hospital, USA)
"Calmodulin Inhibition Rescues the Effects of Ribosomal Protein Deficiency in Diamond Blackfan Anemia Models"
9:35 am - 9:40 amDiscussion
9:40 am - 9:55 amBrian Dulmovits (Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, USA)
"Loss of RASA3 Results in Defective Terminal Erythroid Differentiation"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:15 amSatheesh Chonat (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA)
"The Spectrum of Alpha-Spectrin Associated Hereditary Spherocytosis"
10:15 am - 10:20 amDiscussion
10:20 am - 10:35 amNovalia Pishesha (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Antigen-Decorated Engineered Red Blood Cells as a Novel Immune Tolerance-Inducing Agent"
10:35 am - 10:40 amDiscussion
10:40 am - 10:55 amNai-Jia Huang (Whitehead Institute, USA)
"Engineering Red Cells for Anti-Botulinum Toxin"
10:55 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session

Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmMentorship Component: Career Development
Discussion Leader: Bryony Graham (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 2:05 pmGerd Blobel (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Developing a Career as a Scientist"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pmDiscussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pmTerry Bishop (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, USA)
"How to Get an NIH Grant"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pmDiscussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmSeminar Concludes

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