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MMSB Retreat - 2006
  Thursday, March 16th -- Contact Dr. Klobutcher (x2816) for further information.

The Retreat will be held at the Rome Commons Ballroom at the University of Connecticut Storrs campus.
Click here for driving/parking directions and campus map.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 2004 RETREAT

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 2005 RETREAT

Schedule      >> click here for a print version.
  
8:30 - 9:00Arrival and Breakfast
  
9:00 - 9:10 Dr. Sandy Weller, Welcoming Remarks
  
9:10 - 9:50G. King Lab:
 Susan Rowland " Regulation of sporulation by sensor histidine kinases"
 Glenn King " Divide and conquer -- anatomy of the bacterial division site"
  
9:50 - 10:30Rothfield Lab:
 Yu-Ling Shih " Generation of cell polarity in E. coli"
 Purva Vats " Cellular dynamics of MreB: an actin like cytoskeletal protein in bacteria"
 Aziz Taghbalout " Cytoskeleton-like organization of the E. coli RNA degradosome"
  
10:30 - 10:50Coffee Break
  
10:50 - 11:30Das Lab:
 Asis Das " Genetic control of the bacterial adaptive response"
  
11:30 - 12:15Ben Mamoun Lab:
 Kamal ElBissati " The plasma membrane permease PfNT1 is essential for purine salvage in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum"
 William Witola " A new pathway for phospholipid metabolism in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum"
  
12:15 - 1:50 Lunch and Posters
  
1:50 - 2:30Dr. Philip Farabaugh  " The evolution of programmed translational frameshifting in yeast and ciliates"
  
2:30 - 3:10 Carson Lab:
 John Carson " RNA targeting to synapses"
  
3:10 - 3:50Coffee Break
  
3:50 - 4:30Carmichael Lab:
 Gordon Carmichael " Introduction"
 Rui Gu " Regulation of gene expression by poly(A) site editing"
 Qiaoqiao Wang " Vigilins connect dsRNA editing to heterochromatin"
  
4:30 - 5:10Pfeiffer Lab:
 Steve Pfeiffer " The myelin-axolemmal complex in health and disease"
 Miheala Anitei " Trafficking of myelin proteins: Role of the exocyst and Rab3"
  
5:10 - 7:00Reception and Posters