Graphic with scientific imagery and the the number 20 on a blue background. Text: Celebrating 20 years of impact
Annual Symposium
Monday, May 20, 2024 - 09:00:00am - Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 04:00:00pm

Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium 2024: Celebrating 20 Years of Impact

Kahn Auditorium, Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB)
Audience This is a public event.

On May 20 and 21, 2024, the LSI will host a special two-day Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium highlighting the impactful science and scientists that have emerged from the LSI’s first 20 years. 

Schedule

Day 1: Monday, May 20, 2024

  • 9:00 a.m. | Welcome 
    Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D., President Emerita of the University of Michigan

  • 9:15 a.m. | Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture: 
    Genetics of hemostasis — From bedside to bench and back again
    David Ginsburg, M.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

  • 10:10 a.m | Session 1: Biological mechanisms at the finest scale — Insights from structural biology 
    Session Chair: Janet Smith, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Georgios Skiniotis, Ph.D., Stanford University

    • Dan Southworth, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

    • John Tesmer, Ph.D., Purdue University

    • Shyamal Mosalaganti, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Jay Brito Querido, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

  • 11:55 a.m. | Break

  • 12:10 p.m. | LSI Alumni Talks — Structural Biology 
    Session Chair: Melanie Ohi, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Jen Cash, Ph.D., University of California, Davis

    • Junyu Xiao, Ph.D., Peking University

  • 12:45 p.m. | Lunch and Poster Session 

  • 2:15 p.m.| Session 2: Exploring the building blocks of life — Cell and developmental biology
    Session Chair: Chelsey Spriggs, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Sean Morrison, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    • Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D., Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Carole Parent, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Lois Weisman, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

  • 3:40 p.m. | Break

  • 3:55 p.m. | The LSI at 20: Origin and Evolution of the Life Sciences Institute
    Moderator: Roger Cone, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Huda Akil, Ph.D., U-M Medical School

    • Liz Barry, J.D., University of Michigan

    • Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D., President Emerita of the University of Michigan

    • David Ginsburg, M.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Paul Meister, Liberty Lane Partners, LLC

    • Alan Saltiel, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

    • David Walt, Ph.D., Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  • 5:00 p.m. | Day concludes

 

Day 2: May 21, 2024

  • 9:00 a.m. | Welcome 

  • 9:10 a.m. | Session 3: From cells to systems — The physiology of health and disease
    Session Chair: Jun Wu, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Ivan Maillard, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

    • Jiandie Lin, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Roger Cone, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

  • 10:15 a.m. | Break

  • 10:45 a.m. | LSI Alumni Talks — Physiology 
    Session Chair: Ken Inoki, M.D., Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Xiao-Wei Chen, Ph.D., Peking University

    • Lijun Kang, Ph.D., Zhejiang University

    • Jordan Shavit, M.D., Ph.D., U-M Medical School

  • 11:35 a.m. | Lunch Break

  • 12:30 p.m. | Session 4: Untangling the complexity of the nervous system — New frontiers in neuroscience 
    Session Chair: Cheng-Yu Lee, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Tzumin Lee, M.D., Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Peng Li, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Wenjing Wang, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Shawn Xu, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

  • 1:55 p.m.| Break 

  • 2:05 p.m. | Session 5: Catalyzing discovery — Innovation at the intersection of chemistry and biology
    Session Chair: Anna Mapp, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Jason Gestwicki, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

    • Alison Narayan, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute 

    • David Sherman, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute 

    • Connie Wu, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

  • 3:30 p.m. | Break

  • 3:40 p.m. | Session 6: Computation & Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences
    Session Chair: Jun Li, Ph.D., U-M Medical School

    • Mike Cianfrocco, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

    • Noah Rosenberg, Ph.D., Stanford University (video)

    • Bing Ye, Ph.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute (video)

  • 5:00 p.m.| Closing Remarks