Molecular Medicine Department Retreat
Sunday, September 24, 2017   


Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Meeting location: UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center - Iris Conference Room
850 Willow Creek Road, Lake Arrowhead, California
Hosted: Ben Cravatt, Pat Griffin, Jeff Kelly, Jim Paulson (Co-Chairs)


Program

8:00 a.m. to 9:00

BREAKFAST

9:00 a.m. to 9:05 Welcome / Open Remark

Session 1: Ben Cravatt - Chair
9:05 a.m. to 9:25 Katja Lamia
Cryptochromes link circadian rhythms with metabolism and genome protection

9:30 a.m. to 9:50 Michael Petrascheck
Slowing aging in the old

9:55 a.m. to 10:15 Vaughn Smider
Cow antibodies - biology and applications

10:20 a.m. to 10:50 AM BREAK

Session 2: Pat Griffin - Chair
10:50 a.m. to 11:10 Joseph Kissil
Insights into the regulation and function of the Hippo-YAP pathway

11:15 a.m. to 11:35 Laurent O. Mosnier
Novel mechanisms for biased signaling by protease activated receptors

11:40 a.m. to 12:00 Christopher Parker
Expanding the ligandable proteome: target and ligand discovery by fragment based screening in cells

12:05 p.m. to 1:15 LUNCH

Session 3: Jim Paulson - Chair
1:15 p.m. to 1:35 Scott B. Hansen
Lipid clustering and the molecular basis of anesthesia and force transduction

1:40 p.m. to 2:00 Sandra Encalada
Understanding movement inside neurons: intracellular transport mechanisms and neurodegeneration

2:05 p.m. to 2:25 Elena (Helen) Makarenkova
Lacrimal gland stem cells: new research and therapeutic implications

2:30 p.m. to 3:00 PM BREAK

Session 4: Jeff Kelly - Chair
3:00 p.m. to 3:20 Laura Bohn
Using biased agonism to refine opioid therapeutics

3:25 p.m. to 3:45 Enrique Saez
Discovery of metabolic pathways using small molecules

3:50 p.m. to 4:10 Luke Wiseman
Coordinating proteostasis environments through the unfolded protein response

4:15 p.m. to 5:00 Business Meeting

5:00 p.m. Closing


   ANY COMMENTS/ QUESTIONS contact Anna (annacrie@scripps.edu)