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Friday, April 25, 2025
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Presenter: David Liu, PhD
2025 CBTE Symposium and Kewaunee Lecture
This year's speaker will be David Liu, Harvard
CBTE Symposium Schedule
09:00-09:15
Welcome by Tatiana Segura
09:15-09:30
Student Talk - Upasana Ghosh: Electropolymer that Genetically Links Neurons to Electrodes
09:30-09:45
Student Talk - Kat Lazar: Materials characterization of novel elastin- like polypeptide-based fusion protein assemblies
09:45-10:00
Student Talk - A’nna Kelly: Investigating the Role of TRPV4 in Promoting Meniscus Matrix Anabolism
10:00-10:15
Student Talk - Claire Ogilvie: Mechanophore Crosslinking effects in nominally brittle hydrogels
10:15-10:30
Student Talk - Emma Villares: Ferroptosis is regulated by matrix stiffness
10:30-11:30
Coffee Break and Networking Event
11:30-12:15
Poster Session #1
12:15-12:45
Lunch
12:45-1:30
Poster Session #2
1:30-1:40
CBTE Update by Tatiana Segura
1:40-2:00
Faculty Talk - Dr. Ophelia Venturelli: Design of multi-scale dynamics and functions of microbial communities
2:00-2:20
Faculty Talk - Dr. Philip Romero: Functional alignment of protein language models with reinforcement learning
2:20-2:40
Faculty Talk - Dr. Dmitry Velmeshev: Cell type-specific dissection and manipulation of neural circuits during brain development and in disease
2:40-2:45
Kewaunee Introduction
2:45-3:45
Kewaunee Lecture: David R. Liu "Mutation-Specific, Mutation-Agnostic, and Disease-Agnostic Therapeutic Genome Editing"
3:45-4:00
CBTE Awards Ceremony