Tentative Symposium Program
April 6, 2024
The Innovative Learning Classroom Building (ILCB)
215 Lamar St, College Station, TX 77844
Medium Arena (ILCB 111)
8.00 am to 9.00 am
Continental Breakfast
9.00 am to 9.10 am
Opening Remark
Deborah Bell-Pedersen and Mark Zoran
9.10 am to 10.20 am
Session 1: Clock, Neuroscience, Immunity and Health
Chair: Isabella Farhy
Anne Ojo (UTSW) (15min) : Loss of Nocturnin increases dopaminergic neuron viability by increasing antioxidant capacity
Yuuki Obata (UTSW) (20min) : The Gut-Brain Axis: Can gut clocks tick independently of the brain?
Seung Hee Yoo and Mark Burish (UT Health Houston) (20min) : Regulation of headache response and transcriptomic network by the trigeminal ganglion clock
Louise Ince (UT Austin) (15min): Rhythms at the neuroimmune interface: a role for circadian clocks in regulating neuroinflammation and behavior
10.20 am to 10.40 am
Coffee break
10.40 am to 12.00 pm
Session 2: Clock and Diseases
Chair: Wanhe Li
Tapasree Roy Sarkar (TAMU) (20min): Circadian disruption promotes "cold" aggressive mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis by altering the tumor microenvironment
Kristin Eckel-Mahan (UT Health Houston) (20min): Combining chemotherapy and chronotherapy for treatment of hepatic metabolic dysregulation and hepatocellular carcinoma
Lilei Zhang (Baylor) (20min): Circadian regulation of cardiac remodeling
Joseph Takahashi (UTSW) (20min): Circadian Clocks and Their Role in Aging and Longevity
12.00 am to 12.45 pm
Lunch
12.45 pm to 2.00 pm
Poster
2.00pm to 2.05pm
Ron Kanopka Award
(Presented by Richard Gomer, TAMU)
2.05 pm to 2.50 pm
Keynote Speech:
Michael W. Young (The Rockefeller University & Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, TAMU): The Blood Brain Barrier as a sleep regulatory center in Drosophila
Chair: Paul Hardin
2.50 pm to 4.00 pm
Session 3: Molecular Clock
Chair: Christine Merlin
Pancheng Xie (UTSW) (15min): Mammalian circadian clock proteins form dynamic interacting microbodies distinct from phase separation
Yuxiang Liu (UTSW) (20min): Function of human CLOCK during embryonic development of neocortex
Brian Zoltowski (SMU) (20min): Divergent Mechanisms of Photoadaptation in Fungi
Ebimobowei Preh (TAMU) (15min): Mechanism of circadian clock control of rhythmic translation in Neurospora crassa
4.00 pm to 4.20 pm
Coffee Break
4.20 pm to 5.35 pm
Session 4: Epidemiology, Informatics, and Computation
Chair: Jerome Menet
Xinyu Nie (TAMU) (15min): Circadian regulation of stereotypic chromatin conformations at enhancers
Qian Xiao (HT Health Houston) (20min): Light at night: alignment with rest-activity, association with diabetes and implications in environmental justice
Lei Zou (TAMU) and Wanhe Li (TAMU) (20min): Sleepless cities under social isolation: geographically and temporally revealing circadian rhythm alterations during lockdowns through social media
Yuchao Jiang (TAMU) (20min): Detecting circadian rhythmicity by single-cell multiomics
5.35 pm to 5.45 pm
Poster Award and Closing
Alex Keene
6.00 pm
Dinner reception (Mezzanine Level of the ILCB Building)
April 6, 2024
The Innovative Learning Classroom Building (ILCB)
215 Lamar St, College Station, TX 77844
Medium Arena (ILCB 111)
8.00 am to 9.00 am
Continental Breakfast
9.00 am to 9.10 am
Opening Remark
Deborah Bell-Pedersen and Mark Zoran
9.10 am to 10.20 am
Session 1: Clock, Neuroscience, Immunity and Health
Chair: Isabella Farhy
Anne Ojo (UTSW) (15min) : Loss of Nocturnin increases dopaminergic neuron viability by increasing antioxidant capacity
Yuuki Obata (UTSW) (20min) : The Gut-Brain Axis: Can gut clocks tick independently of the brain?
Seung Hee Yoo and Mark Burish (UT Health Houston) (20min) : Regulation of headache response and transcriptomic network by the trigeminal ganglion clock
Louise Ince (UT Austin) (15min): Rhythms at the neuroimmune interface: a role for circadian clocks in regulating neuroinflammation and behavior
10.20 am to 10.40 am
Coffee break
10.40 am to 12.00 pm
Session 2: Clock and Diseases
Chair: Wanhe Li
Tapasree Roy Sarkar (TAMU) (20min): Circadian disruption promotes "cold" aggressive mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis by altering the tumor microenvironment
Kristin Eckel-Mahan (UT Health Houston) (20min): Combining chemotherapy and chronotherapy for treatment of hepatic metabolic dysregulation and hepatocellular carcinoma
Lilei Zhang (Baylor) (20min): Circadian regulation of cardiac remodeling
Joseph Takahashi (UTSW) (20min): Circadian Clocks and Their Role in Aging and Longevity
12.00 am to 12.45 pm
Lunch
12.45 pm to 2.00 pm
Poster
2.00pm to 2.05pm
Ron Kanopka Award
(Presented by Richard Gomer, TAMU)
2.05 pm to 2.50 pm
Keynote Speech:
Michael W. Young (The Rockefeller University & Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, TAMU): The Blood Brain Barrier as a sleep regulatory center in Drosophila
Chair: Paul Hardin
2.50 pm to 4.00 pm
Session 3: Molecular Clock
Chair: Christine Merlin
Pancheng Xie (UTSW) (15min): Mammalian circadian clock proteins form dynamic interacting microbodies distinct from phase separation
Yuxiang Liu (UTSW) (20min): Function of human CLOCK during embryonic development of neocortex
Brian Zoltowski (SMU) (20min): Divergent Mechanisms of Photoadaptation in Fungi
Ebimobowei Preh (TAMU) (15min): Mechanism of circadian clock control of rhythmic translation in Neurospora crassa
4.00 pm to 4.20 pm
Coffee Break
4.20 pm to 5.35 pm
Session 4: Epidemiology, Informatics, and Computation
Chair: Jerome Menet
Xinyu Nie (TAMU) (15min): Circadian regulation of stereotypic chromatin conformations at enhancers
Qian Xiao (HT Health Houston) (20min): Light at night: alignment with rest-activity, association with diabetes and implications in environmental justice
Lei Zou (TAMU) and Wanhe Li (TAMU) (20min): Sleepless cities under social isolation: geographically and temporally revealing circadian rhythm alterations during lockdowns through social media
Yuchao Jiang (TAMU) (20min): Detecting circadian rhythmicity by single-cell multiomics
5.35 pm to 5.45 pm
Poster Award and Closing
Alex Keene
6.00 pm
Dinner reception (Mezzanine Level of the ILCB Building)