36th Annual Genetics Day
Save the Date!
Our 36th Annual Genetics Day is set for Monday, April 28th, 2025
22nd Annual Fred Sherman Lecture
Keynote Speaker
Marisa Bartolomei, Ph.D.
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Event Details
Date
April 28, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location
University of Rochester Medical Center
Class of '62 Auditorium and Sarah Flaum Atrium
425 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642
In addition to the keynote lecture, this event will include talks by faculty and trainees as well as a poster session. Applications to present trainee talks or posters will open in March 2025, so please keep your eyes out for future announcements. There will be cash prizes for trainee talks and poster awards. Genetics Day is sponsored by the University Committee for Interdisciplinary Studies (UCIS) and organized by the Departments of Biomedical Genetics and Biology.
36th ANNUAL GENETICS DAY AGENDA
Monday, April 28, 2025
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Class of '62 Auditorium & Sarah Flaum Atrium
| TIME (all times are shown in EST) | EVENT | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30–8:40 a.m. | Welcome | Michael Welte, Ph.D. – Department of Biology |
| 8:40–9:10 a.m. | “Critical roles for RNA modification in neurodevelopment” | Dragony Fu, Ph.D. – Department of Biology |
| 9:10–9:40 a.m. | “Environmental modulator of tryptophan catabolism and pregnancy health” | Martha Susiarjo, Ph.D. – Department of Environmental Medicine |
| 9:40–10:00 a.m. | Short Talk Contest Winner | Student Speaker 1 |
| 10:00 a.m.–10:25 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 10:25–10:55 a.m. | “Neuropeptides specify and reprogram sophisticated division of labor in leafcutter ants.” | Karl Glastad, Ph.D. – Department of Biology |
| 10:55 a.m.–11:25 a.m. | “Genetic Questions for Research on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)” | Thomas G. O’Connor, Ph.D.—Department of Psychiatry |
| 11:25 a.m.–11:45 a.m. | Short Talk Contest Winner | Student Speaker 2 |
| 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00–3:00 p.m. | Poster Session, Flaum Atrium | |
| 3:00–4:00 p.m. | 22nd Annual Fred Sherman Lecture: “Mammalian reprogramming during development and under adverse environmental conditions” | Welcome by Patrick J. Murphy, Ph.D. of Biomedical Genetics Featuring: Marisa Bartolomei, Ph.D. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| 4:15 p.m. | Poster Award Ceremony |